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

The women's 50 metre backstroke 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:

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 9 April at 10:49.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4			27.63	Q
2	3	4			27.91	Q
3	4	5			27.99	Q
4	4	3			28.17	Q
5	4	6			28.31	Q
6	2	4			28.49	Q
7	2	5			28.50	Q
8	3	6			28.75	Q
9	3	3			28.77	Q
10	3	2			28.81	Q
11	3	5			28.82	Q
12	2	7			29.18	Q
13	2	6			29.27	Q
14	2	3			29.29	Q
15	3	7			29.38	Q,
16	2	2			29.46	Q
17	4	7			29.88	Q
18	4	2			30.10
19	3	1			30.14
20	3	8			30.19
21	2	1			30.62
22	4	8			30.72
23	1	5			30.91
24	2	8			31.02
25	1	3			31.19
26	4	1			31.35
27	1	4			31.43
28	1	6			32.88
29	1	7			36.37
30	1	2			36.64

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 9 April at 20:57.^[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			27.86	Q
2	3			28.12	Q
3	5			28.26	Q
4	6			28.56
4	2			28.56
6	7			29.17
7	1			29.33
8	8			29.58

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			27.89	Q
2	5			28.00	Q
3	3			28.29	Q
4	2			28.31	Q
5	7			28.37	Q
6	6			28.47
7	1			28.86
8	8			29.35

Final

The final was held on 10 April at 19:50.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			27.78
	3			27.82
	4			27.90
4	6			27.96
5	7			28.18
6	2			28.37
7	8			28.38
8	1			28.54

Notes and References

1. https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C74A_SWMW50MBA-------------HEAT--------.pdf Heats results
2. https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C74A_SWMW50MBA-------------SFNL--------.pdf Semifinals results
3. https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C73A1_SWMW50MBA-------------FNL-000100--.pdf Final results