Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Men's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	8 April (heats, semifinals) 9 April (final)
Competitors	34 from 21 nations
Winning time	26.58
Medalists
Cameron van der Burgh    South Africa   Adam Peaty    England   James Wilby    England

Records

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

World record	Adam Peaty (GBR)	25.95	Budapest, Hungary	25 July 2017
Commonwealth record	Adam Peaty (GBR)	25.95	Budapest, Hungary	25 July 2017
Games record	Adam Peaty (ENG)	26.74	Gold Coast, Australia	7 April 2018

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
8 April	Semifinal	Adam Peaty	England	26.49	GR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 8 April at 10:46.[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Adam Peaty	England	26.98	Q
2	4	4	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	27.01	Q
3	5	5	Jake Packard	Australia	27.42	Q
4	3	4	James McKechnie	Australia	27.53	Q
5	3	5	James Wilby	England	27.58	Q
6	5	3	Euan Inglis	Scotland	27.84	Q
7	5	6	Michael Houlie	South Africa	27.92	Q
8	4	5	Craig Benson	Scotland	28.06	Q
9	3	3	Mark Campbell	Scotland	28.10	Q
9	4	6	Liam Hunter	Australia	28.10	Q
11	3	6	Brad Tandy	South Africa	28.17	Q
12	5	2	Elijah Wall	Canada	28.29	Q
13	4	2	Ludovico Corsini	Mozambique	28.56	Q
14	4	3	Jamie Graham	Northern Ireland	28.80	Q
15	3	2	Izaak Bastian	Bahamas	29.39	Q
16	4	8	Epeli Rabua Herbert	Fiji	29.61	Q
17	3	7	Taichi Vakasama Taichi	Fiji	29.79
18	2	5	Samuele Rossi	Seychelles	29.82
18	4	1	Guy Davies	Isle of Man	29.82
20	4	7	Corey Ollivierre	Grenada	29.85
21	5	7	David Ebanks	Cayman Islands	30.04
22	2	4	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	30.10
23	5	8	Mohammad Islam	Bangladesh	30.37
24	3	1	Ashley Seeto	Papua New Guinea	30.51
25	3	8	Ahllan Bique	Mozambique	30.52
26	2	3	Leonard Kalate	Papua New Guinea	30.97
27	2	6	Jonathan Chung Yee	Mauritius	31.25
28	2	1	Moonakala Kumaren	Zambia	29.39
29	2	2	Jadon Wuilliez	Antigua and Barbuda	31.38
30	2	7	Nikolas Sylvester	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31.64
31	1	3	Duwaine Yon	Saint Helena	36.52
32	2	8	Colby Thomas	Saint Helena	37.41
33	1	4	Faletiute Tinapa	Tuvalu	38.44
34	1	5	Scott George	Saint Helena	40.58
	5	1	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 8 April at 20:19.[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	26.95	Q
2	5	James McKechnie	Australia	27.67	Q
3	3	Euan Inglis	Scotland	27.85	Q
4	6	Craig Benson	Scotland	28.00
5	2	Liam Hunter	Australia	28.05
6	7	Elijah Wall	Canada	28.52
7	1	Jamie Graham	Northern Ireland	28.66
8	8	Izaak Bastian	Bahamas	29.79

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Adam Peaty	England	26.49	Q, GR
2	3	James Wilby	England	27.41	Q
3	5	Jake Packard	Australia	27.55	Q
4	6	Michael Houlie	South Africa	27.64	Q
5	7	Brad Tandy	South Africa	27.99	Q
6	2	Mark Campbell	Scotland	28.07
7	1	Ludovico Corsini	Mozambique	28.53
8	8	Epeli Rabua Herbert	Fiji	29.28

Final

The final was held on 9 April at 21:07.[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	26.58
	4	Adam Peaty	England	26.62
	3	James Wilby	England	27.37
4	6	Jake Packard	Australia	27.53
5	7	James McKechnie	Australia	27.59
6	2	Michael Houlie	South Africa	27.83
7	1	Euan Inglis	Scotland	28.03
8	8	Brad Tandy	South Africa	28.37

References

1. Heats results
2. Semifinals results
3. Final results