Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	5 April (heats, semifinals) 6 April (final)
Competitors	24 from 20 nations
Winning time	53.18
Medalists
Mitch Larkin    Australia   Bradley Woodward    Australia   Markus Thormeyer    Canada
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The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 6 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

World record	Ryan Murphy  (USA)	51.85	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	13 August 2016
Commonwealth record	Mitch Larkin  (AUS)	52.11	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	6 November 2015
Games record	Chris Walker-Hebborn  (ENG)	53.12	Glasgow, United Kingdom	25 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule is as follows: ^[1]

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

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 5 April 2018	11:47	Qualifying
	21:22	Semifinals
Friday 6 April 2018	21:36	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	54.02	Q
2	3	3	Luke Greenbank	England	54.62	Q
3	3	5	Bradley Woodward	Australia	54.71	Q
4	2	4	Corey Main	New Zealand	54.99	Q
5	1	3	Elliot Clogg	England	55.08	Q
6	2	3	Markus Thormeyer	Canada	55.26	Q
7	1	4	Ben Treffers	Australia	55.30	Q
8	1	5	Xavier Castelli	Wales	55.51	Q
9	2	5	Conor Ferguson	Northern Ireland	55.54	Q
10	2	6	Calvyn Justus	South Africa	55.69	Q
11	3	6	Craig McNally	Scotland	56.19	Q
12	1	6	Martin Binedell	South Africa	56.37	Q
13	3	7	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	56.41	Q
14	2	7	Jason Arthur	Ghana	56.52	Q
15	1	2	Srihari Nataraj	India	56.71	Q
16	1	7	Thomas Hollingsworth	Guernsey	57.61	Q
17	3	2	Jian Han Tern	Malaysia	58.10
18	2	2	Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	58.68
19	2	1	Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq	Pakistan	59.39
20	1	1	Erico Cuna	Mozambique	1:01.27
21	3	8	Jordan Gonzalez	Gibraltar	1:01.38
22	3	1	Steven Maina	Kenya	1:01.65
23	2	8	Cruz Halbich	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:08.08
24	1	8	Joshua Yon	Saint Helena	1:13.01

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	53.15	Q
2	1	3	Markus Thormeyer	Canada	53.86	Q
3	2	5	Bradley Woodward	Australia	54.22	Q
4	2	2	Conor Ferguson	Northern Ireland	54.48	Q
5	1	4	Luke Greenbank	England	54.54	Q
6	2	6	Ben Treffers	Australia	54.62	Q
7	1	5	Corey Main	New Zealand	55.02	Q
8	1	6	Xavier Castelli	Wales	55.13	Q
9	1	7	Martin Binedell	South Africa	55.25
9	1	2	Calvyn Justus	South Africa	55.25
11	2	7	Craig McNally	Scotland	55.28
12	2	3	Elliot Clogg	England	55.42
13	2	1	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	56.47
14	2	8	Srihari Nataraj	India	56.65
15	1	1	Jason Arthur	Ghana	56.85
16	1	8	Thomas Hollingsworth	Guernsey	58.14

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	53.18
	3	Bradley Woodward	Australia	53.95
	5	Markus Thormeyer	Canada	54.14
4	2	Luke Greenbank	England	54.37
5	8	Xavier Castelli	Wales	54.60
6	7	Ben Treffers	Australia	54.62
7	1	Corey Main	New Zealand	54.88
8	6	Conor Ferguson	Northern Ireland	55.01

References

1. "Swimming - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.^{[ dead link ]}