Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 27 and 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	27 July 2014 (2014-07-27) (heats & semis) 28 July 2014 (2014-07-28) (final)
Competitors	38 from 21 nations
Winning time	1:06.35
Medalists
Sophie Taylor    England   Lorna Tonks    Australia   Alia Atkinson    Jamaica

The medals were presented by Michael Fennell, honorary life vice-president of the Commonwealth Games Federation and president of the Jamaica Olympic Association, and the quaichs were presented by Forbes Dunlop, chief executive officer of Scottish Swimming.

Records

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

World record	Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)	1:04.35	Barcelona, Spain	29 July 2013
Commonwealth record	Leisel Jones (AUS)	1:05.09	Melbourne, Australia	20 March 2006
Games record	Leisel Jones (AUS)	1:05.09	Melbourne, Australia	20 March 2006

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Sophie Taylor	England	1:07.77	Q
2	4	4	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	1:07.95	Q
3	3	5	Sally Hunter	Australia	1:08.42	Q
4	3	6	Katie Armitage	Scotland	1:08.81	Q
5	5	5	Lorna Tonks	Australia	1:09.03	Q
6	5	3	Tera van Beilen	Canada	1:09.10	Q
7	5	7	Kierra Smith	Canada	1:09.36	Q
8	3	4	Leiston Pickett	Australia	1:09.46	Q
9	5	6	Corrie Scott	Scotland	1:09.56	Q
10	4	2	Sycerika McMahon	Northern Ireland	1:10.07	Q
11	3	2	Chloe Tutton	Wales	1:10.11	Q
12	3	3	Tara-Lynn Nicholas	South Africa	1:10.15	Q
13	4	6	Molly Renshaw	England	1:10.29	Q
14	4	3	Kathryn Johnstone	Scotland	1:10.44	Q
15	5	2	Martha McCabe	Canada	1:10.56	Q
16	3	7	Laura Kinley	Isle of Man	1:10.90	Q
17	4	5	Sophie Allen	England	1:10.95
18	5	1	Samantha Yeo	Singapore	1:11.53
19	4	1	Bethan Sloan	Wales	1:12.22
20	4	7	Christina Loh	Malaysia	1:12.30
21	5	8	Erika Kong	Malaysia	1:13.23
22	3	1	Zara Bailey	Jamaica	1:14.49
23	2	5	Rebecca Kamau	Kenya	1:14.92
24	2	3	Jamila Lunkuse	Uganda	1:15.11
25	2	4	Irene Chrysostomou	Cyprus	1:15.18
26	4	8	Niamh Robinson	Isle of Man	1:15.74
27	2	2	Savannah Tkatchenko	Papua New Guinea	1:18.36
=28	2	1	Izzy Joachim	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:18.37
	3	8	Nadia Adrianna Redza Goh	Malaysia
30	2	8	Tegan McCarthy	Papua New Guinea	1:18.52
31	2	6	Barbara Vali-Skelton	Papua New Guinea	1:19.69
32	1	3	Lianna Swan	Pakistan	1:20.39
33	2	7	Tilka Paljk	Zambia	1:20.44
34	1	4	Oreoluwa Cherebin	Grenada	1:21.29
35	1	5	Mahfuza Khatun	Bangladesh	1:22.62
36	1	6	Anum Bandey	Pakistan	1:22.99
37	1	2	Martha Opiyo	Kenya	1:23.64
38	1	7	Aishath Sajina	Maldives	1:27.93

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	1:06.87	Q
2	2	4	Sophie Taylor	England	1:07.20	Q
3	2	3	Lorna Tonks	Australia	1:07.65	Q
4	2	5	Sally Hunter	Australia	1:07.97	Q
5	1	3	Tera van Beilen	Canada	1:08.11	Q
6	2	6	Kierra Smith	Canada	1:08.49	Q
7	1	5	Katie Armitage	Scotland	1:08.69	Q
8	1	6	Leiston Pickett	Australia	1:08.83	Q
9	2	2	Corrie Scott	Scotland	1:08.94
10	1	7	Tara-Lynn Nicholas	South Africa	1:09.11
11	2	7	Chloe Tutton	Wales	1:09.38
12	2	1	Molly Renshaw	England	1:09.39
13	1	2	Sycerika McMahon	Northern Ireland	1:09.41
14	1	1	Kathryn Johnstone	Scotland	1:09.42
15	2	8	Martha McCabe	Canada	1:09.63
16	1	8	Laura Kinley	Isle of Man	1:10.99

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Sophie Taylor	England	1:06.35
	3	Lorna Tonks	Australia	1:07.34
	4	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	1:08.14
4	6	Sally Hunter	Australia	1:08.26
5	8	Leiston Pickett	Australia	1:08.46
6	2	Tera van Beilen	Canada	1:08.58
7	7	Kierra Smith	Canada	1:08.83
8	1	Katie Armitage	Scotland	1:09.56