Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle S10

The Men's 100 metre freestyle S10 event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

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 8 October 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...

, Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

. In this event, Benoît Huot

Benoit Huot

Benoit Huot is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer of the 21st century, who has won six gold medals for Canada, primarily in the freestyle and butterfly strokes....

of Canada and Matthew John Cowdrey of Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

created games record in S10 and S9 categories respectively.

Records

World Record	50.87	Andre Brasil Andre Brasil Andre Brasil is a swimmer who won gold for Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He also broke a Paralympic record. He had poliomyelitis as a child.- References :...	BRA Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	Eindhoven, Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	17 August 2010
Games Record	54.85	Benoît Huot Benoit Huot Benoit Huot is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer of the 21st century, who has won six gold medals for Canada, primarily in the freestyle and butterfly strokes....	CAN Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census... , India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...	9 October 2010

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Class	Time	Notes
1	4	Andrew Pasterfield Andrew Pasterfield Andrew Pasterfield is a disabled swimmer from Australia. He competed in the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, held in Eindhoven, Netherlands where he won a gold medal in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay event. Leek is classified as an S8 swimmer and he trains at the Australian Institute of...	S10	55.16	Q
2	5	Matthew John Cowdrey	S9	56.61	Q
3	3	Fraidden Dawan	S10	1:04.60	Q
4	6	Chetan Giridhar Raut	S10	1:05.59	q
5	2	Scody Victor	S9	1:21.66
6	7	Arachchillage S. Galpatha	S10	1:32.51

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Class	Time	Notes
1	4	Benoît Huot Benoit Huot Benoit Huot is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer of the 21st century, who has won six gold medals for Canada, primarily in the freestyle and butterfly strokes....	S10	54.85	Q
2	5	Robert Welbourn Robert Welbourn Robert Welbourn is a British Paralympian swimmer. He was born in Chesterfield. He began his swimming career at Deeping Swimming Club in Deeping St. James....	S10	55.94	Q
3	3	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...	S9	1:03.56	Q
4	2	Rimo Saha	S10	1:07.62	q
5	6	Niluka Thilakaratne	S10	1:07.90
6	7	Eugene Fegus Barasa Wafula	S9	2:02.36

Finals

Rank	Lane	Name	Class	Time	Notes
	4	Benoît Huot Benoit Huot Benoit Huot is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer of the 21st century, who has won six gold medals for Canada, primarily in the freestyle and butterfly strokes....	S10	53.70	GR
	5	Andrew Pasterfield Andrew Pasterfield Andrew Pasterfield is a disabled swimmer from Australia. He competed in the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, held in Eindhoven, Netherlands where he won a gold medal in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay event. Leek is classified as an S8 swimmer and he trains at the Australian Institute of...	S10	55.04
	3	Robert Welbourn Robert Welbourn Robert Welbourn is a British Paralympian swimmer. He was born in Chesterfield. He began his swimming career at Deeping Swimming Club in Deeping St. James....	S10	55.10
4	6	Matthew John Cowdrey	S9	55.57	GR
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...	S9	1:03.31
6	7	Fraidden Dawan	S10	1:05.17
7	1	Chetan Giridhar Raut	S10	1:05.27
8	8	Rimo Saha	S10	1:07.80

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.