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

The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as part of the swimming programme, took place on 27 and 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Dr. Sharad Rao, Honorary Legal Advisor of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by Prof. Lorne Crerar, Chairman of Harper Macleod.

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
27 July	Heat			27.00	GR
27 July	Semifinal			26.80	GR
28 July	Final			26.76	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	5			27.00	Q, GR
2	4	4			27.39	Q
3	5	5			27.44	Q
4	3	4			27.45	Q
5	5	4			27.57	Q
6	3	5			27.77	Q
7	4	3			27.90	Q
8	5	6			27.93	Q
9	5	3			28.02	Q
10	3	3			28.17	Q
11	4	6			28.36	Q
12	5	2			28.57	Q
13	3	6			28.64	Q
14	5	7			28.92	Q
15	4	7			29.08	Q
16	3	2			29.17	Q
17	4	2			29.60
18	4	1			29.87
	3	7			30.04
	5	8
21	4	8			30.08
22	3	8			30.25
23	2	5			30.28
24	5	1			30.50
25	3	1			30.64
26	2	4			30.73
27	2	6			31.12
28	2	7			31.16
29	2	3			31.90
30	1	4			32.08
31	1	6			32.89
32	2	2			33.49
33	2	1			33.62
34	2	8			33.72
35	1	5			33.77
36	1	2			34.00
37	1	7			34.33
	1	3

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4			26.80	Q, GR
2	2	4			26.99	Q
3	2	3			27.11	Q
4	1	3			27.37	Q
5	2	5			27.41	Q
6	1	5			27.43	Q
7	2	6			27.73	Q
8	2	2			27.93	Q
9	1	2			28.12
10	1	6			28.26
11	2	7			28.60
	1	1			28.87
	2	1
14	1	8			29.33
15	2	8			29.53
	1	7

Final

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Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			26.76	GR
	5			26.78
	3			27.46
4	6			27.47
5	7			27.53
6	2			27.65
7	1			27.99
8	8			28.21