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

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Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates9 April (semifinals, heats)
10 April (final)
Competitors60 from 37 nations
Winning time21.35
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  2014
2022  

The Men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 and 10 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Contents

Records

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

World record Flag of Brazil.svg  César Cielo  (BRA)20.91 São Paulo, Brazil 18 December 2009
Commonwealth record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Ashley Callus  (AUS)21.19 Canberra, Australia 26 November 2009
Games record Flag of England.svg  Benjamin Proud  (ENG)21.76 Glasgow, Scotland 28 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
9 AprilHeats Benjamin Proud Flag of England.svg  England 21.45 GR
9 AprilSemifinal Benjamin Proud Flag of England.svg  England 21.30 GR

Results

Heats

The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
184 Benjamin Proud Flag of England.svg  England 21.45Q, GR
264 Brad Tandy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 21.78Q
374 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.06Q
485 James Roberts Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.11Q
583 Thomas Fannon Flag of England.svg  England 22.12Q
675 James Magnussen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.23Q
765 David Cumberlidge Flag of England.svg  England 22.25Q
863 Daniel Hunter Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 22.32Q
973 Yuri Kisil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22.40Q
1066 Jack Thorpe Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 22.48Q
1187 Bradley Vincent Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 22.50Q
1282 Calum Bain Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 22.53Q
1378 Matthew Abeysinghe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 22.65Q, NR
1461 Scott McLay Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 22.79Q
1586 Ruslan Gaziev Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22.80Q
1676 Sam Perry Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 22.93Q
1772 Miles Munro Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 22.94
1888 Kieran McGuckin Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 22.96
1962 Virdhawal Khade Flag of India.svg  India 23.11
2071 Jordan Sloan Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 23.19
2168 David Thompson Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 23.29
2253 Keith Kit Sern Lim Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 23.33
2344 Jean-Luc Zephir Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 23.45
2452 Abeiku Jackson Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 23.47
2567 Darren Lim Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 23.50
2654 Igor Mogne Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 23.58
2755 Kyle Abeysinghe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 23.73
2841 Alex Sobers Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 23.75
2956 Issa Mohamed Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 23.80
3034 Harry Shalamon Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 24.01
3157 Izaak Bastian Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 24.07
3245 Denilson da Costa Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 24.12
3358 Stefano Mitchell Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 24.14
3424 Brandon Schuster Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 24.19
3551 Samuel Seghers Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 24.25
3681 Cherantha de Silva Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 24.29
3743 Hilal Hilal Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 24.37
3846 Epeli Rabua Herbert Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 24.38
3947 Gregory Anodin Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 24.52
4036 Josh Tarere Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 24.68
4131 James Sanderson Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 24.72
4225 Paul Elaisa Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 24.77
4342 Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 24.82
4435 Andrew Fowler Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 24.87
4537 Adam Moncherry Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 24.88
4548 Dean Hoffman Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 24.88
4726 Joshua Tibatemwa Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 24.93
4823 Jadon Wuilliez Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 25.15
4922 Ashley Seeto Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 25.42
5038 Nikolas Sylvester Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25.44
5127 Alexander Cyrus Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25.57
5221 Corey Ollivierre Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 25.71
5332 Temaruata Strickland Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 25.96
5417 Finau Ohuafi Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 26.07
5528 Cruz Halbich Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26.15
5615 Ben Dillon Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Saint Helena 26.28
5714 Duwaine Yon Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Saint Helena 26.47
5833 Clayment Lafiara Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 27.07
5916 Colby Thomas Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Saint Helena 27.88
12 Ishmael Koroma Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone DNS
77 Ryan Coetzee Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa DNS
13 Faletiute Tinapa Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu DSQ

Semifinals

The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final. [2]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationResultNotes
14 Brad Tandy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 21.92Q
25 James Roberts Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.11Q
33 James Magnussen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.20Q
46 Daniel Hunter Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 22.34
57 Calum Bain Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 22.39
62 Jack Thorpe Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 22.49
71 Scott McLay Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 22.55
88 Sam Perry Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 23.13

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationResultNotes
14 Benjamin Proud Flag of England.svg  England 21.30Q, GR, NR
25 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.00Q
32 Yuri Kisil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22.09Q
33 Thomas Fannon Flag of England.svg  England 22.09Q
56 David Cumberlidge Flag of England.svg  England 22.15Q
67 Bradley Vincent Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 22.60
78 Ruslan Gaziev Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22.80
81 Matthew Abeysinghe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 22.84

Final

The final was held on 10 April at 19:45. [3]

RankLaneNameNationResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Benjamin Proud Flag of England.svg  England 21.35
Silver medal icon.svg5 Brad Tandy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 21.81
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 21.92
41 David Cumberlidge Flag of England.svg  England 22.00
56 Yuri Kisil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22.03
68 James Magnussen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.05
77 James Roberts Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.15
82 Thomas Fannon Flag of England.svg  England 22.25

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