Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke

The men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held between 31 July 2022 and 1 August 2022 at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates	31 July (heats, semifinals) 1 August (final)
Competitors	45 from 33 nations
Winning time	24.65
Medalists
Andrew Jeffcoat    New Zealand   Pieter Coetze    South Africa   Javier Acevedo    Canada
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:^[1]

World record	Hunter Armstrong (USA)	23.71	Greensboro, United States	28 April 2022
Commonwealth record	Johannes Zandberg (RSA)	24.34	Rome, Italy	2 August 2009
Games record	Liam Tancock (ENG)	24.62	Delhi, India	5 October 2010

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[2]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 31 July 2022	10:51	Heats
	19:07	Semi-final
Monday 1 August 2022	20:37	Final

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Pieter Coetze	South Africa	24.95	Q
2	4	4	Andrew Jeffcoat	New Zealand	25.04	Q
3	5	5	Ben Armbuster	Australia	25.18	Q
4	6	2	Scott Gibson	Scotland	25.26	Q
5	4	3	Liam White	Wales	25.30	Q
6	4	6	Bradley Woodward	Australia	25.39	Q
7	4	5	Javier Acevedo	Canada	25.48	Q
8	6	3	Srihari Nataraj	India	25.52	Q
8	6	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	25.52	Q
10	5	2	Joe Small	Wales	25.60	Q
11	6	7	Martyn Walton	Scotland	25.62	Q
12	5	3	Cameron Gray	New Zealand	25.67	Q
13	6	5	Quah Zheng Wen	Singapore	25.78	Q
14	5	6	Joe Litchfield	England	25.80	Q
15	4	7	Dylan Carter	Trinidad and Tobago	25.81	WD
16	4	1	Davante Carey	Bahamas	25.86	Q, NR
17	4	2	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	25.93	R, Q
18	5	7	Craig McNally	Scotland	26.03	R
19	6	8	Jack Kirby	Barbados	26.10
20	3	4	Lamar Taylor	Bahamas	26.12
21	5	1	Filippos Iakovidis	Cyprus	26.15
21	6	6	Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	26.15	NR
23	4	8	Sofoklis Mougis	Cyprus	26.40
24	3	5	Harry Robinson	Isle of Man	26.72
25	5	8	Jack Harvey	Bermuda	26.88	NR
26	6	1	Jeron Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago	26.93
27	3	2	Warren Lawrence	Dominica	27.32
28	3	6	Nathaniel Thomas	Jamaica	27.60
29	2	2	Robbie Jones	Jersey	27.70
30	2	5	Alan Koti Lopeti Uhi	Tonga	27.79
31	3	1	Bede Aitu	Cook Islands	27.89	NR
31	3	3	Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq	Pakistan	27.89
33	2	3	Tyler Fred	Seychelles	28.05
34	3	7	Zackary Gresham	Grenada	28.09
35	2	4	Kokoro Frost	Samoa	28.37
36	2	1	Caio Lobo	Mozambique	28.65
37	2	7	Rohan Shearer	Turks and Caicos Islands	28.69
38	2	6	Sekhel Tzedeq	Guyana	28.74
39	3	8	Jordan Gonzalez	Gibraltar	28.94
40	1	4	Kenale Alleyne	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29.71
41	2	8	Mohamed Aan Hussain	Maldives	30.08
42	1	2	Alex Lake	Anguilla	31.06
43	1	3	Bryson George	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31.35
44	1	5	Mohamed Rihan Shiham	Maldives	32.41
45	1	6	Joshua Yon	Saint Helena	33.37

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Pieter Coetze	South Africa	24.81	Q
2	1	4	Andrew Jeffcoat	New Zealand	24.82	Q, NR
3	2	5	Ben Armbuster	Australia	25.21	Q
4	1	3	Bradley Woodward	Australia	25.25	Q
5	1	5	Scott Gibson	Scotland	25.29	Q
5	2	6	Javier Acevedo	Canada	25.29	Q
7	1	2	Joe Small	Wales	25.36	Q
8	1	6	Srihari Nataraj	India	25.38	Q
9	1	1	Joe Litchfield	England	25.44	R
10	2	3	Liam White	Wales	25.48	R
11	2	2	Mitch Larkin	Australia	25.53
12	2	7	Martyn Walton	Scotland	25.58
13	1	7	Cameron Gray	New Zealand	25.76
14	1	8	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	25.85
15	2	1	Quah Zheng Wen	Singapore	25.90
16	2	8	Davante Carey	Bahamas	25.98

Final

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Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Andrew Jeffcoat	New Zealand	24.65	NR
	4	Pieter Coetze	South Africa	24.77
	7	Javier Acevedo	Canada	24.97	NR
4	6	Bradley Woodward	Australia	25.08
5	8	Srihari Nataraj	India	25.23
6	2	Scott Gibson	Scotland	25.34
7	3	Ben Armbuster	Australia	25.37
8	1	Joe Small	Wales	25.44

References

1. "Current records - Men (as at 30 July 2022)" (PDF). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
2. "Swimming - Daily Schedule". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
3. Heats results
4. Semifinals Results
5. Final results