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

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Games:	2018
Venue:	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:	9 April (semifinals, heats) 10 April (final)
Competitors:	60
Nations:	37
Win Value:	21.35
Gold:	Benjamin Proud
Goldcga:	ENG
Silver:	Brad Tandy
Silvercga:	RSA
Bronze:	Cameron McEvoy
Bronzecga:	AUS
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

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.

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

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

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	8	4	21.45	Q, GR
2	6	4	21.78	Q
3	7	4	22.06	Q
4	8	5	22.11	Q
5	8	3	22.12	Q
6	7	5	22.23	Q
7	6	5	22.25	Q
8	6	3	22.32	Q
9	7	3	22.40	Q
10	6	6	22.48	Q
11	8	7	22.50	Q
12	8	2	22.53	Q
13	7	8	22.65	Q, NR
14	6	1	22.79	Q
15	8	6	22.80	Q
16	7	6	22.93	Q
17	7	2	22.94
18	8	8	22.96
19	6	2	23.11
20	7	1	23.19
21	6	8	23.29
22	5	3	23.33
23	4	4	23.45
24	5	2	23.47
25	6	7	23.50
26	5	4	23.58
27	5	5	23.73
28	4	1	23.75
29	5	6	23.80
30	3	4	24.01
31	5	7	24.07
32	4	5	24.12
33	5	8	24.14
34	2	4	24.19
35	5	1	24.25
36	8	1	24.29
37	4	3	24.37
38	4	6	24.38
39	4	7	24.52
40	3	6	24.68
41	3	1	24.72
42	2	5	24.77
43	4	2	24.82
44	3	5	24.87
45	3	7	24.88
45	4	8	24.88
47	2	6	24.93
48	2	3	25.15
49	2	2	25.42
50	3	8	25.44
51	2	7	25.57
52	2	1	25.71
53	3	2	25.96
54	1	7	26.07
55	2	8	26.15
56	1	5	26.28
57	1	4	26.47
58	3	3	27.07
59	1	6	27.88
	1	2
	7	7
	1	3

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

Rank	Lane	Result	Notes
1	4	21.30	Q, GR, NR
2	5	22.00	Q
3	2	22.09	Q
3	3	22.09	Q
5	6	22.15	Q
6	7	22.60
7	8	22.80
8	1	22.84

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