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Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates28 July 2014 (2014-07-28) (heats & semis)
29 July 2014 (2014-07-29) (final)
Competitors69 from 40 nations
Winning time21.92
Medalists
gold medal    England
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Australia
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The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 and 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by David Downie, President of Scottish Swimming and the quaichs were presented by Mike Summers, Chairman of the Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association.

Records

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

World record  César Cielo (BRA) 20.91 São Paulo, Brazil 18 December 2009 [1][2]
Commonwealth record  Ashley Callus (AUS) 21.19 Canberra, Australia 26 November 2009 [3]
Games record  Brent Hayden (CAN) 22.01 Delhi, India 9 October 2010 [4]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
28 July Semifinal Benjamin Proud  England 21.76 GR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 9 3 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 22.04 Q
2 9 5 Matthew Abood  Australia 22.09 Q
3 8 5 Benjamin Proud  England 22.21 Q
4 7 4 James Magnussen  Australia 22.33 Q
5 9 4 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 22.37 Q
=6 8 4 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 22.54 Q
8 6 Richard Schaffers  Scotland
8 7 5 Adam Brown  England 22.66 Q
9 7 3 Roy-Allan Burch  Bermuda 22.68 Q
10 8 3 Bradley Tandy  South Africa 22.78 Q
11 9 6 Brett Fraser  Cayman Islands 22.79 Q
12 7 6 Yuri Kisil  Canada 22.87 Q
13 8 2 Miles Munro  Guernsey 22.94 Q
14 9 2 James Disney-May  England 23.04 Q
15 8 1 Bradley Vincent  Mauritius 23.20 Q
16 9 7 Curtis Coulter  Northern Ireland 23.23 Q
17 7 2 Elvis Burrows  Bahamas 23.24
18 9 1 Clement Lim  Singapore 23.27
19 6 7 Jordan Augier  Saint Lucia 23.43
20 8 7 Jevon Atkinson  Jamaica 23.55
21 8 8 David Thompson  Northern Ireland 23.79
=22 6 4 Otto Putland  Wales 23.81
9 8 Quah Zheng Wen  Singapore
24 7 7 Conor Munn  Northern Ireland 23.88
25 6 8 William Clark  Fiji 23.91
26 6 5 Tom Gallichan  Jersey 23.97
27 6 3 Meli Malani  Fiji 23.98
28 7 8 Joshua Daniel  Saint Lucia 24.01
29 5 5 Mathieu Marquet  Mauritius 24.12
30 7 1 Lim Ching Hwang  Malaysia 24.27
=31 5 6 Issa Mohamed  Kenya 24.34
6 1 Ifalemi Sau Paea  Tonga
6 6 Cherantha de Silva  Sri Lanka
34 5 4 Tom Bielich  Isle of Man 24.51
35 5 8 Stanford Kawale  Papua New Guinea 24.56
36 6 2 Mahfizur Rahman Sagor  Bangladesh 24.63
37 4 6 Igor Mogne  Mozambique 24.87
38 2 8 Alex Bregazzi  Isle of Man 25.08
39 4 5 Tory Pragassa  Kenya 25.10
40 4 4 Shakil Fakir  Mozambique 25.11
41 4 3 Adam Viktora  Seychelles 25.13
42 5 3 Hilal Hemed Hilal  Tanzania 25.24
43 5 2 James Sanderson  Gibraltar 25.33
44 4 1 Chris Regis  Grenada 25.46
45 2 2 Brandon Schuster  Samoa 25.53
46 4 2 Kwaku Addo  Ghana 25.72
=47 2 7 Joshua Tibatemwa  Uganda 25.78
3 6 Dean Hoffman  Seychelles
49 3 4 Andrew Hopkin  Grenada 25.98
50 3 3 Sikandar Khan  Pakistan 26.02
51 3 2 Mark Hoare  Swaziland 26.03
52 4 8 Steven Maina  Kenya 26.08
53 1 4 Matthew Shone  Zambia 26.11
54 2 4 Collin Akara  Papua New Guinea 26.22
55 3 1 Abbiw Jackson  Ghana 26.25
56 3 5 Nishwan Ibrahim  Maldives 26.40
57 4 7 Milimo Mweetwa  Zambia 26.41
58 3 8 Corey Ollivierre  Grenada 26.49
59 2 5 Nikolas Sylvester  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26.64
60 5 1 Mohamed Adnan  Maldives 27.08
61 3 7 Nana Antwi  Ghana 27.12
=62 1 5 Ben Dillon  Saint Helena 27.14
2 1 Haris Bandey  Pakistan
64 2 6 Patrick Rukundo  Rwanda 27.30
65 1 3 Tong Li Panuve  Tonga 27.51
66 2 3 Arnold Kisulo  Uganda 27.66
67 1 2 Storm Halbich  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27.78
68 1 6 Shane Cadogan  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 28.41
5 7 Emidio Cuna  Mozambique DNS

Semifinals

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Benjamin Proud  England 21.76 Q, GR
2 2 4 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 21.94 Q
3 1 4 Matthew Abood  Australia 22.07 Q
4 2 3 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 22.22 Q
5 1 5 James Magnussen  Australia 22.23 Q
6 1 3 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 22.26 Q
7 1 2 Bradley Tandy  South Africa 22.34 Q
8 1 6 Adam Brown  England 22.55 Q
9 1 7 Yuri Kisil  Canada 22.57
10 2 6 Richard Schaffers  Scotland 22.59
11 2 2 Roy-Allan Burch  Bermuda 22.71
12 2 1 Miles Munro  Guernsey 22.82
13 2 7 Brett Fraser  Cayman Islands 22.87
14 1 8 Curtis Coulter  Northern Ireland 23.02
15 2 8 Bradley Vincent  Mauritius 23.09
16 1 1 James Disney-May  England 23.26

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Benjamin Proud  England 21.92
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 22.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 James Magnussen  Australia 22.10
4 3 Matthew Abood  Australia 22.14
5 6 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 22.31
6 7 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 22.36
7 1 Bradley Tandy  South Africa 22.43
8 8 Adam Brown  England 22.62

References

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  1. ^ "Brazil's Cesar Cielo breaks 50m freestyle world record". France24. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Brazil Long Course Championships: Cesar Cielo Sets World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 18 December 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Speedo AIS Meet Results Finals Day 2" (PDF). Australian Institute of Sport. 26 November 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Brent Hayden Sweeps Sprint Frees on Day Six Finals". SwimmingWorldMagazine. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
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