The men's 50 metre backstroke 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 Antonio Gopal, President of the Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association 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.
Results Heats Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 5 25.12 Q 3 5 25.28 Q 5 4 4 4 4 25.37 Q 5 3 4 25.49 Q 6 5 7 25.50 Q 7 4 5 25.53 Q 8 3 3 25.75 Q 9 5 6 25.98 Q 10 4 3 Quah Zheng Wen 25.99 Q, NR 11 3 6 26.25 Q 12 5 3 26.47 Q 13 4 7 26.51 Q 14 4 6 26.56 Q 15 3 7 26.82 Q 16 3 2 27.19 Q 17 5 2 Tern Jian Han 27.32 18 4 2 27.47 19 4 1 27.53 20 3 1 27.70 21 5 1 27.86 22 5 8 27.89 23 2 5 28.19 24 2 3 28.24 25 4 8 28.27 26 3 8 28.86 27 2 4 29.83 28 2 6 30.11 29 2 8 30.73 1 3 30.87 2 7 32 1 4 30.97 33 1 6 31.80 34 2 2 32.05 35 2 1 32.28 36 1 2 32.64 37 1 5 33.63
Semifinals Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 5 24.78 Q 2 2 4 24.92 Q 3 1 5 25.12 Q 4 1 4 25.20 Q 5 2 3 25.21 Q 6 2 6 25.22 Q 7 1 6 25.29 Q 8 1 3 25.39 Q 9 1 2 Quah Zheng Wen 26.15 10 1 7 26.17 11 2 2 26.19 12 2 7 26.28 13 1 1 26.69 14 2 1 26.72 15 2 8 26.82 16 1 8 27.16
Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 24.67 7 24.80 2 24.98 4 5 25.14 5 6 25.19 6 3 25.36 7 1 25.55 8 8 Quah Zheng Wen 26.26
George Bovell, who qualified in eighth place, pulled out of the final to concentrate on the 50 m freestyle where he finished fifth in the final. He was replaced by the first reserve, Singapore's Quah Zheng Wen.
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