# Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke 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.
The medals were presented by Suzanne Weckend-Dill, Athlete Representative of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by James Hickman, Global Sports Marketing Manager of Speedo.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
| World record | Gemma Spofforth (GBR) | 58.12 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |
| Commonwealth record | Gemma Spofforth (ENG) | 58.12 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |
| Games record | Emily Seebohm (AUS) | 59.53 | Delhi, India | 9 October 2010 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 25 July | Heat | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 59.51 | GR |
| 26 July | Final | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 59.37 | GR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 59.51 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 59.78 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Sinead Russell | Canada | 1:00.15 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Lauren Quigley | England | 1:00.67 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Brooklynn Snodgrass | Canada | 1:00.70 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Elizabeth Simmonds | England | 1:00.79 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Georgia Davies | Wales | 1:00.86 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Kathleen Dawson | Scotland | 1:00.91 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 1:01.05 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 1:01.10 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Jessica Fullalove | England | 1:01.58 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Rachel Williams | Wales | 1:02.98 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Jessica Ashley-Cooper | South Africa | 1:03.61 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Danielle Stirrat | Wales | 1:04.76 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Kimiko Raheem | Sri Lanka | 1:06.36 | Q |
| =16 | 4 | 7 | Danielle Hill | Northern Ireland | 1:07.18 | QSO |
| =16 | 3 | 8 | Talisa Lanoe | Kenya | 1:07.18 | QSO |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 1:07.34 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Bethany Firth | Northern Ireland | 1:08.30 | |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Lara Butler | Cayman Islands | 1:08.37 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Courtney Butcher | Guernsey | 1:08.46 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Danielle Awori | Kenya | 1:08.63 | |
| 23 | 1 | 4 | Evelina Afoa | Samoa | 1:09.13 | |
| 24 | 1 | 5 | Anita Field | Kenya | 1:11.08 | |
| 25 | 1 | 3 | Kiran Khan | Pakistan | 1:13.91 | |
| 26 | 2 | 8 | Savannah Tkatchenko | Papua New Guinea | 1:14.90 | |
| | 1 | 6 | Areeba Shaikh | Pakistan | | DSQ |
| | 4 | 2 | Tao Li | Singapore | | DNS |

#### Qualification swim-off

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Danielle Hill | Northern Ireland | 1:05.36 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Talisa Lanoe | Kenya | 1:07.30 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 59.59 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Georgia Davies | Wales | 59.63 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Sinead Russell | Canada | 59.91 | Q |
| =4 | 1 | 3 | Elizabeth Simmonds | England | 59.98 | Q |
| =4 | 1 | 4 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 59.98 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Brooklynn Snodgrass | Canada | 1:00.26 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 1:00.34 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Lauren Quigley | England | 1:00.37 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 1:00.77 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Kathleen Dawson | Scotland | 1:01.17 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Jessica Fullalove | England | 1:01.20 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Rachel Williams | Wales | 1:02.48 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Jessica Ashley-Cooper | South Africa | 1:03.07 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Danielle Stirrat | Wales | 1:04.86 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Danielle Hill | Northern Ireland | 1:06.17 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Kimiko Raheem | Sri Lanka | 1:06.33 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 59.37 | GR |
| | 5 | Georgia Davies | Wales | 59.58 | |
| | 6 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 59.93 | |
| 4 | 8 | Lauren Quigley | England | 1:00.19 | |
| 5 | 2 | Elizabeth Simmonds | England | 1:00.26 | |
| 6 | 3 | Sinead Russell | Canada | 1:00.27 | |
| 7 | 1 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 1:00.45 | |
| 8 | 7 | Brooklynn Snodgrass | Canada | 1:00.58 | |