Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates6 April (heats, semifinals)
7 April (final)
Competitors26 from 17 nations
Winning time58.63
Medalists
gold medal    Canada
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Canada
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Schedule

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The schedule is as follows:[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Friday 6 April 2018 11:12 Qualifying
20:55 Semifinals
Saturday 7 April 2018 20:03 Final

Records

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

World record   Kylie Masse (CAN) 58.10 Budapest, Hungary 25 July 2017
Commonwealth record   Kylie Masse (CAN) 58.10 Budapest, Hungary 25 July 2017
Games record   Belinda Hocking (AUS) 59.37 Glasgow, Great Britain 26 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
6 April Heat 3 Emily Seebohm   Australia 58.91 GR
6 April Heat 4 Kylie Masse   Canada 58.70 GR
6 April Semifinals Kylie Masse   Canada 58.66 GR
7 April Final Kylie Masse   Canada 58.63 GR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 4 4 Kylie Masse   Canada 58.70 Q, GR
2 3 4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 58.91 Q, GR
3 4 3 Elizabeth Simmonds   England 1:00.49 Q
4 4 5 Georgia Davies   Wales 1:00.57 Q
5 2 5 Kaylee McKeown   Australia 1:00.65 Q
6 2 4 Taylor Ruck   Canada 1:00.72 Q
7 2 3 Hayley Baker   Australia 1:00.82 Q
8 4 6 Jessica Fullalove   England 1:01.04 Q
9 4 2 Bobbi Gichard   New Zealand 1:01.33 Q
10 3 3 Kathleen Dawson   Scotland 1:01.38 Q
11 3 5 Jade Hannah   Canada 1:01.51 Q
12 3 6 Cassie Wild   Scotland 1:02.29 Q
13 3 7 Naomi Ruele   Botswana 1:02.58 Q
14 2 6 Anna Maine   England 1:02.63 Q
15 4 7 Nathania van Niekerk   South Africa 1:02.81 Q
16 2 7 Danielle Hill   Northern Ireland 1:03.08 Q
17 3 2 Mariella Venter   South Africa 1:03.39
18 3 1 Gemma Atherley   Jersey 1:04.75
19 4 8 Tatiana Tostevin   Guernsey 1:04.90
20 2 8 Caroline Zi Xin Chan   Malaysia 1:05.94
21 4 1 Lushavel Stickland   Samoa 1:06.02
22 3 8 Lauren Hew   Cayman Islands 1:06.41
23 2 1 Sylvia Tanya Atieno Brunlehner   Kenya 1:06.64
24 1 4 Aaliyah Palestrini   Seychelles 1:07.26
25 1 5 Vinoli Kaluarachchi   Sri Lanka 1:07.64
26 1 3 Therese Soukup   Seychelles 1:10.57
27 2 2 Harriet West   Wales DNS

Semifinals

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 2 4 Kylie Masse   Canada 58.66 Q, GR
2 1 4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 58.95 Q
3 1 3 Taylor Ruck   Canada 1:00.06 Q
4 2 3 Kaylee McKeown   Australia 1:00.11 Q
5 1 5 Georgia Davies   Wales 1:00.33 Q
6 2 7 Jade Hannah   Canada 1:00.37 Q
7 2 6 Hayley Baker   Australia 1:00.63 Q
8 1 2 Kathleen Dawson   Scotland 1:00.67 QSO
9 2 5 Elizabeth Simmonds   England 1:00.67 QSO
10 1 7 Cassie Wild   Scotland 1:00.93
11 1 6 Jessica Fullalove   England 1:01.39
12 2 2 Bobbi Gichard   New Zealand 1:01.75
13 1 1 Anna Maine   England 1:02.29
14 1 8 Danielle Hill   Northern Ireland 1:02.62
15 2 1 Naomi Ruele   Botswana 1:03.01
16 2 8 Nathania van Niekerk   South Africa 1:03.06

Swim-off

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kathleen Dawson   Scotland 1:01.06 Q
2 5 Elizabeth Simmonds   England 1:01.13

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
  4 Kylie Masse   Canada 58.63 GR
  5 Emily Seebohm   Australia 58.66
  3 Taylor Ruck   Canada 58.97
4 6 Kaylee McKeown   Australia 1:00.08
5 2 Georgia Davies   Wales 1:00.17
6 8 Kathleen Dawson   Scotland 1:00.74
6 1 Hayley Baker   Australia 1:00.74
8 7 Jade Hannah   Canada 1:00.83

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.