# Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in the Gold Coast, Australia from 5 to 10 April. A total of 50 events were scheduled. Of the 50, 38 were for able-bodied athletes (19 per gender). The remaining 12 were for para sport athletes (six per gender).

## Schedule

| H | Heats | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
Men :
| Date → | Thu 5 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sat 7 | Sun 8 | Sun 8 | Mon 9 | Mon 9 | Tue 10 | Tue 10 |
| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F |
| 100 m freestyle | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | | F |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 100 m breaststroke | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 m butterfly | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m butterfly | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 400 m individual medley | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | | F | | | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 50 m freestyle S7 | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 100 m freestyle S9 | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle S14 | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke S9 | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 100 m breaststroke SB8 | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley SM8 | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
Women :
| Date → | Thu 5 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sat 7 | Sun 8 | Sun 8 | Mon 9 | Mon 9 | Tue 10 | Tue 10 |
| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 100 m freestyle | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 200 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 800 m freestyle | | | | | | | H | | | F | | |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F |
| 100 m backstroke | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m breaststroke | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 50 m butterfly | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 100 m butterfly | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 200 m individual medley | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 400 m individual medley | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | F | | | | | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | | F |
| 50 m freestyle S8 | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 100 m freestyle S9 | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke S9 | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m breaststroke SB9 | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 50 m butterfly S7 | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley SM10 | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia* | 28 | 21 | 24 | 73 |
| 2 | England | 9 | 10 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | South Africa | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 11 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Scotland | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Wales | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Singapore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 50 | 52 | 47 | 149 |

## Medallists
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Ben Proud England | 21.35 | Brad Tandy South Africa | 21.81 | Cameron McEvoy Australia | 21.92 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Duncan Scott Scotland | 48.02 | Chad le Clos South AfricaKyle Chalmers Australia | 48.15 | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. |
| 200 m freestyle details | Kyle Chalmers Australia | 1:45.56 | Mack Horton Australia | 1:45.89 | Duncan Scott Scotland | 1:46.30 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Mack Horton Australia | 3:43.76 | Jack McLoughlin Australia | 3:45.21 | James Guy England | 3:45.32 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Jack McLoughlin Australia | 14:47.09 | Daniel Jervis Wales | 14:48.67 | Mack Horton Australia | 14:51.05 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Mitch Larkin Australia | 24.68 | Benjamin Treffers Australia | 24.84 | Zac Incerti Australia | 25.06 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Mitch Larkin Australia | 53.18 | Bradley Woodward Australia | 53.95 | Markus Thormeyer Canada | 54.14 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Mitch Larkin Australia | 1:56.10 | Bradley Woodward Australia | 1:56.57 | Josh Beaver Australia | 1:57.04 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 26.58 | Adam Peaty England | 26.62 | James Wilby England | 27.37 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Adam Peaty England | 58.84 | James Wilby England | 59.43 | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 59.44 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | James Wilby England | 2:08.05 | Ross Murdoch Scotland | 2:08.32 | Matt Wilson Australia | 2:08.64 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Chad le Clos South Africa | 23.37 | Dylan Carter Trinidad and Tobago | 23.67 | Ryan Coetzee South Africa | 23.73 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Chad le Clos South Africa | 50.65 GR | James Guy England | 51.31 | Grant Irvine Australia | 51.50 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Chad le Clos South Africa | 1:54.00 GR | David Morgan Australia | 1:56.36 | Duncan Scott Scotland | 1:56.60 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Mitch Larkin Australia | 1:57.67 GR | Duncan Scott Scotland | 1:57.86 | Clyde Lewis Australia | 1:58.18 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Clyde Lewis Australia | 4.13.12 | Mark Szaranek Scotland | 4.13.72 | Lewis Clareburt New Zealand | 4.14.42 NR |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | Australia Cameron McEvoy (48.91) James Magnussen (48.09) Jack Cartwright (47.71) Kyle Chalmers (48.25) James Roberts | 3:12.96 | England David Cumberlidge (49.28) Ben Proud (48.35) Jarvis Parkinson (49.28) James Guy (48.34) Elliot Clogg Cameron Kurle | 3:15.25 | Scotland Duncan Scott (48.54) Jack Thorpe (49.48) Kieran McGukin (49.19) Stephen Milne (48.65) Craig McLean Scott McLay Dan Wallace | 3:15.86 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | Australia Alexander Graham (1:46.60) Kyle Chalmers (1:46.47) Elijah Winnington (1:45.97) Mack Horton (1:46.93) | 7:05.97 GR | England Cameron Kurle (1:47.63) Nicholas Grainger (1:47.61) Jarvis Parkinson (1:48.09) James Guy (1:45.24) | 7:08.57 | Scotland Stephen Milne (1:48.62) Duncan Scott (1:44.82) Dan Wallace (1:48.69) Mark Szaranek (1:47.76) | 7:09.89 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | Australia Mitch Larkin (53.14) Jake Packard (59.29) Grant Irvine (51.36) Kyle Chalmers (47.25) Bradley Woodward Matt Wilson David Morgan Jack Cartwright | 3:31.04 GR | England Luke Greenbank (54.61) Adam Peaty (57.64) James Guy (50.95) Ben Proud (47.93) Elliot Clogg James Wilby Jacob Peters David Cumberlidge | 3:31.13 | South Africa Calvyn Justus (55.79) Cameron van der Burgh (59.20) Chad le Clos (50.10) Brad Tandy (49.70) Martin Binedell Michael Houlie Ryan Coetzee | 3:34.79 |
| AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | ER European record | OC Oceania record CR Commonwealth record | GR Commonwealth Games record | WR World record | NR National record (Any world record is necessarily also a Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth, area, and national record. Area records (for continental regions) are also national records.) |||||| |
    $^a$ Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Cate Campbell Australia | 23.78 CR, OC | Taylor Ruck CanadaBronte Campbell Australia | NR24.26 | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. |
| 100 m freestyle details | Bronte Campbell Australia | 52.27 GR | Cate Campbell Australia | 52.69 | Taylor Ruck Canada | 53.08 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Taylor Ruck Canada | 1:54.81 CR | Ariarne Titmus Australia | 1:54.85 | Emma McKeon Australia | 1:56.26 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Ariarne Titmus Australia | 4:00.93 GR, OC | Holly Hibbott England | 4:05.31 | Ellie Faulkner England | 4:07.35 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Ariarne Titmus Australia | 8:20.02 | Jessica Ashwood Australia | 8:27.60 | Kiah Melverton Australia | 8:28.59 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Emily Seebohm Australia | 27.78 | Kylie Masse Canada | 27.82 | Georgia Davies Wales | 27.90 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Kylie Masse Canada | 58.63 GR | Emily Seebohm Australia | 58.66 | Taylor Ruck Canada | 58.97 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Kylie Masse Canada | 2:05.98 GR | Taylor Ruck Canada | 2:06.42 | Emily Seebohm Australia | 2:06.82 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Sarah Vasey England | 30.60 | Alia Atkinson Jamaica | 30.76 | Leiston Pickett Australia | 30.78 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa | 1:06.41 AF | Kierra Smith Canada | 1:07.05 | Georgia Bohl Australia | 1:07.22 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa | 2:22.02 AF | Molly Renshaw England | 2:23.28 | Chloé Tutton Wales | 2:23.42 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Cate Campbell Australia | 25.59 | Holly Barratt Australia | 25.67 | Madeline Groves Australia | 25.69 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Emma McKeon Australia | 56.78 GR | Madeline Groves Australia | 57.19 | Brianna Throssell Australia | 57.30 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Alys Thomas Wales | 2:05.45 GR | Laura Taylor Australia | 2:07.39 | Emma McKeon Australia | 2:08.05 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor England | 2:09.80 | Sarah Darcel Canada | 2:11.14 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson Canada | 2:11.74 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Aimee Willmott England | 4:34.90 | Hannah Miley Scotland | 4:35.16 | Blair Evans Australia | 4:38.23 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | Australia (AUS) Shayna Jack (54.03) Bronte Campbell (52.03) Emma McKeon (52.99) Cate Campbell (51.00) | 3:30.05 WR | Canada (CAN) Alexia Zevnik (53.95) Kayla Sanchez (53.82) Penny Oleksiak (54.33) Taylor Ruck (51.82) | 3:33.92 | England (ENG) Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (54.34) Freya Anderson (54.95) Anna Hopkin (53.82) Ellie Faulkner (55.29) | 3:38.40 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | Australia (AUS) Emma McKeon (1:56.62) Brianna Throssell (1:57.60) Leah Neale (1:58.23) Ariarne Titmus (1:55.59) | 7:48.04 GR | Canada (CAN) Penny Oleksiak (1:58.03) Kayla Sanchez (1:59.30) Rebecca Smith (1:57.19) Taylor Ruck (1:55.14) | 7:49.66 | England (ENG) Ellie Faulkner (1:58.75) Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (1:57.07) Freya Anderson (2:00.41) Holly Hibbott (1:59.37) | 7:55.60 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | Australia (AUS) Emily Seebohm (59.52) Georgia Bohl (1:06.85) Emma McKeon (56.42) Bronte Campbell (51.57) | 3:54.36 GR | Canada (CAN) Kylie Masse (59.02) Kierra Smith (1:06.68) Penny Oleksiak (56.86) Taylor Ruck (52.54) | 3:55.10 | Wales (WAL) Georgia Davies (1:00.34) Chloé Tutton (1:07.39) Alys Thomas (57.29) Kathryn Greenslade (55.73) | 4:00.75 |
| AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | ER European record | OC Oceania record CR Commonwealth record | GR Commonwealth Games record | WR World record | NR National record (Any world record is necessarily also a Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth, area, and national record. Area records (for continental regions) are also national records.) |||||| |

### Para events
#### Men's

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle S7 details | Matthew Levy Australia | 28.60 | Christian Sadie South Africa | 29.65 | Toh Wei Soong Singapore | 29.83 |
| 100 m freestyle S9 details | Timothy Disken Australia | 56.07 | Lewis White England | 56.77 | Brenden Hall Australia | 57.90 |
| 200 m freestyle S14 details | Thomas Hamer England | 1:55.88 WR | Liam Schluter Australia | 1:56.23 | Daniel Fox Australia | 1:58.26 |
| 100 m backstroke S9 details | Brenden Hall Australia | 1:04.73 | Timothy Hodge Australia | 1:04.99 | Logan Powell Australia | 1:05.29 |
| 100 m breaststroke SB8 details | Timothy Disken Australia | 1:12.42 | Timothy Hodge Australia | 1:15.80 | Blake Cochrane Australia | 1:18.75 |
| 200 m individual medley SM8 details | Jesse Aungles Australia | 2:30.77 | Blake Cochrane Australia | 2:32.72 | Philippe Vachon Canada | 2:34.03 |
| AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | ER European record | OC Oceania record CR Commonwealth record | GR Commonwealth Games record | WR World record | NR National record (Any world record is necessarily also a Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth, area, and national record. Area records (for continental regions) are also national records.) |||||| |

#### Women's

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle S8 details | Lakeisha Patterson Australia | 30.14 | Morgan Bird Canada | 32.03 | Abigail Tripp Canada | 32.49 |
| 100 m freestyle S9 details | Lakeisha Patterson Australia | 1:03.02 | Alice Tai England | 1:03.07 | Ellie Cole Australia | 1:03.36 |
| 100 m backstroke S9 details | Alice Tai England | 1:08.77 | Ellie Cole Australia | 1:11.51 | Ashleigh McConnell Australia | 1:15.93 |
| 100 m breaststroke SB9 details | Sophie Pascoe New Zealand | 1:18.09 | Paige Leonhardt Australia | 1:18.81 | Madeleine Scott Australia | 1:19.98 |
| 50 m butterfly S7 details | Ellie Robinson England | 35.72 | Sarah Mehain Canada | 37.69 | Bronze not awarded | Bronze not awarded |
| 200 m individual medley SM10 details | Sophie Pascoe New Zealand | 2:27.72 | Aurélie Rivard Canada | 2:31.79 | Katherine Downie Australia | 2:31.81 |
| AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | ER European record | OC Oceania record CR Commonwealth record | GR Commonwealth Games record | WR World record | NR National record (Any world record is necessarily also a Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth, area, and national record. Area records (for continental regions) are also national records.) |||||| |

### Records

| Date | Event | Established for | Time | Name | Nation | Record |
| 5 April | Women's 200m freestyle final | (same) | 1:54.81 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | CR, GR |
| 5 April | Men's 200m freestyle S14 final | (same) | 1:55.88 | Thomas Hamer | England | WR |
| 5 April | Women's 100m butterfly semifinal | (same) | 57.22 | Madeline Groves | Australia | GR |
| 5 April | Women's 4 × 100m freestyle relay final | (same) | 3:30.05 | Shayna Jack (54.03) Bronte Campbell (52.03) Emma McKeon (52.99) Cate Campbell (51.00) | Australia | WR |
| 6 April | Women's 100m backstroke heats | (same) | 58.91 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | GR |
| 6 April | Women's 100m backstroke heats | (same) | 58.70 | Kylie Masse | Canada | GR |
| 6 April | Men's 4 × 100m freestyle relay heats | (same) | 3.12.72 | Cameron McEvoy (48.63) James Magnussen (47.87) Jack Cartwright (47.74) James Roberts (48.48) | Australia | GR |
| 6 April | Women's 50m freestyle semifinal | (same) | 23.88 | Cate Campbell | Australia | GR |
| 6 April | Men's 100m breaststroke semifinal | (same) | 58.59 | Adam Peaty | England | GR |
| 6 April | Women's 100m backstroke semifinal | (same) | 58.66 | Kylie Masse | Canada | GR |
| 6 April | Women's 100m butterfly final | (same) | 56.78 | Emma McKeon | Australia | GR |
| 7 April | Men's 200m butterfly final | (same) | 1:54.00 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | GR |
| 7 April | Men's 100m breaststroke final | Men's 50m breaststroke | 26.74 | Adam Peaty | England | GR |
| 7 April | Women's 50m freestyle final | (same) | 23.78 | Cate Campbell | Australia | CR, OC, GR |
| 7 April | Women's 100m backstroke final | (same) | 58.63 | Kylie Masse | Canada | GR |
| 7 April | Women's 4 × 200m freestyle relay final | (same) | 7:48.04 | Emma McKeon (1:56.62) Brianna Throssell (1:57.60) Leah Neale (1:58.23) Ariarne Titmus (1:55.59) | Australia | GR |
| 8 April | Women's 200m backstroke final | (same) | 2:05.98 | Kylie Masse | Canada | GR |
| 8 April | Women's 100m freestyle semifinal | (same) | 52.64 | Cate Campbell | Australia | GR |
| 8 April | Men's 50m breaststroke semifinal | (same) | 26.49 | Adam Peaty | England | GR |
| 8 April | Men's 4 × 200m freestyle relay final | (same) | 7.05.97 | Alexander Graham (1:46.60) Kyle Chalmers (1:46.47) Elijah Winnington (1:45.97) Mack Horton (1:46.93) | Australia | GR |
| 9 April | Men's 50m freestyle heats | (same) | 21.45 | Ben Proud | England | GR |
| 9 April | Men's 50m freestyle semifinal | (same) | 21.30 | Ben Proud | England | GR, NR |
| 9 April | Women's 200m butterfly final | (same) | 2:05.45 | Alys Thomas | Wales | GR |
| 9 April | Women's 100m freestyle final | (same) | 52.27 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | GR |
| 9 April | Men's 100m butterfly final | (same) | 50.65 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | GR |
| 10 April | Women's 400m freestyle final | (same) | 4:00.93 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | OC, GR |
| 10 April | Men's 200m individual medley final | (same) | 1:57.67 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | GR |
| 10 April | Women's 4 × 100m medley relay final | (same) | 3:54.36 | Emily Seebohm (59.52) Georgia Bohl (1:06.85) Emma McKeon (56.42) Bronte Campbell (51.57) | Australia | GR |
| 10 April | Men's 4 × 100m medley relay final | (same) | 3:31.04 | Mitch Larkin (53.14) Jake Packard (59.29) Grant Irvine (51.36) Kyle Chalmers (47.25) | Australia | GR |
| AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | ER European record | OC Oceania record CR Commonwealth record | GR Commonwealth Games record | WR World record | NR National record (Any world record is necessarily also a Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth, area, and national record. Area records (for continental regions) are also national records.) |||||| |
* Broken Records in Swimming

## Participating nations

There are 47 participating nations in swimming with a total of 363 athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
* Antigua and Barbuda (4)
* Australia (70)
* Bahamas (4)
* Bangladesh (3)
* Barbados (1)
* Botswana (1)
* Canada (36)
* Cayman Islands (4)
* Cook Islands (3)
* Cyprus (2)
* England (37)
* Fiji (5)
* Ghana (4)
* Gibraltar (5)
* Guernsey (3)
* Guyana (2)
* Grenada (2)
* India (5)
* Isle of Man (5)
* Jamaica (1)
* Jersey (2)
* Kenya (6)
* Malaysia (7)
* Mauritius (5)
* Mozambique (5)
* New Zealand (17)
* Northern Ireland (9)
* Pakistan (2)
* Papua New Guinea (4)
* Saint Helena (5)
* Saint Lucia (2)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (4)
* Samoa (3)
* Scotland (25)
* Seychelles (5)
* Sierra Leone (2)
* Singapore (5)
* Solomon Islands (2)
* South Africa (25)
* Sri Lanka (6)
* Tanzania (1)
* Tonga (2)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Tuvalu (1)
* Uganda (2)
* Wales (14)
* Zambia (4)