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

The Men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 4 and 5 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.
Four heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The top sixteen times qualified for the semi-finals and, the top eight from there qualified for the finals.

## Heats

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane |
| 1 | Liam Tancock | England | 25.47 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Daniel Arnamnart | Australia | 25.52 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | Hayden Stoeckel | Australia | 25.56 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Marco Loughran | Wales | 25.62 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Gareth Kean | New Zealand | 25.80 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Daniel Bell | New Zealand | 25.90 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 25.94 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Charles Francis | Canada | 26.04 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Tobias Oriwol | Canada | 26.62 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Christian-Paul Homer | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.12 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Kuamarakulsinghe Barr | Malaysia | 27.45 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | Zane Jordan | Zambia | 27.46 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Joshua McLeod | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.50 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | Badrinath Melkote | India | 27.52 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | Caryle Blondell | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.53 | 4 | 7 |
| 16 | Dzulhaili Kamal | Singapore | 27.60 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | Heshan Unamboowe | Sri Lanka | 27.87 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Amini Fonua | Tonga | 28.07 | 4 | 8 |
| 19 | Alexandar Beaton | Guernsey | 28.77 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Praveen Tokas | India | 29.16 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | Benjamin Loundes | Guernsey | 29.35 | 3 | 7 |
| 22 | Nicholas Coard | Grenada | 29.27 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | Kurtis Tulia | Samoa | 29.47 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Peter Pokawin | Papua New Guinea | 30.06 | 2 | 8 |
| 25 | Milimo Mweeta | Zambia | 30.89 | 3 | 8 |
| 26 | Akshay Shah | Kenya | 31.54 | 1 | 4 |
| 27 | Daniel Pryke | Papua New Guinea | 31.98 | 1 | 5 |
| 28 | Ryan Govinden | Seychelles | 33.62 | 1 | 3 |
| - | Marios Panagi | Cyprus | DNS | 4 | 2 |

## Semifinals

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane |
| 1 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 25.04 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Hayden Stoeckel | Australia | 25.27 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Daniel Arnamnart | Australia | 25.39 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Marco Loughran | Wales | 25.43 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Daniel Bell | New Zealand | 25.44 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Liam Tancock | England | 25.62 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Gareth Kean | New Zealand | 25.87 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Charles Francis | Canada | 26.20 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Tobias Oriwol | Canada | 26.56 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Christian-Paul Homer | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.99 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Kuamarakulsinghe Barr | Malaysia | 27.21 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Badrinath Melkote | India | 27.26 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Joshua McLeod | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.35 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Zane Jordan | Zambia | 27.70 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | Dzulhaili Kamal | Singapore | 27.74 | 1 | 8 |
| 16 | Caryle Blondell | Trinidad and Tobago | 28.24 | 2 | 8 |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time | Notes |
| | Liam Tancock | England | 7 | 24.62 | CGR |
| | Hayden Stoeckel | Australia | 5 | 25.08 | |
| | Ashley Delaney | Australia | 4 | 25.21 | |
| 4 | Daniel Bell | New Zealand | 2 | 25.27 | |
| 5 | Marco Loughran | Wales | 6 | 25.58 | |
| 6 | Daniel Arnamnart | Australia | 3 | 25.66 | |
| 7 | Charles Francis | Canada | 8 | 25.87 | |
| 8 | Gareth Kean | New Zealand | 1 | 25.89 | |