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

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Men's 50m Freestyle S7
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates9 April
Competitors6 from 4 nations
Winning time28.60
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
2022  

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]

Contents

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: [2]

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

DateTimeRound
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 recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Pan Shiyun  (CHN)27.35 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9 September 2016 [3]
Commonwealth record
Games record

Results

Heat

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

RankLaneNameNationResultNotes
14 Matthew Levy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 28.68Q
25 Christian Sadie Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 29.54Q
36 Toh Wei Soong Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 30.35Q
42 Jean-Michel Lavalliere Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 30.37Q
57 Rohan Bright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 30.86Q
63 Matthew Haanappel Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 30.92Q

Final

RankLaneNameNationResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Matthew Levy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 28.60
Silver medal icon.svg5 Christian Sadie Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 29.65
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Toh Wei Soong Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 29.83
46 Jean-Michel Lavalliere Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 30.14
52 Rohan Bright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 30.71
67 Matthew Haanappel Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 30.75

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