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

Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates6 April (heats, semifinals)
7 April (final)
Competitors40 from 30 nations
Winning time23.78
Medalists
gold medal Cate Campbell   Australia
silver medal Bronte Campbell   Australia
silver medal Taylor Ruck   Canada
Swimming at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
50 mmen
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 mmenwomen
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 women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

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

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
6 April Semifinal Cate Campbell  Australia 23.88 GR
7 April Final Cate Campbell  Australia 23.78 CR

Results

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Time Notes
1 6 4 Cate Campbell  Australia 24.24 Q
2 4 4 Shayna Jack  Australia 24.50 Q
3 5 4 Bronte Campbell  Australia 24.87 Q
4 6 5 Taylor Ruck  Canada 25.13 Q
5 5 3 Erin Gallagher  South Africa 25.21 Q
6 5 5 Anna Hopkin  England 25.29 Q
7 6 3 Kayla Sanchez  Canada 25.47 Q
8 5 6 Emma Chelius  South Africa 25.62 Q
9 6 6 Lucy Hope  Scotland 25.85 Q
10 4 2 Laticia Transom  New Zealand 25.96 Q
11 4 6 Kalia Antoniou  Cyprus 25.97 Q
12 6 2 Jessica Jackson  England 26.01 Q
13 5 2 Danielle Hill  Northern Ireland 26.02 Q
14 4 5 Quah Ting Wen  Singapore 26.22 Q
15 5 7 Lauren Hew  Cayman Islands 26.59 Q
16 6 8 Maria Brunlehner  Kenya 26.70 Q
17 6 7 Lushavel Stickland  Samoa 26.84
18 5 1 Cheyenne Rova  Fiji 27.08
19 6 1 Emily Siobhan Muteti  Kenya 27.14
20 3 3 Matelita Buadromo  Fiji 27.19
21 4 7 Alison Jackson  Cayman Islands 27.34
22 5 8 Tilka Paljk  Zambia 27.47
23 3 7 Tatiana Tostevin  Guernsey 27.52
24 4 8 Elodie Poo Cheong  Mauritius 27.63
25 3 6 Dilrukshi Perera  Sri Lanka 27.75
26 1 5 Maayaa Ayawere  Ghana 28.38
26 3 2 Oreoluwa Cherebin  Grenada 28.38
28 2 5 Therese Soukup  Seychelles 28.45
29 3 4 Aaliyah Palestrini  Seychelles 28.52
30 3 8 Makaela Holowchak  Antigua and Barbuda 28.65
31 2 2 Christina Linares  Gibraltar 28.68
32 3 5 Bisma Khan  Pakistan 28.75
33 2 4 Vinoli Kaluarachchi  Sri Lanka 28.76
34 3 1 Jamila Sanmoogan  Guyana 28.86
35 2 6 Avice Meya  Uganda 29.09
36 1 3 Charissa Panuve  Tonga 30.34
37 2 3 Miss Khatun  Bangladesh 31.10
38 2 7 Aliah Maginley  Antigua and Barbuda 31.20
39 4 1 Angelia Charles  Solomon Islands 36.18
40 1 4 Bunturabie Jalloh  Sierra Leone 38.27
4 3 Penny Oleksiak  Canada DNS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 4 Shayna Jack  Australia 24.63 Q
2 5 Taylor Ruck  Canada 24.72 Q
3 3 Anna Hopkin  England 25.33 Q
4 6 Emma Chelius  South Africa 25.89
5 2 Laticia Transom  New Zealand 25.95
6 7 Jessica Jackson  England 26.08
7 1 Quah Ting Wen  Singapore 26.25
8 8 Maria Brunlehner  Kenya 26.63

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 4 Cate Campbell  Australia 23.88 Q, GR
2 5 Bronte Campbell  Australia 24.38 Q
3 3 Erin Gallagher  South Africa 25.03 Q
4 6 Kayla Sanchez  Canada 25.20 Q
5 1 Danielle Hill  Northern Ireland 25.80 Q
6 2 Lucy Hope  Scotland 25.87
7 7 Kalia Antoniou  Cyprus 25.89
8 8 Lauren Hew  Cayman Islands 26.61

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Cate Campbell  Australia 23.78 CR, OC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Bronte Campbell  Australia 24.26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Taylor Ruck  Canada 24.26 NR
4 3 Shayna Jack  Australia 24.57
5 2 Erin Gallagher  South Africa 25.03
6 7 Kayla Sanchez  Canada 25.12
7 1 Anna Hopkin  England 25.28
8 8 Danielle Hill  Northern Ireland 25.56

References

  1. ^ Heats results
  2. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
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