Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle S7

Men's 50m Freestyle S7
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates 9 April
Competitors 6 from 4 nations
Winning time 28.60
Medalists
 Matthew Levy   Australia
 Christian Sadie   South Africa
 Toh Wei Soong   Singapore

The men's 50m freestyle S7 event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. This was the first time the event had been held at a Commonwealth Games. Matthew Levy of Australia won gold, swimming a time of 28.60 seconds in the final.[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[2]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Friday 9 April 201811:33Qualifying
Friday 9 April 201820:06Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

World record Pan Shiyun (CHN)27.35Rio de Janeiro, Brazil9 September 2016[3]
Commonwealth record'
Games record'

Results

Heat

As only 6 swimmers entered, all competitors advanced to the final.

RankLaneNameNationResultNotes
14Matthew Levy Australia28.68Q
25Christian Sadie South Africa29.54Q
36Toh Wei Soong Singapore30.35Q
42Jean-Michel Lavalliere Canada30.37Q
57Rohan Bright Australia30.86Q
63Matthew Haanappel Australia30.92Q

Final

RankLaneNameNationResultNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Matthew Levy Australia28.60
2nd, silver medalist(s)5Christian Sadie South Africa29.65
3rd, bronze medalist(s)3Toh Wei Soong Singapore29.83
46Jean-Michel Lavalliere Canada30.14
52Rohan Bright Australia30.71
67Matthew Haanappel Australia30.75

References

  1. ↑ "Ariarne Titmus leads way as Australia cash in more Commonwealth Games gold". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Swimming — Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Agranum, Ritz. "Paralympic swimmer Pan Shiyun of China sets new world record to win 50m freestyle S7 gold at Rio". chinatopix.
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