Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Template:AquaticsAt2010CommonwealthGames The Men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on October 7 and 8 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	6	Marco Loughran	Template:FlagCGF	54.95	Q
2	4	5	Daniel Bell	Template:FlagCGF	55.03	Q
3	4	4	Liam Tancock	Template:FlagCGF	55.15	Q
4	4	3	Christopher Walker-Hebborn	Template:FlagCGF	55.18	Q
5	2	4	Ashley Delaney	Template:FlagCGF	55.35	Q
6	3	5	Daniel Arnamnart	Template:FlagCGF	55.63	Q
7	2	3	Charl Crous	Template:FlagCGF	55.69	Q
8	2	5	Gareth Kean	Template:FlagCGF	55.85	Q
9	3	3	Charles Francis	Template:FlagCGF	56.06	Q
10	3	6	Ryan Bennett	Template:FlagCGF	56.07	Q
11	4	2	Craig McNally	Template:FlagCGF	56.92	Q
12	4	6	Tobias Oriwol	Template:FlagCGF	57.15	Q
13	3	7	Ian Kumarakulasinghe	Template:FlagCGF	58.54	Q
14	3	2	Balakrishnan Melkote	Template:FlagCGF	59.03	Q
15	2	7	Heshan Unamboowe	Template:FlagCGF	59.35	Q
16	2	8	Zane Jordan	Template:FlagCGF	59.89	Q

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Daniel Bell	Template:FlagCGF	54.38	Q, CG
2	5	Christopher Walker-Hebborn	Template:FlagCGF	54.76	Q
3	6	Gareth Kean	Template:FlagCGF	55.26	Q
4	2	Ryan Bennett	Template:FlagCGF	55.50	Q
5	3	Daniel Arnamnart	Template:FlagCGF	55.66
6	7	Tobias Oriwol	Template:FlagCGF	55.76
7	1	Balakrishnan Melkote	Template:FlagCGF	59.25
8	8	Zane Jordan	Template:FlagCGF	59.42

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Ashley Delaney	Template:FlagCGF	54.31	Q, CG
2	5	Liam Tancock	Template:FlagCGF	54.32	Q
3	4	Marco Loughran	Template:FlagCGF	54.45	Q
4	6	Charl Crous	Template:FlagCGF	55.28	Q
5	2	Charles Francis	Template:FlagCGF	55.88
6	7	Craig McNally	Template:FlagCGF	56.45
7	1	Ian Kumarakulasinghe	Template:FlagCGF	58.46
8	8	Heshan Unamboowe	Template:FlagCGF	58.96

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Liam Tancock	Template:FlagCGF	53.59	CG
	3	Daniel Bell	Template:FlagCGF	54.43
	4	Ashley Delaney	Template:FlagCGF	54.51
4	6	Marco Loughran	Template:FlagCGF	54.68
5	7	Gareth Kean	Template:FlagCGF	54.91
6	2	Christopher Walker-Hebborn	Template:FlagCGF	55.04
7	8	Ryan Bennett	Template:FlagCGF	55.85
8	1	Charl Crous	Template:FlagCGF	55.90