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

Event:Women's 50 metre breaststroke
Games:2022
Venue:Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates:29 July (heats, semifinals)
30 July (final)
Competitors:33
Nations:25
Win Value:29.73 GR
Gold:Lara van Niekerk
Goldcga:RSA
Silver:Imogen Clark
Silvercga:ENG
Bronze:Chelsea Hodges
Bronzecga:AUS
Prev:2018
Next:2026

The women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held on 29 and 30 July 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
29 July Heat 5 Lara van Niekerk29.82 GR
29 July Semifinal 2 Lara van Niekerk29.80 GR
30 July Final Lara van Niekerk29.73 GR

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Friday 29 July 2022 11:37 Qualifying
20:19 Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffonSaturday 30 July 2022 style=background:lemonchiffon19:12 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal

Results

Heats

[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 29.82 Q, GR
2 4 4 30.26 Q
3 3 4 30.66 Q
4 5 5 30.76 Q
5 3 5 30.77 Q
6 5 3 30.99 Q
7 4 6 31.07 Q
8 4 3 31.48 Q
9 5 6 31.55 Q
10 4 5 31.65 Q
11 3 3 31.67 Q
12 3 6 32.34 Q
13 3 1 32.77 Q, NR
14 4 2 32.80 Q
15 3 2 33.09 Q
16 5 2 33.18 Q
17 5 7 33.28 R
18 4 1 33.61 R
19 3 7 33.85
20 4 7 33.87
21 5 8 34.14
22 5 1 34.20
23 4 8 34.45
24 3 8 34.47
25 2 4 36.51
26 1 4 37.24
27 2 1 37.42
28 2 2 37.51
29 2 3 37.68
30 2 5 37.90
31 2 6 37.96
32 2 7 40.65
33 1 5 48.66
1 3

Semifinals

[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 29.80 Q, GR
2 1 4 30.24 Q
3 2 5 30.50 Q
4 2 3 30.89 Q
5 1 5 30.94 Q
6 1 3 31.20 Q
7 1 6 31.39 Q
8 2 6 31.43 Q
9 2 2 31.45 R
10 1 2 31.47 R
11 2 7 31.56
12 1 7 32.47
13 1 1 32.54
14 2 1 32.91
15 1 8 33.10
16 2 8 33.26

Final

[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 29.73GR
5 30.02NR
3 30.05OC
42 30.41
56 30.85
68 31.10
71 31.20
87 31.39

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming - Daily Schedule. Birmingham 2022. 28 July 2022.
  2. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-29/SWMW50MBR-------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Heats Results
  3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-29/SWMW50MBR-------------SFNL--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Semifnals Results
  4. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-30/SWMW50MBR-------------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf Final results