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

Women's 50 metre butterfly
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Women's 50 metre butterfly ; at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	7 April (heats, semifinals); 8 April (final)
Competitors	29 from 22 nations
Winning time	25.59
Medalists
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The women's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 and 8 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 7 April at 11:28.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Madeline Groves	Australia	25.81	Q
2	4	4	Cate Campbell	Australia	25.83	Q
3	3	4	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	25.95	Q
4	2	4	Holly Barratt	Australia	26.14	Q
5	4	5	Rebecca Smith	Canada	26.65	Q
6	4	6	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	26.91	Q
7	3	3	Alys Thomas	Wales	26.95	Q
8	4	3	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	27.05	Q
9	2	6	Helena Gasson	New Zealand	27.10	Q
9	2	5	Harriet Jones	Wales	27.10	Q
11	4	2	Harriet West	Wales	27.41	Q
12	3	6	Quah Ting Wen	Singapore	27.44	Q
13	2	2	Emma Chelius	South Africa	27.55	Q
14	2	3	Charlotte Atkinson	Isle of Man	27.72	Q
15	3	2	Emily Siobhan Muteti	Kenya	28.46	Q
16	4	7	Elodie Poo-cheong	Mauritius	28.63	Q
17	2	7	Katie Kyle	Saint Lucia	28.80
18	4	8	Gemma Atherley	Jersey	28.94
19	3	7	Matelita Buadromo	Fiji	29.12
20	2	8	Lauren Hew	Cayman Islands	29.38
21	2	1	Cheyenne Rova	Fiji	29.70
22	3	8	Dilrukshi Perera	Sri Lanka	29.81	NR
23	3	1	Jamila Sanmoogan	Guyana	29.97
24	1	4	Oreoluwa Cherebin	Grenada	30.43
25	4	1	Aaliyah Palestrini	Seychelles	30.59
26	1	3	Christina Linares	Gibraltar	31.92
27	1	6	Avice Meya	Uganda	32.50
28	1	5	Miss Khatun	Bangladesh	32.96
29	1	2	Charissa Panuve	Tonga	33.09

The semifinals were held on 7 April at 20:39.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Cate Campbell	Australia	25.56	Q
2	5	Holly Barratt	Australia	25.88	Q
3	3	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	26.84	Q
4	6	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	26.85	Q
5	2	Harriet Jones	Wales	27.03
6	7	Quah Ting Wen	Singapore	27.35
7	1	Charlotte Atkinson	Isle of Man	27.57
8	8	Elodie Poo-cheong	Mauritius	28.43

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Madeline Groves	Australia	25.54	Q
2	5	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	25.94	Q
3	6	Rebecca Smith	Canada	26.68	Q
4	6	Alys Thomas	Wales	26.72	Q
5	7	Harriet West	Wales	27.17
6	2	Helena Gasson	New Zealand	27.19
7	1	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	27.52
8	8	Emily Siobhan Muteti	Kenya	28.63

The final was held on 8 April at 21:36.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	5	Cate Campbell	Australia	25.59
	3	Holly Barratt	Australia	25.67
	4	Madeline Groves	Australia	25.69
4	6	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	25.88
5	2	Rebecca Smith	Canada	26.49
6	7	Alys Thomas	Wales	26.78
7	8	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	26.84
8	1	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	27.35