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

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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    Australia
silver medal    Australia
silver medal    Canada
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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

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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, GR

Results

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Heats

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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

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

Semifinal 1

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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

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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

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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, GR
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

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