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

The women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 6 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

## Records

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

| World record | Lilly King (USA) | 29.40 | Budapest, Hungary | 30 July 2017 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | Alia Atkinson (JAM) | 30.11 | Kazan, Russia | 9 August 2015 |
| Games record | Alia Atkinson (JAM) | 30.17 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 24 July 2014 |

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

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

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday 5 April 2018 | 11:38 | Qualifying |
| Thursday 5 April 2018 | 21:02 | Semifinals |
| Friday 6 April 2018 | 19:41 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Sarah Vasey | England | 30.77 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 30.87 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 30.92 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Jessica Hansen | Australia | 30.93 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 30.98 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Georgia Bohl | Australia | 31.00 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Faith Knelson | Canada | 31.19 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Chloé Tutton | Wales | 31.24 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Corrie Scott | Scotland | 31.48 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Rachel Nicol | Canada | 31.54 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Roanne Ho | Singapore | 31.61 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Laura Kinley | Isle of Man | 31.99 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Jocelyn Ulyett | England | 32.14 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Tilka Paljk | Zambia | 32.16 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Bronagh Ryan | New Zealand | 32.18 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Molly Renshaw | England | 32.22 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Kaylene Corbett | South Africa | 32.51 | |
| 18 | 1 | 1 | Emily Visagie | South Africa | 32.73 | |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Niamh Robinson | Isle of Man | 32.77 | |
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Beth Sloan | Wales | 32.91 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Stephanie Brew | Isle of Man | 33.71 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Kirsten Fisher-Marsters | Cook Islands | 33.84 | |
| 23 | 2 | 8 | Oreoluwa Cherebin | Grenada | 34.86 | |
| 24 | 1 | 8 | Bunturabie Jalloh | Sierra Leone | 48.81 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 30.53 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Sarah Vasey | England | 30.75 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Georgia Bohl | Australia | 30.92 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Jessica Hansen | Australia | 30.92 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 31.01 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 31.02 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Faith Knelson | Canada | 31.22 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Roanne Ho | Singapore | 31.31 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Corrie Scott | Scotland | 31.33 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Chloé Tutton | Wales | 31.43 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Rachel Nicol | Canada | 31.87 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Jocelyn Ulyett | England | 31.96 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Tilka Paljk | Zambia | 32.05 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Laura Kinley | Isle of Man | 32.15 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Molly Renshaw | England | 32.18 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Bronagh Ryan | New Zealand | 32.70 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Sarah Vasey | England | 30.60 | |
| | 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 30.76 | |
| | 7 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 30.78 | |
| 4 | 2 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 30.82 | AF |
| 5 | 6 | Jessica Hansen | Australia | 30.83 | |
| 6 | 3 | Georgia Bohl | Australia | 30.88 | |
| 7 | 1 | Faith Knelson | Canada | 30.98 | |
| 8 | 8 | Roanne Ho | Singapore | 31.32 | |
