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

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Women's 50 metre butterfly
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates7 April (heats, semifinals)
8 April (final)
Competitors29 from 22 nations
Winning time25.59
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  2014
2022  

The women's 50 metre butterfly 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 recordFlag of Sweden.svg  Sarah Sjöström  (SWE)24.43 Borås, Sweden 5 July 2014
Commonwealth recordFlag of England.svg  Fran Halsall  (ENG)25.20 Glasgow, United Kingdom 27 July 2014
Games recordFlag of England.svg  Fran Halsall  (ENG)25.20 Glasgow, United Kingdom 27 July 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 7 April at 11:28. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
135 Madeline Groves Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.81Q
244 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.83Q
334 Penny Oleksiak Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.95Q
424 Holly Barratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 26.14Q
545 Rebecca Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.65Q
646 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 26.91Q
733 Alys Thomas Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 26.95Q
843 Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27.05Q
926 Helena Gasson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 27.10Q
925 Harriet Jones Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 27.10Q
1142 Harriet West Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 27.41Q
1236 Quah Ting Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 27.44Q
1322 Emma Chelius Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27.55Q
1423 Charlotte Atkinson Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 27.72Q
1532 Emily Siobhan Muteti Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 28.46Q
1647 Elodie Poo-cheong Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 28.63Q
1727 Katie Kyle Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 28.80
1848 Gemma Atherley Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 28.94
1937 Matelita Buadromo Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 29.12
2028 Lauren Hew Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 29.38
2121 Cheyenne Rova Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 29.70
2238 Dilrukshi Perera Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 29.81 NR
2331 Jamila Sanmoogan Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 29.97
2414 Oreoluwa Cherebin Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 30.43
2541 Aaliyah Palestrini Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 30.59
2613 Christina Linares Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 31.92
2716 Avice Meya Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 32.50
2815 Miss Khatun Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 32.96
2912 Charissa Panuve Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 33.09

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 7 April at 20:39. [2]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.56Q
25 Holly Barratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.88Q
33 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 26.84Q
46 Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26.85Q
52 Harriet Jones Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 27.03
67 Quah Ting Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 27.35
71 Charlotte Atkinson Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 27.57
88 Elodie Poo-cheong Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 28.43

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Madeline Groves Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.54Q
25 Penny Oleksiak Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.94Q
36 Rebecca Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.68Q
46 Alys Thomas Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 26.72Q
57 Harriet West Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 27.17
62 Helena Gasson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 27.19
71 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 27.52
88 Emily Siobhan Muteti Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 28.63

Final

The final was held on 8 April at 21:36. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.59
Silver medal icon.svg3 Holly Barratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.67
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Madeline Groves Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.69
46 Penny Oleksiak Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.88
52 Rebecca Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.49
67 Alys Thomas Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 26.78
78 Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26.84
81 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 27.35

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