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

The women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held on 29 and 30 July at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Women's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueSandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates29 July (heats, semifinals)
30 July (final)
Competitors33 from 25 nations
Winning time29.73 GR
Medalists
gold medal    South Africa
silver medal    England
bronze medal    Australia
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Records

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

World record  Benedetta Pilato (ITA)29.30 Budapest, Hungary22 May 2021
Commonwealth record  Lara van Niekerk (RSA)29.72 Port Elizabeth, South Africa6 April 2022
Games record  Alia Atkinson (JAM)30.17 Glasgow, United Kingdom24 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
29 JulyHeat 5Lara van Niekerk  South Africa29.82GR
29 JulySemifinal 2Lara van Niekerk  South Africa29.80GR
30 JulyFinalLara van Niekerk  South Africa29.73GR

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Friday 29 July 202211:37Qualifying
20:19Semifinals
Saturday 30 July 202219:12Final

Results

Heats

[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Lara van Niekerk  South Africa29.82Q, GR
244Imogen Clark  England30.26Q
334Chelsea Hodges  Australia30.66Q
455Tatjana Schoenmaker  South Africa30.76Q
535Jenna Strauch  Australia30.77Q
653Kara Hanlon  Scotland30.99Q
746Kaylene Corbett  South Africa31.07Q
843Abbey Harkin  Australia31.48Q
956Sophie Angus  Canada31.55Q
1045Sarah Vasey  England31.65Q
1133 Sim En Yi Letitia  Singapore31.67Q
1236Laura Kinley  Isle of Man32.34Q
1331Lanihei Connolly  Cook Islands32.77Q, NR
1442 Phee Jinq En  Malaysia32.80Q
1532Laura le Cras  Guernsey33.09Q
1652Lillian Higgs  Bahamas33.18Q
1757Rhanishka Gibbs  Bahamas33.28R
1841Kirsten Fisher-Marsters  Cook Islands33.61R
1937Mackenzie Headley  Jamaica33.85
2047Kirabo Namutebi  Uganda33.87
2158Kelera Mudunasoko  Fiji34.14
2251Tilka Paljk  Zambia34.20
2348Tessa Ip Hen Cheung  Mauritius34.45
2438Asia Kent  Gibraltar34.47
2524Georgia-Leigh Vele  Papua New Guinea36.51
2614Tia Gun-Munro  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines37.24
2721Abigail Deshong  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines37.42
2822Brooke Yon  Saint Helena37.51
2923Unilez Takyi  Ghana37.68
3025Mst Morium Akter  Bangladesh37.90
3126Mishael Aisha Hyat Ayub  Pakistan37.96
3227Vaoahi Afu  Tonga40.65
3315Kanu Isha  Sierra Leone48.66
13Siomha Brady  Northern IrelandDNS

Semifinals

[3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Lara van Niekerk  South Africa29.80Q, GR
214Imogen Clark  England30.24Q
325Chelsea Hodges  Australia30.50Q
423Jenna Strauch  Australia30.89Q
515Tatjana Schoenmaker  South Africa30.94Q
613Kara Hanlon  Scotland31.20Q
716Abbey Harkin  Australia31.39Q
826Kaylene Corbett  South Africa31.43Q
922Sophie Angus  Canada31.45R
1012Sarah Vasey  England31.47R
1127 Sim En Yi Letitia  Singapore31.56
1217Laura Kinley  Isle of Man32.47
1311 Phee Jinq En  Malaysia32.54
1421Lanihei Connolly  Cook Islands32.91
1518Lillian Higgs  Bahamas33.10
1628Laura le Cras  Guernsey33.26

Final

[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Lara van Niekerk  South Africa29.73GR
5Imogen Clark  England30.02NR
3Chelsea Hodges  Australia30.05OC
42Tatjana Schoenmaker  South Africa30.41
56Jenna Strauch  Australia30.85
68Kaylene Corbett  South Africa31.10
71Abbey Harkin  Australia31.20
87Kara Hanlon  Scotland31.39

References