Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 and 10 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates9 April (heats, semifinals)
10 April (final)
Competitors30 from 21 nations
Winning time27.78
Medalists
    Australia
    Canada
    Wales

Records

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

World record Zhao Jing (CHN)27.06Rome, Italy30 July 2009
Commonwealth record Emily Seebohm (AUS)27.37Budapest, Hungary27 July 2017
Games record Georgia Davies (WAL)27.56Glasgow, United Kingdom29 July 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 9 April at 10:49.[1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Emily Seebohm Australia27.63Q
234Georgia Davies Wales27.91Q
345Kylie Masse Canada27.99Q
443Kathleen Dawson Scotland28.17Q
546Cassie Wild Scotland28.31Q
624Holly Barratt Australia28.49Q
725Minna Atherton Australia28.50Q
836Alexia Zevnik Canada28.75Q
933Lucy Hope Scotland28.77Q
1032Bobbi Gichard New Zealand28.81Q
1135Jade Hannah Canada28.82Q
1227Naomi Ruele Botswana29.18Q
1326Danielle Hill Northern Ireland29.27Q
1423Anna Maine England29.29Q
1537Erin Gallagher South Africa29.38Q, WD
1622Harriet West Wales29.46Q
1747Mariella Venter South Africa29.88Q
1842Caroline Zi Xin Chan Malaysia30.10
1931Lushavel Stickland Samoa30.14
2038Tatiana Tostevin Guernsey30.19
2121Kalia Antoniou Cyprus30.62
2248Sylvia Brunlehner Kenya30.72
2315Gemma Atherley Jersey30.91
2428Vinoli Kaluarachchi Sri Lanka31.02
2513Aaliyah Palestrini Seychelles31.19
2641Lauren Hew Cayman Islands31.35
2714Bisma Khan Pakistan31.43
2816Therese Soukup Seychelles32.88
2917Charissa Panuve Tonga36.37
3012Rebecca Asare Ghana36.64

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 9 April at 20:57.[2]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Georgia Davies Wales27.86Q
23Holly Barratt Australia28.12Q
35Kathleen Dawson Scotland28.26Q
46Alexia Zevnik Canada28.56
42Bobbi Gichard New Zealand28.56
67Naomi Ruele Botswana29.17
71Anna Maine England29.33
88Mariella Venter South Africa29.58

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Emily Seebohm Australia27.89Q
25Kylie Masse Canada28.00Q
33Cassie Wild Scotland28.29Q
42Lucy Hope Scotland28.31Q
57Jade Hannah Canada28.37Q
66Minna Atherton Australia28.47
71Danielle Hill Northern Ireland28.86
88Harriet West Wales29.35

Final

The final was held on 10 April at 19:50.[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Emily Seebohm Australia27.78
3Kylie Masse Canada27.82
4Georgia Davies Wales27.90
46Holly Barratt Australia27.96
57Cassie Wild Scotland28.18
62Kathleen Dawson Scotland28.37
78Jade Hannah Canada28.38
81Lucy Hope Scotland28.54

References

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