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

The Women'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 advanced to the semifinals and the top eight from there qualified for the finals.

Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	Leiston Pickett	Australia	30.57	3	4
2	Leisel Jones	Australia	31.04	4	4
3	Kate Haywood	England	31.30	3	5
4	Sarah Katsoulis	Australia	31.50	4	5
5	Annamay Pierse	Canada	31.71	3	3
6	Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell	England	31.97	2	4
7	Kathryn Johnstone	Scotland	32.14	2	3
8	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	32.24	2	5
9	Sycerika McMahon	Template:NIR	32.30	4	2
10	Corrie Scott	Scotland	32.64	2	6
11	Lowri Tynan	Wales	32.68	4	3
12	Sara Lougher	Wales	32.83	4	6
13	Georgia Holderness	Wales	32.92	3	6
14	Anastasia Christoforou	Cyprus	32.96	3	2
15	Martha McCabe	Canada	32.96	3	7
16	Kerry Buchan	Scotland	33.19	2	2

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Leisel Jones	Template:FlagCGF	31.29	Q
2	3	Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell	Template:FlagCGF	31.47	Q
3	5	Sarah Katsoulis	Template:FlagCGF	31.58	Q
4	6	Alia Atkinson	Template:FlagCGF	32.13	Q
5	2	Corrie Scott	Template:FlagCGF	32.80
6	8	Kerry Buchan	Template:FlagCGF	32.93
7	7	Sara Lougher	Template:FlagCGF	32.99
8	1	Anastasia Christoforou	Template:FlagCGF	33.08

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Leiston Pickett	Template:FlagCGF	30.74	Q
2	5	Kate Haywood	Template:FlagCGF	31.22	Q
3	3	Annamay Pierse	Template:FlagCGF	32.07	Q
4	6	Kathryn Johnstone	Template:FlagCGF	32.31	Q
5	7	Lowri Tynan	Template:FlagCGF	32.34
6	2	Sycerika McMahon	Template:FlagCGF	32.42
7	8	Martha McCabe	Template:FlagCGF	32.68
8	1	Georgia Holderness	Template:FlagCGF	32.83

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
	Leiston Pickett	Template:FlagCGF	4	30.84
	Leisel Jones	Template:FlagCGF	3	31.10
	Kate Haywood	Template:FlagCGF	5	31.17
4	Sarah Katsoulis	Template:FlagCGF	2	31.43
5	Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell	Template:FlagCGF	6	31.56
6	Annamay Pierse	Template:FlagCGF	7	32.15
7	Kathryn Johnstone	Template:FlagCGF	8	32.19
8	Alia Atkinson	Template:FlagCGF	1	32.48