# Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The Women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 5 and 6 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.
Four heats were held, with both containing the seven swimmers. The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top sixteen times advanced to the semifinals and the top eight times from there qualified for the finals.

## Heats
### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 1 | 3 | Fariha Zaman | India | 01:10.38 |
| 2 | 4 | Talisa Lanoe | Kenya | 01:13.19 |
| 3 | 5 | Kristie Millar | Malawi | 01:20.83 |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Georgia Davies | Wales | 01:01.63 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Gemma Spofforth | England | 01:01.68 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Sophie Edington | Australia | 01:01.88 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Lauren Lavigna | Canada | 01:02.58 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Jennifer Oldham | Wales | 01:05.64 | |
| 6 | 1 | Jade Howard | Zambia | 01:09.35 | |
| 7 | 7 | Siona Huxley | Saint Lucia | 01:12.85 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Elizabeth Simmonds | England | 01:01.05 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Sinead Russell | Canada | 01:01.49 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 01:01.51 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Emily Thomas | New Zealand | 01:01.77 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Melanie Nocher | Northern Ireland | 01:03.53 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Kah Chan | Malaysia | 01:05.48 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Jyotsna Pansare | India | 01:10.07 | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 01:00.87 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 01:00.90 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Stephanie Proud | England | 01:01.68 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Julia Wilkinson | Canada | 01:01.71 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Kiera Aitken | Bermuda | 01:04.82 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Chelsey Wilson | Northern Ireland | 01:05.23 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Alexia Royal-Eatmon | Jamaica | 01:08.67 | |
| 8 | 8 | Rachel Fortunato | Gibraltar | 01:15.10 | |

## Semifinals
### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 01:00.28 | Q, CG |
| 2 | 5 | Sinead Russell | Canada | 01:01.07 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Georgia Davies | Wales | 01:01.14 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Stephanie Proud | England | 01:01.25 | |
| 5 | 2 | Emily Thomas | New Zealand | 01:01.58 | |
| 6 | 7 | Lauren Lavigna | Canada | 01:02.08 | |
| 7 | 1 | Kiera Aitken | Bermuda | 01:04.87 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kah Chan | Malaysia | 01:05.80 | |

### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 01:00.71 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Sophie Edington | Australia | 01:00.80 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Julia Wilkinson | Canada | 01:00.82 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 01:00.92 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Gemma Spofforth | England | 01:01.05 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Elizabeth Simmonds | England | 01:01.42 | |
| 7 | 1 | Melanie Nocher | Northern Ireland | 01:02.60 | |
| 8 | 8 | Chelsey Wilson | Northern Ireland | 01:04.60 | |

## Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 59.79 | CG |
| | 7 | Gemma Spofforth | England | 01:00.02 | |
| | 6 | Julia Wilkinson | Canada | 01:00.74 | |
| 4 | 3 | Sophie Edington | Australia | 01:00.81 | |
| 4 | 5 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 01:00.81 | |
| 6 | 8 | Georgia Davies | Wales | 01:01.05 | |
| 7 | 2 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 01:01.14 | |
| 8 | 1 | Sinead Russell | Canada | 01:01.42 | |