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

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Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates 6 April (heats, semifinals)
7 April (final)
Competitors 40 from 30 nations
Winning time 23.78
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Cate Campbell  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Bronte Campbell  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Taylor Ruck  Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
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The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

2018 Commonwealth Games 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games

The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was the fifth time Australia had hosted the Commonwealth Games and the first time a major multi-sport event achieved gender equality by having an equal number of events for males and female athletes.

The Gold Coast Aquatic Centre is a public swimming pool complex located in the Southport Broadwater Parklands on the Gold Coast, Queensland. It was the swimming and diving facility for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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Records

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

World record Flag of Sweden.svg  Sarah Sjöström  (SWE)23.67 Budapest, Hungary 29 July 2017
Commonwealth record Flag of Australia.svg  Cate Campbell  (AUS)23.79 Gold Coast, Australia 3 March 2018
Games record Flag of England.svg  Francesca Halsall  (ENG)23.96 Glasgow, United Kingdom 26 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
6 AprilSemifinal Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.88 GR
7 AprilFinal Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.78 CR, GR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 6 April at 10:47. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationTimeNotes
164 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.24Q
244 Shayna Jack Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.50Q
354 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.87Q
465 Taylor Ruck Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 25.13Q
553 Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 25.21Q
655 Anna Hopkin Flag of England.svg  England 25.29Q
763 Kayla Sanchez Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 25.47Q
856 Emma Chelius Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 25.62Q
966 Lucy Hope Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 25.85Q
1042 Laticia Transom Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 25.96Q
1146 Kalia Antoniou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 25.97Q
1262 Jessica Jackson Flag of England.svg  England 26.01Q
1352 Danielle Hill Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 26.02Q
1445 Quah Ting Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 26.22Q
1557 Lauren Hew Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 26.59Q
1668 Maria Brunlehner Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 26.70Q
1767 Lushavel Stickland Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 26.84
1851 Cheyenne Rova Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 27.08
1961 Emily Siobhan Muteti Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 27.14
2033 Matelita Buadromo Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 27.19
2147 Alison Jackson Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 27.34
2258 Tilka Paljk Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 27.47
2337 Tatiana Tostevin Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 27.52
2448 Elodie Poo Cheong Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 27.63
2536 Dilrukshi Perera Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 27.75
2615 Maayaa Ayawere Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 28.38
2632 Oreoluwa Cherebin Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 28.38
2825 Therese Soukup Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 28.45
2934 Aaliyah Palestrini Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 28.52
3038 Makaela Holowchak Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 28.65
3122 Christina Linares Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 28.68
3235 Bisma Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 28.75
3324 Vinoli Kaluarachchi Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 28.76
3431 Jamila Sanmoogan Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 28.86
3526 Avice Meya Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 29.09
3613 Charissa Panuve Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 30.34
3723 Miss Khatun Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 31.10
3827 Aliah Maginley Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 31.20
3941 Angelia Charles Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 36.18
4014 Bunturabie Jalloh Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 38.27
43 Penny Oleksiak Flag of Canada.svg  Canada DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 6 April at 20:12. [2]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationResultNotes
14 Shayna Jack Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.63Q
25 Taylor Ruck Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 24.72Q
33 Anna Hopkin Flag of England.svg  England 25.33Q
46 Emma Chelius Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 25.89
52 Laticia Transom Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 25.95
67 Jessica Jackson Flag of England.svg  England 26.08
71 Quah Ting Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 26.25
88 Maria Brunlehner Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 26.63

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationResultNotes
14 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.88Q, GR
25 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.38Q
33 Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 25.03Q
46 Kayla Sanchez Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 25.20Q
51 Danielle Hill Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 25.80Q
62 Lucy Hope Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 25.87
77 Kalia Antoniou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 25.89
88 Lauren Hew Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 26.61

Final

The final was held on 7 April at 19:43. [3]

RankLaneNameNationResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.78 CR, GR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.26
Silver medal icon.svg6 Taylor Ruck Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 24.26 NR
43 Shayna Jack Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.57
52 Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 25.03
67 Kayla Sanchez Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 25.12
71 Anna Hopkin Flag of England.svg  England 25.28
88 Danielle Hill Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 25.56

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References

  1. ↑ Heats results
  2. ↑ Semifinals results
  3. ↑ Final results
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