The Women's 100 metre freestyle 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 October 5 and 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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Six heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top sixteen times advanced to the semifinals and the top eight times from the semi-finals qualified for the finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Monica Bernardo		01:02.89
2	5	Kathryn Millin		01:03.45
3	3	Jessica Stagno		01:05.46

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Jade Howard		01:01.05
2	6	Mercedes Milner		01:05.86
3	3	Ajaykumar Hanika		01:07.32
4	7	Olivia Nakingi		01:09.57
5	2	Anham Salyani		01:09.89
6	1	Aminath Shahid		01:13.62
–	5	Magdalena Mishi			DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Shannon Austin		01:00.27
2	4	Talasha Prabhu		01:00.41
3	3	Cherelle Thompson		01:00.46
4	5	Jyotsna Pansare		01:01.42
5	1	Judith Meauri		01:02.50
6	2	Olivia de Maroussem		01:03.10
7	7	Elaine Reyes		01:03.18
8	8	Madhawee Kaluarachchilage		01:04.84

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Alicia Coutts Alicia Coutts Alicia Jayne Coutts is an Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games .-Career:...		55.06	Q
2	4	Yolane Kukla Yolane Kukla Yolane Nicole Kukla is an Australian butterfly and freestyle swimmer.-Career:At the 2010 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney at just 14, Kukla earned selection for the Commonwealth Games team for Delhi, where she won the gold medal in the 50m freestyle, and Australian team for the...		55.92	Q
3	6	Caitlin McClatchey Caitlin McClatchey Caitlin McClatchey is a Scottish swimmer. To date her greatest sporting achievement was winning two gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....		56.45	Q
4	3	Erica Morningstar Erica Morningstar Erica Rachelle Morningstar is a Canadian swimmer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan who is now based in Calgary, Alberta. She has competed in events all over the world including the 2008 Olympic games held in Beijing, China. She is sponsored by Speedo Canada, and regularly appears in their...		56.51	Q
5	7	Georgia Holderness		57.51	Q
6	2	Clare Dawson		58.81
7	1	Chii Leung		59.01
8	8	Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane		59.15

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Emily Seebohm Emily Seebohm Emily Jane Seebohm OAM is an Australian backstroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer.-Career:...		55.30	Q
2	5	Amy Smith		55.50	Q
3	6	Geneviève Saumur Geneviève Saumur Geneviève Saumur is a Canadian Olympic swimmer. She swam for Canada at the 2008 Olympics.She currently holds the 200m freestyle Canadian Record.She has swam for Canada at:...		56.00	Q
4	3	Natasha Hind		56.26	Q
5	2	Penelope Marshall		56.44	Q
6	7	Anna Stylianou		57.61	Q
7	1	Kah Chan		58.36
8	8	Sian Morgan		58.63

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Hayley Palmer Hayley Palmer Hayley Gloria Palmer is an Olympian and National Record holding swimmer from New Zealand. She swam for NZ at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.-Early life:Palmer was born in Cheltenham, England...		55.09	Q
2	4	Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European...		55.58	Q
3	5	Victoria Poon		55.61	Q
4	2	Emma Saunders		56.13	Q
5	7	Sara Hamilton		57.62	Q
6	6	Lucy Ellis		57.64
7	1	Lai Chui		57.84
8	8	Bethany Carson		58.98

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Victoria Poon		54.80	Q
2	4	Hayley Palmer Hayley Palmer Hayley Gloria Palmer is an Olympian and National Record holding swimmer from New Zealand. She swam for NZ at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.-Early life:Palmer was born in Cheltenham, England...		55.15	Q
3	5	Amy Smith		55.18	Q
4	2	Natasha Hind		55.24	Q
5	6	Geneviève Saumur Geneviève Saumur Geneviève Saumur is a Canadian Olympic swimmer. She swam for Canada at the 2008 Olympics.She currently holds the 200m freestyle Canadian Record.She has swam for Canada at:...		55.86
6	7	Caitlin McClatchey Caitlin McClatchey Caitlin McClatchey is a Scottish swimmer. To date her greatest sporting achievement was winning two gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....		56.36
7	1	Georgia Holderness		57.19
8	8	Sara Hamilton		58.12

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Alicia Coutts Alicia Coutts Alicia Jayne Coutts is an Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games .-Career:...		54.62	Q
2	3	Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European...		55.10	Q
3	5	Emily Seebohm Emily Seebohm Emily Jane Seebohm OAM is an Australian backstroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer.-Career:...		55.39	Q
4	2	Emma Saunders		55.85	Q
5	6	Yolane Kukla Yolane Kukla Yolane Nicole Kukla is an Australian butterfly and freestyle swimmer.-Career:At the 2010 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney at just 14, Kukla earned selection for the Commonwealth Games team for Delhi, where she won the gold medal in the 50m freestyle, and Australian team for the...		55.96
6	7	Penelope Marshall		56.26
7	1	Erica Morningstar Erica Morningstar Erica Rachelle Morningstar is a Canadian swimmer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan who is now based in Calgary, Alberta. She has competed in events all over the world including the 2008 Olympic games held in Beijing, China. She is sponsored by Speedo Canada, and regularly appears in their...		56.44
8	8	Anna Stylianou		57.06

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Alicia Coutts Alicia Coutts Alicia Jayne Coutts is an Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games .-Career:...		54.09
	1	Emily Seebohm Emily Seebohm Emily Jane Seebohm OAM is an Australian backstroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer.-Career:...		54.30
	3	Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European...		54.57
4	6	Hayley Palmer Hayley Palmer Hayley Gloria Palmer is an Olympian and National Record holding swimmer from New Zealand. She swam for NZ at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.-Early life:Palmer was born in Cheltenham, England...		54.68
5	2	Amy Smith		54.91
6	5	Victoria Poon		55.04
7	7	Natasha Hind		55.44
8	8	Emma Saunders		56.17