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

Women's 50 metre butterfly at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	7 April (heats, semifinals) 8 April (final)
Competitors	29 from 22 nations
Winning time	25.59
Medalists
Cate Campbell    Australia   Holly Barratt    Australia   Madeline Groves    Australia

The women's 50 metre butterfly 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	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	24.43	Borås, Sweden	5 July 2014
Commonwealth record	Fran Halsall (ENG)	25.20	Glasgow, United Kingdom	27 July 2014
Games record	Fran Halsall (ENG)	25.20	Glasgow, United Kingdom	27 July 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 7 April at 11:28.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Madeline Groves	Australia	25.81	Q
2	4	4	Cate Campbell	Australia	25.83	Q
3	3	4	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	25.95	Q
4	2	4	Holly Barratt	Australia	26.14	Q
5	4	5	Rebecca Smith	Canada	26.65	Q
6	4	6	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	26.91	Q
7	3	3	Alys Thomas	Wales	26.95	Q
8	4	3	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	27.05	Q
9	2	6	Helena Gasson	New Zealand	27.10	Q
9	2	5	Harriet Jones	Wales	27.10	Q
11	4	2	Harriet West	Wales	27.41	Q
12	3	6	Quah Ting Wen	Singapore	27.44	Q
13	2	2	Emma Chelius	South Africa	27.55	Q
14	2	3	Charlotte Atkinson	Isle of Man	27.72	Q
15	3	2	Emily Siobhan Muteti	Kenya	28.46	Q
16	4	7	Elodie Poo-cheong	Mauritius	28.63	Q
17	2	7	Katie Kyle	Saint Lucia	28.80
18	4	8	Gemma Atherley	Jersey	28.94
19	3	7	Matelita Buadromo	Fiji	29.12
20	2	8	Lauren Hew	Cayman Islands	29.38
21	2	1	Cheyenne Rova	Fiji	29.70
22	3	8	Dilrukshi Perera	Sri Lanka	29.81	NR
23	3	1	Jamila Sanmoogan	Guyana	29.97
24	1	4	Oreoluwa Cherebin	Grenada	30.43
25	4	1	Aaliyah Palestrini	Seychelles	30.59
26	1	3	Christina Linares	Gibraltar	31.92
27	1	6	Avice Meya	Uganda	32.50
28	1	5	Miss Khatun	Bangladesh	32.96
29	1	2	Charissa Panuve	Tonga	33.09

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 7 April at 20:39.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Cate Campbell	Australia	25.56	Q
2	5	Holly Barratt	Australia	25.88	Q
3	3	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	26.84	Q
4	6	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	26.85	Q
5	2	Harriet Jones	Wales	27.03
6	7	Quah Ting Wen	Singapore	27.35
7	1	Charlotte Atkinson	Isle of Man	27.57
8	8	Elodie Poo-cheong	Mauritius	28.43

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Madeline Groves	Australia	25.54	Q
2	5	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	25.94	Q
3	6	Rebecca Smith	Canada	26.68	Q
4	6	Alys Thomas	Wales	26.72	Q
5	7	Harriet West	Wales	27.17
6	2	Helena Gasson	New Zealand	27.19
7	1	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	27.52
8	8	Emily Siobhan Muteti	Kenya	28.63

Final

The final was held on 8 April at 21:36.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Cate Campbell	Australia	25.59
	3	Holly Barratt	Australia	25.67
	4	Madeline Groves	Australia	25.69
4	6	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	25.88
5	2	Rebecca Smith	Canada	26.49
6	7	Alys Thomas	Wales	26.78
7	8	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	26.84
8	1	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	27.35