The Men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 4 and 5 October 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 25.47 4 4 2 Daniel Arnamnart 25.52 4 5 3 Hayden Stoeckel 25.56 2 4 4 Marco Loughran 25.62 2 5 5 Gareth Kean 25.80 4 3 6 Daniel Bell 25.90 3 5 7 Ashley Delaney 25.94 2 4 8 Charles Francis 26.04 3 3 9 Tobias Oriwol 26.62 3 6 10 Christian-Paul Homer 27.12 2 3 11 Kuamarakulsinghe Barr 27.45 4 1 12 Zane Jordan 27.46 2 7 13 Joshua McLeod 27.50 2 6 14 Badrinath Melkote 27.52 3 2 15 Caryle Blondell 27.53 4 7 16 Dzulhaili Kamal 27.60 4 6 17 Heshan Unamboowe 27.87 2 2 18 Amini Fonua 28.07 4 8 19 Alexandar Beaton 28.77 2 1 20 Praveen Tokas 29.16 1 6 21 Benjamin Loundes 29.35 3 7 22 Nicholas Coard 29.27 3 1 23 Kurtis Tulia 29.47 1 2 24 Peter Pokawin 30.06 2 8 25 Milimo Mweeta 30.89 3 8 26 Akshay Shah 31.54 1 4 27 Daniel Pryke 31.98 1 5 28 Ryan Govinden 33.62 1 3 - Marios Panagi DNS 4 2
Semifinals Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes 1 Ashley Delaney 25.04 2 6 2 Hayden Stoeckel 25.27 2 5 3 Daniel Arnamnart 25.39 1 4 4 Marco Loughran 25.43 1 5 5 Daniel Bell 25.44 1 3 6 Liam Tancock 25.62 2 4 7 Gareth Kean 25.87 2 3 8 Charles Francis 26.20 1 6 9 Tobias Oriwol 26.56 2 2 10 Christian-Paul Homer 26.99 1 2 11 Kuamarakulsinghe Barr 27.21 2 7 12 Badrinath Melkote 27.26 1 1 13 Joshua McLeod 27.35 2 1 14 Zane Jordan 27.70 1 7 15 Dzulhaili Kamal 27.74 1 8 16 Caryle Blondell 28.24 2 8
Final
Rank Name Nationality Lane Time Notes Liam Tancock 7 24.62 CGR Hayden Stoeckel 5 25.08 Ashley Delaney 4 25.21 4 Daniel Bell 2 25.27 5 Marco Loughran 6 25.58 6 Daniel Arnamnart 3 25.66 7 Charles Francis 8 25.87 8 Gareth Kean 1 25.89
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