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Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre butterfly

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Women's 50 metre butterfly
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates7 April (heats, semifinals)
8 April (final)
Competitors29 from 22 nations
Winning time25.59
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Australia
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The women's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 and 8 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

World record  Sarah Sjöström (SWE) 24.43 Borås, Sweden 5 July 2014
Commonwealth record  Fran Halsall (ENG) 25.20 Glasgow, United Kingdom 27 July 2014
Games record  Fran Halsall (ENG) 25.20 Glasgow, United Kingdom 27 July 2014

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held on 7 April at 11:28.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 5 Madeline Groves  Australia 25.81 Q
2 4 4 Cate Campbell  Australia 25.83 Q
3 3 4 Penny Oleksiak  Canada 25.95 Q
4 2 4 Holly Barratt  Australia 26.14 Q
5 4 5 Rebecca Smith  Canada 26.65 Q
6 4 6 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 26.91 Q
7 3 3 Alys Thomas  Wales 26.95 Q
8 4 3 Erin Gallagher  South Africa 27.05 Q
9 2 6 Helena Gasson  New Zealand 27.10 Q
9 2 5 Harriet Jones  Wales 27.10 Q
11 4 2 Harriet West  Wales 27.41 Q
12 3 6 Quah Ting Wen  Singapore 27.44 Q
13 2 2 Emma Chelius  South Africa 27.55 Q
14 2 3 Charlotte Atkinson  Isle of Man 27.72 Q
15 3 2 Emily Siobhan Muteti  Kenya 28.46 Q
16 4 7 Elodie Poo-cheong  Mauritius 28.63 Q
17 2 7 Katie Kyle  Saint Lucia 28.80
18 4 8 Gemma Atherley  Jersey 28.94
19 3 7 Matelita Buadromo  Fiji 29.12
20 2 8 Lauren Hew  Cayman Islands 29.38
21 2 1 Cheyenne Rova  Fiji 29.70
22 3 8 Dilrukshi Perera  Sri Lanka 29.81 NR
23 3 1 Jamila Sanmoogan  Guyana 29.97
24 1 4 Oreoluwa Cherebin  Grenada 30.43
25 4 1 Aaliyah Palestrini  Seychelles 30.59
26 1 3 Christina Linares  Gibraltar 31.92
27 1 6 Avice Meya  Uganda 32.50
28 1 5 Miss Khatun  Bangladesh 32.96
29 1 2 Charissa Panuve  Tonga 33.09

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 7 April at 20:39.[2]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Cate Campbell  Australia 25.56 Q
2 5 Holly Barratt  Australia 25.88 Q
3 3 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 26.84 Q
4 6 Erin Gallagher  South Africa 26.85 Q
5 2 Harriet Jones  Wales 27.03
6 7 Quah Ting Wen  Singapore 27.35
7 1 Charlotte Atkinson  Isle of Man 27.57
8 8 Elodie Poo-cheong  Mauritius 28.43

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Madeline Groves  Australia 25.54 Q
2 5 Penny Oleksiak  Canada 25.94 Q
3 6 Rebecca Smith  Canada 26.68 Q
4 6 Alys Thomas  Wales 26.72 Q
5 7 Harriet West  Wales 27.17
6 2 Helena Gasson  New Zealand 27.19
7 1 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 27.52
8 8 Emily Siobhan Muteti  Kenya 28.63

Final

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The final was held on 8 April at 21:36.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Cate Campbell  Australia 25.59
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Holly Barratt  Australia 25.67
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Madeline Groves  Australia 25.69
4 6 Penny Oleksiak  Canada 25.88
5 2 Rebecca Smith  Canada 26.49
6 7 Alys Thomas  Wales 26.78
7 8 Erin Gallagher  South Africa 26.84
8 1 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 27.35

References

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