Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre breaststroke
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The Men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
took place on October 7 and 8 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex
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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.
2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...
took place on October 7 and 8 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex
SPM Swimming Pool Complex
The Dr. S. P. Mukherjee Swimming Stadium or SPM Swimming Pool Complex is a swimming complex in New Delhi, India, that is hosting the aquatics events for the 2010 Commonwealth Games...
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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 | 4 | 5 | Glenn Snyders | 28.15 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Brenton Rickard Brenton Rickard Brenton Scott Rickard is a breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games... |
28.46 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Daniel Sliwinski | 28.47 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Sandeep Sejwal Sandeep Sejwal Sandeep Sejwal , is an Indian swimmer. He contested in the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to reach the finals in both events.-Career:... |
28.58 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh Cameron van der Burgh Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals... |
28.73 | Q | |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Amini Fonua | 28.90 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Christian Sprenger Christian Sprenger Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:... |
28.94 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Scott Dickens Scott Dickens Scott Dickens is a male swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the breaststroke events. He claimed two medals at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil... |
28.96 | Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Robert Holderness | 29.01 | Q | |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Michael Dawson | 29.36 | Q | |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Agnishwar Jayaprakash | 29.66 | Q | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | See Yap | 29.92 | Q | |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Puneet Rana | 30.45 | Q | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Amar Shah | 31.14 | Q | |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Lijie Chng | 31.33 | Q | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Shajahan Ali | 31.36 | Q |
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Brenton Rickard Brenton Rickard Brenton Scott Rickard is a breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games... |
28.11 | Q | |
| 2 | 6 | Scott Dickens Scott Dickens Scott Dickens is a male swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the breaststroke events. He claimed two medals at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil... |
28.35 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Amini Fonua | 28.73 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | Sandeep Sejwal Sandeep Sejwal Sandeep Sejwal , is an Indian swimmer. He contested in the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to reach the finals in both events.-Career:... |
28.82 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Michael Dawson | 29.53 | ||
| 6 | 7 | See Yap | 29.78 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Amar Shah | 30.53 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Shajahan Ali | 30.57 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Cameron van der Burgh Cameron van der Burgh Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals... |
27.86 | Q | |
| 1 | 4 | Glenn Snyders | 27.86 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | Christian Sprenger Christian Sprenger Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:... |
28.10 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | Daniel Sliwinski | 28.53 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Robert Holderness | 28.74 | Q | |
| 6 | 7 | Agnishwar Jayaprakash | 28.74 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Puneet Rana | 30.12 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Lijie Chng | 31.03 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Cameron van der Burgh Cameron van der Burgh Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals... |
27.18 | CG | ||
| 5 | Glenn Snyders | 27.67 | |||
| 6 | Brenton Rickard Brenton Rickard Brenton Scott Rickard is a breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games... |
27.67 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Christian Sprenger Christian Sprenger Christian David Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.-Swimming career:... |
27.87 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Scott Dickens Scott Dickens Scott Dickens is a male swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the breaststroke events. He claimed two medals at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil... |
28.07 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Daniel Sliwinski | 28.12 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Amini Fonua | 28.69 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Sandeep Sejwal Sandeep Sejwal Sandeep Sejwal , is an Indian swimmer. He contested in the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to reach the finals in both events.-Career:... |
28.85 |