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

Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	7 April (heats, semifinals) 8 April (final)
Competitors	20 from 17 nations
Winning time	24.68
Medalists
Mitch Larkin    Australia   Ben Treffers    Australia   Zac Incerti    Australia
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The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 and 8 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

World record	Liam Tancock  (GBR)	24.04	Rome, Italy	2 August 2009
Commonwealth record	Liam Tancock  (GBR)	24.04	Rome, Italy	2 August 2009
Games record	Liam Tancock  (ENG)	24.62	Delhi, India	5 October 2010

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 7 April at 11:15. ^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Zac Incerti	Australia	25.05	Q
2	1	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	25.32	Q
3	3	4	Ben Treffers	Australia	25.52	Q
4	3	5	Conor Ferguson	Northern Ireland	25.79	Q
5	3	3	Jian Han Tern	Malaysia	25.83	Q
6	1	5	Xavier Castelli	Wales	25.91	Q
7	2	6	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	26.08	Q
8	2	5	Craig McNally	Scotland	26.11	Q
9	1	3	Srihari Nataraj	India	26.47	Q
10	3	6	Thomas Hollingsworth	Guernsey	26.78	Q
11	2	3	Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	26.83	Q
12	1	6	Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq	Pakistan	27.39	Q
13	3	2	Erico Cuna	Mozambique	28.03	Q
14	1	2	Jordan Gonzalez	Gibraltar	28.19	Q
15	3	7	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	28.77	Q
16	2	2	Dillon Gooding	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29.96	Q
17	2	1	Finau Ohuafi	Tonga	29.97
18	2	7	Cruz Halbich	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31.24
19	1	7	Joshua Yon	Saint Helena	34.30
20	3	1	Faletiute Tinapa	Tuvalu	34.94

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 7 April at 20:19. ^[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	24.91	Q
2	5	Conor Ferguson	Northern Ireland	25.60	Q
3	3	Xavier Castelli	Wales	25.74	Q
4	6	Craig McNally	Scotland	26.00	Q
5	2	Thomas Hollingsworth	Guernsey	27.08
6	7	Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq	Pakistan	27.23
7	1	Jordan Gonzalez	Gibraltar	28.29
8	8	Dillon Gooding	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29.74

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Ben Treffers	Australia	24.99	Q
2	4	Zac Incerti	Australia	25.19	Q
3	6	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	25.52	Q
4	3	Jian Han Tern	Malaysia	25.60	Q, NR
5	2	Srihari Nataraj	India	26.50
6	7	Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	26.52	NR
7	1	Erico Cuna	Mozambique	28.10
8	8	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	28.57

Final

The final was held on 8 April at 21:31. ^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	24.68
	5	Ben Treffers	Australia	24.84
	3	Zac Incerti	Australia	25.06
4	1	Xavier Castelli	Wales	25.44
5	2	Conor Ferguson	Northern Ireland	25.72
6	6	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	25.73
7	8	Craig McNally	Scotland	25.80
8	7	Jian Han Tern	Malaysia	25.96

References

1. Heats results ^{[ dead link ]}
2. Semifinals results ^{[ dead link ]}
3. Final results ^{[ dead link ]}