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

The women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 6 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Women's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	5 April (heats, semifinals) 6 April (final)
Competitors	24 from 14 nations
Winning time	30.60
Medalists
Sarah Vasey    England   Alia Atkinson    Jamaica   Leiston Pickett    Australia

Records

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

World record	Lilly King (USA)	29.40	Budapest, Hungary	30 July 2017
Commonwealth record	Alia Atkinson (JAM)	30.11	Kazan, Russia	9 August 2015
Games record	Alia Atkinson (JAM)	30.17	Glasgow, United Kingdom	24 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:[1]

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

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 5 April 2018	11:38	Qualifying
	21:02	Semifinals
Friday 6 April 2018	19:41	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Sarah Vasey	England	30.77	Q
2	2	5	Leiston Pickett	Australia	30.87	Q
3	2	6	Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	30.92	Q
4	3	5	Jessica Hansen	Australia	30.93	Q
5	1	4	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	30.98	Q
6	3	3	Georgia Bohl	Australia	31.00	Q
7	1	5	Faith Knelson	Canada	31.19	Q
8	1	6	Chloé Tutton	Wales	31.24	Q
9	2	3	Corrie Scott	Scotland	31.48	Q
10	2	4	Rachel Nicol	Canada	31.54	Q
11	1	3	Roanne Ho	Singapore	31.61	Q
12	1	2	Laura Kinley	Isle of Man	31.99	Q
13	3	6	Jocelyn Ulyett	England	32.14	Q
14	1	7	Tilka Paljk	Zambia	32.16	Q
15	3	7	Bronagh Ryan	New Zealand	32.18	Q
16	2	2	Molly Renshaw	England	32.22	Q
17	3	2	Kaylene Corbett	South Africa	32.51
18	1	1	Emily Visagie	South Africa	32.73
19	3	1	Niamh Robinson	Isle of Man	32.77
20	2	7	Beth Sloan	Wales	32.91
21	2	1	Stephanie Brew	Isle of Man	33.71
22	3	8	Kirsten Fisher-Marsters	Cook Islands	33.84
23	2	8	Oreoluwa Cherebin	Grenada	34.86
24	1	8	Bunturabie Jalloh	Sierra Leone	48.81

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	3	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	30.53	Q
2	2	4	Sarah Vasey	England	30.75	Q
3	1	3	Georgia Bohl	Australia	30.92	Q
3	1	5	Jessica Hansen	Australia	30.92	Q
5	2	5	Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	31.01	Q
6	1	4	Leiston Pickett	Australia	31.02	Q
7	2	6	Faith Knelson	Canada	31.22	Q
8	2	7	Roanne Ho	Singapore	31.31	Q
9	2	2	Corrie Scott	Scotland	31.33
10	1	6	Chloé Tutton	Wales	31.43
11	1	2	Rachel Nicol	Canada	31.87
12	2	1	Jocelyn Ulyett	England	31.96
13	1	1	Tilka Paljk	Zambia	32.05
14	1	7	Laura Kinley	Isle of Man	32.15
15	1	8	Molly Renshaw	England	32.18
16	2	8	Bronagh Ryan	New Zealand	32.70

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Sarah Vasey	England	30.60
	4	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	30.76
	7	Leiston Pickett	Australia	30.78
4	2	Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	30.82	AF
5	6	Jessica Hansen	Australia	30.83
6	3	Georgia Bohl	Australia	30.88
7	1	Faith Knelson	Canada	30.98
8	8	Roanne Ho	Singapore	31.32

References

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