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

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	8 April (heats, semifinals) 9 April (final)
Competitors	34 from 22 nations
Winning time	52.27
Medalists
Bronte Campbell    Australia   Cate Campbell    Australia   Taylor Ruck    Canada

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 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)	51.71	Budapest, Hungary	23 July 2017
Commonwealth record	Cate Campbell (AUS)	52.06	Brisbane, Australia	2 July 2016
Games record	Cate Campbell (AUS)	52.68	Glasgow, United Kingdom	28 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
8 April	Semifinal	Cate Campbell	Australia	52.64	GR
9 April	Final	Bronte Campbell	Australia	52.27	GR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 8 April from 10:58 to 11:08.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Cate Campbell	Australia	54.05	Q
2	5	5	Taylor Ruck	Canada	54.79	Q
3	4	4	Bronte Campbell	Australia	54.81	Q
4	3	4	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	54.88	Q
5	5	3	Kayla Sanchez	Canada	54.97	Q
6	4	5	Shayna Jack	Australia	55.00	Q
7	3	5	Freya Anderson	England	55.12	Q
8	4	3	Anna Hopkin	England	55.21	Q
9	3	3	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	55.36	Q
10	5	6	Lucy Hope	Scotland	55.56	Q
11	4	6	Jessica Jackson	England	55.85	Q
12	5	7	Emma Chelius	South Africa	56.04	Q
13	3	2	Carina Doyle	New Zealand	56.27	Q
14	4	2	Laticia Transom	New Zealand	56.32	Q
15	3	7	Georgia Marris	New Zealand	56.98	Q
16	5	2	Ting Wen Quah	Singapore	57.46	Q
17	4	1	Maria Brunlehner	Kenya	57.75
18	2	5	Gemma Atherley	Jersey	58.42
19	4	7	Kalia Antoniou	Cyprus	58.65
20	4	8	Lauren Hew	Cayman Islands	58.79
21	3	1	Lushavel Stickland	Samoa	59.01
22	5	8	Alison Jackson	Cayman Islands	59.54
23	3	8	Elodie Poo Cheong	Mauritius	59.69
24	2	5	Cheyenne Rova	Fiji	59.94
25	2	6	Tatiana Tostevin	Guernsey	1:00.31
26	1	4	Therese Soukup	Seychelles	1:00.92
27	1	5	Aaliyah Palestrini	Seychelles	1:01.15
28	2	7	Christina Linares	Gibraltar	1:01.29
29	2	2	Makaela Holowchak	Antigua and Barbuda	1:01.61
30	2	1	Vinoli Kaluarachchi	Sri Lanka	1:02.25
31	2	3	Bisma Khan	Pakistan	1:02.66
32	2	8	Jamila Sanmoogan	Guyana	1:03.39
33	1	6	Maayaa Ayawere	Ghana	1:04.71
34	1	3	Aliah Maginley	Antigua and Barbuda	1:06.20
	3	6	Kathryn Greenslade	Wales	DNS
	5	1	Danielle Hill	Northern Ireland	DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 8 April at 19:59 and 20:03.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Taylor Ruck	Canada	53.05	Q
2	3	Shayna Jack	Australia	53.58	Q
3	5	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	54.34	Q
4	6	Anna Hopkin	England	55.17	Q
5	2	Lucy Hope	Scotland	55.43
6	1	Laticia Transom	New Zealand	56.26
7	7	Emma Chelius	South Africa	56.40
8	8	Ting Wen Quah	Singapore	57.51

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Cate Campbell	Australia	52.64	Q, GR
2	5	Bronte Campbell	Australia	53.46	Q
3	3	Kayla Sanchez	Canada	54.18	Q
4	2	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	54.38	Q, AF
5	6	Freya Anderson	England	55.28
6	7	Jessica Jackson	England	55.84
7	1	Carina Doyle	New Zealand	56.18
8	8	Georgia Marris	New Zealand	56.48

Final

The final was held on 9 April at 21:44.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Bronte Campbell	Australia	52.27	GR
	4	Cate Campbell	Australia	52.69
	5	Taylor Ruck	Canada	53.08
4	6	Shayna Jack	Australia	53.83
5	7	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	53.85
6	1	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	54.23	AF
7	2	Kayla Sanchez	Canada	54.30
8	8	Anna Hopkin	England	55.03