Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 6 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 5 April 2018	11:47	Qualifying
	21:22	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Friday 6 April 2018	style=background:lemonchiffon	21:36	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			54.02	Q
2	3	3			54.62	Q
3	3	5			54.71	Q
4	2	4			54.99	Q
5	1	3			55.08	Q
6	2	3			55.26	Q
7	1	4			55.30	Q
8	1	5			55.51	Q
9	2	5			55.54	Q
10	2	6			55.69	Q
11	3	6			56.19	Q
12	1	6			56.37	Q
13	3	7			56.41	Q
14	2	7			56.52	Q
15	1	2			56.71	Q
16	1	7			57.61	Q
17	3	2			58.10
18	2	2			58.68
19	2	1			59.39
20	1	1			1:01.27
21	3	8			1:01.38
22	3	1			1:01.65
23	2	8			1:08.08
24	1	8			1:13.01

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			53.15	Q
2	1	3			53.86	Q
3	2	5			54.22	Q
4	2	2			54.48	Q
5	1	4			54.54	Q
6	2	6			54.62	Q
7	1	5			55.02	Q
8	1	6			55.13	Q
9	1	7			55.25
9	1	2			55.25
11	2	7			55.28
12	2	3			55.42
13	2	1			56.47
14	2	8			56.65
15	1	1			56.85
16	1	8			58.14

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			53.18
	3			53.95
	5			54.14
4	2			54.37
5	8			54.60
6	7			54.62
7	1			54.88
8	6			55.01

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming - Daily Schedule. Gold Coast 2018. 4 April 2018.