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

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Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates9 April (heats, semifinals)
10 April (final)
Competitors30 from 21 nations
Winning time27.78
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Canada
bronze medal    Wales
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The women's 50 metre backstroke 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  Zhao Jing (CHN) 27.06 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009
Commonwealth record  Emily Seebohm (AUS) 27.37 Budapest, Hungary 27 July 2017
Games record  Georgia Davies (WAL) 27.56 Glasgow, United Kingdom 29 July 2014

Results[]

Heats[]

The heats were held on 9 April at 10:49.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Emily Seebohm  Australia 27.63 Q
2 3 4 Georgia Davies  Wales 27.91 Q
3 4 5 Kylie Masse  Canada 27.99 Q
4 4 3 Kathleen Dawson  Scotland 28.17 Q
5 4 6 Cassie Wild  Scotland 28.31 Q
6 2 4 Holly Barratt  Australia 28.49 Q
7 2 5 Minna Atherton  Australia 28.50 Q
8 3 6 Alexia Zevnik  Canada 28.75 Q
9 3 3 Lucy Hope  Scotland 28.77 Q
10 3 2 Bobbi Gichard  New Zealand 28.81 Q
11 3 5 Jade Hannah  Canada 28.82 Q
12 2 7 Naomi Ruele  Botswana 29.18 Q
13 2 6 Danielle Hill  Northern Ireland 29.27 Q
14 2 3  England 29.29 Q
15 3 7 Erin Gallagher  South Africa 29.38 Q, WD
16 2 2  Wales 29.46 Q
17 4 7 Mariella Venter  South Africa 29.88 Q
18 4 2  Malaysia 30.10
19 3 1 Lushavel Stickland  Samoa 30.14
20 3 8  Guernsey 30.19
21 2 1 Kalia Antoniou  Cyprus 30.62
22 4 8 Sylvia Brunlehner  Kenya 30.72
23 1 5  Jersey 30.91
24 2 8  Sri Lanka 31.02
25 1 3 Aaliyah Palestrini  Seychelles 31.19
26 4 1 Lauren Hew  Cayman Islands 31.35
27 1 4 Bisma Khan  Pakistan 31.43
28 1 6 Therese Soukup  Seychelles 32.88
29 1 7 Charissa Panuve  Tonga 36.37
30 1 2  Ghana 36.64

Semifinals[]

The semifinals were held on 9 April at 20:57.[2]

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Georgia Davies  Wales 27.86 Q
2 3 Holly Barratt  Australia 28.12 Q
3 5 Kathleen Dawson  Scotland 28.26 Q
4 6 Alexia Zevnik  Canada 28.56
4 2 Bobbi Gichard  New Zealand 28.56
6 7 Naomi Ruele  Botswana 29.17
7 1  England 29.33
8 8 Mariella Venter  South Africa 29.58

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Emily Seebohm  Australia 27.89 Q
2 5 Kylie Masse  Canada 28.00 Q
3 3 Cassie Wild  Scotland 28.29 Q
4 2 Lucy Hope  Scotland 28.31 Q
5 7 Jade Hannah  Canada 28.37 Q
6 6 Minna Atherton  Australia 28.47
7 1 Danielle Hill  Northern Ireland 28.86
8 8  Wales 29.35

Final[]

The final was held on 10 April at 19:50.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Emily Seebohm  Australia 27.78
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Kylie Masse  Canada 27.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Georgia Davies  Wales 27.90
4 6 Holly Barratt  Australia 27.96
5 7 Cassie Wild  Scotland 28.18
6 2 Kathleen Dawson  Scotland 28.37
7 8 Jade Hannah  Canada 28.38
8 1 Lucy Hope  Scotland 28.54

References[]

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