Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle S7

The men's 50m freestyle S7 event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. This was the first time the event had been held at a Commonwealth Games. Matthew Levy of Australia won gold, swimming a time of 28.60 seconds in the final.[1]

Men's 50m Freestyle S7 at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	9 April
Competitors	6 from 4 nations
Winning time	28.60
Medalists
Matthew Levy    Australia   Christian Sadie    South Africa   Toh Wei Soong    Singapore

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[2]

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

Date	Time	Round
Friday 9 April 2018	11:33	Qualifying
Friday 9 April 2018	20:06	Final

Records

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

World record	Pan Shiyun (CHN)	27.35	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	9 September 2016	[3]
Commonwealth record
Games record

Results

Heat

As only 6 swimmers entered, all competitors advanced to the final.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	4	Matthew Levy	Australia	28.68	Q
2	5	Christian Sadie	South Africa	29.54	Q
3	6	Toh Wei Soong	Singapore	30.35	Q
4	2	Jean-Michel Lavalliere	Canada	30.37	Q
5	7	Rohan Bright	Australia	30.86	Q
6	3	Matthew Haanappel	Australia	30.92	Q

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
	4	Matthew Levy	Australia	28.60
	5	Christian Sadie	South Africa	29.65
	3	Toh Wei Soong	Singapore	29.83
4	6	Jean-Michel Lavalliere	Canada	30.14
5	2	Rohan Bright	Australia	30.71
6	7	Matthew Haanappel	Australia	30.75

References

1. "Ariarne Titmus leads way as Australia cash in more Commonwealth Games gold". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
2. "Swimming — Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
3. Agranum, Ritz. "Paralympic swimmer Pan Shiyun of China sets new world record to win 50m freestyle S7 gold at Rio". chinatopix.