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 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 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 30.57 3 4 2 Leisel Jones 31.04 4 4 3 Kate Haywood 31.30 3 5 4 Sarah Katsoulis 31.50 4 5 5 Annamay Pierse 31.71 3 3 6 Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell 31.97 2 4 7 Kathryn Johnstone 32.14 2 3 8 Alia Atkinson 32.24 2 5 9 Sycerika McMahon 32.30 4 2 10 Corrie Scott 32.64 2 6 11 Lowri Tynan 32.68 4 3 12 Sara Lougher 32.83 4 6 13 Georgia Holderness 32.92 3 6 14 Anastasia Christoforou 32.96 3 2 15 Martha McCabe 32.96 3 7 16 Kerry Buchan 33.19 2 2

Semifinals

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

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

Final

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

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