List of Commonwealth records in swimming
Men
Legend: WR – World record; AF – African record; AS – Asian record; ER – European record; OC – Oceanian record; Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

List of Commonwealth records in swimming

Section Title: Men
Table Section Text: Legend: WR – World record; AF – African record; AS – Asian record; ER – European record; OC – Oceanian record; Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Event	Time	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref

50m freestyle	21.11	sf	Benjamin Proud	Great Britain	8 August 2018	European Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom

100m freestyle	47.04	OC	Cameron McEvoy	Australia	11 April 2016	Australian Championships	Adelaide, Australia

200m freestyle	1:44.06	OC	Ian Thorpe	Australia	25 July 2001	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan

400m freestyle	3:40.08	OC	Ian Thorpe	Australia	30 July 2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom

800m freestyle	7:38.65	OC	Grant Hackett	Australia	27 July 2005	World Championships	Montreal, Canada

1500m freestyle	14:34.56	OC	Grant Hackett	Australia	29 July 2001	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan

50m backstroke	24.04	Liam Tancock	Great Britain	2 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

100m backstroke	52.11	OC	Mitch Larkin	Australia	6 November 2015	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates

200m backstroke	1:53.17	OC	Mitch Larkin	Australia	7 November 2015	World Cup	Dubai, United Arab Emirates

50m breaststroke	25.95	sf, WR	Adam Peaty	Great Britain	25 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary

100m breaststroke	57.10	WR	Adam Peaty	Great Britain	4 August 2018	European Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom

200m breaststroke	2:07.16	OC	Matthew Wilson	Australia	8 April 2019	Australian Championships	Adelaide, Australia

50m butterfly	22.73	OC	Matt Targett	Australia	27 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

100m butterfly	50.39	AS	Joseph Schooling	Singapore	12 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

200m butterfly	1:52.96	AF	Chad le Clos	South Africa	31 July 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom

200m individual medley	1:56.21	OC	Mitch Larkin	Australia	11 August 2018	Pan Pacific Championships	Tokyo, Japan

400m individual medley	4:09.62	Max Litchfield	Great Britain	30 July 2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary

4×100m freestyle relay	3:09.91	OC	(47.24)Eamon Sullivan (47.87)Andrew Lauterstein (47.55)Ashley Callus (47.25)Matt Targett	Australia	11 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China

4×200m freestyle relay	7:01.65	OC	(1:46.00)Kenrick Monk (1:46.47)Robert Hurley (1:44.82)Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:44.36)Patrick Murphy	Australia	31 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

4×100m medley relay	3:28.64	OC	(53.10)Ashley Delaney (57.80)Brenton Rickard (50.58)Andrew Lauterstein (47.16)Matt Targett	Australia	2 August 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy

Sentence(s)

Cameron McEvoy set the Commonwealth record with a time of 47.04.

final_sentence: Cameron McEvoy set the Commonwealth record with a time of 47.04.