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

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Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates7 April (heats, semifinals)
8 April (final)
Competitors56 from 30 nations
Winning time48.02
Medalists
gold medal Duncan Scott   Scotland
silver medal Chad le Clos   South Africa
silver medal Kyle Chalmers   Australia
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Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
50 m S7/S8menwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m S9menwomen
200 mmenwomen
200 m S14men
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m S9menwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m SB8/SB9menwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
50 m S7women
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
200 m SM8men
200 m SM10women
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 and 8 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

World record  César Cielo (BRA) 46.91 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009
Commonwealth record  Cameron McEvoy (AUS) 47.04 Adelaide, Australia 11 April 2016
Games record  Brent Hayden (CAN) 47.98 Delhi, India 7 October 2010

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 7 April at 11:37.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 5 Kyle Chalmers  Australia 48.81 Q
2 6 4 Jack Cartwright  Australia 48.85 Q
3 8 3 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago 48.96 Q
4 8 4 Duncan Scott  Scotland 48.99 Q
5 7 5 Yuri Kisil  Canada 49.06 Q
6 7 3 Matthew Abeysinghe  Sri Lanka 49.11 Q, NR
7 6 5 Chad le Clos  South Africa 49.17 Q
8 7 4 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 49.20 Q
9 6 3 Markus Thormeyer  Canada 49.41 Q
10 7 6 Calum Jarvis  Wales 49.65 Q
10 8 7 Daniel Hunter  New Zealand 49.65 Q
12 7 2 Jordan Sloan  Northern Ireland 49.72 Q
13 6 7 David Cumberlidge  England 49.77 Q
14 6 2 Matthew Stanley  New Zealand 49.79 Q
15 8 6 Jack Thorpe  Scotland 49.82 Q
16 6 6 Sam Perry  New Zealand 49.90 Q
17 5 4 Bradley Vincent  Mauritius 49.93
18 7 7 Kieran McGuckin  Scotland 50.02
19 7 1 Ruslan Gaziev  Canada 50.04
20 6 8 Calvyn Justus  South Africa 50.06
21 7 8 David Thompson  Northern Ireland 50.22
22 5 2 Calum Bain  Northern Ireland 50.47
23 6 1 Elliot Clogg  England 50.56
24 5 3 Igor Mogne  Mozambique 50.74
25 8 2 Darren Lim  Singapore 50.79
26 8 1 Miles Munro  Guernsey 50.80
27 5 5 Welson Sim  Malaysia 50.91
28 5 6 Keith Kit Sern Lim  Malaysia 51.04
29 4 4 Alex Sobers  Barbados 51.12
30 5 8 Jean-Luc Zephir  Saint Lucia 51.66
31 4 3 Mathieu Marquet  Mauritius 51.71
32 5 1 Samuel Seghers  Papua New Guinea 51.94
33 3 7 Brandon Schuster  Samoa 51.95
34 8 8 Cherantha de Silva  Sri Lanka 52.08
35 5 7 Kyle Abeysinghe  Sri Lanka 52.20
36 4 6 Gregory Anodin  Mauritius 52.97
37 4 7 Denilson da Costa  Mozambique 53.30
38 2 6 Steven Maina  Kenya 53.53
39 2 3 Paul Elaisa  Fiji 53.96
40 3 4 Epeli Rabua Herbert  Fiji 54.02
41 4 8 Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq  Pakistan 54.21
42 3 6 Dean Hoffman  Seychelles 54.35
43 3 3 Iain McCallum  Cayman Islands 54.56
44 3 5 James Sanderson  Gibraltar 54.57
45 2 1 Leonard Kalate  Papua New Guinea 54.91
46 4 2 Stefano Mitchell  Antigua and Barbuda 54.95
47 2 5 Jadon Wuilliez  Antigua and Barbuda 55.21
48 2 4 Adam Moncherry  Seychelles 55.90
49 3 8 Josh Tarere  Papua New Guinea 56.12
50 3 1 Andrew Fowler  Guyana 56.33
51 3 2 Temaruata Strickland  Cook Islands 57.33
52 2 7 Alexander Cyrus  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57.56
53 2 2 Nikolas Sylvester  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 58.67
54 1 3 Ben Dillon  Saint Helena 58.95
55 1 4 Duwaine Yon  Saint Helena 1:00.47
56 1 5 Colby Thomas  Saint Helena 1:03.36
4 1 Issa Mohamed  Kenya DNS
4 5 N'Nhyn Fernander  Bahamas DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 7 April at 20:59.[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 48.50 Q
2 5 Duncan Scott  Scotland 48.72 Q
3 4 Jack Cartwright  Australia 48.73 Q
4 3 Matthew Abeysinghe  Sri Lanka 49.43
5 1 Matthew Stanley  New Zealand 49.61
6 2 Calum Jarvis  Wales 49.77
7 8 Sam Perry  New Zealand 49.83
8 7 Jordan Sloan  Northern Ireland 49.88

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Chad le Clos  South Africa 48.61 Q
2 4 Kyle Chalmers  Australia 48.70 Q
2 3 Yuri Kisil  Canada 48.79 Q
4 5 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago 49.06 Q
5 7 Daniel Hunter  New Zealand 49.11 Q
6 2 Markus Thormeyer  Canada 49.22
7 8 Jack Thorpe  Scotland 49.75
8 1 David Cumberlidge  England 49.90

Final

The final was held on 8 April at 19:43.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Duncan Scott  Scotland 48.02
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Chad le Clos  South Africa 48.15
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Kyle Chalmers  Australia 48.15
4 4 Cameron McEvoy  Australia 48.44
5 1 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago 48.60
6 2 Jack Cartwright  Australia 48.62
7 7 Yuri Kisil  Canada 48.80
8 8 Daniel Hunter  New Zealand 49.30

References

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