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

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Men's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates8 April (heats, semifinals)
9 April (final)
Competitors34 from 21 nations
Winning time26.58
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
  2014
2022  

The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 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 the United Kingdom.svg  Adam Peaty  (GBR)25.95 Budapest, Hungary 25 July 2017
Commonwealth record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Adam Peaty  (GBR)25.95 Budapest, Hungary 25 July 2017
Games record Flag of England.svg  Adam Peaty  (ENG)26.74 Gold Coast, Australia 7 April 2018

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
8 AprilSemifinal Adam Peaty Flag of England.svg  England 26.49 GR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 8 April at 10:46. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Adam Peaty Flag of England.svg  England 26.98Q
244 Cameron van der Burgh Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27.01Q
355 Jake Packard Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 27.42Q
434 James McKechnie Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 27.53Q
535 James Wilby Flag of England.svg  England 27.58Q
653 Euan Inglis Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 27.84Q
756 Michael Houlie Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27.92Q
845 Craig Benson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28.06Q
933 Mark Campbell Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28.10Q
946 Liam Hunter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 28.10Q
1136 Brad Tandy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 28.17Q
1252 Elijah Wall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28.29Q
1342 Ludovico Corsini Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 28.56Q
1443 Jamie Graham Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 28.80Q
1532 Izaak Bastian Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 29.39Q
1648 Epeli Rabua Herbert Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 29.61Q
1737 Taichi Vakasama Taichi Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 29.79
1825 Samuele Rossi Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 29.82
1841 Guy Davies Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 29.82
2047 Corey Ollivierre Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 29.85
2157 David Ebanks Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 30.04
2224 Alexandros Axiotis Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 30.10
2358 Mohammad Islam Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 30.37
2431 Ashley Seeto Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 30.51
2538 Ahllan Bique Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 30.52
2623 Leonard Kalate Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 30.97
2726 Jonathan Chung Yee Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 31.25
2821 Moonakala Kumaren Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 29.39
2922 Jadon Wuilliez Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 31.38
3027 Nikolas Sylvester Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.64
3113 Duwaine Yon Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Saint Helena 36.52
3228 Colby Thomas Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Saint Helena 37.41
3314 Faletiute Tinapa Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 38.44
3415 Scott George Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Saint Helena 40.58
51 Ralph Goveia Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 8 April at 20:19. [2]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Cameron van der Burgh Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26.95Q
25 James McKechnie Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 27.67Q
33 Euan Inglis Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 27.85Q
46 Craig Benson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28.00
52 Liam Hunter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 28.05
67 Elijah Wall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28.52
71 Jamie Graham Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 28.66
88 Izaak Bastian Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 29.79

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Adam Peaty Flag of England.svg  England 26.49Q, GR
23 James Wilby Flag of England.svg  England 27.41Q
35 Jake Packard Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 27.55Q
46 Michael Houlie Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27.64Q
57 Brad Tandy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27.99Q
62 Mark Campbell Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28.07
71 Ludovico Corsini Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 28.53
88 Epeli Rabua Herbert Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 29.28

Final

The final was held on 9 April at 21:07. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Cameron van der Burgh Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26.58
Silver medal icon.svg4 Adam Peaty Flag of England.svg  England 26.62
Bronze medal icon.svg3 James Wilby Flag of England.svg  England 27.37
46 Jake Packard Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 27.53
57 James McKechnie Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 27.59
62 Michael Houlie Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27.83
71 Euan Inglis Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28.03
88 Brad Tandy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 28.37

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