Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle S9
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The Men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
took place on October 6 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex
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Two heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). 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 6 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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Two heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The top eight from there qualified for the finals.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Simon Miller | 27.00 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | Blake Cochrane Blake Cochrane Blake Cochrane is an Australian Paralympic swimmer.-Swimming:Cochrane won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games in the Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB7 event. He won two gold medals at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, which were held in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Cochrane's medals helped... |
27.81 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Sachin Verma | 29.05 | Q | |
| 4 | 6 | Chen Leow | 30.45 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Sunil Galpatha | 31.45 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Jean Laperotine | 38.45 | ||
| – | 1 | Eugene Wafula |
Semifinal 3
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Matthew Cowdrey Matthew Cowdrey Matthew John Cowdrey OAM is an Australian swimmer and holder of numerous world records. He lives in South Australia and swims for the Norwood Swimming Club. He has a congenital amputation of his left arm; it stops at the elbow. Cowdrey competed at the 2004 Paralympic Games, 2006 Commonwealth... |
25.66 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Benjamin Austin | 27.68 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | Prasanta Karmakar Prasanta Karmakar Prasanta Karmakar is an Indian Para swimmer. He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal.- Career:In 2003, Karmakar became the first disabled swimmer to represent India and win a medal at the World Swimming Championships in Argentina. Since then he has won over a dozen medals at the World events... |
27.69 | Q | |
| 4 | 6 | Sean Fraser Sean Fraser (swimmer) Sean Fraser is a Scottish swimmer, who won a bronze medal for Great Britain in the S8 100m backstroke at the Beijing Paralympics 2008. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games he bagged a silver medal in Men's 100 metre freestyle S8 with a time of 1:00.77.-References:... |
28.60 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Laurence McGivern Laurence McGivern Laurence McGivern is a paralympic swimmer from Rostrevor, Co. Down Northern Ireland, coached by Paul Rogers, Gary McCreesh and Dave Malone. His first main sporting event was the European Athletics Championships in Iceland and the age of 18 he competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi... |
28.84 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | Rajesh Shinde | 32.96 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Scody Victor | 34.86 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Matthew Cowdrey Matthew Cowdrey Matthew John Cowdrey OAM is an Australian swimmer and holder of numerous world records. He lives in South Australia and swims for the Norwood Swimming Club. He has a congenital amputation of his left arm; it stops at the elbow. Cowdrey competed at the 2004 Paralympic Games, 2006 Commonwealth... |
25.33 | WR | ||
| 5 | Simon Miller | 26.70 | |||
| 6 | Prasanta Karmakar Prasanta Karmakar Prasanta Karmakar is an Indian Para swimmer. He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal.- Career:In 2003, Karmakar became the first disabled swimmer to represent India and win a medal at the World Swimming Championships in Argentina. Since then he has won over a dozen medals at the World events... |
27.48 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Benjamin Austin | 27.53 | CG | |
| 5 | 2 | Blake Cochrane Blake Cochrane Blake Cochrane is an Australian Paralympic swimmer.-Swimming:Cochrane won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games in the Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB7 event. He won two gold medals at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, which were held in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Cochrane's medals helped... |
27.68 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Sean Fraser Sean Fraser (swimmer) Sean Fraser is a Scottish swimmer, who won a bronze medal for Great Britain in the S8 100m backstroke at the Beijing Paralympics 2008. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games he bagged a silver medal in Men's 100 metre freestyle S8 with a time of 1:00.77.-References:... |
28.63 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Laurence McGivern Laurence McGivern Laurence McGivern is a paralympic swimmer from Rostrevor, Co. Down Northern Ireland, coached by Paul Rogers, Gary McCreesh and Dave Malone. His first main sporting event was the European Athletics Championships in Iceland and the age of 18 he competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi... |
28.95 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Sachin Verma | 29.37 |