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

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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 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.

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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