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

Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	7 April (heats, semifinals) 8 April (final)
Competitors	20 from 17 nations
Winning time	24.68
Medalists
Mitch Larkin    Australia   Ben Treffers    Australia   Zac Incerti    Australia

The men's 50 metre backstroke 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	Liam Tancock (GBR)	24.04	Rome, Italy	2 August 2009
Commonwealth record	Liam Tancock (GBR)	24.04	Rome, Italy	2 August 2009
Games record	Liam Tancock (ENG)	24.62	Delhi, India	5 October 2010

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 7 April at 11:15.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Zac Incerti	Australia	25.05	Q
2	1	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	25.32	Q
3	3	4	Ben Treffers	Australia	25.52	Q
4	3	5	Conor Ferguson	Northern Ireland	25.79	Q
5	3	3	Jian Han Tern	Malaysia	25.83	Q
6	1	5	Xavier Castelli	Wales	25.91	Q
7	2	6	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	26.08	Q
8	2	5	Craig McNally	Scotland	26.11	Q
9	1	3	Srihari Nataraj	India	26.47	Q
10	3	6	Thomas Hollingsworth	Guernsey	26.78	Q
11	2	3	Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	26.83	Q
12	1	6	Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq	Pakistan	27.39	Q
13	3	2	Erico Cuna	Mozambique	28.03	Q
14	1	2	Jordan Gonzalez	Gibraltar	28.19	Q
15	3	7	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	28.77	Q
16	2	2	Dillon Gooding	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29.96	Q
17	2	1	Finau Ohuafi	Tonga	29.97
18	2	7	Cruz Halbich	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31.24
19	1	7	Joshua Yon	Saint Helena	34.30
20	3	1	Faletiute Tinapa	Tuvalu	34.94

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 7 April at 20:19.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	24.91	Q
2	5	Conor Ferguson	Northern Ireland	25.60	Q
3	3	Xavier Castelli	Wales	25.74	Q
4	6	Craig McNally	Scotland	26.00	Q
5	2	Thomas Hollingsworth	Guernsey	27.08
6	7	Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq	Pakistan	27.23
7	1	Jordan Gonzalez	Gibraltar	28.29
8	8	Dillon Gooding	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29.74

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Ben Treffers	Australia	24.99	Q
2	4	Zac Incerti	Australia	25.19	Q
3	6	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	25.52	Q
4	3	Jian Han Tern	Malaysia	25.60	Q, NR
5	2	Srihari Nataraj	India	26.50
6	7	Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	26.52	NR
7	1	Erico Cuna	Mozambique	28.10
8	8	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	28.57

Final

The final was held on 8 April at 21:31.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	24.68
	5	Ben Treffers	Australia	24.84
	3	Zac Incerti	Australia	25.06
4	1	Xavier Castelli	Wales	25.44
5	2	Conor Ferguson	Northern Ireland	25.72
6	6	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	25.73
7	8	Craig McNally	Scotland	25.80
8	7	Jian Han Tern	Malaysia	25.96