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

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Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates25 July 2014 (2014-07-25) (heats & semis)
26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) (final)
Competitors57 from 33 nations
Winning time23.96 GR
Medalists
gold medal Francesca Halsall   England
silver medal Cate Campbell   Australia
bronze medal Bronte Campbell   Australia
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Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m S8women
100 m S9men
200 mmenwomen
200 m S14men
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m SB9women
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
200 m SM8men
200 m SM10women
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

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]
Commonwealth record  Libby Trickett (AUS) 23.97 Sydney, Australia 29 March 2008
Games record  Libby Lenton (AUS) 24.61 Melbourne, Australia 20 March 2006

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 Francesca Halsall  England 24.31 Q, GR
2 8 4 Cate Campbell  Australia 24.33 Q
3 6 4 Bronte Campbell  Australia 24.52 Q, GR
4 7 3 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas 24.61 Q
5 8 5 Melanie Schlanger  Australia 24.87 Q
6 7 5 Amy Smith  England 25.08 Q
7 8 3 Sian Harkin  Scotland 25.30 Q
8 6 5 Victoria Poon  Canada 25.38 Q
9 7 6 Michelle Williams  Canada 25.48 Q
10 6 3 Sandrine Mainville  Canada 25.62 Q
11 8 6 Jess Lloyd  England 25.64 Q
12 8 2 Trudi Maree  South Africa 25.80 Q
13 6 6 Amanda Lim  Singapore 25.81 Q
14 7 7 Ariel Weech  Bahamas 25.93 Q
15 6 2 Chui Lai Kwan  Malaysia 26.00 Q, NR[3]
16 7 2 Hannah McCarthy  Wales 26.12 Q
17 8 7 Marina Chan  Singapore 26.17
18 7 1 Sylvia Brunlehner  Kenya 26.86
19 6 1 Caroline Puamau  Fiji 26.87
20 8 1 Quah Ting Wen  Singapore 26.90
21 5 7 Olivia Plateau de Maroussen  Mauritius 26.99
22 5 2 Danielle Hill  Northern Ireland 27.23
23 6 7 Mari Davies  Wales 27.25
24 3 5 Izzy Joachim  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27.30
25 5 1 Laura Kinley  Isle of Man 27.34
26 8 8 Margarita Pissaridou  Cyprus 27.42
27 4 4 Jamila Lunkuse  Uganda 27.43
28 4 3 Courtney Butcher  Guernsey 27.48
29 6 8 Felicity Passon  Seychelles 27.52
30 5 6 Elinah Phillip  British Virgin Islands 27.57
31 7 8 Bethany Firth  Northern Ireland 27.61
32 5 3 Rachel Bethel  Northern Ireland 27.70
33 4 7 Matelita Buadromo  Fiji 27.75
34 4 5 Emily Chan Chee  Mauritius 27.83
35 5 8 Cheyenne Rova  Fiji 27.84
36 5 5 Jade Howard  Zambia 27.94
37 4 8 Joyce Tafatatha  Malawi 28.05
38 3 4 Tilka Paljk  Zambia 28.20
39 4 2 Oreoluwa Cherebin  Grenada 28.50
40 3 3 Barbara Vali-Skelton  Papua New Guinea 28.62
41 4 6 Irene Prescott  Tonga 28.77
42 3 1 Amarah Phillip  British Virgin Islands 28.95
43 3 6 Christina Linares  Gibraltar 29.05
44 4 1 Ophelia Swayne  Ghana 29.09
45 3 7 Lianna Swan  Pakistan 29.10
=46 2 5 Mariam Foum  Tanzania 29.16
3 8 Savannah Tkatchenko  Papua New Guinea
=48 2 3 Evelina Afoa  Samoa 29.25
3 2 Anita Field  Kenya
50 2 6 Rachel Wall  Antigua and Barbuda 29.35
51 1 4 Kiran Khan  Pakistan 29.46
52 5 4 Kirstie Millar  Malawi 29.50
53 2 4 Onika George  Guyana 29.55
54 1 5 Jocelyn Flynn  Papua New Guinea 29.80
55 2 2 Magdalena Moshi  Tanzania 29.97
56 1 3 Adora Lawrence  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.23
57 2 7 Aminath Shajan  Maldives 31.25

Semifinals

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Francesca Halsall  England 24.14 Q, GR
2 1 4 Cate Campbell  Australia 24.17 Q, GR
3 1 5 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas 24.42 Q
4 2 3 Melanie Schlanger  Australia 24.59 Q
5 2 5 Bronte Campbell  Australia 24.62 Q
6 1 3 Amy Smith  England 25.09 Q
7 1 6 Victoria Poon  Canada 25.15 Q
8 2 6 Sian Harkin  Scotland 25.29 Q
9 2 2 Michelle Williams  Canada 25.45
10 2 7 Jess Lloyd  England 25.59
11 1 7 Trudi Maree  South Africa 25.60
12 1 1 Ariel Weech  Bahamas 25.72
13 1 2 Sandrine Mainville  Canada 25.76
14 2 1 Amanda Lim  Singapore 25.93
15 1 8 Hannah McCarthy  Wales 25.97
16 2 8 Chui Lai Kwan  Malaysia 26.10

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Francesca Halsall  England 23.96 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Cate Campbell  Australia 24.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Bronte Campbell  Australia 24.20
4 3 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas 24.34
5 6 Melanie Schlanger  Australia 24.39
6 1 Victoria Poon  Canada 25.29
7 8 Sian Harkin  Scotland 25.31
8 7 Amy Smith  England 25.37

References

  1. ^ "Fifth gold for Phelps at swimming worlds". CNN. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  2. ^ Bryan, Rebecca (3 August 2009). "Five-star Phelps ends worlds on golden note". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  3. ^ 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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