Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke
# Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke

## Men's 50 m Backstroke - Final

| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Matthew Clay (ENG) | 0.59 | 25.04 | |
| | 4 | Liam Tancock (ENG) | 0.59 | 25.10 | 0.06 |
| | 5 | Gerhard Zandberg (RSA) | 0.66 | 25.16 | 0.12 |
| 4 | 6 | Matthew Welsh (AUS) | 0.66 | 25.34 | 0.30 |
| 5 | 2 | Keng Liat Lim (MAS) | 0.62 | 25.77 | 0.73 |
| 6 | 1 | Matthew Rose (CAN) | 0.58 | 26.05 | 1.01 |
| 6 | 7 | Andrew Lauterstein (AUS) | 0.58 | 26.05 | 1.01 |
| 8 | 8 | Scott Talbot (NZL) | 0.63 | 26.33 | 1.29 |

## Men's 50 m Backstroke - Semifinals

### Men's 50 m Backstroke - Semifinal 01

| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Matthew Clay (ENG) | 0.59 | 25.49 | |
| 2 | 5 | Matthew Rose (CAN) | 0.59 | 25.99 | 0.50 |
| 3 | 3 | Scott Talbot (NZL) | 0.63 | 26.24 | 0.75 |
| 4 | 7 | Garth Tune (RSA) | 0.63 | 26.58 | 1.09 |
| 5 | 6 | Nicholas Neckles (BAR) | 0.57 | 26.66 | 1.17 |
| 6 | 2 | Johannes Du Rand (RSA) | 0.72 | 26.71 | 1.22 |
| 7 | 1 | Chris Vythoulkas (BAH) | 0.60 | 27.55 | 2.06 |
| 8 | 8 | Onan Thom (GUY) | 0.66 | 28.04 | 2.55 |

### Men's 50 m Backstroke - Semifinal 02

| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Liam Tancock (ENG) | 0.56 | 24.84 (GR) | |
| 2 | 6 | Gerhard Zandberg (RSA) | 0.68 | 25.16 | 0.32 |
| 3 | 5 | Matthew Welsh (AUS) | 0.67 | 25.50 | 0.66 |
| 4 | 2 | Keng Liat Lim (MAS) | 0.63 | 25.71 | 0.87 |
| 5 | 3 | Andrew Lauterstein (AUS) | 0.68 | 25.92 | 1.08 |
| 6 | 7 | Cameron Gibson (NZL) | 0.73 | 26.75 | 1.91 |
| 7 | 1 | David Dunford (KEN) | 0.70 | 27.68 | 2.84 |
| 8 | 8 | Gael Adam (MRI) | 0.68 | 28.30 | 3.46 |

## Men's 50 m Backstroke - Heats

### Men's 50 m Backstroke - Heat 01

| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Onan Thom (GUY) | 0.67 | 28.33 | |
| 2 | 4 | Jonathon Le Noury (GUE) | 0.65 | 28.70 | 0.37 |
| 3 | 5 | Gilbert Kaburu (UGA) | 0.72 | 33.75 | 5.42 |

### Men's 50 m Backstroke - Heat 02

| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Matthew Clay (ENG) | 0.61 | 25.61 (GR) | |
| 2 | 5 | Matthew Rose (CAN) | 0.58 | 25.75 | 0.14 |
| 3 | 3 | Gerhard Zandberg (RSA) | 0.66 | 26.31 | 0.70 |
| 4 | 6 | Garth Tune (RSA) | 0.62 | 26.93 | 1.32 |
| 5 | 7 | Arun Karunaratne (SRI) | 0.57 | 29.01 | 3.40 |
| 6 | 1 | Michael O'connor (BER) | 0.57 | 29.06 | 3.45 |
| 7 | 2 | Jonathan Calderon (LCA) | 0.65 | 29.28 | 3.67 |

### Men's 50 m Backstroke - Heat 03

| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Matthew Welsh (AUS) | 0.67 | 25.66 | |
| 2 | 3 | Scott Talbot (NZL) | 0.66 | 26.29 | 0.63 |
| 3 | 5 | Keng Liat Lim (MAS) | 0.66 | 26.49 | 0.83 |
| 4 | 6 | Cameron Gibson (NZL) | 0.71 | 26.74 | 1.08 |
| 5 | 2 | Gael Adam (MRI) | 0.69 | 28.19 | 2.53 |
| 6 | 1 | Andrew Mackay (CAY) | 0.60 | 28.43 | 2.77 |
| 7 | 7 | Mohammad Rana (BAN) | 0.78 | 29.47 | 3.81 |
| 8 | 8 | Jamie Zammitt (GIB) | 0.61 | 29.67 | 4.01 |

### Men's 50 m Backstroke - Heat 04

| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Liam Tancock (ENG) | 0.58 | 25.26 (GR) | |
| 2 | 5 | Andrew Lauterstein (AUS) | 0.68 | 26.03 | 0.77 |
| 3 | 3 | Nicholas Neckles (BAR) | 0.58 | 26.41 | 1.15 |
| 4 | 6 | Johannes Du Rand (RSA) | 0.74 | 26.57 | 1.31 |
| 5 | 7 | David Dunford (KEN) | 0.66 | 27.43 | 2.17 |
| 6 | 2 | Chris Vythoulkas (BAH) | 0.61 | 27.53 | 2.27 |
| 7 | 8 | Thomas Hollingsworth (GUE) | 0.59 | 28.44 | 3.18 |
| 8 | 1 | Dane Harrop (IOM) | 0.73 | 29.06 | 3.80 |
