The Women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 7 and 8 October 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 1 5 Gemma Spofforth 28.30 Q 2 4 4 Emily Seebohm 28.72 Q 3 3 4 Grace Loh 28.78 Q 4 3 5 Julia Wilkinson 29.04 Q 5 5 4 Sophie Edington 29.07 Q 6 5 5 Emily Thomas 29.17 Q 7 4 5 Georgia Davies 29.19 Q 8 4 3 Sinead Russell 29.21 Q 9 3 3 Emma Saunders 29.68 Q 10 4 6 Kiera Aitken 30.12 Q 11 5 2 Lauren Lavigna 30.17 Q 12 3 2 Kah Chan 30.41 Q 13 5 6 Jennifer Oldham 30.58 Q 14 4 1 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane 31.18 Q 15 1 3 Fariha Zaman 31.34 Q 16 3 7 Chelsey Wilson 31.60 Q
Semifinals
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Emily Seebohm 28.03 Q, CG 2 5 Julia Wilkinson 28.65 Q 3 3 Emily Thomas 28.85 Q 4 6 Sinead Russell 29.09 Q 5 2 Kiera Aitken 30.06 6 7 Jennifer Oldham 30.20 7 1 Fariha Zaman 31.35 8 8 Alexia Royal-Eatmon 31.41
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Gemma Spofforth 28.29 Q 2 6 Georgia Davies 28.45 Q 3 3 Sophie Edington 28.53 Q 4 5 Grace Loh 28.72 Q 5 2 Emma Saunders 29.59 6 7 Kah Chan 30.19 7 1 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane 31.03 8 8 Chelsey Wilson 31.24
Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Sophie Edington 28.00 CG 5 Gemma Spofforth 28.03 3 Georgia Davies 28.33 4 Emily Seebohm 28.33 5 7 Grace Loh 28.66 6 2 Julia Wilkinson 28.76 7 1 Emily Thomas 29.02 8 8 Sinead Russell 29.14
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