Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

The Women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 4 and 5 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.[1]

Four heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The top sixteen advanced to the semifinals and the top eight from there qualified for the finals.

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Leiston Pickett  Australia 30.57 3 4
2 Leisel Jones  Australia 31.04 4 4
3 Kate Haywood  England 31.30 3 5
4 Sarah Katsoulis  Australia 31.50 4 5
5 Annamay Pierse  Canada 31.71 3 3
6 Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell  England 31.97 2 4
7 Kathryn Johnstone  Scotland 32.14 2 3
8 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 32.24 2 5
9 Sycerika McMahon  Northern Ireland 32.30 4 2
10 Corrie Scott  Scotland 32.64 2 6
11 Lowri Tynan  Wales 32.68 4 3
12 Sara Lougher  Wales 32.83 4 6
13 Georgia Holderness  Wales 32.92 3 6
14 Anastasia Christoforou  Cyprus 32.96 3 2
15 Martha McCabe  Canada 32.96 3 7
16 Kerry Buchan  Scotland 33.19 2 2

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Leisel Jones  Australia 31.29 Q
2 3 Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell  England 31.47 Q
3 5 Sarah Katsoulis  Australia 31.58 Q
4 6 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 32.13 Q
5 2 Corrie Scott  Scotland 32.80
6 8 Kerry Buchan  Scotland 32.93
7 7 Sara Lougher  Wales 32.99
8 1 Anastasia Christoforou  Cyprus 33.08

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Leiston Pickett  Australia 30.74 Q
2 5 Kate Haywood  England 31.22 Q
3 3 Annamay Pierse  Canada 32.07 Q
4 6 Kathryn Johnstone  Scotland 32.31 Q
5 7 Lowri Tynan  Wales 32.34
6 2 Sycerika McMahon  Northern Ireland 32.42
7 8 Martha McCabe  Canada 32.68
8 1 Georgia Holderness  Wales 32.83

Final

Rank Name Nationality Lane Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Leiston Pickett  Australia 4 30.84
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Leisel Jones  Australia 3 31.10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kate Haywood  England 5 31.17
4 Sarah Katsoulis  Australia 2 31.43
5 Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell  England 6 31.56
6 Annamay Pierse  Canada 7 32.15
7 Kathryn Johnstone  Scotland 8 32.19
8 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 1 32.48

References

  1. ^ "XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |".