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

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

World record  Liu Xiang (CHN)26.98 Jakarta, Indonesia21 August 2018
Commonwealth record  Kaylee McKeown (AUS)27.16 Sydney, Australia16 May 2021
Games record  Georgia Davies (WAL)27.56 Glasgow, United Kingdom29 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
2 AugustSemifinal 2Kylie Masse  Canada27.47GR
3 AugustFinalKylie Masse  Canada27.31GR

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday 2 August 202211:08Qualifying
20:34Semifinals
Wednesday 3 August 202219:51Final

Results

Heats

[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Kylie Masse  Canada27.57Q
245Bronte Job  Australia27.65Q
355Medi Harris  Wales28.03Q
454Kaylee McKeown  Australia28.09Q
534Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia28.13Q
635Lauren Cox  England28.30Q
743Danielle Hil  Northern Ireland28.32Q
856Olivia Nel  South Africa28.79Q
933Hazel Ouwehand  New Zealand29.05Q
1053Cassie Wild  Scotland29.19WD
1142Maddy Moore  Bermuda29.29Q
1252Emma Harvey  Bermuda29.38Q
1346Rebecca Meder  South Africa29.55Q
1451Gemma Atherley  Jersey29.93Q
1536Isabella Hindley  England29.99Q
1647Tatiana Tostevin  Guernsey30.06Q
1732Danielle Titus  Barbados30.13R, W
1848Emma Hodgson  Isle of Man30.25R
1937Lushavel Stickland  Samoa30.46
2057Grace Davison  Northern Ireland30.49
2131Nubia Adjei  Ghana30.97
2224Mollie McAlorum  Northern Ireland31.77
2338Aaliyah Palestrini  Seychelles32.02
2441Katelyn Cabral  Bahamas32.27
2522Cheyenne Rova  Fiji32.34
2626Danielle Treasure  Barbados32.76
2725Therese Soukup  Seychelles32.95
2812Tilly Collymore  Grenada33.25
2927Avice Meya  Uganda33.71
3016Kiera Prentice  Isle of Man33.86
3121Jamie Joachim  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines33.90
3228Patrice Mahaica  Guyana34.06
3315Brooke Yon  Saint Helena34.19
3423Arleigha Hall  Turks and Caicos Islands34.20
3513Hamna Ahmed  Maldives34.51
3614Aishath Sausan  Maldives34.76
3717Kayla Temba  Tanzania39.76
3811Kanu Isha  Sierra Leone44.57
58Maggie Mac Neil  CanadaDNS

Semifinals

[3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Kylie Masse  Canada27.47Q, GR
225Medi Harris  Wales27.64Q
315Kaylee McKeown  Australia27.75Q
423Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia27.76Q
514Bronte Job  Australia27.79Q
613Lauren Cox  England27.91Q
726Danielle Hil  Northern Ireland28.28Q
817Rebecca Meder  South Africa28.69Q
916Olivia Nel  South Africa28.73R
1022Hazel Ouwehand  New Zealand28.85R
1112Maddy Moore  Bermuda29.18NR
1227Emma Harvey  Bermuda29.27
1311Isabella Hindley  England29.75
1428Tatiana Tostevin  Guernsey29.90
1518Danielle Titus  Barbados30.00
1621Gemma Atherley  Jersey30.06

Final

[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Kylie Masse  Canada27.31GR
6Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia27.47
3Kaylee McKeown  Australia27.58
47Lauren Cox  England27.61
55Medi Harris  Wales27.62
62Bronte Job  Australia27.85
71Danielle Hil  Northern Ireland28.29
88Rebecca Meder  South Africa28.66

References