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

The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 8 April at 10:46.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4			26.98	Q
2	4	4			27.01	Q
3	5	5			27.42	Q
4	3	4			27.53	Q
5	3	5			27.58	Q
6	5	3			27.84	Q
7	5	6			27.92	Q
8	4	5			28.06	Q
9	3	3			28.10	Q
9	4	6			28.10	Q
11	3	6			28.17	Q
12	5	2			28.29	Q
13	4	2			28.56	Q
14	4	3			28.80	Q
15	3	2			29.39	Q
16	4	8			29.61	Q
17	3	7			29.79
18	2	5			29.82
18	4	1			29.82
20	4	7			29.85
21	5	7			30.04
22	2	4			30.10
23	5	8			30.37
24	3	1			30.51
25	3	8			30.52
26	2	3			30.97
27	2	6			31.25
28	2	1			29.39
29	2	2			31.38
30	2	7			31.64
31	1	3			36.52
32	2	8			37.41
33	1	4			38.44
34	1	5			40.58
	5	1

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 8 April at 20:19.^[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			26.95	Q
2	5			27.67	Q
3	3			27.85	Q
4	6			28.00
5	2			28.05
6	7			28.52
7	1			28.66
8	8			29.79

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			26.49	Q, GR
2	3			27.41	Q
3	5			27.55	Q
4	6			27.64	Q
5	7			27.99	Q
6	2			28.07
7	1			28.53
8	8			29.28

Final

The final was held on 9 April at 21:07.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			26.58
	4			26.62
	3			27.37
4	6			27.53
5	7			27.59
6	2			27.83
7	1			28.03
8	8			28.37

Notes and References

1. https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C74A_SWMM50MBR-------------HEAT--------.pdf Heats results
2. https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C74A_SWMM50MBR-------------SFNL--------.pdf Semifinals results
3. https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C73A1_SWMM50MBR-------------FNL-000100--.pdf Final results