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

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 24 and 25 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
The medals were presented by Judy Simons, President of the Bermuda Olympic Association and the quaichs were presented by Andrew Fraser, 2013 Jim Clark Memorial Award winner and Ford's Gasoline Calibration Manager.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
| World record | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 51.94 | Indianapolis, United States | 8 July 2009 |
| Commonwealth record | Liam Tancock (ENG) | 52.73 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |
| Games record | Liam Tancock (ENG) | 53.59 | Delhi, India | 8 October 2010 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 24 July | Heat | Chris Walker-Hebborn | England | 53.30 | GR |
| 25 July | Final | Chris Walker-Hebborn | England | 53.12 | GR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | England | 53.30 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Josh Beaver | Australia | 53.68 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 54.18 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Corey Main | New Zealand | 54.40 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Liam Tancock | England | 54.51 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Ben Treffers | Australia | 54.74 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Russell Wood | Canada | 54.83 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Marco Loughran | Wales | 54.96 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Craig McNally | Scotland | 55.28 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | Ryan Bennett | Scotland | 55.35 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Xavier Mohammed | Wales | 55.67 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Darren Murray | South Africa | 55.78 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Quah Zheng Wen | Singapore | 56.37 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Otto Putland | Wales | 57.31 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Grant Halsall | Isle of Man | 57.82 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Jordan Sloan | Northern Ireland | 58.01 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Tern Jian Han | Malaysia | 58.50 | |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Heshan Unamboowe | Sri Lanka | 58.76 | |
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Tom Gallichan | Jersey | 58.92 | |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Timothy Wynter | Jamaica | 58.97 | |
| 21 | 5 | 8 | Jordan Augier | Saint Lucia | 59.36 | |
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Christopher Courtis | Barbados | 59.71 | |
| 23 | 5 | 7 | Hamdan Bayusuf | Kenya | 1:00.07 | |
| 24 | 2 | 4 | James Jurkiewicz | Guernsey | 1:00.29 | |
| 25 | 2 | 6 | Igor Mogne | Mozambique | 1:00.74 | |
| 26 | 3 | 8 | Alex McCallum | Cayman Islands | 1:01.22 | |
| 27 | 2 | 3 | Alexandros Axiotis | Zambia | 1:01.64 | |
| 28 | 4 | 8 | William Clark | Fiji | 1:01.76 | |
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Mathieu Marquet | Mauritius | 1:02.55 | |
| 30 | 2 | 2 | Jordan Gonzalez | Gibraltar | 1:04.50 | |
| 31 | 1 | 5 | Arnold Kisulo | Uganda | 1:06.41 | |
| 32 | 2 | 7 | Milimo Mweetwa | Zambia | 1:07.22 | |
| 33 | 1 | 4 | Dean Hoffman | Seychelles | 1:09.60 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 53.33 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Liam Tancock | England | 53.49 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | England | 53.57 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Josh Beaver | Australia | 53.74 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Corey Main | New Zealand | 54.28 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Craig McNally | Scotland | 54.40 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Russell Wood | Canada | 54.45 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Ben Treffers | Australia | 54.60 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Ryan Bennett | Scotland | 54.87 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Marco Loughran | Wales | 55.09 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Xavier Mohammed | Wales | 55.26 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Darren Murray | South Africa | 55.68 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Quah Zheng Wen | Singapore | 56.43 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Grant Halsall | Isle of Man | 56.78 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Otto Putland | Wales | 56.83 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Jordan Sloan | Northern Ireland | 57.03 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Chris Walker-Hebborn | England | 53.12 | GR |
| | 4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 53.59 | |
| = | 5 | Liam Tancock | England | 53.75 | |
| = | 6 | Josh Beaver | Australia | 53.75 | |
| 5 | 8 | Ben Treffers | Australia | 53.84 | |
| 6 | 2 | Corey Main | New Zealand | 54.40 | |
| 7 | 7 | Craig McNally | Scotland | 54.54 | |
| 8 | 1 | Russell Wood | Canada | 54.56 | |