Men's Backstroke

Liam Tancock won Gold and two Silvers at the Commonwealth Games. Tancock, suffered a broken wrist after his victory in Melbourne, and narrowly missed bronze in the European Championships. He will be hoping for full fitness and a good performance at the World Championships in March.

Form

Matthew Clay won the gold medal in the 50 metres backstroke. In the Olympic events Liam Tancock won the 100m event and Gregor Tait powered home for Scotland's third swimming gold of the Games in the men's 200m backstroke final.

Events	Men's A	Men's B	Competitor	2006 World Rank	2006 Ranking Time	Championship Medal
100 m Backstroke	0:55.14	0:57.07	Liam Tancock	10	54.53	Gold @ Commonwealth Games
200 m Backstroke	1:59.72	2:03.91	Gregor Tait	11	1:58.65	Gold @ Commonwealth Games
			James Goddard	9	1:58.45

Qualification

The A and B qualification times are shown in the table above for the specific events. All three featured swimmers have reached the 'A' standard.

What to watch

There is a liklihood of appearances in the final, and whether we see a backstroke event will depend on whether it happens on the same night as one of the events that we have targeted as a Medal Chance.