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Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke

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The Women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 7 and 8 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.[1]

Five heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The top sixteen advanced to the semifinals and the top eight from there qualified for the finals.

Heats summary

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 5 Gemma Spofforth  England 28.30 Q
2 4 4 Emily Seebohm  Australia 28.72 Q
3 3 4 Grace Loh  Australia 28.78 Q
4 3 5 Julia Wilkinson  Canada 29.04 Q
5 5 4 Sophie Edington  Australia 29.07 Q
6 5 5 Emily Thomas  New Zealand 29.17 Q
7 4 5 Georgia Davies  Wales 29.19 Q
8 4 3 Sinead Russell  Canada 29.21 Q
9 3 3 Emma Saunders  England 29.68 Q
10 4 6 Kiera Aitken  Bermuda 30.12 Q
11 5 2 Lauren Lavigna  Canada 30.17 Q
12 3 2 Kah Chan  Malaysia 30.41 Q
13 5 6 Jennifer Oldham  Wales 30.58 Q
14 4 1 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane  Papua New Guinea 31.18 Q
15 1 3 Fariha Zaman  India 31.34 Q
16 3 7 Chelsey Wilson  Northern Ireland 31.60 Q

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Emily Seebohm  Australia 28.03 Q, CG
2 5 Julia Wilkinson  Canada 28.65 Q
3 3 Emily Thomas  New Zealand 28.85 Q
4 6 Sinead Russell  Canada 29.09 Q
5 2 Kiera Aitken  Bermuda 30.06
6 7 Jennifer Oldham  Wales 30.20
7 1 Fariha Zaman  India 31.35
8 8 Alexia Royal-Eatmon  Jamaica 31.41

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Gemma Spofforth  England 28.29 Q
2 6 Georgia Davies  Wales 28.45 Q
3 3 Sophie Edington  Australia 28.53 Q
4 5 Grace Loh  Australia 28.72 Q
5 2 Emma Saunders  England 29.59
6 7 Kah Chan  Malaysia 30.19
7 1 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane  Papua New Guinea 31.03
8 8 Chelsey Wilson  Northern Ireland 31.24

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Sophie Edington  Australia 28.00 CG
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Gemma Spofforth  England 28.03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Georgia Davies  Wales 28.33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Emily Seebohm  Australia 28.33
5 7 Grace Loh  Australia 28.66
6 2 Julia Wilkinson  Canada 28.76
7 1 Emily Thomas  New Zealand 29.02
8 8 Sinead Russell  Canada 29.14

References

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  1. ^ "XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |".