Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Games:	2018
Venue:	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:	7 April (heats, semifinals) 8 April (final)
Competitors:	56
Nations:	30
Win Value:	48.02
Gold:	Duncan Scott
Goldcga:	SCO
Silver:	Chad le Clos
Silvercga:	RSA
Silver2:	Kyle Chalmers
Silvercga2:	AUS
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's 100 metre freestyle 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:

The heats were held on 7 April at 11:37.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	8	5	48.81	Q
2	6	4	48.85	Q
3	8	3	48.96	Q
4	8	4	48.99	Q
5	7	5	49.06	Q
6	7	3	49.11	Q, NR
7	6	5	49.17	Q
8	7	4	49.20	Q
9	6	3	49.41	Q
10	7	6	49.65	Q
10	8	7	49.65	Q
12	7	2	49.72	Q
13	6	7	49.77	Q
14	6	2	49.79	Q
15	8	6	49.82	Q
16	6	6	49.90	Q
17	5	4	49.93
18	7	7	50.02
19	7	1	50.04
20	6	8	50.06
21	7	8	50.22
22	5	2	50.47
23	6	1	50.56
24	5	3	50.74
25	8	2	50.79
26	8	1	50.80
27	5	5	50.91
28	5	6	51.04
29	4	4	51.12
30	5	8	51.66
31	4	3	51.71
32	5	1	51.94
33	3	7	51.95
34	8	8	52.08
35	5	7	52.20
36	4	6	52.97
37	4	7	53.30
38	2	6	53.53
39	2	3	53.96
40	3	4	54.02
41	4	8	54.21
42	3	6	54.35
43	3	3	54.56
44	3	5	54.57
45	2	1	54.91
46	4	2	54.95
47	2	5	55.21
48	2	4	55.90
49	3	8	56.12
50	3	1	56.33
51	3	2	57.33
52	2	7	57.56
53	2	2	58.67
54	1	3	58.95
55	1	4
56	1	5
	4	1
	4	5

The semifinals were held on 7 April at 20:59.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	48.61	Q
2	4	48.70	Q
2	3	48.79	Q
4	5	49.06	Q
5	7	49.11	Q
6	2	49.22
7	8	49.75
8	1	49.90

The final was held on 8 April at 19:43.^[3]