Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games explained

Event:Swimming
Games:2022
Venue:Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates:29 July – 3 August 2022
Competitors:449
Nations:57
Events:52
Prev:2018
Next:2026

Swimming was among the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. The sport had been staged in all twenty-one previous editions of the Games thus far,[1] and will be contested in England for the third time.

The competition took place between 29 July and 3 August 2022, spread across fifty-two events (including twelve parasport events).[2] For the first time, visually impaired swimming was held at the Commonwealth Games.[3]

Schedule

The competition schedule was as follows:[2]

HHeats½Semi-finalsFFinal
Men
Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Mon 1 Tue 2 Wed 3
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Women
Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Mon 1 Tue 2 Wed 3
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Mixed
Fri 29 Tue 2
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Venue

The swimming competitions were held at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, the only new-build permanent venue constructed for the Games.[4] The diving competition also took place there.[5]

Qualification (parasport)

See main article: Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification. A total of up to 96 para swimmers (48 per gender) qualified to compete at the Games. Nations may earn three quotas per event, allocated as follows:[6]

Medal summary

Medalists

Men

21.36 21.88 22.02
47.51 47.89 48.27
1:45.02 1:45.41 1:45.62
3:43.063:45.073:46.49
14:48.54 14:51.79
NR 		15:12.78
24.65
NR		24.77 24.97
NR
53.7853.91 54.06
1:56.40 1:56.41 1:56.77
26.7626.97 27.32
59.2559.52 59.82
2:08.072:08.592:10.41
22.81
GR		23.2123.27
NR
51.24
51.40Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
1:55.60 1:55.89 1:56.77
1:56.88
GR		1:57.011:57.59
4:08.70
CR, OC		4:10.154:11.27
valign=top3:11.12
GR		valign=top3:11.73valign=top3:13.01
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Elijah Winnington (1:46.36)
Flynn Southam (1:46.08)
Zac Incerti (1:46.08)
Mack Horton (1:46.44) 		7:04.96
GR		valign=top
James Guy (1:46.87)
Jacob Whittle (1:47.89)
Joe Litchfield (1:47.59)
Tom Dean (1:45.15) 		7:07.50valign=top
Stephen Milne (1:49.30)
Evan Jones (1:47.64)
Mark Szaranek (1:47.91)
Duncan Scott (1:44.48) 		7:09.33
valign=top3:31.80 valign=top3:31.88 valign=top3:35.11

Parasport

28.95 29.10 29.78
24.32 24.33 24.47
1:54.97
GR		1:55.50 1:56.15
1:01.88
GR		1:03.65 1:05.09
1:14.12 1:14.19 1:18.97
56.91 57.53 58.55

Women

23.99 24.32 24.36
52.6352.8852.94
1:53.89
GR		1:54.01 1:56.17
3:58.06
GR 		3:59.32
NR 		4:03.12
8:13.59
CR, OC		8:16.79 8:19.16
27.31
GR 		27.4727.58
58.60
GR		58.73 59.62
2:05.60
GR 		2:07.81 2:09.22
29.73
GR		30.02
NR		30.05
OC
1:05.47 1:06.68 1:07.05
2:21.922:23.65 2:23.67
25.90
26.05Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
56.36
GR		56.3857.50
2:07.28 2:07.90 2:08.32
2:08.70
WJ 		2:09.52 2:10.68
4:29.01
WJ, CR, AM		4:36.784:39.37
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Madison Wilson (53.22)
Shayna Jack (52.72)
Mollie O'Callaghan (52.66)
Emma McKeon (52.04) 		3:30.64valign=top
Anna Hopkin (53.81)
Abbie Wood (54.28)
Isabella Hindley (55.10)
Freya Anderson (53.43) 		3:36.62valign=top
Summer McIntosh (54.62)
Katerine Savard (54.44)
Rebecca Smith (55.08)
Maggie Mac Neil (53.11) 		3:37.25
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Madison Wilson (1:56.27)
Kiah Melverton (1:55.40)
Mollie O'Callaghan (1:54.80)
Ariarne Titmus (1:52.82) 		7:39.29
WR		valign=top
Summer McIntosh (1:55.24)
Ella Jansen (1:57.83)
Mary-Sophie Harvey (1:59.65)
Katerine Savard (1:59.28) 		7:51.98valign=top
Freya Colbert (1:57.85)
Tamryn van Selm (2:02.60)
Abbie Wood (1:58.99)
Freya Anderson (1:57.67) 		7:57.11
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Kaylee McKeown (58.79)
Chelsea Hodges (1:06.68)
Emma McKeon (56.59)
Mollie O'Callaghan (52.38) 		3:54.44 valign=top
Kylie Masse (59.01)
Sophie Angus (1:07.66)
Maggie Mac Neil (56.59)
Summer McIntosh (53.33) 		3:56.59 valign=top
Lauren Cox (1:00.72)
Molly Renshaw (1:06.61)
Laura Stephens (58.96)
Anna Hopkin (53.15) 		3:59.44

Parasport

26.56
WR		27.67 28.24
1:02.95 1:03.74 1:03.75
2:07.02 2:08.58 2:11.22
1:13.641:17.911:23.06
1:32.721:43.291:43.81
2:33.29 2:34.26 2:36.68

Mixed

valign=top3:21.18
GR		3:22.45valign=top
Javier Acevedo (49.05)
Joshua Liendo (47.89)
Rebecca Smith (54.41)
Maggie Mac Neil (53.51)
Ruslan Gaziev
Stephen Calkins
Ella Jansen
Mary-Sophie Harvey		3:24.86
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Kaylee McKeown (59.01)
Zac Stubblety-Cook (59.52)
Matthew Temple (50.89)
Emma McKeon (51.88)
Mitch Larkin
Samuel Williamson
Alex Perkins
Madison Wilson		3:41.30
GR		valign=top3:43.98 3:44.03

Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Participating nations

There were 57 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA's) in swimming with a total of 449 (246 men and 203 women) athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[7] [8] This marked Dominica's sport debut in the sport at the Commonwealth Games.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming at the Commonwealth Games . Topend Sports Network . 4 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220504132731/https://www.topendsports.com/events/commonwealth-games/sports/swimming.htm . 4 May 2022 . live.
  2. Web site: Competition Schedule. https://web.archive.org/web/20220302111234/https://www.birmingham2022.com/schedule/overview. BOCCG. 7 March 2022. 2 March 2022. live.
  3. Web site: Vision Impaired Swimmers to Compete in Commonwealth Games. 28 July 2022. www.mivision.com.au. mivision. 31 July 2022. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, commencing 28 July, will include visually impaired classifications in the para-swimming programme for the first time since swimming was featured in the Games in 1930..
  4. News: Marshall . Jordan . Commonwealth Games aquatics centre design unveiled as architect on £60m project revealed . 4 May 2022 . . Assemble Media Group . 13 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181213090451/https://www.building.co.uk/news/commonwealth-games-aquatics-centre-design-unveiled-as-architect-on-60m-project-revealed/5096999.article . 13 December 2018 . live.
  5. Web site: Venues SANDWELL AQUATICS CENTRE. BOCCG. 4 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220309213400/https://www.birmingham2022.com/venues/sandwell-aquatics-centre . 9 March 2022 . live.
  6. Web site: Athlete Allocation System Para Swimming. https://web.archive.org/web/20220415131200/https://dochub.com/timskyrider/7J4mQvgRvXOWlm7Vj2pO5n/para-swimming-b2022-athlete-allocation-system-revised-v3.pdf. Commonwealth Sport / World Para Swimming. 1 October 2021. 4 May 2022. 15 April 2022. live.
  7. Web site: Swimming Men Number of Entries by CGA. 27 July 2022. www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 30 July 2022.
  8. Web site: Swimming Women Number of Entries by CGA. 27 July 2022. www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 30 July 2022.
  9. News: 6 July 2022. Dominica to make swimming debut at Birmingham 2022. Caribbean Loop News. 6 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220706220317/https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/dominica-make-swimming-debut-at-birmingham-2022. 6 July 2022. live.

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