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

Women's 50 metre butterfly at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	26 July 2014 (heats & semis) 27 July 2014 (final)
Competitors	47 from 29 nations
Winning time	25.20 GR
Medalists
Francesca Halsall   England   Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace   Bahamas   Brittany Elmslie   Australia

Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
100 m S8				women
100 m S9		men
200 m		men		women
200 m S14		men
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
100 m SB9				women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
200 m SM8		men
200 m SM10				women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The women's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 26 and 27 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Tony Ward, International Paralympics Committee Technical Delegate and the quaichs were presented by Mike Summers, Chairman of the Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

World record	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	24.43	Borås, Sweden	5 July 2014	[1]
Games record	Marieke Guehrer (AUS)	26.07	Delhi, India	4 October 2010
Commonwealth record		'

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
26 July	Heat	Francesca Halsall	England	25.64	GR
26 July	Semifinal	Francesca Halsall	England	25.36	GR
27 July	Final	Francesca Halsall	England	25.20	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	4	Halsall, FrancescaFrancesca Halsall	England	25.64	Q, GR
2	5	4	Elmslie, BrittanyBrittany Elmslie	Australia	26.18	Q
3	4	4	Savard, KaterineKaterine Savard	Canada	26.33	Q
4	6	5	Coutts, AliciaAlicia Coutts	Australia	26.43	Q
=5	5	5	Smith, AmyAmy Smith	England	26.44	Q
	6	6	Tao Li	Singapore
	6	2	Vanderpool-Wallace, AriannaArianna Vanderpool-Wallace	Bahamas
8	4	5	Mainville, SandrineSandrine Mainville	Canada	26.46	Q
9	5	3	Groves, MadelineMadeline Groves	Australia	26.74	Q
=10	4	3	Quilter, LauraLaura Quilter	New Zealand	26.92	Q
	6	3	Kelly, RachaelRachael Kelly	England
12	4	6	Williams, MichelleMichelle Williams	Canada	27.02	Q
13	5	6	Harkin, SianSian Harkin	Scotland	27.03	Q
14	5	2	Thomas, AlysAlys Thomas	Wales	27.14	Q
15	6	7	Erasmus, MarneMarne Erasmus	South Africa	27.40	Q
16	5	7	Maree, TrudiTrudi Maree	South Africa	27.62	Q
17	4	2	Atkinson, CharlotteCharlotte Atkinson	Isle of Man	27.63
18	4	7	Quah Ting Wen	Singapore	27.87
19	5	1	Chan, MarinaMarina Chan	Singapore	28.06
20	6	8	Kane, GemmaGemma Kane	Northern Ireland	28.22
21	6	1	Yap Siew Hui	Malaysia	28.30
22	4	1	Firth, BethanyBethany Firth	Northern Ireland	28.51
23	3	4	Patrick, TrudiannTrudiann Patrick	Jamaica	28.78
24	3	3	Brunlehner, SylviaSylvia Brunlehner	Kenya	28.79
25	3	5	Passon, FelicityFelicity Passon	Seychelles	28.95
26	5	8	Sonnenschein, JannahJannah Sonnenschein	Mozambique	29.13
27	3	2	Robinson, NiamhNiamh Robinson	Isle of Man	29.30
28	3	6	Chan Chee, EmilyEmily Chan Chee	Mauritius	29.34
29	4	8	Puamau, CarolineCaroline Puamau	Fiji	29.46
30	2	6	Tafatatha, JoyceJoyce Tafatatha	Malawi	29.59
31	3	7	Swayne, OpheliaOphelia Swayne	Ghana	29.66
32	2	1	Joachim, IzzyIzzy Joachim	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	30.10
33	2	3	Cherebin, OreoluwaOreoluwa Cherebin	Grenada	30.20
34	2	2	Raheem, KimikoKimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	30.44
35	2	4	McCarthy, TeganTegan McCarthy	Papua New Guinea	30.55
36	2	5	Khan, KiranKiran Khan	Pakistan	30.56
37	3	8	Rova, CheyenneCheyenne Rova	Fiji	30.67
38	1	2	Phillip, AmarahAmarah Phillip	British Virgin Islands	30.94
39	1	4	Afoa, EvelinaEvelina Afoa	Samoa	31.23
40	1	1	Ogot, GerGer Ogot	Kenya	31.31
41	1	3	Erasito, TieriTieri Erasito	Fiji	31.40
42	1	6	Tkatchenko, SavannahSavannah Tkatchenko	Papua New Guinea	31.79
43	2	8	Field, AnitaAnita Field	Kenya	31.84
44	3	1	Prescott, IreneIrene Prescott	Tonga	31.98
45	1	5	Jayasekera, NadeeraNadeera Jayasekera	Sri Lanka	32.05
46	2	7	Shaikh, AreebaAreeba Shaikh	Pakistan	32.12
47	1	7	Shajan, AminathAminath Shajan	Maldives	35.00

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Halsall, FrancescaFrancesca Halsall	England	25.36	Q, GR
2	2	6	Vanderpool-Wallace, AriannaArianna Vanderpool-Wallace	Bahamas	25.90	Q
3	1	4	Elmslie, BrittanyBrittany Elmslie	Australia	25.91	Q
4	2	5	Savard, KaterineKaterine Savard	Canada	26.31	Q
5	1	3	Tao Li	Singapore	26.33	Q
6	2	3	Smith, AmyAmy Smith	England	26.43	Q
7	1	6	Mainville, SandrineSandrine Mainville	Canada	26.48	Q
8	1	5	Coutts, AliciaAlicia Coutts	Australia	26.49	Q
9	2	2	Groves, MadelineMadeline Groves	Australia	26.62
10	2	7	Kelly, RachaelRachael Kelly	England	26.68
11	1	2	Quilter, LauraLaura Quilter	New Zealand	27.00
12	1	1	Thomas, AlysAlys Thomas	Wales	27.03
13	1	7	Williams, MichelleMichelle Williams	Canada	27.04
14	2	8	Erasmus, MarneMarne Erasmus	South Africa	27.45
15	2	1	Harkin, SianSian Harkin	Scotland	27.52
16	1	8	Maree, TrudiTrudi Maree	South Africa	27.64

Finals

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Halsall, FrancescaFrancesca Halsall	England	25.20	GR
	5	Vanderpool-Wallace, AriannaArianna Vanderpool-Wallace	Bahamas	25.53
	3	Elmslie, BrittanyBrittany Elmslie	Australia	25.91
4	7	Smith, AmyAmy Smith	England	26.24
5	2	Tao Li	Singapore	26.26
6	6	Savard, KaterineKaterine Savard	Canada	26.27
7	8	Coutts, AliciaAlicia Coutts	Australia	26.52
8	1	Mainville, SandrineSandrine Mainville	Canada	26.64

References

1. "Sarah Sjostrom Smashes 25-Second Barrier With World Record in 50 Fly in Sweden". Swimming World Magazine. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.

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