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

The Women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 7 and 8 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.[1]

Five 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 summary

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 5 Gemma Spofforth   England 28.30 Q
2 4 4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 28.72 Q
3 3 4 Grace Loh   Australia 28.78 Q
4 3 5 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 29.04 Q
5 5 4 Sophie Edington   Australia 29.07 Q
6 5 5 Emily Thomas   New Zealand 29.17 Q
7 4 5 Georgia Davies   Wales 29.19 Q
8 4 3 Sinead Russell   Canada 29.21 Q
9 3 3 Emma Saunders   England 29.68 Q
10 4 6 Kiera Aitken   Bermuda 30.12 Q
11 5 2 Lauren Lavigna   Canada 30.17 Q
12 3 2 Kah Chan   Malaysia 30.41 Q
13 5 6 Jennifer Oldham   Wales 30.58 Q
14 4 1 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane   Papua New Guinea 31.18 Q
15 1 3 Fariha Zaman   India 31.34 Q
16 3 7 Chelsey Wilson   Northern Ireland 31.60 Q

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 28.03 Q, CG
2 5 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 28.65 Q
3 3 Emily Thomas   New Zealand 28.85 Q
4 6 Sinead Russell   Canada 29.09 Q
5 2 Kiera Aitken   Bermuda 30.06
6 7 Jennifer Oldham   Wales 30.20
7 1 Fariha Zaman   India 31.35
8 8 Alexia Royal-Eatmon   Jamaica 31.41

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Gemma Spofforth   England 28.29 Q
2 6 Georgia Davies   Wales 28.45 Q
3 3 Sophie Edington   Australia 28.53 Q
4 5 Grace Loh   Australia 28.72 Q
5 2 Emma Saunders   England 29.59
6 7 Kah Chan   Malaysia 30.19
7 1 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane   Papua New Guinea 31.03
8 8 Chelsey Wilson   Northern Ireland 31.24

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  6 Sophie Edington   Australia 28.00 CG
  5 Gemma Spofforth   England 28.03
  3 Georgia Davies   Wales 28.33
  4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 28.33
5 7 Grace Loh   Australia 28.66
6 2 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 28.76
7 1 Emily Thomas   New Zealand 29.02
8 8 Sinead Russell   Canada 29.14

References

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