Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre butterfly
Games:	2018
Venue:	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:	5 April (heats and semifinals) 6 April (final)
Competitors:	21
Nations:	12
Win Value:	56.78
Gold:	Emma McKeon
Goldcga:	AUS
Silver:	Madeline Groves
Silvercga:	AUS
Bronze:	Brianna Throssell
Bronzecga:	AUS
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 6 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
5 April	Semifinal			57.22	GR
6 April	Final			56.78	GR

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 5 April 2018	11:58	Qualifying
Thursday 5 April 2018	21:33	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Friday 6 April 2018	style=background:lemonchiffon	21:51	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	3	57.77	Q
2	3	4	58.04	Q
3	3	5	58.48	Q
4	2	4	58.50	Q
5	2	5	58.51	Q
6	1	4	58.96	Q
7	1	5	58.97	Q
8	2	6	59.25	Q
9	3	2	59.44	Q
10	1	6	59.56	Q
11	1	2	59.63	Q
12	1	3	59.68	Q
13	3	6	59.77	Q
14	2	2	1:00.00	Q
15	3	7	1:00.43	Q
16	2	3	1:00.46	Q
17	2	7	1:02.03
18	1	7	1:04.39
19	3	1	1:04.43
20	2	1	1:05.74
21	1	1	1:08.64

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	57.22	Q, GR
2	2	2	57.77	Q
3	1	4	57.94	Q
4	2	6	58.04	Q
5	2	5	58.17	Q
6	1	5	58.29	Q
7	1	3	58.38	Q
8	2	3	58.62	Q
9	1	6	59.04
10	1	2	59.49
11	2	7	59.55
12	1	1	59.70
13	2	1	59.93
14	1	8	59.96
15	1	7	1:00.18
16	2	8	1:00.58