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

Event:	Women's 50 metre freestyle
Games:	2018
Venue:	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:	6 April (heats, semifinals) 7 April (final)
Competitors:	40
Nations:	30
Win Value:	23.78
Gold:	Cate Campbell
Goldcga:	AUS
Silver:	Bronte Campbell
Silvercga:	AUS
Silver2:	Taylor Ruck
Silvercga2:	CAN
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 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
6 April	Semifinal			23.88	GR
7 April	Final			23.78	CR, GR

The heats were held on 6 April at 10:47.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	4	24.24	Q
2	4	4	24.50	Q
3	5	4	24.87	Q
4	6	5	25.13	Q
5	5	3	25.21	Q
6	5	5	25.29	Q
7	6	3	25.47	Q
8	5	6	25.62	Q
9	6	6	25.85	Q
10	4	2	25.96	Q
11	4	6	25.97	Q
12	6	2	26.01	Q
13	5	2	26.02	Q
14	4	5	26.22	Q
15	5	7	26.59	Q
16	6	8	26.70	Q
17	6	7	26.84
18	5	1	27.08
19	6	1	27.14
20	3	3	27.19
21	4	7	27.34
22	5	8	27.47
23	3	7	27.52
24	4	8	27.63
25	3	6	27.75
26	1	5	28.38
26	3	2	28.38
28	2	5	28.45
29	3	4	28.52
30	3	8	28.65
31	2	2	28.68
32	3	5	28.75
33	2	4	28.76
34	3	1	28.86
35	2	6	29.09
36	1	3	30.34
37	2	3	31.10
38	2	7	31.20
39	4	1	36.18
40	1	4	38.27
	4	3

The semifinals were held on 6 April at 20:12.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
1	4		24.63	Q
2	5		24.72	Q
3	3		25.33	Q
4	6		25.89
5	2		25.95
6	7		26.08
7	1	Quah Ting Wen	26.25
8	8		26.63

Rank	Lane	Result	Notes
1	4	23.88	Q, GR
2	5	24.38	Q
3	3	25.03	Q
4	6	25.20	Q
5	1	25.80	Q
6	2	25.87
7	7	25.89
8	8	26.61

The final was held on 7 April at 19:43.^[3]