# Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

There was a nominal total of 96 quota places available (in parasport events only) for swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games; 48 each for men and women.

## Rules

Each Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) may qualify up to three places per event, which equates to a maximum quota of thirty-six. Seven places per event are determined by the World Para Swimming (WPS) World Rankings (for performances between 31 December 2020 and 18 April 2022), with the last spot reserved for a Bipartite Invitation; all those who qualify may also enter other events provided the three-per-CGA limit is respected.
The events are open to sport classes as follows:
* Men's 50 m freestyle S7: S6/7
* Men's 50 m freestyle S13: S11–13
* Men's 200 m freestyle S14: S14
* Men's 100 m backstroke S9: S8/9
* Men's 100 m breaststroke SB8: SB7/8
* Men's 100 m butterfly S10: S9/10
* Women's 50 m freestyle S13: S11–13
* Women's 100 m freestyle S9: S8/9
* Women's 200 m freestyle S14: S14
* Women's 100 m backstroke S8: S7/8
* Women's 100 m breaststroke SB6: SB5/6
* Women's 200 m individual medley SM10: SM9/10

## Timeline

| Event | Dates | Location |
| World Para Swimming World Rankings | 31 December 2020 – 18 April 2022 | Various locations |

## Men's events
### 50 m freestyle S7

| Means of qualification | Quotas | Qualified |
| WPS Rankings | 7 | Matt Levy (AUS) Toh Wei Soong (SGP) Christian Sadie (RSA) Michael Jones (ENG) William Perry (ENG) Suyash Jadhav (IND) Joel Mundie (AUS) |
| Bipartite Invitation | 1 | Niranjan Mukundan (IND) |
| TOTAL | 8 | |

### 50 m freestyle S13

| Means of qualification | Quotas | Qualified |
| WPS Rankings | 5 | Braedan Jason (AUS) Jacob Templeton (AUS) Nicolas-Guy Turbide (CAN) Stephen Clegg (SCO) Oscar Stubbs (AUS) |
| Bipartite Invitation | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 5 | |

### 200 m freestyle S14

| Means of qualification | Quotas | Qualified |
| WPS Rankings | 7 | Reece Dunn (ENG) Benjamin Hance (AUS) Liam Schluter (AUS) Nicholas Bennett (CAN) Jordan Catchpole (ENG) Thomas Hamer (ENG) Dylan Broom (WAL) |
| Bipartite Invitation | 1 | Jack Ireland (AUS) |
| TOTAL | 8 | |

### 100 m backstroke S9

| Means of qualification | Quotas | Qualified |
| WPS Rankings | 6 | Jesse Reynolds (NZL) Harrison Vig (AUS) Brenden Hall (AUS) Barry McClements (NIR) Sam Downie (SCO) Ashish Kumar (IND) |
| Bipartite Invitation | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 6 | |

### 100 m breaststroke SB8

| Means of qualification | Quotas | Qualified |
| WPS Rankings | 4 | Timothy Disken (AUS) Timothy Hodge (AUS) Blake Cochrane (AUS) Joshua Willmer (NZL) |
| Bipartite Invitation | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 4 | |

### 100 m butterfly S10

| Means of qualification | Quotas | Qualified |
| WPS Rankings | 6 | William Martin (AUS) Col Pearse (AUS) Alex Saffy (AUS) Alec Elliot (CAN) James Hollis (ENG) Oliver Carter (SCO) |
| Bipartite Invitation | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 6 | |

## Women's events
### 50 m freestyle S13

| Means of qualification | Quotas | Qualified |
| WPS Rankings | 7 | Katja Dedekind (AUS) Hannah Russell (ENG) Kirralee Hayes (AUS) Jenna Jones (AUS) Rebecca Redfern (ENG) Abby Kane (SCO) Cornelle Leach (RSA) |
| Bipartite Invitation | 1 | Alani Ferreira (RSA) |
| TOTAL | 8 | |

### 100 m freestyle S9

| Means of qualification | Quotas | Qualified |
| WPS Rankings | 7 | Sophie Pascoe (NZL) Toni Shaw (SCO) Ellie Cole (AUS) Ashleigh McConnell (AUS) Emily Beecroft (AUS) Alice Tai (ENG) Husnah Kukundakwe (UGA) |
| Bipartite Invitation | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 7 | |

### 200 m freestyle S14

| Means of qualification | Quotas | Qualified |
| WPS Rankings | 7 | Bethany Firth (NIR) Jessica-Jane Applegate (ENG) Louise Fiddes (ENG) Madeleine McTernan (AUS) Poppy Maskill (ENG) Ruby Storm (AUS) Jade Lucy (AUS) |
| Bipartite Invitation | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 7 | |

### 100 m backstroke S8

| Means of qualification | Quotas | Qualified |
| WPS Rankings | 6 | Tupou Neiufi (NZL) Lily Rice (WAL) Camille Bérubé (CAN) Isabella Vincent (AUS) Ella Jones (AUS) Siomha Brady (NIR) |
| Bipartite Invitation | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 8 | |

### 100 m breaststroke SB6

| Means of qualification | Quotas | Qualified |
| WPS Rankings | 4 | Maisie Summers-Newton (ENG) Grace Harvey (ENG) Camille Bérubé (CAN) Danielle Kisser (CAN) |
| Bipartite Invitation | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 4 | |

### 200 m individual medley SM10

| Means of qualification | Quotas | Qualified |
| WPS Rankings | 7 | Aurélie Rivard (CAN) Jasmine Greenwood (AUS) Keira Stephens (AUS) Lakeisha Patterson (AUS) Toni Shaw (SCO) Katarina Roxon (CAN) Meghan Willis (WAL) |
| Bipartite Invitation | 1 | Rebecca Lewis (WAL) |
| TOTAL | 8 | |