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

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.
| World record | Zhao Jing (CHN) | 27.06 | Rome, Italy | 30 July 2009 |
| Commonwealth record | Sophie Edington (AUS) | 27.51 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
| Games record | Sophie Edington (AUS) | 28.00 | Delhi, India | 8 October 2010 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 28 July | Heat | Georgia Davies | Wales | 27.90 | GR |
| 28 July | Semifinal | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 27.89 | GR |
| 28 July | Semifinal | Georgia Davies | Wales | 27.61 | GR |
| 29 July | Final | Georgia Davies | Wales | 27.56 | GR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Georgia Davies | Wales | 27.90 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 28.03 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Lauren Quigley | England | 28.39 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Kathleen Dawson | Scotland | 28.56 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 28.60 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Brooklynn Snodgrass | Canada | 28.80 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Elizabeth Simmonds | England | 29.00 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 29.01 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | Tao Li | Singapore | 29.11 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 29.31 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Jessica Fullalove | England | 29.43 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 7 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 30.55 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Caroline Puamau | Fiji | 30.73 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Danielle Hill | Northern Ireland | 30.77 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Niamh Robinson | Isle of Man | 31.03 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Kimiko Raheem | Sri Lanka | 31.14 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 4 | Courtney Butcher | Guernsey | 31.37 | |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Joyce Tafatatha | Malawi | 31.90 | |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | Talisa Lanoe | Kenya | 31.92 | |
| 20 | 5 | 1 | Cheyenne Rova | Fiji | 32.26 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Evelina Afoa | Samoa | 32.28 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Nadeera Jayasekera | Sri Lanka | 32.31 | |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Danielle Awori | Kenya | 32.41 | |
| 24 | 2 | 2 | Emily Chan Chee | Mauritius | 32.63 | |
| 25 | 2 | 3 | Felicity Passon | Seychelles | 32.74 | |
| 26 | 4 | 1 | Bethany Firth | Northern Ireland | 32.80 | |
| 27 | 1 | 3 | Anita Field | Kenya | 32.86 | |
| 28 | 2 | 5 | Savannah Tkatchenko | Papua New Guinea | 33.01 | |
| 29 | 4 | 7 | Jade Howard | Zambia | 33.10 | |
| 30 | 2 | 7 | Kiran Khan | Pakistan | 33.11 | |
| 31 | 1 | 5 | Izzy Joachim | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33.52 | |
| 32 | 1 | 4 | Bisma Khan | Pakistan | 33.65 | |
| 33 | 2 | 8 | Tegan McCarthy | Papua New Guinea | 33.74 | |
| 34 | 2 | 1 | Onika George | Guyana | 34.64 | |
| 35 | 3 | 1 | Irene Prescott | Tonga | 34.66 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Georgia Davies | Wales | 27.61 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Lauren Quigley | England | 27.72 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 27.89 | Q, GR |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Brooklynn Snodgrass | Canada | 28.25 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 28.40 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Kathleen Dawson | Scotland | 28.55 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Elizabeth Simmonds | England | 28.63 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 28.87 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Tao Li | Singapore | 29.13 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 29.37 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Jessica Fullalove | England | 29.42 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Caroline Puamau | Fiji | 30.46 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Danielle Hill | Northern Ireland | 30.87 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 31.08 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Kimiko Raheem | Sri Lanka | 31.11 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Niamh Robinson | Isle of Man | 31.30 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Georgia Davies | Wales | 27.56 | GR |
| | 5 | Lauren Quigley | England | 27.69 | |
| | 6 | Brooklynn Snodgrass | Canada | 27.97 | |
| 4 | 3 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 27.98 | |
| 5 | 7 | Kathleen Dawson | Scotland | 28.47 | |
| 6 | 1 | Elizabeth Simmonds | England | 28.54 | |
| 7 | 8 | Belinda Hocking | Australia | 28.58 | |
| 8 | 2 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 28.86 | |