Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke

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Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates9 April (heats, semifinals)
10 April (final)
Competitors30 from 21 nations
Winning time27.78
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
  2014
2022  

The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 and 10 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 People's Republic of China.svg  Zhao Jing  (CHN)27.06 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009
Commonwealth record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Emily Seebohm  (AUS)27.37 Budapest, Hungary 27 July 2017
Games record Flag of Wales 2.svg  Georgia Davies  (WAL)27.56 Glasgow, United Kingdom 29 July 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 9 April at 10:49. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 27.63Q
234 Georgia Davies Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 27.91Q
345 Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 27.99Q
443 Kathleen Dawson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28.17Q
546 Cassie Wild Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28.31Q
624 Holly Barratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 28.49Q
725 Minna Atherton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 28.50Q
836 Alexia Zevnik Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28.75Q
933 Lucy Hope Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28.77Q
1032 Bobbi Gichard Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 28.81Q
1135 Jade Hannah Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28.82Q
1227 Naomi Ruele Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 29.18Q
1326 Danielle Hill Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 29.27Q
1423 Anna Maine Flag of England.svg  England 29.29Q
1537 Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 29.38Q, WD
1622 Harriet West Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 29.46Q
1747 Mariella Venter Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 29.88Q
1842 Caroline Zi Xin Chan Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 30.10
1931 Lushavel Stickland Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 30.14
2038 Tatiana Tostevin Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 30.19
2121 Kalia Antoniou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 30.62
2248 Sylvia Brunlehner Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 30.72
2315 Gemma Atherley Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 30.91
2428 Vinoli Kaluarachchi Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 31.02
2513 Aaliyah Palestrini Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 31.19
2641 Lauren Hew Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 31.35
2714 Bisma Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 31.43
2816 Therese Soukup Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 32.88
2917 Charissa Panuve Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 36.37
3012 Rebecca Asare Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 36.64

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 9 April at 20:57. [2]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Georgia Davies Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 27.86Q
23 Holly Barratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 28.12Q
35 Kathleen Dawson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28.26Q
46 Alexia Zevnik Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28.56
42 Bobbi Gichard Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 28.56
67 Naomi Ruele Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 29.17
71 Anna Maine Flag of England.svg  England 29.33
88 Mariella Venter Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 29.58

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 27.89Q
25 Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28.00Q
33 Cassie Wild Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28.29Q
42 Lucy Hope Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28.31Q
57 Jade Hannah Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28.37Q
66 Minna Atherton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 28.47
71 Danielle Hill Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 28.86
88 Harriet West Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 29.35

Final

The final was held on 10 April at 19:50. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 27.78
Silver medal icon.svg3 Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 27.82
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Georgia Davies Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 27.90
46 Holly Barratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 27.96
57 Cassie Wild Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28.18
62 Kathleen Dawson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28.37
78 Jade Hannah Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28.38
81 Lucy Hope Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28.54

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