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

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Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates6 April (heats, semifinals)
7 April (final)
Competitors26 from 17 nations
Winning time58.63
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2014
2022  

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Contents

Schedule

The schedule is as follows: [1]

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

DateTimeRound
Friday 6 April 201811:12Qualifying
20:55Semifinals
Saturday 7 April 201820:03Final

Records

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

World record Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kylie Masse  (CAN)58.10 Budapest, Hungary 25 July 2017
Commonwealth record Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kylie Masse  (CAN)58.10 Budapest, Hungary 25 July 2017
Games record Flag of Australia.svg  Belinda Hocking  (AUS)59.37 Glasgow, Great Britain 26 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
6 AprilHeat 3 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.91 GR
6 AprilHeat 4 Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.70 GR
6 AprilSemifinals Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.66 GR
7 AprilFinal Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.63 GR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationResultNotes
144 Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.70Q, GR
234 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.91Q, GR
343 Elizabeth Simmonds Flag of England.svg  England 1:00.49Q
445 Georgia Davies Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:00.57Q
525 Kaylee McKeown Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:00.65Q
624 Taylor Ruck Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.72Q
723 Hayley Baker Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:00.82Q
846 Jessica Fullalove Flag of England.svg  England 1:01.04Q
942 Bobbi Gichard Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:01.33Q
1033 Kathleen Dawson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:01.38Q
1135 Jade Hannah Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:01.51Q
1236 Cassie Wild Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:02.29Q
1337 Naomi Ruele Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1:02.58Q
1426 Anna Maine Flag of England.svg  England 1:02.63Q
1547 Nathania van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:02.81Q
1627 Danielle Hill Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1:03.08Q
1732 Mariella Venter Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:03.39
1831 Gemma Atherley Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 1:04.75
1948 Tatiana Tostevin Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 1:04.90
2028 Caroline Zi Xin Chan Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1:05.94
2141 Lushavel Stickland Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 1:06.02
2238 Lauren Hew Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 1:06.41
2321 Sylvia Tanya Atieno Brunlehner Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:06.64
2414 Aaliyah Palestrini Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1:07.26
2515 Vinoli Kaluarachchi Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1:07.64
2613 Therese Soukup Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1:10.57
2722 Harriet West Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales DNS

Semifinals

RankHeatLaneNameNationResultNotes
124 Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.66Q, GR
214 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.95Q
313 Taylor Ruck Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.06Q
423 Kaylee McKeown Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:00.11Q
515 Georgia Davies Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:00.33Q
627 Jade Hannah Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.37Q
726 Hayley Baker Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:00.63Q
812 Kathleen Dawson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:00.67QSO
925 Elizabeth Simmonds Flag of England.svg  England 1:00.67QSO
1017 Cassie Wild Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:00.93
1116 Jessica Fullalove Flag of England.svg  England 1:01.39
1222 Bobbi Gichard Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:01.75
1311 Anna Maine Flag of England.svg  England 1:02.29
1418 Danielle Hill Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1:02.62
1521 Naomi Ruele Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1:03.01
1628 Nathania van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:03.06

Swim-off

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Kathleen Dawson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:01.06Q
25 Elizabeth Simmonds Flag of England.svg  England 1:01.13

Final

RankLaneNameNationResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.63 GR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.66
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Taylor Ruck Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.97
46 Kaylee McKeown Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:00.08
52 Georgia Davies Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:00.17
68 Kathleen Dawson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:00.74
61 Hayley Baker Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:00.74
87 Jade Hannah Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.83

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References

  1. "Swimming - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.