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

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Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates 8 April (heats, semifinals)
9 April (final)
Competitors 34 from 22 nations
Winning time 52.27
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Bronte Campbell  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Cate Campbell  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Taylor Ruck  Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
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The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. [1]

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 Sweden.svg  Sarah Sjöström  (SWE)51.71 Budapest, Hungary 23 July 2017
Commonwealth record Flag of Australia.svg  Cate Campbell  (AUS)52.06 Brisbane, Australia 2 July 2016
Games record Flag of Australia.svg  Cate Campbell  (AUS)52.68 Glasgow, United Kingdom 28 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
8 AprilSemifinal Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.64 GR
9 AprilFinal Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.27 GR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 8 April from 10:58 to 11:08. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 54.05Q
255 Taylor Ruck Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 54.79Q
344 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 54.81Q
434 Penny Oleksiak Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 54.88Q
553 Kayla Sanchez Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 54.97Q
645 Shayna Jack Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.00Q
735 Freya Anderson Flag of England.svg  England 55.12Q
843 Anna Hopkin Flag of England.svg  England 55.21Q
933 Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55.36Q
1056 Lucy Hope Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 55.56Q
1146 Jessica Jackson Flag of England.svg  England 55.85Q
1257 Emma Chelius Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 56.04Q
1332 Carina Doyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 56.27Q
1442 Laticia Transom Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 56.32Q
1537 Georgia Marris Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 56.98Q
1652 Ting Wen Quah Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 57.46Q
1741 Maria Brunlehner Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 57.75
1825 Gemma Atherley Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 58.42
1947 Kalia Antoniou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 58.65
2048 Lauren Hew Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 58.79
2131 Lushavel Stickland Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 59.01
2258 Alison Jackson Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 59.54
2338 Elodie Poo Cheong Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 59.69
2425 Cheyenne Rova Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 59.94
2526 Tatiana Tostevin Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 1:00.31
2614 Therese Soukup Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1:00.92
2715 Aaliyah Palestrini Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1:01.15
2827 Christina Linares Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 1:01.29
2922 Makaela Holowchak Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 1:01.61
3021 Vinoli Kaluarachchi Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1:02.25
3123 Bisma Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1:02.66
3228 Jamila Sanmoogan Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 1:03.39
3316 Maayaa Ayawere Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1:04.71
3413 Aliah Maginley Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 1:06.20
36 Kathryn Greenslade Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales DNS
51 Danielle Hill Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 8 April at 19:59 and 20:03. [3]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Taylor Ruck Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 53.05Q
23 Shayna Jack Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.58Q
35 Penny Oleksiak Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 54.34Q
46 Anna Hopkin Flag of England.svg  England 55.17Q
52 Lucy Hope Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 55.43
61 Laticia Transom Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 56.26
77 Emma Chelius Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 56.40
88 Ting Wen Quah Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 57.51

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.64Q, GR
25 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.46Q
33 Kayla Sanchez Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 54.18Q
42 Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 54.38Q, AF
56 Freya Anderson Flag of England.svg  England 55.28
67 Jessica Jackson Flag of England.svg  England 55.84
71 Carina Doyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 56.18
88 Georgia Marris Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 56.48

Final

The final was held on 9 April at 21:44. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.27 GR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.69
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Taylor Ruck Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 53.08
46 Shayna Jack Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.83
57 Penny Oleksiak Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 53.85
61 Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 54.23 AF
72 Kayla Sanchez Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 54.30
88 Anna Hopkin Flag of England.svg  England 55.03

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References

  1. ↑ "Women's 100 metre freestyle schedule" . Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Heats results
  3. ↑ Semifinals results
  4. ↑ Final results
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