Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The Men's 100 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 2 6 Marco Loughran 54.95 Q 2 4 5 Daniel Bell 55.03 Q 3 4 4 Liam Tancock 55.15 Q 4 4 3 Christopher Walker-Hebborn 55.18 Q 5 2 4 Ashley Delaney 55.35 Q 6 3 5 Daniel Arnamnart 55.63 Q 7 2 3 Charl Crous 55.69 Q 8 2 5 Gareth Kean 55.85 Q 9 3 3 Charles Francis 56.06 Q 10 3 6 Ryan Bennett 56.07 Q 11 4 2 Craig McNally 56.92 Q 12 4 6 Tobias Oriwol 57.15 Q 13 3 7 Ian Kumarakulasinghe 58.54 Q 14 3 2 Balakrishnan Melkote 59.03 Q 15 2 7 Heshan Unamboowe 59.35 Q 16 2 8 Zane Jordan 59.89 Q

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Daniel Bell 54.38 Q, CG 2 5 Christopher Walker-Hebborn 54.76 Q 3 6 Gareth Kean 55.26 Q 4 2 Ryan Bennett 55.50 Q 5 3 Daniel Arnamnart 55.66 6 7 Tobias Oriwol 55.76 7 1 Balakrishnan Melkote 59.25 8 8 Zane Jordan 59.42

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Ashley Delaney 54.31 Q, CG 2 5 Liam Tancock 54.32 Q 3 4 Marco Loughran 54.45 Q 4 6 Charl Crous 55.28 Q 5 2 Charles Francis 55.88 6 7 Craig McNally 56.45 7 1 Ian Kumarakulasinghe 58.46 8 8 Heshan Unamboowe 58.96

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Liam Tancock 53.59 CG 3 Daniel Bell 54.43 4 Ashley Delaney 54.51 4 6 Marco Loughran 54.68 5 7 Gareth Kean 54.91 6 2 Christopher Walker-Hebborn 55.04 7 8 Ryan Bennett 55.85 8 1 Charl Crous 55.90

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