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Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates25 July 2014 (2014-07-25) (heats & semis)
26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) (final)
Competitors28 from 15 nations
Winning time59.37 GR
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Wales
bronze medal    Australia
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The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 25 and 26 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Suzanne Weckend-Dill, Athlete Representative of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by James Hickman, Global Sports Marketing Manager of Speedo.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

World record  Gemma Spofforth (GBR) 58.12 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009 [1]
Commonwealth record  Gemma Spofforth (ENG) 58.12 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009
Games record  Emily Seebohm (AUS) 59.53 Delhi, India 9 October 2010

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
25 July Heat Emily Seebohm  Australia 59.51 GR
26 July Final Emily Seebohm  Australia 59.37 GR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Emily Seebohm  Australia 59.51 Q, GR
2 2 4 Belinda Hocking  Australia 59.78 Q
3 4 5 Sinead Russell  Canada 1:00.15 Q
4 3 5 Lauren Quigley  England 1:00.67 Q
5 4 3 Brooklynn Snodgrass  Canada 1:00.70 Q
6 2 5 Elizabeth Simmonds  England 1:00.79 Q
7 3 4 Georgia Davies  Wales 1:00.86 Q
8 2 6 Kathleen Dawson  Scotland 1:00.91 Q
9 3 3 Madison Wilson  Australia 1:01.05 Q
10 2 3 Hilary Caldwell  Canada 1:01.10 Q
11 4 6 Jessica Fullalove  England 1:01.58 Q
12 3 2 Rachel Williams  Wales 1:02.98 Q
13 3 6 Jessica Ashley-Cooper  South Africa 1:03.61 Q
14 2 2 Danielle Stirrat  Wales 1:04.76 Q
15 3 7 Kimiko Raheem  Sri Lanka 1:06.36 Q
=16 4 7 Danielle Hill  Northern Ireland 1:07.18 QSO
3 8 Talisa Lanoe  Kenya
18 4 1 Lauren Hew  Cayman Islands 1:07.34
19 2 7 Bethany Firth  Northern Ireland 1:08.30
20 3 1 Lara Butler  Cayman Islands 1:08.37
21 4 8 Courtney Butcher  Guernsey 1:08.46
22 2 1 Danielle Awori  Kenya 1:08.63
23 1 4 Evelina Afoa  Samoa 1:09.13
24 1 5 Anita Field  Kenya 1:11.08
25 1 3 Kiran Khan  Pakistan 1:13.91
26 2 8 Savannah Tkatchenko  Papua New Guinea 1:14.90
1 6 Areeba Shaikh  Pakistan DSQ
4 2 Tao Li  Singapore DNS

Qualification swim-off

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Danielle Hill  Northern Ireland 1:05.36 Q
2 4 Talisa Lanoe  Kenya 1:07.30

Semifinals

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Emily Seebohm  Australia 59.59 Q
2 2 6 Georgia Davies  Wales 59.63 Q
3 2 5 Sinead Russell  Canada 59.91 Q
=4 1 3 Elizabeth Simmonds  England 59.98 Q
1 4 Belinda Hocking  Australia
6 2 3 Brooklynn Snodgrass  Canada 1:00.26 Q
7 2 2 Madison Wilson  Australia 1:00.34 Q
8 1 5 Lauren Quigley  England 1:00.37 Q
9 1 2 Hilary Caldwell  Canada 1:00.77
10 1 6 Kathleen Dawson  Scotland 1:01.17
11 2 7 Jessica Fullalove  England 1:01.20
12 1 7 Rachel Williams  Wales 1:02.48
13 2 1 Jessica Ashley-Cooper  South Africa 1:03.07
14 1 1 Danielle Stirrat  Wales 1:04.86
15 1 8 Danielle Hill  Northern Ireland 1:06.17
16 2 8 Kimiko Raheem  Sri Lanka 1:06.33

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Emily Seebohm  Australia 59.37 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Georgia Davies  Wales 59.58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Belinda Hocking  Australia 59.93
4 8 Lauren Quigley  England 1:00.19
5 2 Elizabeth Simmonds  England 1:00.26
6 3 Sinead Russell  Canada 1:00.27
7 1 Madison Wilson  Australia 1:00.45
8 7 Brooklynn Snodgrass  Canada 1:00.58

References

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  1. ^ Bull, Andy (28 July 2009). "Gemma Spofforth swims to 100m backstroke glory in world record time". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
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