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

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Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates7 April (heats, semifinals)
8 April (final)
Competitors56 from 30 nations
Winning time48.02
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  2014
2022  

The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 and 8 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

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Records

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

World record Flag of Brazil.svg  César Cielo  (BRA)46.91 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009
Commonwealth record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cameron McEvoy  (AUS)47.04 Adelaide, Australia 11 April 2016
Games record Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Brent Hayden  (CAN)47.98 Delhi, India 7 October 2010

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 7 April at 11:37. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
185 Kyle Chalmers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 48.81Q
264 Jack Cartwright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 48.85Q
383 Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 48.96Q
484 Duncan Scott Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 48.99Q
575 Yuri Kisil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 49.06Q
673 Matthew Abeysinghe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 49.11Q, NR
765 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 49.17Q
874 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 49.20Q
963 Markus Thormeyer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 49.41Q
1076 Calum Jarvis Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 49.65Q
1087 Daniel Hunter Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 49.65Q
1272 Jordan Sloan Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 49.72Q
1367 David Cumberlidge Flag of England.svg  England 49.77Q
1462 Matthew Stanley Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 49.79Q
1586 Jack Thorpe Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 49.82Q
1666 Sam Perry Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 49.90Q
1754 Bradley Vincent Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 49.93
1877 Kieran McGuckin Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 50.02
1971 Ruslan Gaziev Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 50.04
2068 Calvyn Justus Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 50.06
2178 David Thompson Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 50.22
2252 Calum Bain Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 50.47
2361 Elliot Clogg Flag of England.svg  England 50.56
2453 Igor Mogne Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 50.74
2582 Darren Lim Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 50.79
2681 Miles Munro Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 50.80
2755 Welson Sim Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 50.91
2856 Keith Kit Sern Lim Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 51.04
2944 Alex Sobers Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 51.12
3058 Jean-Luc Zephir Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 51.66
3143 Mathieu Marquet Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 51.71
3251 Samuel Seghers Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 51.94
3337 Brandon Schuster Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 51.95
3488 Cherantha de Silva Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 52.08
3557 Kyle Abeysinghe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 52.20
3646 Gregory Anodin Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 52.97
3747 Denilson da Costa Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 53.30
3826 Steven Maina Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 53.53
3923 Paul Elaisa Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 53.96
4034 Epeli Rabua Herbert Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 54.02
4148 Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 54.21
4236 Dean Hoffman Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 54.35
4333 Iain McCallum Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 54.56
4435 James Sanderson Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 54.57
4521 Leonard Kalate Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 54.91
4642 Stefano Mitchell Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 54.95
4725 Jadon Wuilliez Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 55.21
4824 Adam Moncherry Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 55.90
4938 Josh Tarere Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 56.12
5031 Andrew Fowler Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 56.33
5132 Temaruata Strickland Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 57.33
5227 Alexander Cyrus Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57.56
5322 Nikolas Sylvester Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 58.67
5413 Ben Dillon Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Saint Helena 58.95
5514 Duwaine Yon Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Saint Helena 1:00.47
5615 Colby Thomas Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Saint Helena 1:03.36
41 Issa Mohamed Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNS
45 N'Nhyn Fernander Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 7 April at 20:59. [2]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
16 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 48.50Q
25 Duncan Scott Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 48.72Q
34 Jack Cartwright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 48.73Q
43 Matthew Abeysinghe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 49.43
51 Matthew Stanley Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 49.61
62 Calum Jarvis Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 49.77
78 Sam Perry Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 49.83
87 Jordan Sloan Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 49.88

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
16 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 48.61Q
24 Kyle Chalmers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 48.70Q
23 Yuri Kisil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 48.79Q
45 Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 49.06Q
57 Daniel Hunter Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 49.11Q
62 Markus Thormeyer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 49.22
78 Jack Thorpe Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 49.75
81 David Cumberlidge Flag of England.svg  England 49.90

Final

The final was held on 8 April at 19:43. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Duncan Scott Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 48.02
Silver medal icon.svg5 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 48.15
Silver medal icon.svg3 Kyle Chalmers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 48.15
44 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 48.44
51 Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 48.60
62 Jack Cartwright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 48.62
77 Yuri Kisil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 48.80
88 Daniel Hunter Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 49.30

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