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

The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held on 2 and 3 August at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueSandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates2 August (heats, semifinals)
3 August (final)
Competitors38 from 27 nations
Winning time27.31
Medalists
gold medal    Canada
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Australia
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Records edit

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

World record   Liu Xiang (CHN) 26.98 Jakarta, Indonesia 21 August 2018
Commonwealth record   Kaylee McKeown (AUS) 27.16 Sydney, Australia 16 May 2021
Games record   Georgia Davies (WAL) 27.56 Glasgow, United Kingdom 29 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
2 August Semifinal 2 Kylie Masse   Canada 27.47 GR
3 August Final Kylie Masse   Canada 27.31 GR

Schedule edit

The schedule is as follows:[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022 11:08 Qualifying
20:34 Semifinals
Wednesday 3 August 2022 19:51 Final

Results edit

Heats edit

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Kylie Masse   Canada 27.57 Q
2 4 5 Bronte Job   Australia 27.65 Q
3 5 5 Medi Harris   Wales 28.03 Q
4 5 4 Kaylee McKeown   Australia 28.09 Q
5 3 4 Mollie O'Callaghan   Australia 28.13 Q
6 3 5 Lauren Cox   England 28.30 Q
7 4 3 Danielle Hil   Northern Ireland 28.32 Q
8 5 6 Olivia Nel   South Africa 28.79 Q
9 3 3 Hazel Ouwehand   New Zealand 29.05 Q
10 5 3 Cassie Wild   Scotland 29.19 WD
11 4 2 Maddy Moore   Bermuda 29.29 Q
12 5 2 Emma Harvey   Bermuda 29.38 Q
13 4 6 Rebecca Meder   South Africa 29.55 Q
14 5 1 Gemma Atherley   Jersey 29.93 Q
15 3 6 Isabella Hindley   England 29.99 Q
16 4 7 Tatiana Tostevin   Guernsey 30.06 Q
17 3 2 Danielle Titus   Barbados 30.13 R, W
18 4 8 Emma Hodgson   Isle of Man 30.25 R
19 3 7 Lushavel Stickland   Samoa 30.46
20 5 7 Grace Davison   Northern Ireland 30.49
21 3 1 Nubia Adjei   Ghana 30.97
22 2 4 Mollie McAlorum   Northern Ireland 31.77
23 3 8 Aaliyah Palestrini   Seychelles 32.02
24 4 1 Katelyn Cabral   Bahamas 32.27
25 2 2 Cheyenne Rova   Fiji 32.34
26 2 6 Danielle Treasure   Barbados 32.76
27 2 5 Therese Soukup   Seychelles 32.95
28 1 2 Tilly Collymore   Grenada 33.25
29 2 7 Avice Meya   Uganda 33.71
30 1 6 Kiera Prentice   Isle of Man 33.86
31 2 1 Jamie Joachim   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33.90
32 2 8 Patrice Mahaica   Guyana 34.06
33 1 5 Brooke Yon   Saint Helena 34.19
34 2 3 Arleigha Hall   Turks and Caicos Islands 34.20
35 1 3 Hamna Ahmed   Maldives 34.51
36 1 4 Aishath Sausan   Maldives 34.76
37 1 7 Kayla Temba   Tanzania 39.76
38 1 1 Kanu Isha   Sierra Leone 44.57
5 8 Maggie Mac Neil   Canada DNS

Semifinals edit

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Kylie Masse   Canada 27.47 Q, GR
2 2 5 Medi Harris   Wales 27.64 Q
3 1 5 Kaylee McKeown   Australia 27.75 Q
4 2 3 Mollie O'Callaghan   Australia 27.76 Q
5 1 4 Bronte Job   Australia 27.79 Q
6 1 3 Lauren Cox   England 27.91 Q
7 2 6 Danielle Hil   Northern Ireland 28.28 Q
8 1 7 Rebecca Meder   South Africa 28.69 Q
9 1 6 Olivia Nel   South Africa 28.73 R
10 2 2 Hazel Ouwehand   New Zealand 28.85 R
11 1 2 Maddy Moore   Bermuda 29.18 NR
12 2 7 Emma Harvey   Bermuda 29.27
13 1 1 Isabella Hindley   England 29.75
14 2 8 Tatiana Tostevin   Guernsey 29.90
15 1 8 Danielle Titus   Barbados 30.00
16 2 1 Gemma Atherley   Jersey 30.06

Final edit

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Kylie Masse   Canada 27.31 GR
  6 Mollie O'Callaghan   Australia 27.47
  3 Kaylee McKeown   Australia 27.58
4 7 Lauren Cox   England 27.61
5 5 Medi Harris   Wales 27.62
6 2 Bronte Job   Australia 27.85
7 1 Danielle Hil   Northern Ireland 28.29
8 8 Rebecca Meder   South Africa 28.66

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming - Daily Schedule". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. ^ Heats Results
  3. ^ Semifinals results
  4. ^ Final results