Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre backstroke
Games:	2018
Venue:	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:	7 April (heats, semifinals) 8 April (final)
Competitors:	20
Nations:	17
Win Value:	24.68
Gold:	Mitch Larkin
Goldcga:	AUS
Silver:	Ben Treffers
Silvercga:	AUS
Bronze:	Zac Incerti
Bronzecga:	AUS
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

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:

The heats were held on 7 April at 11:15.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	25.05	Q
2	1	4	25.32	Q
3	3	4	25.52	Q
4	3	5	25.79	Q
5	3	3	25.83	Q
6	1	5	25.91	Q
7	2	6	26.08	Q
8	2	5	26.11	Q
9	1	3	26.47	Q
10	3	6	26.78	Q
11	2	3	26.83	Q
12	1	6	27.39	Q
13	3	2	28.03	Q
14	1	2	28.19	Q
15	3	7	28.77	Q
16	2	2	29.96	Q
17	2	1	29.97
18	2	7	31.24
19	1	7	34.30
20	3	1	34.94

The semifinals were held on 7 April at 20:19.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	24.91	Q
2	5	25.60	Q
3	3	25.74	Q
4	6	26.00	Q
5	2	27.08
6	7	27.23
7	1	28.29
8	8	29.74

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	24.99	Q
2	4	25.19	Q
3	6	25.52	Q
4	3	25.60	Q, NR
5	2	26.50
6	7	26.52	NR
7	1	28.10
8	8	28.57

The final was held on 8 April at 21:31.^[3]