Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle
| Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2014 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Tollcross International Swimming Centre | |||||||||
| Dates |
25 July 2014 (heats & semis) 26 July 2014 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 57 from 33 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 23.96 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 freestyle 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 Alison Sheppard, 2002 Commonwealth champion and the quaichs were presented by Francis Paul, Secretary-General of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
| World record |  Britta Steffen (GER) | 23.73 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 | [1][2] |
| Games record |  Libby Lenton (AUS) | 24.61 | Melbourne, Australia | 20 March 2006 | |
| Commonwealth record | ' |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July | Heat | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 24.52 | GR |
| 25 July | Heat | Francesca Halsall |  England | 24.31 | GR |
| 25 July | Semifinal | Cate Campbell | Australia | 24.17 | GR |
| 25 July | Semifinal | Francesca Halsall | England | 24.14 | GR |
| 26 July | Final | Francesca Halsall | England | 23.96 | GR |
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Halsall, FrancescaFrancesca Halsall | England | 24.31 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | Campbell, CateCate Campbell | Australia | 24.33 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Campbell, BronteBronte Campbell | Australia | 24.52 | Q, GR |
| 4 | 7 | 3 | Vanderpool-Wallace, AriannaArianna Vanderpool-Wallace |  Bahamas | 24.61 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | Schlanger, MelanieMelanie Schlanger | Australia | 24.87 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Smith, AmyAmy Smith | England | 25.08 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 3 | Harkin, SianSian Harkin |  Scotland | 25.30 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | Poon, VictoriaVictoria Poon |  Canada | 25.38 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 6 | Williams, MichelleMichelle Williams | Canada | 25.48 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Mainville, SandrineSandrine Mainville | Canada | 25.62 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 6 | Lloyd, JessJess Lloyd | England | 25.64 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Maree, TrudiTrudi Maree |  South Africa | 25.80 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 6 | Lim, AmandaAmanda Lim |  Singapore | 25.81 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 7 | Weech, ArielAriel Weech | Bahamas | 25.93 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Chui Lai Kwan |  Malaysia | 26.00 | Q, NR[3] |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | McCarthy, HannahHannah McCarthy |  Wales | 26.12 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 7 | Chan, MarinaMarina Chan | Singapore | 26.17 | |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Brunlehner, SylviaSylvia Brunlehner |  Kenya | 26.86 | |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Puamau, CarolineCaroline Puamau |  Fiji | 26.87 | |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | Quah Ting Wen | Singapore | 26.90 | |
| 21 | 5 | 7 | Plateau de Maroussen, OliviaOlivia Plateau de Maroussen |  Mauritius | 26.99 | |
| 22 | 5 | 2 | Hill, DanielleDanielle Hill |  Northern Ireland | 27.23 | |
| 23 | 6 | 7 | Davies, MariMari Davies | Wales | 27.25 | |
| 24 | 3 | 5 | Joachim, IzzyIzzy Joachim |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.30 | |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Kinley, LauraLaura Kinley |  Isle of Man | 27.34 | |
| 26 | 8 | 8 | Pissaridou, MargaritaMargarita Pissaridou |  Cyprus | 27.42 | |
| 27 | 4 | 4 | Lunkuse, JamilaJamila Lunkuse |  Uganda | 27.43 | |
| 28 | 4 | 3 | Butcher, CourtneyCourtney Butcher |  Guernsey | 27.48 | |
| 29 | 6 | 8 | Passon, FelicityFelicity Passon |  Seychelles | 27.52 | |
| 30 | 5 | 6 | Phillip, ElinahElinah Phillip |  British Virgin Islands | 27.57 | |
| 31 | 7 | 8 | Firth, BethanyBethany Firth | Northern Ireland | 27.61 | |
| 32 | 5 | 3 | Bethel, RachelRachel Bethel | Northern Ireland | 27.70 | |
| 33 | 4 | 7 | Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo | Fiji | 27.75 | |
| 34 | 4 | 5 | Chan Chee, EmilyEmily Chan Chee | Mauritius | 27.83 | |
| 35 | 5 | 8 | Rova, CheyenneCheyenne Rova | Fiji | 27.84 | |
| 36 | 5 | 5 | Howard, JadeJade Howard |  Zambia | 27.94 | |
| 37 | 4 | 8 | Tafatatha, JoyceJoyce Tafatatha |  Malawi | 28.05 | |
| 38 | 3 | 4 | Paljk, TilkaTilka Paljk | Zambia | 28.20 | |
| 39 | 4 | 2 | Cherebin, OreoluwaOreoluwa Cherebin |  Grenada | 28.50 | |
| 40 | 3 | 3 | Vali-Skelton, BarbaraBarbara Vali-Skelton |  Papua New Guinea | 28.62 | |
| 41 | 4 | 6 | Prescott, IreneIrene Prescott |  Tonga | 28.77 | |
| 42 | 3 | 1 | Phillip, AmarahAmarah Phillip | British Virgin Islands | 28.95 | |
| 43 | 3 | 6 | Linares, ChristinaChristina Linares |  Gibraltar | 29.05 | |
| 44 | 4 | 1 | Swayne, OpheliaOphelia Swayne |  Ghana | 29.09 | |
| 45 | 3 | 7 | Swan, LiannaLianna Swan |  Pakistan | 29.10 | |
| =46 | 2 | 5 | Foum, MariamMariam Foum |  Tanzania | 29.16 | |
| 3 | 8 | Tkatchenko, SavannahSavannah Tkatchenko | Papua New Guinea | |||
| =48 | 2 | 3 | Afoa, EvelinaEvelina Afoa |  Samoa | 29.25 | |
| 3 | 2 | Field, AnitaAnita Field | Kenya | |||
| 50 | 2 | 6 | Wall, RachelRachel Wall |  Antigua and Barbuda | 29.35 | |
| 51 | 1 | 4 | Khan, KiranKiran Khan | Pakistan | 29.46 | |
| 52 | 5 | 4 | Millar, KirstieKirstie Millar | Malawi | 29.50 | |
| 53 | 2 | 4 | George, OnikaOnika George |  Guyana | 29.55 | |
| 54 | 1 | 5 | Flynn, JocelynJocelyn Flynn | Papua New Guinea | 29.80 | |
| 55 | 2 | 2 | Moshi, MagdalenaMagdalena Moshi | Tanzania | 29.97 | |
| 56 | 1 | 3 | Lawrence, AdoraAdora Lawrence | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31.23 | |
| 57 | 2 | 7 | Shajan, AminathAminath Shajan |  Maldives | 31.25 |
Semifinals
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Halsall, FrancescaFrancesca Halsall | England | 24.14 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Campbell, CateCate Campbell | Australia | 24.17 | Q, GR |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Vanderpool-Wallace, AriannaArianna Vanderpool-Wallace | Bahamas | 24.42 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Schlanger, MelanieMelanie Schlanger | Australia | 24.59 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Campbell, BronteBronte Campbell | Australia | 24.62 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Smith, AmyAmy Smith | England | 25.09 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Poon, VictoriaVictoria Poon | Canada | 25.15 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Harkin, SianSian Harkin | Scotland | 25.29 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Williams, MichelleMichelle Williams | Canada | 25.45 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Lloyd, JessJess Lloyd | England | 25.59 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Maree, TrudiTrudi Maree | South Africa | 25.60 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Weech, ArielAriel Weech | Bahamas | 25.72 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Mainville, SandrineSandrine Mainville | Canada | 25.76 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Lim, AmandaAmanda Lim | Singapore | 25.93 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | McCarthy, HannahHannah McCarthy | Wales | 25.97 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Chui Lai Kwan | Malaysia | 26.10 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Halsall, FrancescaFrancesca Halsall | England | 23.96 | GR |
 | 5 | Campbell, CateCate Campbell | Australia | 24.00 | |
 | 2 | Campbell, BronteBronte Campbell | Australia | 24.20 | |
| 4 | 3 | Vanderpool-Wallace, AriannaArianna Vanderpool-Wallace | Bahamas | 24.34 | |
| 5 | 6 | Schlanger, MelanieMelanie Schlanger | Australia | 24.39 | |
| 6 | 1 | Poon, VictoriaVictoria Poon | Canada | 25.29 | |
| 7 | 8 | Harkin, SianSian Harkin | Scotland | 25.31 | |
| 8 | 7 | Smith, AmyAmy Smith | England | 25.37 |
References
- ↑ "Fifth gold for Phelps at swimming worlds". CNN. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ↑ Bryan, Rebecca (3 August 2009). "Five-star Phelps ends worlds on golden note". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ↑ Paul, Rajes (26 July 2014). "Swimmer Lai Kwan sets PB but falls short in the semis". The Star. Malaysia: Star Publications. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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