Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre butterfly

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}

{{Infobox Commonwealth Games event

|event = Women's 50 metre butterfly

|games = 2014

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Tollcross International Swimming Centre

|dates = {{Start date|2014|07|26|df=yes}} (heats & semis)
{{End date|2014|07|27|df=yes}} (final)

|competitors = 47

|nations = 29

|win_value = 25.20 GR

|gold = Francesca Halsall

|goldCGA = ENG

|silver = Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace

|silverCGA = BAH

|bronze = Brittany Elmslie

|bronzeCGA = AUS

|prev = 2010

|next = 2018}}

{{Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games}}

The women's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 26 and 27 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Tony Ward, International Paralympics Committee Technical Delegate and the quaichs were presented by Mike Summers, Chairman of the Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

{{World Commonwealth Games Record

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Sarah Sjöström|SWE}}

| world_mark = 24.43

| world_place = Borås, Sweden

| world_date = 5 July 2014

| world_ref = {{cite magazine|title=Sarah Sjostrom Smashes 25-Second Barrier With World Record in 50 Fly in Sweden|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/39767.asp?q=Sarah-Sjostrom-Smashes-25-Second-Barrier-With-World-Record-in-50-Fly-in-Sweden|magazine=Swimming World Magazine|date=5 July 2014|accessdate=7 July 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714235247/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/39767.asp?q=Sarah-Sjostrom-Smashes-25-Second-Barrier-With-World-Record-in-50-Fly-in-Sweden|archivedate=14 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}

| commonwealth_athlete = {{flagathlete|Marieke Guehrer|AUS}}

| commonwealth_mark = 25.48

| commonwealth_place = Rome, Italy

| commonwealth_date = 1 August 2009

| commonwealth_ref =

| games_athlete = {{flagathlete|Marieke Guehrer|AUS}}

| games_mark = 26.07

| games_place = Delhi, India

| games_date = 4 October 2010

| games_ref =

}}

The following records were established during the competition:

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

! Date !! Event !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Record

26 JulyHeatalign=left|Francesca Halsallalign=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2014}}25.64GR
26 JulySemifinalalign=left|Francesca Halsallalign=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2014}}25.36GR
27 JulyFinalalign=left|Francesca Halsallalign=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2014}}25.20GR

Results

=Heats=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
data-sort-type="number" | RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 1

64align=left|{{sortname|Francesca|Halsall}}align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2014}}25.64Q, GR
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 2

54align=left|{{sortname|Brittany|Elmslie}}align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2014}}26.18Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 3

44align=left|{{sortname|Katerine|Savard}}align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2014}}26.33Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 4

65align=left|{{sortname|Alicia|Coutts}}align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2014}}26.43Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

|rowspan=3| {{sort|5|2==5}}

55align=left|{{sortname|Amy|Smith|dab=swimmer}}align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2014}}rowspan=3| 26.44rowspan=3| Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 6

6align=left|Tao Lialign=left| {{flagCGF|SIN|2014}}
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 6

2align=left|{{sortname|Arianna|Vanderpool-Wallace}}align=left| {{flagCGF|BAH|2014}}
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 8

45align=left|{{sortname|Sandrine|Mainville}}align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2014}}26.46Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 9

53align=left|{{sortname|Madeline|Groves}}align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2014}}26.74Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

|rowspan=2| {{sort|10|2==10}}

43align=left|{{sortname|Laura|Quilter|dab=swimmer}}align=left| {{flagCGF|NZL|2014}}rowspan=2| 26.92rowspan=2| Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 6

3align=left|{{sortname|Rachael|Kelly}}align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2014}}
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 12

46align=left|{{sortname|Michelle|Williams|dab=swimmer}}align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2014}}27.02Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 13

56align=left|{{sortname|Sian|Harkin}}align=left| {{flagCGF|SCO|2014}}27.03Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 14

52align=left|{{sortname|Alys|Thomas}}align=left| {{flagCGF|WAL|2014}}27.14Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 15

67align=left|{{sortname|Marne|Erasmus}}align=left| {{flagCGF|RSA|2014}}27.40Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 16

57align=left|{{sortname|Trudi|Maree}}align=left| {{flagCGF|RSA|2014}}27.62Q
1742align=left|{{sortname|Charlotte|Atkinson|dab=swimmer}}align=left| {{flagCGF|IOM|2014}}27.63
1847align=left|Quah Ting Wenalign=left| {{flagCGF|SIN|2014}}27.87
1951align=left|{{sortname|Marina|Chan}}align=left| {{flagCGF|SIN|2014}}28.06
2068align=left|{{sortname|Gemma|Kane}}align=left| {{flagCGF|NIR|2014}}28.22
2161align=left|Yap Siew Huialign=left| {{flagCGF|MAS|2014}}28.30
2241align=left|{{sortname|Bethany|Firth}}align=left| {{flagCGF|NIR|2014}}28.51
2334align=left|{{sortname|Trudiann|Patrick}}align=left| {{flagCGF|JAM|2014}}28.78
2433align=left|{{sortname|Sylvia|Brunlehner}}align=left| {{flagCGF|KEN|2014}}28.79
2535align=left|{{sortname|Felicity|Passon}}align=left| {{flagCGF|SEY|2014}}28.95
2658align=left|{{sortname|Jannah|Sonnenschein}}align=left| {{flagCGF|MOZ|2014}}29.13
2732align=left|{{sortname|Niamh|Robinson}}align=left| {{flagCGF|IOM|2014}}29.30
2836align=left|{{sortname|Emily|Chan Chee}}align=left| {{flagCGF|MRI|2014}}29.34
2948align=left|{{sortname|Caroline|Puamau}}align=left| {{flagCGF|FIJ|2014}}29.46
3026align=left|{{sortname|Joyce|Tafatatha}}align=left| {{flagCGF|MAW|2014}}29.59
3137align=left|{{sortname|Ophelia|Swayne}}align=left| {{flagCGF|GHA|2014}}29.66
3221align=left|{{sortname|Izzy|Joachim}}align=left| {{flagCGF|SVG|2014}}30.10
3323align=left|{{sortname|Oreoluwa|Cherebin}}align=left| {{flagCGF|GRN|2014}}30.20
3422align=left|{{sortname|Kimiko|Raheem}}align=left| {{flagCGF|SRI|2014}}30.44
3524align=left|{{sortname|Tegan|McCarthy}}align=left| {{flagCGF|PNG|2014}}30.55
3625align=left|{{sortname|Kiran|Khan|Kiran Khan (swimmer)}}align=left| {{flagCGF|PAK|2014}}30.56
3738align=left|{{sortname|Cheyenne|Rova}}align=left| {{flagCGF|FIJ|2014}}30.67
3812align=left|{{sortname|Amarah|Phillip}}align=left| {{flagCGF|IVB|2014}}30.94
3914align=left|{{sortname|Evelina|Afoa}}align=left| {{flagCGF|SAM|2014}}31.23
4011align=left|{{sortname|Ger|Ogot}}align=left| {{flagCGF|KEN|2014}}31.31
4113align=left|{{sortname|Tieri|Erasito}}align=left| {{flagCGF|FIJ|2014}}31.40
4216align=left|{{sortname|Savannah|Tkatchenko}}align=left| {{flagCGF|PNG|2014}}31.79
4328align=left|{{sortname|Anita|Field}}align=left| {{flagCGF|KEN|2014}}31.84
4431align=left|{{sortname|Irene|Prescott}}align=left| {{flagCGF|TON|2014}}31.98
4515align=left|{{sortname|Nadeera|Jayasekera}}align=left| {{flagCGF|SRI|2014}}32.05
4627align=left|{{sortname|Areeba|Shaikh}}align=left| {{flagCGF|PAK|2014}}32.12
4717align=left|{{sortname|Aminath|Shajan}}align=left| {{flagCGF|MDV|2014}}35.00

=Semifinals=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 1

24align=left|{{sortname|Francesca|Halsall}}align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2014}}25.36Q, GR
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 2

26align=left|{{sortname|Arianna|Vanderpool-Wallace}}align=left| {{flagCGF|BAH|2014}}25.90Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 3

14align=left|{{sortname|Brittany|Elmslie}}align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2014}}25.91Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 4

25align=left|{{sortname|Katerine|Savard}}align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2014}}26.31Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 5

13align=left|Tao Lialign=left| {{flagCGF|SIN|2014}}26.33Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 6

23align=left|{{sortname|Amy|Smith|dab=swimmer}}align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2014}}26.43Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 7

16align=left|{{sortname|Sandrine|Mainville}}align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2014}}26.48Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

| 8

15align=left|{{sortname|Alicia|Coutts}}align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2014}}26.49Q
922align=left|{{sortname|Madeline|Groves}}align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2014}}26.62
1027align=left|{{sortname|Rachael|Kelly}}align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2014}}26.68
1112align=left|{{sortname|Laura|Quilter|dab=swimmer}}align=left| {{flagCGF|NZL|2014}}27.00
1211align=left|{{sortname|Alys|Thomas}}align=left| {{flagCGF|WAL|2014}}27.03
1317align=left|{{sortname|Michelle|Williams|dab=swimmer}}align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2014}}27.04
1428align=left|{{sortname|Marne|Erasmus}}align=left| {{flagCGF|RSA|2014}}27.45
1521align=left|{{sortname|Sian|Harkin}}align=left| {{flagCGF|SCO|2014}}27.52
1618align=left|{{sortname|Trudi|Maree}}align=left| {{flagCGF|RSA|2014}}27.64

=Finals=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
{{gold01}}4align=left|{{sortname|Francesca|Halsall}}align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2014}}25.20GR
{{silver02}}5align=left|{{sortname|Arianna|Vanderpool-Wallace}}align=left| {{flagCGF|BAH|2014}}25.53
{{bronze03}}3align=left|{{sortname|Brittany|Elmslie}}align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2014}}25.91
47align=left|{{sortname|Amy|Smith|dab=swimmer}}align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2014}}26.24
52align=left|Tao Lialign=left| {{flagCGF|SIN|2014}}26.26
66align=left|{{sortname|Katerine|Savard}}align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2014}}26.27
78align=left|{{sortname|Alicia|Coutts}}align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2014}}26.52
81align=left|{{sortname|Sandrine|Mainville}}align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2014}}26.64

References

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