Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The Women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 5 and 6 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.[1]

Four heats were held, with both containing the seven swimmers. The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top sixteen times advanced to the semifinals and the top eight times from there qualified for the finals.[2]

Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Fariha Zaman   India 01:10.38
2 4 Talisa Lanoe   Kenya 01:13.19
3 5 Kristie Millar   Malawi 01:20.83

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Georgia Davies   Wales 01:01.63 Q
2 4 Gemma Spofforth   England 01:01.68 Q
3 5 Sophie Edington   Australia 01:01.88 Q
4 6 Lauren Lavigna   Canada 01:02.58 Q
5 2 Jennifer Oldham   Wales 01:05.64
6 1 Jade Howard   Zambia 01:09.35
7 7 Siona Huxley   Saint Lucia 01:12.85

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Elizabeth Simmonds   England 01:01.05 Q
2 3 Sinead Russell   Canada 01:01.49 Q
3 6 Melissa Ingram   New Zealand 01:01.51 Q
4 5 Emily Thomas   New Zealand 01:01.77 Q
5 2 Melanie Nocher   Northern Ireland 01:03.53 Q
6 7 Kah Chan   Malaysia 01:05.48 Q
7 1 Jyotsna Pansare   India 01:10.07

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Belinda Hocking   Australia 01:00.87 Q
2 4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 01:00.90 Q
3 6 Stephanie Proud   England 01:01.68 Q
4 3 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 01:01.71 Q
5 2 Kiera Aitken   Bermuda 01:04.82 Q
6 7 Chelsey Wilson   Northern Ireland 01:05.23 Q
7 1 Alexia Royal-Eatmon   Jamaica 01:08.67
8 8 Rachel Fortunato   Gibraltar 01:15.10

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 01:00.28 Q, CG
2 5 Sinead Russell   Canada 01:01.07 Q
3 3 Georgia Davies   Wales 01:01.14 Q
4 6 Stephanie Proud   England 01:01.25
5 2 Emily Thomas   New Zealand 01:01.58
6 7 Lauren Lavigna   Canada 01:02.08
7 1 Kiera Aitken   Bermuda 01:04.87
8 8 Kah Chan   Malaysia 01:05.80

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Belinda Hocking   Australia 01:00.71 Q
2 7 Sophie Edington   Australia 01:00.80 Q
3 2 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 01:00.82 Q
4 3 Melissa Ingram   New Zealand 01:00.92 Q
5 6 Gemma Spofforth   England 01:01.05 Q
6 5 Elizabeth Simmonds   England 01:01.42
7 1 Melanie Nocher   Northern Ireland 01:02.60
8 8 Chelsey Wilson   Northern Ireland 01:04.60

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 59.79 CG
  7 Gemma Spofforth   England 01:00.02
  6 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 01:00.74
4 3 Sophie Edington   Australia 01:00.81
4 5 Belinda Hocking   Australia 01:00.81
6 8 Georgia Davies   Wales 01:01.05
7 2 Melissa Ingram   New Zealand 01:01.14
8 1 Sinead Russell   Canada 01:01.42

References

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