# Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | 51.71 | Budapest, Hungary | 23 July 2017 |
| Commonwealth record | Cate Campbell (AUS) | 52.06 | Brisbane, Australia | 2 July 2016 |
| Games record | Cate Campbell (AUS) | 52.68 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 28 July 2014 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 8 April | Semifinal | Cate Campbell | Australia | 52.64 | GR |
| 9 April | Final | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 52.27 | GR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 8 April from 10:58 to 11:08.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 54.05 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 54.79 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 54.81 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 54.88 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Kayla Sanchez | Canada | 54.97 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 55.00 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Freya Anderson | England | 55.12 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Anna Hopkin | England | 55.21 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Erin Gallagher | South Africa | 55.36 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Lucy Hope | Scotland | 55.56 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Jessica Jackson | England | 55.85 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 7 | Emma Chelius | South Africa | 56.04 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Carina Doyle | New Zealand | 56.27 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Laticia Transom | New Zealand | 56.32 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Georgia Marris | New Zealand | 56.98 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Ting Wen Quah | Singapore | 57.46 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Maria Brunlehner | Kenya | 57.75 | |
| 18 | 2 | 5 | Gemma Atherley | Jersey | 58.42 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Kalia Antoniou | Cyprus | 58.65 | |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 58.79 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Lushavel Stickland | Samoa | 59.01 | |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Alison Jackson | Cayman Islands | 59.54 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Elodie Poo Cheong | Mauritius | 59.69 | |
| 24 | 2 | 5 | Cheyenne Rova | Fiji | 59.94 | |
| 25 | 2 | 6 | Tatiana Tostevin | Guernsey | 1:00.31 | |
| 26 | 1 | 4 | Therese Soukup | Seychelles | 1:00.92 | |
| 27 | 1 | 5 | Aaliyah Palestrini | Seychelles | 1:01.15 | |
| 28 | 2 | 7 | Christina Linares | Gibraltar | 1:01.29 | |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Makaela Holowchak | Antigua and Barbuda | 1:01.61 | |
| 30 | 2 | 1 | Vinoli Kaluarachchi | Sri Lanka | 1:02.25 | |
| 31 | 2 | 3 | Bisma Khan | Pakistan | 1:02.66 | |
| 32 | 2 | 8 | Jamila Sanmoogan | Guyana | 1:03.39 | |
| 33 | 1 | 6 | Maayaa Ayawere | Ghana | 1:04.71 | |
| 34 | 1 | 3 | Aliah Maginley | Antigua and Barbuda | 1:06.20 | |
| | 3 | 6 | Kathryn Greenslade | Wales | DNS | |
| | 5 | 1 | Danielle Hill | Northern Ireland | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 8 April at 19:59 and 20:03.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 53.05 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 53.58 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 54.34 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Anna Hopkin | England | 55.17 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Lucy Hope | Scotland | 55.43 | |
| 6 | 1 | Laticia Transom | New Zealand | 56.26 | |
| 7 | 7 | Emma Chelius | South Africa | 56.40 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ting Wen Quah | Singapore | 57.51 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 52.64 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 5 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 53.46 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Kayla Sanchez | Canada | 54.18 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Erin Gallagher | South Africa | 54.38 | Q, AF |
| 5 | 6 | Freya Anderson | England | 55.28 | |
| 6 | 7 | Jessica Jackson | England | 55.84 | |
| 7 | 1 | Carina Doyle | New Zealand | 56.18 | |
| 8 | 8 | Georgia Marris | New Zealand | 56.48 | |

### Final

The final was held on 9 April at 21:44.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 52.27 | GR |
| | 4 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 52.69 | |
| | 5 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 53.08 | |
| 4 | 6 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 53.83 | |
| 5 | 7 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 53.85 | |
| 6 | 1 | Erin Gallagher | South Africa | 54.23 | AF |
| 7 | 2 | Kayla Sanchez | Canada | 54.30 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anna Hopkin | England | 55.03 | |