# Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as part of the swimming programme, took place on 27 and 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
The medals were presented by Dr. Sharad Rao, Honorary Legal Advisor of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by Prof. Lorne Crerar, Chairman of Harper Macleod.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
| World record | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 26.67 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
| Commonwealth record | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 26.67 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
| Games record | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 27.18 | Delhi, India | 8 October 2010 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 27 July | Heat | Adam Peaty | England | 27.00 | GR |
| 27 July | Semifinal | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.80 | GR |
| 28 July | Final | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.76 | GR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Adam Peaty | England | 27.00 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 27.39 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Ross Murdoch | Scotland | 27.44 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Glenn Snyders | New Zealand | 27.45 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 27.57 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Mark Tully | Scotland | 27.77 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Joe Welstead | Scotland | 27.90 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | Robert Holderness | Wales | 27.93 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Richard Funk | Canada | 28.02 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Sandeep Sejwal | India | 28.17 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | James Wilby | England | 28.36 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Bradley Tandy | South Africa | 28.57 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Ian Black | Jersey | 28.64 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Michael Dawson | Northern Ireland | 28.92 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Dustin Tynes | Bahamas | 29.08 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Kenneth To | Australia | 29.17 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | Shaun Yap | Malaysia | 29.60 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Meli Malani | Fiji | 29.87 | |
| =19 | 3 | 7 | David Ebanks | Cayman Islands | 30.04 | |
| =19 | 5 | 8 | Luke Belton | Guernsey | 30.04 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Micah Fernandes | Kenya | 30.08 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Alexandros Axiotis | Zambia | 30.25 | |
| 23 | 2 | 5 | Guy Davies | Isle of Man | 30.28 | |
| 24 | 5 | 1 | Christopher Cheong | Singapore | 30.50 | |
| 25 | 3 | 1 | Thomas Hollingsworth | Guernsey | 30.64 | |
| 26 | 2 | 4 | Tory Pragassa | Kenya | 30.73 | |
| 27 | 2 | 6 | Corey Ollivierre | Grenada | 31.12 | |
| 28 | 2 | 7 | Kyle Dougan | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31.16 | |
| 29 | 2 | 3 | Colin Bensadon | Gibraltar | 31.90 | |
| 30 | 1 | 4 | Matthew Shone | Zambia | 32.08 | |
| 31 | 1 | 6 | Andrew Hopkin | Grenada | 32.89 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Nikolas Sylvester | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33.49 | |
| 33 | 2 | 1 | J'air Smith | Antigua and Barbuda | 33.62 | |
| 34 | 2 | 8 | Joshua Tibatemwa | Uganda | 33.72 | |
| 35 | 1 | 5 | Mark Hoare | Swaziland | 33.77 | |
| 36 | 1 | 2 | Shane Cadogan | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 34.00 | |
| 37 | 1 | 7 | Patrick Rukundo | Rwanda | 34.33 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Shakil Fakir | Mozambique | | DNS |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.80 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Adam Peaty | England | 26.99 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 27.11 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Mark Tully | Scotland | 27.37 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Ross Murdoch | Scotland | 27.41 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Glenn Snyders | New Zealand | 27.43 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Joe Welstead | Scotland | 27.73 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Richard Funk | Canada | 27.93 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Sandeep Sejwal | India | 28.12 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Robert Holderness | Wales | 28.26 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | James Wilby | England | 28.60 | |
| =12 | 1 | 1 | Michael Dawson | Northern Ireland | 28.87 | |
| =12 | 2 | 1 | Ian Black | Jersey | 28.87 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Kenneth To | Australia | 29.33 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Dustin Tynes | Bahamas | 29.53 | |
| | 1 | 7 | Bradley Tandy | South Africa | | DSQ |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.76 | GR |
| | 5 | Adam Peaty | England | 26.78 | |
| | 3 | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 27.46 | |
| 4 | 6 | Mark Tully | Scotland | 27.47 | |
| 5 | 7 | Glenn Snyders | New Zealand | 27.53 | |
| 6 | 2 | Ross Murdoch | Scotland | 27.65 | |
| 7 | 1 | Joe Welstead | Scotland | 27.99 | |
| 8 | 8 | Richard Funk | Canada | 28.21 | |