Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke
Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Gold Coast Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 7 April (heats, semifinals) 8 April (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 20 from 17 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 24.68 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 and 8 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
World record | ![]() | 24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
Commonwealth record | ![]() | 24.04 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
Games record | ![]() | 24.62 | Delhi, India | 5 October 2010 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 7 April at 11:15.[1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 4 | Zac Incerti | ![]() | 25.05 | Q |
2 | 1 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | ![]() | 25.32 | Q |
3 | 3 | 4 | Ben Treffers | ![]() | 25.52 | Q |
4 | 3 | 5 | Conor Ferguson | ![]() | 25.79 | Q |
5 | 3 | 3 | Jian Han Tern | ![]() | 25.83 | Q |
6 | 1 | 5 | Xavier Castelli | ![]() | 25.91 | Q |
7 | 2 | 6 | Harry Shalamon | ![]() | 26.08 | Q |
8 | 2 | 5 | Craig McNally | ![]() | 26.11 | Q |
9 | 1 | 3 | Srihari Nataraj | ![]() | 26.47 | Q |
10 | 3 | 6 | Thomas Hollingsworth | ![]() | 26.78 | Q |
11 | 2 | 3 | Akalanka Peiris | ![]() | 26.83 | Q |
12 | 1 | 6 | Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq | ![]() | 27.39 | Q |
13 | 3 | 2 | Erico Cuna | ![]() | 28.03 | Q |
14 | 1 | 2 | Jordan Gonzalez | ![]() | 28.19 | Q |
15 | 3 | 7 | Alexandros Axiotis | ![]() | 28.77 | Q |
16 | 2 | 2 | Dillon Gooding | ![]() | 29.96 | Q |
17 | 2 | 1 | Finau Ohuafi | ![]() | 29.97 | |
18 | 2 | 7 | Cruz Halbich | ![]() | 31.24 | |
19 | 1 | 7 | Joshua Yon | ![]() | 34.30 | |
20 | 3 | 1 | Faletiute Tinapa | ![]() | 34.94 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 7 April at 20:19.[2]
Semifinal 1
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Mitch Larkin | ![]() | 24.91 | Q |
2 | 5 | Conor Ferguson | ![]() | 25.60 | Q |
3 | 3 | Xavier Castelli | ![]() | 25.74 | Q |
4 | 6 | Craig McNally | ![]() | 26.00 | Q |
5 | 2 | Thomas Hollingsworth | ![]() | 27.08 | |
6 | 7 | Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq | ![]() | 27.23 | |
7 | 1 | Jordan Gonzalez | ![]() | 28.29 | |
8 | 8 | Dillon Gooding | ![]() | 29.74 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Ben Treffers | ![]() | 24.99 | Q |
2 | 4 | Zac Incerti | ![]() | 25.19 | Q |
3 | 6 | Harry Shalamon | ![]() | 25.52 | Q |
4 | 3 | Jian Han Tern | ![]() | 25.60 | Q, NR |
5 | 2 | Srihari Nataraj | ![]() | 26.50 | |
6 | 7 | Akalanka Peiris | ![]() | 26.52 | NR |
7 | 1 | Erico Cuna | ![]() | 28.10 | |
8 | 8 | Alexandros Axiotis | ![]() | 28.57 |
Final
The final was held on 8 April at 21:31.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Mitch Larkin | ![]() | 24.68 | |
![]() | 5 | Ben Treffers | ![]() | 24.84 | |
![]() | 3 | Zac Incerti | ![]() | 25.06 | |
4 | 1 | Xavier Castelli | ![]() | 25.44 | |
5 | 2 | Conor Ferguson | ![]() | 25.72 | |
6 | 6 | Harry Shalamon | ![]() | 25.73 | |
7 | 8 | Craig McNally | ![]() | 25.80 | |
8 | 7 | Jian Han Tern | ![]() | 25.96 |