Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The men's 100 metre breaststroke 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.

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates25 July 2014 (2014-07-25) (heats & semis)
26 July 2014 (2014-07-26) (final)
Competitors34 from 24 nations
Winning time58.94 GR
Medalists
gold medal    England
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    Scotland
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The medals were presented by David Wilkie, Olympic, World and Commonwealth champion and the quaichs were presented by Dursley Stott, Honorary President of the Commonwealth Games Association of the Isle of Man. Adam Peaty of England won the Commonwealth title, just ahead of South Africa's Olympic champion and world record holder Cameron van der Burgh, with 200 metre breaststroke Commonwealth champion Ross Murdoch of Scotland third. The same three athletes finished in the same three positions in the event at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

World record   Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) 58.46 London, United Kingdom 29 July 2012 [1][2]
Commonwealth record   Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) 58.46 London, United Kingdom 29 July 2012
Games record   Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) 1:00.10 Delhi, India 6 October 2010 [3]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
25 July Heat Adam Peaty   England 59.47 GR
25 July Semifinal Adam Peaty   England 59.16 GR
26 July Final Adam Peaty   England 58.94 GR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 Adam Peaty   England 59.47 Q, GR
2 3 4 Ross Murdoch   Scotland 1:00.63 Q
3 4 5 Glenn Snyders   New Zealand 1:00.75 Q
4 4 4 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 1:00.99 Q
5 3 3 Richard Funk   Canada 1:01.25 Q
6 5 3 Craig Benson   Scotland 1:01.30 Q
7 4 3 James Wilby   England 1:01.40 Q
8 4 6 Andrew Willis   England 1:01.48 Q
9 5 6 Robert Holderness   Wales 1:01.52 Q
10 3 5 Michael Jamieson   Scotland 1:01.98 Q
11 5 4 Christian Sprenger   Australia 1:02.30 Q
12 3 6 Sandeep Sejwal   India 1:02.97 Q
13 3 2 Michael Dawson   Northern Ireland 1:04.37 Q
14 4 7 Dustin Tynes   Bahamas 1:04.42 Q
15 5 7 Ian Black   Jersey 1:04.43 Q
16 5 1 Julian Fletcher   Bermuda 1:04.92 Q
17 5 2 Christopher Cheong   Singapore 1:05.14
18 5 8 Luke Belton   Guernsey 1:05.17
19 4 1 Thomas Hollingsworth   Guernsey 1:05.73
20 3 1 Guy Davies   Isle of Man 1:05.92
21 4 8 Alexandros Axiotis   Zambia 1:06.03
22 4 2 Shaun Yap   Malaysia 1:06.49
23 3 7 Micah Fernandes   Kenya 1:07.09
24 2 4 Ralph Goveia   Zambia 1:07.54
25 2 5 David Ebanks   Cayman Islands 1:08.36
26 2 3 Tory Pragassa   Kenya 1:09.26
27 2 6 Corey Ollivierre   Grenada 1:09.39
28 2 1 Matthew Shone   Zambia 1:10.71
29 3 8 Colin Bensadon   Gibraltar 1:11.55
30 2 7 Nikolas Sylvester   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:12.80
31 2 2 Joshua Tibatemwa   Uganda 1:16.49
32 1 4 Mark Hoare   Swaziland 1:17.08
33 1 5 Shane Cadogan   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:18.29
34 1 3 Storm Halbich   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:20.24

Semifinals

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Adam Peaty   England 59.16 Q, GR
2 1 4 Ross Murdoch   Scotland 59.72 Q
3 1 5 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 59.91 Q
4 2 5 Glenn Snyders   New Zealand 59.98 Q
5 1 3 Craig Benson   Scotland 1:00.40 Q
6 2 3 Richard Funk   Canada 1:00.51 Q
7 2 2 Robert Holderness   Wales 1:00.71 Q
8 2 6 James Wilby   England 1:00.94 Q
9 1 6 Andrew Willis   England 1:01.35
10 2 7 Christian Sprenger   Australia 1:01.73
11 1 2 Michael Jamieson   Scotland 1:02.04
12 1 7 Sandeep Sejwal   India 1:03.24
13 1 1 Dustin Tynes   Bahamas 1:03.39
14 2 8 Ian Black   Jersey 1:04.00
15 1 8 Julian Fletcher   Bermuda 1:04.48
16 2 1 Michael Dawson   Northern Ireland 1:04.65

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Adam Peaty   England 58.94 GR
  3 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 59.28
  5 Ross Murdoch   Scotland 59.47
4 2 Craig Benson   Scotland 1:00.44
5 6 Glenn Snyders   New Zealand 1:00.64
6 7 Richard Funk   Canada 1:00.75
7 8 James Wilby   England 1:01.07
1 Robert Holderness   Wales DSQ

References

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  1. ^ "Vollmer, van der Burgh break world records at finals". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. ^ Ferreira-Marques, Clara (29 July 2012). "Swimming: Van der Burgh ends South African men's gold drought". Reuters. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Matthew Cowdrey Sets ParaSport World Record During Day Three Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
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