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Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

The women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 24 and 25 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Women's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates24 July 2014 (2014-07-24) (heats & semis)
25 July 2014 (2014-07-25) (final)
Competitors35 from 23 nations
Winning time30.59
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Jamaica
bronze medal    Scotland
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The medals were presented by Sophie, Countess of Wessex and the quaichs were presented by Michael Fennell, honorary life vice-president of the Commonwealth Games Federation and president of the Jamaica Olympic Association.

Records

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

World record   Rūta Meilutytė (LTU) 29.48 Barcelona, Spain 3 August 2013
Commonwealth record   Sarah Katsoulis (AUS) 30.16 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009
Games record   Jade Edmistone (AUS) 30.51 Melbourne, Australia 16 March 2006

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
24 July Semifinal Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 30.17 GR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 30.49 Q
2 4 4 Sophie Taylor   England 30.56 Q
3 3 5 Corrie Scott   Scotland 30.64 Q
4 5 4 Leiston Pickett   Australia 30.70 Q
5 4 6 Sycerika McMahon   Northern Ireland 31.12 Q
6 5 5 Sally Hunter   Australia 31.13 Q
7 5 3 Tera van Beilen   Canada 31.31 Q
8 4 3 Kathryn Johnstone   Scotland 31.38 Q
9 5 6 Tara-Lynn Nicholas   South Africa 31.48 Q
10 4 5 Lorna Tonks   Australia 31.70 Q
11 3 3 Andrea Strachan   Scotland 31.90 Q
12 3 6 Laura Kinley   Isle of Man 31.97 Q
13 5 2 Molly Renshaw   England 32.72 Q
14 3 8 Bethan Sloan   Wales 33.22 Q
15 5 7 Samantha Yeo   Singapore 33.26 Q
16 4 7 Niamh Robinson   Isle of Man 33.28 Q
17 3 2 Erika Kong   Malaysia 33.51
18 4 2 Christina Loh   Malaysia 33.64
19 2 2 Rebecca Kamau   Kenya 33.83
20 2 3 Jamila Lunkuse   Uganda 34.62
21 4 1 Irene Chrysostomou   Cyprus 34.68
22 3 1 Izzy Joachim   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 34.80
23 3 7 Tilka Paljk   Zambia 35.19
24 2 5 Lianna Swan   Pakistan 35.72 NR[1]
25 2 4 Oreoluwa Cherebin   Grenada 35.78
26 2 7 Mahfuza Khatun   Bangladesh 35.88
27 5 8 Nadia Adrianna Redza Goh   Malaysia 35.95
28 5 1 Barbara Vali-Skelton   Papua New Guinea 36.13
29 4 8 Tegan McCarthy   Papua New Guinea 36.32
30 2 8 Jocelyn Flynn   Papua New Guinea 36.44
31 2 1 Nadeera Jayasekera   Sri Lanka 36.52
32 1 5 Martha Opiyo   Kenya 36.81
33 1 4 Mariam Foum   Tanzania 37.61
34 2 6 Anum Bandey   Pakistan 38.93
35 1 3 Aishath Sajina   Maldives 40.81

Semifinals

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 30.17 Q, GR
2 1 5 Leiston Pickett   Australia 30.64 Q
3 2 6 Tera van Beilen   Canada 30.74 Q
4 2 5 Corrie Scott   Scotland 30.79 Q
5 1 4 Sophie Taylor   England 30.86 Q
6 1 6 Kathryn Johnstone   Scotland 31.12 Q
7 1 2 Lorna Tonks   Australia 31.44 Q
8 2 7 Andrea Strachan   Scotland 31.52 Q
9 2 3 Sycerika McMahon   Northern Ireland 31.56
10 1 3 Sally Hunter   Australia 31.60
11 1 7 Laura Kinley   Isle of Man 32.05
12 2 2 Tara-Lynn Nicholas   South Africa 32.32
13 2 1 Molly Renshaw   England 32.47
14 2 8 Samantha Yeo   Singapore 32.83
15 1 8 Niamh Robinson   Isle of Man 33.38
16 1 1 Bethan Sloan   Wales 33.87

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  5 Leiston Pickett   Australia 30.59
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  4 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 30.67
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  6 Corrie Scott   Scotland 30.75
4 2 Sophie Taylor   England 31.08
5 3 Tera van Beilen   Canada 31.22
6 7 Kathryn Johnstone   Scotland 31.47
7 1 Lorna Tonks   Australia 31.48
8 8 Andrea Strachan   Scotland 31.99

References

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  1. ^ Hammond, Ashley (31 July 2014). "UAE-based Pakistani swimmer Lianna Swan breaks records at Commonwealth Games". Gulf News. Dubai: Al Nisr Publishing. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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