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

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Women's 50 metre backstroke ; at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	9 April (heats, semifinals); 10 April (final)
Competitors	30 from 21 nations
Winning time	27.78
Medalists
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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 edit

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

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Emily Seebohm	Australia	27.63	Q
2	3	4	Georgia Davies	Wales	27.91	Q
3	4	5	Kylie Masse	Canada	27.99	Q
4	4	3	Kathleen Dawson	Scotland	28.17	Q
5	4	6	Cassie Wild	Scotland	28.31	Q
6	2	4	Holly Barratt	Australia	28.49	Q
7	2	5	Minna Atherton	Australia	28.50	Q
8	3	6	Alexia Zevnik	Canada	28.75	Q
9	3	3	Lucy Hope	Scotland	28.77	Q
10	3	2	Bobbi Gichard	New Zealand	28.81	Q
11	3	5	Jade Hannah	Canada	28.82	Q
12	2	7	Naomi Ruele	Botswana	29.18	Q
13	2	6	Danielle Hill	Northern Ireland	29.27	Q
14	2	3	Anna Maine	England	29.29	Q
15	3	7	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	29.38	Q, WD
16	2	2	Harriet West	Wales	29.46	Q
17	4	7	Mariella Venter	South Africa	29.88	Q
18	4	2	Caroline Zi Xin Chan	Malaysia	30.10
19	3	1	Lushavel Stickland	Samoa	30.14
20	3	8	Tatiana Tostevin	Guernsey	30.19
21	2	1	Kalia Antoniou	Cyprus	30.62
22	4	8	Sylvia Brunlehner	Kenya	30.72
23	1	5	Gemma Atherley	Jersey	30.91
24	2	8	Vinoli Kaluarachchi	Sri Lanka	31.02
25	1	3	Aaliyah Palestrini	Seychelles	31.19
26	4	1	Lauren Hew	Cayman Islands	31.35
27	1	4	Bisma Khan	Pakistan	31.43
28	1	6	Therese Soukup	Seychelles	32.88
29	1	7	Charissa Panuve	Tonga	36.37
30	1	2	Rebecca Asare	Ghana	36.64

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Georgia Davies	Wales	27.86	Q
2	3	Holly Barratt	Australia	28.12	Q
3	5	Kathleen Dawson	Scotland	28.26	Q
4	6	Alexia Zevnik	Canada	28.56
4	2	Bobbi Gichard	New Zealand	28.56
6	7	Naomi Ruele	Botswana	29.17
7	1	Anna Maine	England	29.33
8	8	Mariella Venter	South Africa	29.58

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Emily Seebohm	Australia	27.89	Q
2	5	Kylie Masse	Canada	28.00	Q
3	3	Cassie Wild	Scotland	28.29	Q
4	2	Lucy Hope	Scotland	28.31	Q
5	7	Jade Hannah	Canada	28.37	Q
6	6	Minna Atherton	Australia	28.47
7	1	Danielle Hill	Northern Ireland	28.86
8	8	Harriet West	Wales	29.35

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	5	Emily Seebohm	Australia	27.78
	3	Kylie Masse	Canada	27.82
	4	Georgia Davies	Wales	27.90
4	6	Holly Barratt	Australia	27.96
5	7	Cassie Wild	Scotland	28.18
6	2	Kathleen Dawson	Scotland	28.37
7	8	Jade Hannah	Canada	28.38
8	1	Lucy Hope	Scotland	28.54