Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle
Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Gold Coast Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 6 April (heats, semifinals) 7 April (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 30 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 23.78 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
World record | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | 23.67 | Budapest, Hungary | 29 July 2017 |
Commonwealth record | Cate Campbell (AUS) | 23.79 | Gold Coast, Australia | 3 March 2018 |
Games record | Francesca Halsall (ENG) | 23.96 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 26 July 2014 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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6 April | Semifinal | Cate Campbell | Australia | 23.88 | GR |
7 April | Final | Cate Campbell | Australia | 23.78 | CR, GR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 6 April at 10:47.[1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 6 | 4 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 24.24 | Q |
2 | 4 | 4 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 24.50 | Q |
3 | 5 | 4 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 24.87 | Q |
4 | 6 | 5 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 25.13 | Q |
5 | 5 | 3 | Erin Gallagher | South Africa | 25.21 | Q |
6 | 5 | 5 | Anna Hopkin | England | 25.29 | Q |
7 | 6 | 3 | Kayla Sanchez | Canada | 25.47 | Q |
8 | 5 | 6 | Emma Chelius | South Africa | 25.62 | Q |
9 | 6 | 6 | Lucy Hope | Scotland | 25.85 | Q |
10 | 4 | 2 | Laticia Transom | New Zealand | 25.96 | Q |
11 | 4 | 6 | Kalia Antoniou | Cyprus | 25.97 | Q |
12 | 6 | 2 | Jessica Jackson | England | 26.01 | Q |
13 | 5 | 2 | Danielle Hill | Northern Ireland | 26.02 | Q |
14 | 4 | 5 | Quah Ting Wen | Singapore | 26.22 | Q |
15 | 5 | 7 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 26.59 | Q |
16 | 6 | 8 | Maria Brunlehner | Kenya | 26.70 | Q |
17 | 6 | 7 | Lushavel Stickland | Samoa | 26.84 | |
18 | 5 | 1 | Cheyenne Rova | Fiji | 27.08 | |
19 | 6 | 1 | Emily Siobhan Muteti | Kenya | 27.14 | |
20 | 3 | 3 | Matelita Buadromo | Fiji | 27.19 | |
21 | 4 | 7 | Alison Jackson | Cayman Islands | 27.34 | |
22 | 5 | 8 | Tilka Paljk | Zambia | 27.47 | |
23 | 3 | 7 | Tatiana Tostevin | Guernsey | 27.52 | |
24 | 4 | 8 | Elodie Poo Cheong | Mauritius | 27.63 | |
25 | 3 | 6 | Dilrukshi Perera | Sri Lanka | 27.75 | |
26 | 1 | 5 | Maayaa Ayawere | Ghana | 28.38 | |
26 | 3 | 2 | Oreoluwa Cherebin | Grenada | 28.38 | |
28 | 2 | 5 | Therese Soukup | Seychelles | 28.45 | |
29 | 3 | 4 | Aaliyah Palestrini | Seychelles | 28.52 | |
30 | 3 | 8 | Makaela Holowchak | Antigua and Barbuda | 28.65 | |
31 | 2 | 2 | Christina Linares | Gibraltar | 28.68 | |
32 | 3 | 5 | Bisma Khan | Pakistan | 28.75 | |
33 | 2 | 4 | Vinoli Kaluarachchi | Sri Lanka | 28.76 | |
34 | 3 | 1 | Jamila Sanmoogan | Guyana | 28.86 | |
35 | 2 | 6 | Avice Meya | Uganda | 29.09 | |
36 | 1 | 3 | Charissa Panuve | Tonga | 30.34 | |
37 | 2 | 3 | Miss Khatun | Bangladesh | 31.10 | |
38 | 2 | 7 | Aliah Maginley | Antigua and Barbuda | 31.20 | |
39 | 4 | 1 | Angelia Charles | Solomon Islands | 36.18 | |
40 | 1 | 4 | Bunturabie Jalloh | Sierra Leone | 38.27 | |
4 | 3 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 6 April at 20:12.[2]
Semifinal 1
Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 24.63 | Q |
2 | 5 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 24.72 | Q |
3 | 3 | Anna Hopkin | England | 25.33 | Q |
4 | 6 | Emma Chelius | South Africa | 25.89 | |
5 | 2 | Laticia Transom | New Zealand | 25.95 | |
6 | 7 | Jessica Jackson | England | 26.08 | |
7 | 1 | Quah Ting Wen | Singapore | 26.25 | |
8 | 8 | Maria Brunlehner | Kenya | 26.63 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 23.88 | Q, GR |
2 | 5 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 24.38 | Q |
3 | 3 | Erin Gallagher | South Africa | 25.03 | Q |
4 | 6 | Kayla Sanchez | Canada | 25.20 | Q |
5 | 1 | Danielle Hill | Northern Ireland | 25.80 | Q |
6 | 2 | Lucy Hope | Scotland | 25.87 | |
7 | 7 | Kalia Antoniou | Cyprus | 25.89 | |
8 | 8 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 26.61 |
Final
The final was held on 7 April at 19:43.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
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4 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 23.78 | CR, GR | |
5 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 24.26 | ||
6 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 24.26 | NR | |
4 | 3 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 24.57 | |
5 | 2 | Erin Gallagher | South Africa | 25.03 | |
6 | 7 | Kayla Sanchez | Canada | 25.12 | |
7 | 1 | Anna Hopkin | England | 25.28 | |
8 | 8 | Danielle Hill | Northern Ireland | 25.56 |