Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle S7

The men's 50m freestyle S7 event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. This was the first time the event had been held at a Commonwealth Games. Matthew Levy of Australia won gold, swimming a time of 28.60 seconds in the final.[1]

Men's 50m Freestyle S7
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates9 April
Competitors6 from 4 nations
Winning time28.60
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    Singapore
2022 →

Schedule

edit

The schedule was as follows:[2]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Friday 9 April 2018 11:33 Qualifying
Friday 9 April 2018 20:06 Final

Records

edit

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

World record   Pan Shiyun (CHN) 27.35 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9 September 2016 [3]
Commonwealth record
Games record

Results

edit

Heat

edit

As only 6 swimmers entered, all competitors advanced to the final.

Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 4 Matthew Levy   Australia 28.68 Q
2 5 Christian Sadie   South Africa 29.54 Q
3 6 Toh Wei Soong   Singapore 30.35 Q
4 2 Jean-Michel Lavalliere   Canada 30.37 Q
5 7 Rohan Bright   Australia 30.86 Q
6 3 Matthew Haanappel   Australia 30.92 Q

Final

edit
Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
  4 Matthew Levy   Australia 28.60
  5 Christian Sadie   South Africa 29.65
  3 Toh Wei Soong   Singapore 29.83
4 6 Jean-Michel Lavalliere   Canada 30.14
5 2 Rohan Bright   Australia 30.71
6 7 Matthew Haanappel   Australia 30.75

References

edit
  1. ^ "Ariarne Titmus leads way as Australia cash in more Commonwealth Games gold". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Swimming — Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. ^ Agranum, Ritz. "Paralympic swimmer Pan Shiyun of China sets new world record to win 50m freestyle S7 gold at Rio". chinatopix.