Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke
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| Women's 50 metre backstroke | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Tollcross International Swimming Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 28 July 2014 (heats & semis) 29 July 2014 (final) |
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| Competitors | 35 from 23 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 27.56 GR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games  |
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| Freestyle | ||||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||||
| 100 m S8 | women | |||||
| 100 m S9 | men | |||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||||
| 200 m S14 | men | |||||
| 400 m | men | women | ||||
| 800 m | women | |||||
| 1500 m | men | |||||
| Backstroke | ||||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||||
| Breaststroke | ||||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||||
| 100 m SB9 | women | |||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||||
| Butterfly | ||||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||||
| Individual medley | ||||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||||
| 200 m SM8 | men | |||||
| 200 m SM10 | women | |||||
| 400 m | men | women | ||||
| Freestyle relay | ||||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||||
| Medley relay | ||||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||||
The women's 50 metre backstroke 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 Helen Jaques, Aquatics Competition Manager, Glasgow 2014 and the quaichs were presented by Miriam Moyo, Commonwealth Games Federation Regional Vice-President, Africa and President of the National Olympic Committee of Zambia.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
| World record |  Zhao Jing (CHN) |
27.06 | Rome, Italy | 30 July 2009 | [1][2] |
| Games record |  Sophie Edington (AUS) |
28.00 | Delhi, India | 8 October 2010 | |
| Commonwealth record | ' |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 28 July | Heat | Georgia Davies |  Wales |
27.90 | GR |
| 28 July | Semifinal | Emily Seebohm | Australia |
27.89 | GR |
| 28 July | Semifinal | Georgia Davies | Wales |
27.61 | GR |
| 29 July | Final | Georgia Davies | Wales |
27.56 | GR |
Results
Heats
Semifinals
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | 4 | Georgia Davies | Wales |
27.61 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Lauren Quigley |  England |
27.72 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia |
27.89 | Q, GR |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Brooklynn Snodgrass |  Canada |
28.25 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Madison Wilson | Australia |
28.40 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Kathleen Dawson |  Scotland |
28.55 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Elizabeth Simmonds | England |
28.63 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Belinda Hocking | Australia |
28.87 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Tao Li |  Singapore |
29.13 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada |
29.37 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Jessica Fullalove | England |
29.42 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Caroline Puamau |  Fiji |
30.46 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Danielle Hill |  Northern Ireland |
30.87 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Lauren Hew |  Cayman Islands |
31.08 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Kimiko Raheem |  Sri Lanka |
31.11 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Niamh Robinson |  Isle of Man |
31.30 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Georgia Davies | Wales |
27.56 | GR |
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5 | Lauren Quigley | England |
27.69 | |
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6 | Brooklynn Snodgrass | Canada |
27.97 | |
| 4 | 3 | Emily Seebohm | Australia |
27.98 | |
| 5 | 7 | Kathleen Dawson | Scotland |
28.47 | |
| 6 | 1 | Elizabeth Simmonds | England |
28.54 | |
| 7 | 8 | Belinda Hocking | Australia |
28.58 | |
| 8 | 2 | Madison Wilson | Australia |
28.86 |
