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

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Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates7 April (heats, semifinals)
8 April (final)
Competitors20 from 17 nations
Winning time24.68
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Australia
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The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 and 8 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

World record  Liam Tancock (GBR) 24.04 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009
Commonwealth record  Liam Tancock (GBR) 24.04 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009
Games record  Liam Tancock (ENG) 24.62 Delhi, India 5 October 2010

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held on 7 April at 11:15.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Zac Incerti  Australia 25.05 Q
2 1 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 25.32 Q
3 3 4 Ben Treffers  Australia 25.52 Q
4 3 5 Conor Ferguson  Northern Ireland 25.79 Q
5 3 3 Jian Han Tern  Malaysia 25.83 Q
6 1 5 Xavier Castelli  Wales 25.91 Q
7 2 6 Harry Shalamon  Jersey 26.08 Q
8 2 5 Craig McNally  Scotland 26.11 Q
9 1 3 Srihari Nataraj  India 26.47 Q
10 3 6 Thomas Hollingsworth  Guernsey 26.78 Q
11 2 3 Akalanka Peiris  Sri Lanka 26.83 Q
12 1 6 Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq  Pakistan 27.39 Q
13 3 2 Erico Cuna  Mozambique 28.03 Q
14 1 2 Jordan Gonzalez  Gibraltar 28.19 Q
15 3 7 Alexandros Axiotis  Zambia 28.77 Q
16 2 2 Dillon Gooding  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 29.96 Q
17 2 1 Finau Ohuafi  Tonga 29.97
18 2 7 Cruz Halbich  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.24
19 1 7 Joshua Yon  Saint Helena 34.30
20 3 1 Faletiute Tinapa  Tuvalu 34.94

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 7 April at 20:19.[2]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 24.91 Q
2 5 Conor Ferguson  Northern Ireland 25.60 Q
3 3 Xavier Castelli  Wales 25.74 Q
4 6 Craig McNally  Scotland 26.00 Q
5 2 Thomas Hollingsworth  Guernsey 27.08
6 7 Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq  Pakistan 27.23
7 1 Jordan Gonzalez  Gibraltar 28.29
8 8 Dillon Gooding  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 29.74

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Ben Treffers  Australia 24.99 Q
2 4 Zac Incerti  Australia 25.19 Q
3 6 Harry Shalamon  Jersey 25.52 Q
4 3 Jian Han Tern  Malaysia 25.60 Q, NR
5 2 Srihari Nataraj  India 26.50
6 7 Akalanka Peiris  Sri Lanka 26.52 NR
7 1 Erico Cuna  Mozambique 28.10
8 8 Alexandros Axiotis  Zambia 28.57

Final

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The final was held on 8 April at 21:31.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 24.68
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Ben Treffers  Australia 24.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Zac Incerti  Australia 25.06
4 1 Xavier Castelli  Wales 25.44
5 2 Conor Ferguson  Northern Ireland 25.72
6 6 Harry Shalamon  Jersey 25.73
7 8 Craig McNally  Scotland 25.80
8 7 Jian Han Tern  Malaysia 25.96

References

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