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

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.

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates9 April (semifinals, heats)
10 April (final)
Competitors60 from 37 nations
Winning time21.35
Medalists
gold medal    England
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    Australia
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Records

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

World record   César Cielo (BRA) 20.91 São Paulo, Brazil 18 December 2009
Commonwealth record   Ashley Callus (AUS) 21.19 Canberra, Australia 26 November 2009
Games record   Benjamin Proud (ENG) 21.76 Glasgow, Scotland 28 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
9 April Heats Benjamin Proud   England 21.45 GR
9 April Semifinal Benjamin Proud   England 21.30 GR

Results

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Heats

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The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 4 Benjamin Proud   England 21.45 Q, GR
2 6 4 Brad Tandy   South Africa 21.78 Q
3 7 4 Cameron McEvoy   Australia 22.06 Q
4 8 5 James Roberts   Australia 22.11 Q
5 8 3 Thomas Fannon   England 22.12 Q
6 7 5 James Magnussen   Australia 22.23 Q
7 6 5 David Cumberlidge   England 22.25 Q
8 6 3 Daniel Hunter   New Zealand 22.32 Q
9 7 3 Yuri Kisil   Canada 22.40 Q
10 6 6 Jack Thorpe   Scotland 22.48 Q
11 8 7 Bradley Vincent   Mauritius 22.50 Q
12 8 2 Calum Bain   Northern Ireland 22.53 Q
13 7 8 Matthew Abeysinghe   Sri Lanka 22.65 Q, NR
14 6 1 Scott McLay   Scotland 22.79 Q
15 8 6 Ruslan Gaziev   Canada 22.80 Q
16 7 6 Sam Perry   New Zealand 22.93 Q
17 7 2 Miles Munro   Guernsey 22.94
18 8 8 Kieran McGuckin   Scotland 22.96
19 6 2 Virdhawal Khade   India 23.11
20 7 1 Jordan Sloan   Northern Ireland 23.19
21 6 8 David Thompson   Northern Ireland 23.29
22 5 3 Keith Kit Sern Lim   Malaysia 23.33
23 4 4 Jean-Luc Zephir   Saint Lucia 23.45
24 5 2 Abeiku Jackson   Ghana 23.47
25 6 7 Darren Lim   Singapore 23.50
26 5 4 Igor Mogne   Mozambique 23.58
27 5 5 Kyle Abeysinghe   Sri Lanka 23.73
28 4 1 Alex Sobers   Barbados 23.75
29 5 6 Issa Mohamed   Kenya 23.80
30 3 4 Harry Shalamon   Jersey 24.01
31 5 7 Izaak Bastian   Bahamas 24.07
32 4 5 Denilson da Costa   Mozambique 24.12
33 5 8 Stefano Mitchell   Antigua and Barbuda 24.14
34 2 4 Brandon Schuster   Samoa 24.19
35 5 1 Samuel Seghers   Papua New Guinea 24.25
36 8 1 Cherantha de Silva   Sri Lanka 24.29
37 4 3 Hilal Hilal   Tanzania 24.37
38 4 6 Epeli Rabua Herbert   Fiji 24.38
39 4 7 Gregory Anodin   Mauritius 24.52
40 3 6 Josh Tarere   Papua New Guinea 24.68
41 3 1 James Sanderson   Gibraltar 24.72
42 2 5 Paul Elaisa   Fiji 24.77
43 4 2 Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq   Pakistan 24.82
44 3 5 Andrew Fowler   Guyana 24.87
45 3 7 Adam Moncherry   Seychelles 24.88
45 4 8 Dean Hoffman   Seychelles 24.88
47 2 6 Joshua Tibatemwa   Uganda 24.93
48 2 3 Jadon Wuilliez   Antigua and Barbuda 25.15
49 2 2 Ashley Seeto   Papua New Guinea 25.42
50 3 8 Nikolas Sylvester   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25.44
51 2 7 Alexander Cyrus   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25.57
52 2 1 Corey Ollivierre   Grenada 25.71
53 3 2 Temaruata Strickland   Cook Islands 25.96
54 1 7 Finau Ohuafi   Tonga 26.07
55 2 8 Cruz Halbich   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26.15
56 1 5 Ben Dillon   Saint Helena 26.28
57 1 4 Duwaine Yon   Saint Helena 26.47
58 3 3 Clayment Lafiara   Solomon Islands 27.07
59 1 6 Colby Thomas   Saint Helena 27.88
1 2 Ishmael Koroma   Sierra Leone DNS
7 7 Ryan Coetzee   South Africa DNS
1 3 Faletiute Tinapa   Tuvalu DSQ

Semifinals

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The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final.[2]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 4 Brad Tandy   South Africa 21.92 Q
2 5 James Roberts   Australia 22.11 Q
3 3 James Magnussen   Australia 22.20 Q
4 6 Daniel Hunter   New Zealand 22.34
5 7 Calum Bain   Northern Ireland 22.39
6 2 Jack Thorpe   Scotland 22.49
7 1 Scott McLay   Scotland 22.55
8 8 Sam Perry   New Zealand 23.13

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 4 Benjamin Proud   England 21.30 Q, GR, NR
2 5 Cameron McEvoy   Australia 22.00 Q
3 2 Yuri Kisil   Canada 22.09 Q
3 3 Thomas Fannon   England 22.09 Q
5 6 David Cumberlidge   England 22.15 Q
6 7 Bradley Vincent   Mauritius 22.60
7 8 Ruslan Gaziev   Canada 22.80
8 1 Matthew Abeysinghe   Sri Lanka 22.84

Final

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The final was held on 10 April at 19:45.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
  4 Benjamin Proud   England 21.35
  5 Brad Tandy   South Africa 21.81
  3 Cameron McEvoy   Australia 21.92
4 1 David Cumberlidge   England 22.00
5 6 Yuri Kisil   Canada 22.03
6 8 James Magnussen   Australia 22.05
7 7 James Roberts   Australia 22.15
8 2 Thomas Fannon   England 22.25

References

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