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

Men's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates8 April (heats, semifinals)
9 April (final)
Competitors34 from 21 nations
Winning time26.58
Medalists
gold medal Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa
silver medal Adam Peaty   England
bronze medal James Wilby   England
Swimming at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
50 m S7/S8menwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m S9menwomen
200 mmenwomen
200 m S14men
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m S9menwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m SB8/SB9menwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
50 m S7women
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
200 m SM8men
200 m SM10women
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

World record  Adam Peaty (GBR) 25.95 Budapest, Hungary 25 July 2017
Commonwealth record  Adam Peaty (GBR) 25.95 Budapest, Hungary 25 July 2017
Games record  Adam Peaty (ENG) 26.74 Gold Coast, Australia 7 April 2018

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
8 April Semifinal Adam Peaty  England 26.49 GR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 8 April at 10:46.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Adam Peaty  England 26.98 Q
2 4 4 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 27.01 Q
3 5 5 Jake Packard  Australia 27.42 Q
4 3 4 James McKechnie  Australia 27.53 Q
5 3 5 James Wilby  England 27.58 Q
6 5 3 Euan Inglis  Scotland 27.84 Q
7 5 6 Michael Houlie  South Africa 27.92 Q
8 4 5 Craig Benson  Scotland 28.06 Q
9 3 3 Mark Campbell  Scotland 28.10 Q
9 4 6 Liam Hunter  Australia 28.10 Q
11 3 6 Brad Tandy  South Africa 28.17 Q
12 5 2 Elijah Wall  Canada 28.29 Q
13 4 2 Ludovico Corsini  Mozambique 28.56 Q
14 4 3 Jamie Graham  Northern Ireland 28.80 Q
15 3 2 Izaak Bastian  Bahamas 29.39 Q
16 4 8 Epeli Rabua Herbert  Fiji 29.61 Q
17 3 7 Taichi Vakasama Taichi  Fiji 29.79
18 2 5 Samuele Rossi  Seychelles 29.82
18 4 1 Guy Davies  Isle of Man 29.82
20 4 7 Corey Ollivierre  Grenada 29.85
21 5 7 David Ebanks  Cayman Islands 30.04
22 2 4 Alexandros Axiotis  Zambia 30.10
23 5 8 Mohammad Islam  Bangladesh 30.37
24 3 1 Ashley Seeto  Papua New Guinea 30.51
25 3 8 Ahllan Bique  Mozambique 30.52
26 2 3 Leonard Kalate  Papua New Guinea 30.97
27 2 6 Jonathan Chung Yee  Mauritius 31.25
28 2 1 Moonakala Kumaren  Zambia 29.39
29 2 2 Jadon Wuilliez  Antigua and Barbuda 31.38
30 2 7 Nikolas Sylvester  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.64
31 1 3 Duwaine Yon  Saint Helena 36.52
32 2 8 Colby Thomas  Saint Helena 37.41
33 1 4 Faletiute Tinapa  Tuvalu 38.44
34 1 5 Scott George  Saint Helena 40.58
5 1 Ralph Goveia  Zambia DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 8 April at 20:19.[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 26.95 Q
2 5 James McKechnie  Australia 27.67 Q
3 3 Euan Inglis  Scotland 27.85 Q
4 6 Craig Benson  Scotland 28.00
5 2 Liam Hunter  Australia 28.05
6 7 Elijah Wall  Canada 28.52
7 1 Jamie Graham  Northern Ireland 28.66
8 8 Izaak Bastian  Bahamas 29.79

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Adam Peaty  England 26.49 Q, GR
2 3 James Wilby  England 27.41 Q
3 5 Jake Packard  Australia 27.55 Q
4 6 Michael Houlie  South Africa 27.64 Q
5 7 Brad Tandy  South Africa 27.99 Q
6 2 Mark Campbell  Scotland 28.07
7 1 Ludovico Corsini  Mozambique 28.53
8 8 Epeli Rabua Herbert  Fiji 29.28

Final

The final was held on 9 April at 21:07.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 26.58
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Adam Peaty  England 26.62
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 James Wilby  England 27.37
4 6 Jake Packard  Australia 27.53
5 7 James McKechnie  Australia 27.59
6 2 Michael Houlie  South Africa 27.83
7 1 Euan Inglis  Scotland 28.03
8 8 Brad Tandy  South Africa 28.37

References

  1. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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