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

Template:AquaticsAt2010CommonwealthGames The Men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on October 4 and 5 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.

Four heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The top sixteen times qualified for the semi-finals and, the top eight from there qualified for the finals.

Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	Liam Tancock	England	25.47	4	4
2	Daniel Arnamnart	Australia	25.52	4	5
3	Hayden Stoeckel	Australia	25.56	2	4
4	Marco Loughran	Wales	25.62	2	5
5	Gareth Kean	New Zealand	25.80	4	3
6	Daniel Bell	New Zealand	25.90	3	5
7	Ashley Delaney	Australia	25.94	2	4
8	Charles Francis	Canada	26.04	3	3
9	Tobias Oriwol	Canada	26.62	3	6
10	Christian-Paul Homer	Trinidad and Tobago	27.12	2	3
11	Kuamarakulsinghe Barr	Malaysia	27.45	4	1
12	Zane Jordan	Template:ZAM	27.46	2	7
13	Joshua McLeod	Trinidad and Tobago	27.50	2	6
14	Badrinath Melkote	India	27.52	3	2
15	Caryle Blondell	Trinidad and Tobago	27.53	4	7
16	Dzulhaili Kamal	Singapore	27.60	4	6
17	Heshan Unamboowe	Sri Lanka	27.87	2	2
18	Amini Fonua	Tonga	28.07	4	8
19	Alexandar Beaton	Template:GGY	28.77	2	1
20	Praveen Tokas	India	29.16	1	6
21	Benjamin Loundes	Template:GGY	29.35	3	7
22	Nicholas Coard	Grenada	29.27	3	1
23	Kurtis Tulia	Samoa	29.47	1	2
24	Peter Pokawin	Papua New Guinea	30.06	2	8
25	Milimo Mweeta	Template:ZAM	30.89	3	8
26	Akshay Shah	Kenya	31.54	1	4
27	Daniel Pryke	Papua New Guinea	31.98	1	5
28	Ryan Govinden	Seychelles	33.62	1	3
-	Marios Panagi	Cyprus	DNS	4	2

Semifinals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	Ashley Delaney	Australia	25.04	2	6
2	Hayden Stoeckel	Australia	25.27	2	5
3	Daniel Arnamnart	Australia	25.39	1	4
4	Marco Loughran	Wales	25.43	1	5
5	Daniel Bell	New Zealand	25.44	1	3
6	Liam Tancock	England	25.62	2	4
7	Gareth Kean	New Zealand	25.87	2	3
8	Charles Francis	Canada	26.20	1	6
9	Tobias Oriwol	Canada	26.56	2	2
10	Christian-Paul Homer	Trinidad and Tobago	26.99	1	2
11	Kuamarakulsinghe Barr	Malaysia	27.21	2	7
12	Badrinath Melkote	India	27.26	1	1
13	Joshua McLeod	Trinidad and Tobago	27.35	2	1
14	Zane Jordan	Template:ZAM	27.70	1	7
15	Dzulhaili Kamal	Singapore	27.74	1	8
16	Caryle Blondell	Trinidad and Tobago	28.24	2	8

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
	Liam Tancock	Template:FlagCGF	7	24.62	CGR
	Hayden Stoeckel	Template:FlagCGF	5	25.08
	Ashley Delaney	Template:FlagCGF	4	25.21
4	Daniel Bell	Template:FlagCGF	2	25.27
5	Marco Loughran	Template:FlagCGF	6	25.58
6	Daniel Arnamnart	Template:FlagCGF	3	25.66
7	Charles Francis	Template:FlagCGF	8	25.87
8	Gareth Kean	Template:FlagCGF	1	25.89