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

Event:	Women's 50 metre backstroke
Games:	2022
Venue:	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates:	2 August (heats, semifinals) 3 August (final)
Competitors:	38
Nations:	27
Win Value:	27.31
Gold:	Kylie Masse
Goldcga:	CAN
Silver:	Mollie O'Callaghan
Silvercga:	AUS
Bronze:	Kaylee McKeown
Bronzecga:	AUS
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held on 2 and 3 August at the Sandwell Aquatics 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
2 August	Semifinal 2			27.47	GR
3 August	Final			27.31	GR

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022	11:08	Qualifying
	20:34	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Wednesday 3 August 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	19:51	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Results

Heats

^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4			27.57	Q
2	4	5			27.65	Q
3	5	5			28.03	Q
4	5	4			28.09	Q
5	3	4			28.13	Q
6	3	5			28.30	Q
7	4	3			28.32	Q
8	5	6			28.79	Q
9	3	3			29.05	Q
10	5	3			29.19	WD
11	4	2			29.29	Q
12	5	2			29.38	Q
13	4	6			29.55	Q
14	5	1			29.93	Q
15	3	6			29.99	Q
16	4	7			30.06	Q
17	3	2			30.13	R, W
18	4	8			30.25	R
19	3	7			30.46
20	5	7			30.49
21	3	1			30.97
22	2	4			31.77
23	3	8			32.02
24	4	1			32.27
25	2	2			32.34
26	2	6			32.76
27	2	5			32.95
28	1	2			33.25
29	2	7			33.71
30	1	6			33.86
31	2	1			33.90
32	2	8			34.06
33	1	5			34.19
34	2	3			34.20
35	1	3			34.51
36	1	4			34.76
37	1	7			39.76
38	1	1			44.57
	5	8

Semifinals

^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			27.47	Q, GR
2	2	5			27.64	Q
3	1	5			27.75	Q
4	2	3			27.76	Q
5	1	4			27.79	Q
6	1	3			27.91	Q
7	2	6			28.28	Q
8	1	7			28.69	Q
9	1	6			28.73	R
10	2	2			28.85	R
11	1	2			29.18	NR
12	2	7			29.27
13	1	1			29.75
14	2	8			29.90
15	1	8			30.00
16	2	1			30.06

Final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			27.31	GR
	6			27.47
	3			27.58
4	7			27.61
5	5			27.62
6	2			27.85
7	1			28.29
8	8			28.66

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming - Daily Schedule. Birmingham 2022. 28 July 2022.
2. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMW50MBA-------------HEAT--------__C74A_2.0.pdf Heats Results
3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMW50MBA-------------SFNL--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Semifinals results
4. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-03/SWMW50MBA-------------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf Final results