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	Time	Record
29 July	Heat 5	Lara van Niekerk	29.82	GR
29 July	Semifinal 2	Lara van Niekerk	29.80	GR
30 July	Final	Lara van Niekerk	29.73	GR

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Friday 29 July 2022	11:37	Qualifying
Friday 29 July 2022	20:19	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Saturday 30 July 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	19:12	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Rank	Heat	Lane	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

Rank	Heat	Lane	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