Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle
Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Gold Coast Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 9 April (semifinals, heats) 10 April (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 60 from 37 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 21.35 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
50 m S7/S8 | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
100 m S9 | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
200 m S14 | men | |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
100 m S9 | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
100 m SB8/SB9 | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
50 m S7 | women | |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
200 m SM8 | men | |
200 m SM10 | women | |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
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.
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
World record | ![]() |
20.91 | São Paulo, Brazil | 18 December 2009 |
Commonwealth record | ![]() |
21.19 | Canberra, Australia | 26 November 2009 |
Games record | ![]() |
21.76 | Glasgow, Scotland | 28 July 2014 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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9 April | Heats | Benjamin Proud | ![]() |
21.45 | GR |
9 April | Semifinal | Benjamin Proud | ![]() |
21.30 | GR |
Results[]
Heats[]
The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.[1]
Semifinals[]
The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final.[2]
Semifinal 1[]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Brad Tandy | ![]() |
21.92 | Q |
2 | 5 | James Roberts | ![]() |
22.11 | Q |
3 | 3 | James Magnussen | ![]() |
22.20 | Q |
4 | 6 | Daniel Hunter | ![]() |
22.34 | |
5 | 7 | ![]() |
22.39 | ||
6 | 2 | ![]() |
22.49 | ||
7 | 1 | ![]() |
22.55 | ||
8 | 8 | Sam Perry | ![]() |
23.13 |
Semifinal 2[]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Benjamin Proud | ![]() |
21.30 | Q, GR, NR |
2 | 5 | Cameron McEvoy | ![]() |
22.00 | Q |
3 | 2 | Yuri Kisil | ![]() |
22.09 | Q |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
22.09 | Q | |
5 | 6 | David Cumberlidge | ![]() |
22.15 | Q |
6 | 7 | Bradley Vincent | ![]() |
22.60 | |
7 | 8 | Ruslan Gaziev | ![]() |
22.80 | |
8 | 1 | Matthew Abeysinghe | ![]() |
22.84 |
Final[]
The final was held on 10 April at 19:45.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
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4 | Benjamin Proud | ![]() |
21.35 | |
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5 | Brad Tandy | ![]() |
21.81 | |
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3 | Cameron McEvoy | ![]() |
21.92 | |
4 | 1 | David Cumberlidge | ![]() |
22.00 | |
5 | 6 | Yuri Kisil | ![]() |
22.03 | |
6 | 8 | James Magnussen | ![]() |
22.05 | |
7 | 7 | James Roberts | ![]() |
22.15 | |
8 | 2 | ![]() |
22.25 |
References[]
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