Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates 5 April (heats, semifinals)
6 April (final)
Competitors 24 from 20 nations
Winning time 53.18
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Mitch Larkin  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Bradley Woodward  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Markus Thormeyer  Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
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The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 6 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

2018 Commonwealth Games 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games

The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was the fifth time Australia had hosted the Commonwealth Games and the first time a major multi-sport event achieved gender equality by having an equal number of events for males and female athletes.

The Gold Coast Aquatic Centre is a public swimming pool complex located in the Southport Broadwater Parklands on the Gold Coast, Queensland. It was the swimming and diving facility for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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Records

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

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Ryan Murphy  (USA)51.85 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13 August 2016
Commonwealth record Flag of Australia.svg  Mitch Larkin  (AUS)52.11 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 6 November 2015
Games record Flag of England.svg  Chris Walker-Hebborn  (ENG)53.12 Glasgow, United Kingdom 25 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule is as follows: [1]

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

Date Time Round
Thursday 5 April 2018 11:47 Qualifying
21:22 Semifinals
Friday 6 April 2018 21:36 Final

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Larkin, Mitch Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 54.02 Q
2 3 3 Greenbank, Luke Luke Greenbank Flag of England.svg  England 54.62 Q
3 3 5 Woodward, Bradley Bradley Woodward Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 54.71 Q
4 2 4 Main, Corey Corey Main Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 54.99 Q
5 1 3 Clogg, Elliot Elliot Clogg Flag of England.svg  England 55.08 Q
6 2 3 Thormeyer, Markus Markus Thormeyer Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 55.26 Q
7 1 4 Treffers, Ben Ben Treffers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.30 Q
8 1 5 Castelli, Xavier Xavier Castelli Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 55.51 Q
9 2 5 Ferguson, Conor Conor Ferguson Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 55.54 Q
10 2 6 Justus, Calvyn Calvyn Justus Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55.69 Q
11 3 6 McNally, Craig Craig McNally Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 56.19 Q
12 1 6 Binedell, Martin Martin Binedell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 56.37 Q
13 3 7 Shalamon, Harry Harry Shalamon Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 56.41 Q
14 2 7 Arthur, Jason Jason Arthur Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 56.52 Q
15 1 2 Nataraj, Srihari Srihari Nataraj Flag of India.svg  India 56.71 Q
16 1 7 Hollingsworth, Thomas Thomas Hollingsworth Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 57.61 Q
17 3 2 Tern, Jian Han Jian Han Tern Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 58.10
18 2 2 Peiris, Akalanka Akalanka Peiris Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 58.68
19 2 1 Tariq, Syed Muhammad Haseeb Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 59.39
20 1 1 Cuna, Erico Erico Cuna Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:01.27
21 3 8 Gonzalez, Jordan Jordan Gonzalez Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 1:01.38
22 3 1 Maina, Steven Steven Maina Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:01.65
23 2 8 Halbich, Cruz Cruz Halbich Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:08.08
24 1 8 Yon, Joshua Joshua Yon Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Saint Helena 1:13.01

Semifinals

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Larkin, Mitch Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.15 Q
2 1 3 Thormeyer, Markus Markus Thormeyer Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 53.86 Q
3 2 5 Woodward, Bradley Bradley Woodward Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 54.22 Q
4 2 2 Ferguson, Conor Conor Ferguson Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 54.48 Q
5 1 4 Greenbank, Luke Luke Greenbank Flag of England.svg  England 54.54 Q
6 2 6 Treffers, Ben Ben Treffers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 54.62 Q
7 1 5 Main, Corey Corey Main Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 55.02 Q
8 1 6 Castelli, Xavier Xavier Castelli Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 55.13 Q
9 1 7 Binedell, Martin Martin Binedell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55.25
9 1 2 Justus, Calvyn Calvyn Justus Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55.25
11 2 7 McNally, Craig Craig McNally Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 55.28
12 2 3 Clogg, Elliot Elliot Clogg Flag of England.svg  England 55.42
13 2 1 Shalamon, Harry Harry Shalamon Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 56.47
14 2 8 Nataraj, Srihari Srihari Nataraj Flag of India.svg  India 56.65
15 1 1 Arthur, Jason Jason Arthur Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 56.85
16 1 8 Hollingsworth, Thomas Thomas Hollingsworth Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 58.14

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4Larkin, Mitch Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.18
3Woodward, Bradley Bradley Woodward Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.95
5Thormeyer, Markus Markus Thormeyer Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 54.14
42Greenbank, Luke Luke Greenbank Flag of England.svg  England 54.37
58Castelli, Xavier Xavier Castelli Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 54.60
67Treffers, Ben Ben Treffers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 54.62
71Main, Corey Corey Main Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 54.88
86Ferguson, Conor Conor Ferguson Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 55.01

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References

  1. ↑ "Swimming - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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