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

Event:	Women's 50 metre butterfly
Games:	2022
Venue:	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates:	31 July (heats, semifinals) 1 August (final)
Competitors:	53
Nations:	35
Win Value:	25.90
Gold:	Emma McKeon
Goldcga:	AUS
Silver:	Erin Gallagher
Silvercga:	RSA
Silver2:	Holly Barratt
Silvercga2:	AUS
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The women's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held on 30 July and 1 August at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Records

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

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 31 July 2022	11:03	Qualifying
Sunday 31 July 2022	19:17	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Monday 1 August 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	20:43	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	4	26.24	Q
2	7	6	26.52	Q
3	7	5	26.57	Q
4	6	4	26.65	Q
5	5	5	26.68	Q
6	6	5	26.73	Q
7	7	4	26.86	Q
8	6	2	26.88	Q
9	5	6	26.92	Q
10	7	3	26.96	Q
11	5	3	27.16	Q
11	5	7	27.16	Q
13	7	2	27.18	Q
14	5	2	27.33	Q
15	6	3	27.38	Q
16	6	7	27.42	Q
17	6	6	27.52	R
18	7	7	27.56	R
19	7	1	27.78
20	6	8	27.83
21	5	1	27.89
22	4	1	27.92
23	7	8	28.07
24	6	1	28.12
25	4	5	28.45
26	4	7	28.48
27	4	3	28.51
28	4	4	28.53
29	4	8	28.84
30	2	4	29.05
31	3	3	29.15
32	3	4	29.29
33	3	6	29.43
34	3	5	29.56
35	2	8	29.90
36	3	1	30.16
37	2	6	30.20
38	2	2	30.23
39	2	3	30.34
40	2	1	30.38
41	1	4	30.90
42	3	2	30.94
43	3	7	31.24
44	2	7	31.28
45	2	5	31.32
46	3	8	31.44
47	1	5	32.12
48	1	3	32.56
49	1	7	32.94
50	1	2	34.16
51	1	1	34.17
52	1	6	34.75
	4	2	Colspan=2
	4	6	Colspan=2
	5	8	Colspan=2

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	5	26.02	Q
2	1	2	26.17	Q, NR
3	2	4	26.19	Q
4	2	6	26.28	Q
5	1	3	26.29	Q
6	1	4	26.36	Q
7	2	3	26.39	Q
8	2	5	26.42	Q
9	2	2	26.65	R
10	1	6	26.88	R
11	1	7	26.84
12	2	1	26.98
13	2	7	27.00
14	2	8	27.01
15	1	8	27.37
16	1	1	27.42