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

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.[1]

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates8 April (heats, semifinals)
9 April (final)
Competitors34 from 22 nations
Winning time52.27
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Canada
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Records

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

World record   Sarah Sjöström (SWE) 51.71 Budapest, Hungary 23 July 2017
Commonwealth record   Cate Campbell (AUS) 52.06 Brisbane, Australia 2 July 2016
Games record   Cate Campbell (AUS) 52.68 Glasgow, United Kingdom 28 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
8 April Semifinal Cate Campbell   Australia 52.64 GR
9 April Final Bronte Campbell   Australia 52.27 GR

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held on 8 April from 10:58 to 11:08.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Cate Campbell   Australia 54.05 Q
2 5 5 Taylor Ruck   Canada 54.79 Q
3 4 4 Bronte Campbell   Australia 54.81 Q
4 3 4 Penny Oleksiak   Canada 54.88 Q
5 5 3 Kayla Sanchez   Canada 54.97 Q
6 4 5 Shayna Jack   Australia 55.00 Q
7 3 5 Freya Anderson   England 55.12 Q
8 4 3 Anna Hopkin   England 55.21 Q
9 3 3 Erin Gallagher   South Africa 55.36 Q
10 5 6 Lucy Hope   Scotland 55.56 Q
11 4 6 Jessica Jackson   England 55.85 Q
12 5 7 Emma Chelius   South Africa 56.04 Q
13 3 2 Carina Doyle   New Zealand 56.27 Q
14 4 2 Laticia Transom   New Zealand 56.32 Q
15 3 7 Georgia Marris   New Zealand 56.98 Q
16 5 2 Ting Wen Quah   Singapore 57.46 Q
17 4 1 Maria Brunlehner   Kenya 57.75
18 2 5 Gemma Atherley   Jersey 58.42
19 4 7 Kalia Antoniou   Cyprus 58.65
20 4 8 Lauren Hew   Cayman Islands 58.79
21 3 1 Lushavel Stickland   Samoa 59.01
22 5 8 Alison Jackson   Cayman Islands 59.54
23 3 8 Elodie Poo Cheong   Mauritius 59.69
24 2 5 Cheyenne Rova   Fiji 59.94
25 2 6 Tatiana Tostevin   Guernsey 1:00.31
26 1 4 Therese Soukup   Seychelles 1:00.92
27 1 5 Aaliyah Palestrini   Seychelles 1:01.15
28 2 7 Christina Linares   Gibraltar 1:01.29
29 2 2 Makaela Holowchak   Antigua and Barbuda 1:01.61
30 2 1 Vinoli Kaluarachchi   Sri Lanka 1:02.25
31 2 3 Bisma Khan   Pakistan 1:02.66
32 2 8 Jamila Sanmoogan   Guyana 1:03.39
33 1 6 Maayaa Ayawere   Ghana 1:04.71
34 1 3 Aliah Maginley   Antigua and Barbuda 1:06.20
3 6 Kathryn Greenslade   Wales DNS
5 1 Danielle Hill   Northern Ireland DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 8 April at 19:59 and 20:03.[3]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Taylor Ruck   Canada 53.05 Q
2 3 Shayna Jack   Australia 53.58 Q
3 5 Penny Oleksiak   Canada 54.34 Q
4 6 Anna Hopkin   England 55.17 Q
5 2 Lucy Hope   Scotland 55.43
6 1 Laticia Transom   New Zealand 56.26
7 7 Emma Chelius   South Africa 56.40
8 8 Ting Wen Quah   Singapore 57.51

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Cate Campbell   Australia 52.64 Q, GR
2 5 Bronte Campbell   Australia 53.46 Q
3 3 Kayla Sanchez   Canada 54.18 Q
4 2 Erin Gallagher   South Africa 54.38 Q, AF
5 6 Freya Anderson   England 55.28
6 7 Jessica Jackson   England 55.84
7 1 Carina Doyle   New Zealand 56.18
8 8 Georgia Marris   New Zealand 56.48

Final

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The final was held on 9 April at 21:44.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Bronte Campbell   Australia 52.27 GR
  4 Cate Campbell   Australia 52.69
  5 Taylor Ruck   Canada 53.08
4 6 Shayna Jack   Australia 53.83
5 7 Penny Oleksiak   Canada 53.85
6 1 Erin Gallagher   South Africa 54.23 AF
7 2 Kayla Sanchez   Canada 54.30
8 8 Anna Hopkin   England 55.03

References

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  1. ^ "Women's 100 metre freestyle schedule". Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ^ Heats results
  3. ^ Semifinals results
  4. ^ Final results