Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held between 31 July 2022 and 1 August 2022 at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Men's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueSandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates31 July (heats, semifinals)
1 August (final)
Competitors45 from 33 nations
Winning time24.65
Medalists
gold medal    New Zealand
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    Canada
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Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:[1]

World record   Hunter Armstrong (USA) 23.71 Greensboro, United States 28 April 2022
Commonwealth record   Johannes Zandberg (RSA) 24.34 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009
Games record   Liam Tancock (ENG) 24.62 Delhi, India 5 October 2010

Schedule

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The schedule is as follows:[2]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Sunday 31 July 2022 10:51 Heats
19:07 Semi-final
Monday 1 August 2022 20:37 Final

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Pieter Coetze   South Africa 24.95 Q
2 4 4 Andrew Jeffcoat   New Zealand 25.04 Q
3 5 5 Ben Armbuster   Australia 25.18 Q
4 6 2 Scott Gibson   Scotland 25.26 Q
5 4 3 Liam White   Wales 25.30 Q
6 4 6 Bradley Woodward   Australia 25.39 Q
7 4 5 Javier Acevedo   Canada 25.48 Q
8 6 3 Srihari Nataraj   India 25.52 Q
8 6 4 Mitch Larkin   Australia 25.52 Q
10 5 2 Joe Small   Wales 25.60 Q
11 6 7 Martyn Walton   Scotland 25.62 Q
12 5 3 Cameron Gray   New Zealand 25.67 Q
13 6 5 Quah Zheng Wen   Singapore 25.78 Q
14 5 6 Joe Litchfield   England 25.80 Q
15 4 7 Dylan Carter   Trinidad and Tobago 25.81 WD
16 4 1 Davante Carey   Bahamas 25.86 Q, NR
17 4 2 Harry Shalamon   Jersey 25.93 R, Q
18 5 7 Craig McNally   Scotland 26.03 R
19 6 8 Jack Kirby   Barbados 26.10
20 3 4 Lamar Taylor   Bahamas 26.12
21 5 1 Filippos Iakovidis   Cyprus 26.15
21 6 6 Akalanka Peiris   Sri Lanka 26.15 NR
23 4 8 Sofoklis Mougis   Cyprus 26.40
24 3 5 Harry Robinson   Isle of Man 26.72
25 5 8 Jack Harvey   Bermuda 26.88 NR
26 6 1 Jeron Thompson   Trinidad and Tobago 26.93
27 3 2 Warren Lawrence   Dominica 27.32
28 3 6 Nathaniel Thomas   Jamaica 27.60
29 2 2 Robbie Jones   Jersey 27.70
30 2 5 Alan Koti Lopeti Uhi   Tonga 27.79
31 3 1 Bede Aitu   Cook Islands 27.89 NR
31 3 3 Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq   Pakistan 27.89
33 2 3 Tyler Fred   Seychelles 28.05
34 3 7 Zackary Gresham   Grenada 28.09
35 2 4 Kokoro Frost   Samoa 28.37
36 2 1 Caio Lobo   Mozambique 28.65
37 2 7 Rohan Shearer   Turks and Caicos Islands 28.69
38 2 6 Sekhel Tzedeq   Guyana 28.74
39 3 8 Jordan Gonzalez   Gibraltar 28.94
40 1 4 Kenale Alleyne   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 29.71
41 2 8 Mohamed Aan Hussain   Maldives 30.08
42 1 2 Alex Lake   Anguilla 31.06
43 1 3 Bryson George   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.35
44 1 5 Mohamed Rihan Shiham   Maldives 32.41
45 1 6 Joshua Yon   Saint Helena 33.37

Semifinals

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Pieter Coetze   South Africa 24.81 Q
2 1 4 Andrew Jeffcoat   New Zealand 24.82 Q, NR
3 2 5 Ben Armbuster   Australia 25.21 Q
4 1 3 Bradley Woodward   Australia 25.25 Q
5 1 5 Scott Gibson   Scotland 25.29 Q
5 2 6 Javier Acevedo   Canada 25.29 Q
7 1 2 Joe Small   Wales 25.36 Q
8 1 6 Srihari Nataraj   India 25.38 Q
9 1 1 Joe Litchfield   England 25.44 R
10 2 3 Liam White   Wales 25.48 R
11 2 2 Mitch Larkin   Australia 25.53
12 2 7 Martyn Walton   Scotland 25.58
13 1 7 Cameron Gray   New Zealand 25.76
14 1 8 Harry Shalamon   Jersey 25.85
15 2 1 Quah Zheng Wen   Singapore 25.90
16 2 8 Davante Carey   Bahamas 25.98

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Andrew Jeffcoat   New Zealand 24.65 NR
  4 Pieter Coetze   South Africa 24.77
  7 Javier Acevedo   Canada 24.97 NR
4 6 Bradley Woodward   Australia 25.08
5 8 Srihari Nataraj   India 25.23
6 2 Scott Gibson   Scotland 25.34
7 3 Ben Armbuster   Australia 25.37
8 1 Joe Small   Wales 25.44

References

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  1. ^ "Current records - Men (as at 30 July 2022)" (PDF). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Swimming - Daily Schedule". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. ^ Heats results
  4. ^ Semifinals Results
  5. ^ Final results