The Men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 and 10 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic 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 9 April Heats Benjamin Proud 21.45 GR 9 April Semifinal Benjamin Proud 21.30 GR
Results Heats The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.Heats results
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 8 4 21.45 Q, GR 2 6 4 21.78 Q 3 7 4 22.06 Q 4 8 5 22.11 Q 5 8 3 22.12 Q 6 7 5 22.23 Q 7 6 5 22.25 Q 8 6 3 22.32 Q 9 7 3 22.40 Q 10 6 6 22.48 Q 11 8 7 22.50 Q 12 8 2 22.53 Q 13 7 8 22.65 Q, NR 14 6 1 22.79 Q 15 8 6 22.80 Q 16 7 6 22.93 Q 17 7 2 22.94 18 8 8 22.96 19 6 2 23.11 20 7 1 23.19 21 6 8 23.29 22 5 3 23.33 23 4 4 23.45 24 5 2 23.47 25 6 7 23.50 26 5 4 23.58 27 5 5 23.73 28 4 1 23.75 29 5 6 23.80 30 3 4 24.01 31 5 7 24.07 32 4 5 24.12 33 5 8 24.14 34 2 4 24.19 35 5 1 24.25 36 8 1 24.29 37 4 3 24.37 38 4 6 24.38 39 4 7 24.52 40 3 6 24.68 41 3 1 24.72 NR 42 2 5 24.77 43 4 2 24.82 44 3 5 24.87 45 3 7 24.88 45 4 8 24.88 47 2 6 24.93 48 2 3 25.15 49 2 2 25.42 50 3 8 25.44 51 2 7 25.57 52 2 1 25.71 53 3 2 25.96 54 1 7 26.07 55 2 8 26.15 56 1 5 26.28 57 1 4 26.47 58 3 3 27.07 59 1 6 27.88 1 2 7 7 1 3
Semifinals The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final.Semifinals results
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes 1 4 21.92 Q 2 5 22.11 Q 3 3 22.20 Q 4 6 22.34 5 7 22.39 6 2 22.49 7 1 22.55 8 8 23.13
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes 1 4 21.30 Q, GR, NR 2 5 22.00 Q 3 2 22.09 Q 3 3 22.09 Q 5 6 22.15 Q 6 7 22.60 7 8 22.80 8 1 22.84
Final The final was held on 10 April at 19:45.Final results Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes 4 21.35 5 21.81 3 21.92 4 1 22.00 5 6 22.03 6 8 22.05 7 7 22.15 8 2 22.25
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