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

Event:	Men's 50 metre breaststroke
Games:	2022
Venue:	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates:	1 August (heats, semifinals) 2 August (final)
Competitors:	41
Nations:	27
Win Value:	26.76
Gold:	Adam Peaty
Goldcga:	ENG
Silver:	Samuel Williamson
Silvercga:	AUS
Bronze:	Ross Murdoch
Bronzecga:	SCO
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held on 1 and 2 August at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Records

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

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Monday 1 August 2022	10:39	Qualifying
	19:20	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Tuesday 2 August 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	20:21	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Results

Heats

^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	3			27.10	Q
1	6	4			27.10	Q
3	5	4			27.20	Q
4	5	3			27.58	Q
5	4	3			27.63	Q
6	5	6			27.68	Q
7	6	5			27.72	Q
8	4	4			27.74	Q
9	5	2			27.77	Q
10	5	5			27.80	Q
11	6	6			27.96	Q
12	4	2			28.04	Q
13	5	1			28.23	Q
14	6	2			28.27	Q, NR
15	4	6			28.30	Q
16	5	8			28.44	Q, NR
17	5	7			28.46	R
18	6	1			28.49	R
19	6	7			28.71
20	4	5			28.74
21	4	7			28.78
22	4	1			28.87
23	6	8			28.96
24	3	5			29.30
25	4	8			29.40
26	3	8			29.53	NR
27	3	7			29.58
28	3	2			29.60
29	3	3			29.89
30	3	1			29.96
31	3	6			30.53
32	2	7			30.76
33	2	4			30.79
34	2	5			31.18
35	2	6			31.31
36	2	3			32.08
37	2	2			32.78
38	2	1			34.62
39	1	3			35.72
40	1	4			36.22
	1	5
	3	4

Semifinals

^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5			27.01	Q
2	1	4			27.03	Q
3	2	4			27.39	Q
4	2	6			27.64	Q
5	1	6			27.65	Q
5	2	3			27.65	Q
7	1	2			27.68	Q
8	1	5			27.69	Q
9	1	3			27.72	R
10	2	2			27.75	R
11	1	7			27.83
12	2	7			27.85
13	1	8			28.19	NR
14	2	1			28.29
15	2	8			28.35
16	1	1			28.56

Final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			26.76
	4			26.97
	8			27.32
4	3			27.36
5	6			27.43
6	2			27.72
7	1			27.98
8	7			28.31

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming - Daily Schedule. Birmingham 2022. 28 July 2022.
2. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-01/SWMM50MBR-------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Heats Results
3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-01/SWMM50MBR-------------SFNL--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Semifinals results
4. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMM50MBR-------------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf Final results