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

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates5 April (heats, semifinals)
6 April (final)
Competitors24 from 20 nations
Winning time53.18
Medalists
gold medal Mitch Larkin   Australia
silver medal Bradley Woodward   Australia
bronze medal Markus Thormeyer   Canada
← 2014
2022 →
Swimming at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
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 backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 6 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

[edit]

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

World record  Ryan Murphy (USA) 51.85 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13 August 2016
Commonwealth record  Mitch Larkin (AUS) 52.11 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 6 November 2015
Games record  Chris Walker-Hebborn (ENG) 53.12 Glasgow, United Kingdom 25 July 2014

Schedule

[edit]

The schedule is as follows:[1]

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

Date Time Round
Thursday 5 April 2018 11:47 Qualifying
21:22 Semifinals
Friday 6 April 2018 21:36 Final

Results

[edit]

Heats

[edit]
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 54.02 Q
2 3 3 Luke Greenbank  England 54.62 Q
3 3 5 Bradley Woodward  Australia 54.71 Q
4 2 4 Corey Main  New Zealand 54.99 Q
5 1 3 Elliot Clogg  England 55.08 Q
6 2 3 Markus Thormeyer  Canada 55.26 Q
7 1 4 Ben Treffers  Australia 55.30 Q
8 1 5 Xavier Castelli  Wales 55.51 Q
9 2 5 Conor Ferguson  Northern Ireland 55.54 Q
10 2 6 Calvyn Justus  South Africa 55.69 Q
11 3 6 Craig McNally  Scotland 56.19 Q
12 1 6 Martin Binedell  South Africa 56.37 Q
13 3 7 Harry Shalamon  Jersey 56.41 Q
14 2 7 Jason Arthur  Ghana 56.52 Q
15 1 2 Srihari Nataraj  India 56.71 Q
16 1 7 Thomas Hollingsworth  Guernsey 57.61 Q
17 3 2 Jian Han Tern  Malaysia 58.10
18 2 2 Akalanka Peiris  Sri Lanka 58.68
19 2 1 Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq  Pakistan 59.39
20 1 1 Erico Cuna  Mozambique 1:01.27
21 3 8 Jordan Gonzalez  Gibraltar 1:01.38
22 3 1 Steven Maina  Kenya 1:01.65
23 2 8 Cruz Halbich  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:08.08
24 1 8 Joshua Yon  Saint Helena 1:13.01

Semifinals

[edit]
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 53.15 Q
2 1 3 Markus Thormeyer  Canada 53.86 Q
3 2 5 Bradley Woodward  Australia 54.22 Q
4 2 2 Conor Ferguson  Northern Ireland 54.48 Q
5 1 4 Luke Greenbank  England 54.54 Q
6 2 6 Ben Treffers  Australia 54.62 Q
7 1 5 Corey Main  New Zealand 55.02 Q
8 1 6 Xavier Castelli  Wales 55.13 Q
9 1 7 Martin Binedell  South Africa 55.25
9 1 2 Calvyn Justus  South Africa 55.25
11 2 7 Craig McNally  Scotland 55.28
12 2 3 Elliot Clogg  England 55.42
13 2 1 Harry Shalamon  Jersey 56.47
14 2 8 Srihari Nataraj  India 56.65
15 1 1 Jason Arthur  Ghana 56.85
16 1 8 Thomas Hollingsworth  Guernsey 58.14

Final

[edit]
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 53.18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Bradley Woodward  Australia 53.95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Markus Thormeyer  Canada 54.14
4 2 Luke Greenbank  England 54.37
5 8 Xavier Castelli  Wales 54.60
6 7 Ben Treffers  Australia 54.62
7 1 Corey Main  New Zealand 54.88
8 6 Conor Ferguson  Northern Ireland 55.01

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Swimming - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swimming_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_–_Men%27s_100_metre_backstroke&oldid=1077773986"