Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre backstroke
Games:	2014
Venue:	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates:	(heats & semis) (final)
Competitors:	35
Nations:	23
Win Value:	27.56 GR
Gold:	Georgia Davies
Goldcga:	WAL
Silver:	Lauren Quigley
Silvercga:	ENG
Bronze:	Brooklynn Snodgrass
Bronzecga:	CAN
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 and 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Helen Jaques, Aquatics Competition Manager, Glasgow 2014 and the quaichs were presented by Miriam Moyo, Commonwealth Games Federation Regional Vice-President, Africa and President of the National Olympic Committee of Zambia.

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	Time	Record
28 July	Heat	27.90	GR
28 July	Semifinal	27.89	GR
28 July	Semifinal	27.61	GR
29 July	Final	27.56	GR

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	4	27.90	Q, GR
2	3	4	28.03	Q
3	4	4	28.39	Q
4	3	5	28.56	Q
5	5	5	28.60	Q
6	4	5	28.80	Q
7	3	3	29.00	Q
8	4	3	29.01	Q
9	5	6	29.11	Q
10	4	6	29.31	Q
11	5	3	29.43	Q
12	5	7	30.55	Q
13	5	2	30.73	Q
14	3	6	30.77	Q
15	3	7	31.03	Q
16	4	2	31.14	Q
17	2	4	31.37
18	3	2	31.90
19	2	6	31.92
20	5	1	32.26
21	3	8	32.28
22	4	8	32.31
23	5	8	32.41
24	2	2	32.63
25	2	3	32.74
26	4	1	32.80
27	1	3	32.86
28	2	5	33.01
29	4	7	33.10
30	2	7	33.11
31	1	5	33.52
32	1	4	33.65
33	2	8	33.74
34	2	1	34.64
35	3	1	34.66

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	27.61	Q, GR
2	2	5	27.72	Q
3	1	4	27.89	Q, GR
4	1	3	28.25	Q
5	2	3	28.40	Q
6	1	5	28.55	Q
7	2	6	28.63	Q
8	1	6	28.87	Q
9	2	2	29.13
10	1	2	29.37
11	2	7	29.42
12	2	1	30.46
13	1	1	30.87
14	1	7	31.08
15	1	8	31.11
16	2	8	31.30