# Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The Women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on October 7 and 8 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.
Six heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The top sixteen advanced to the semifinals and the top eight from there qualified for the finals.

## Heats summary

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Francesca Halsall | England | 25.05 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Yolane Kukla | Australia | 25.47 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 25.55 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Hayley Palmer | New Zealand | 25.58 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Victoria Poon | Canada | 25.60 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Amy Smith | England | 25.67 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | Alice Mills | Australia | 25.73 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | Lai Chui | Malaysia | 26.38 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Amaka Gessler | New Zealand | 26.40 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Lucy Ellis | Scotland | 26.63 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Cherelle Thompson | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.65 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Jessica Sylvester | England | 26.74 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Sara Hamilton | Scotland | 26.80 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Georgia Holderness | Wales | 27.01 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Chii Leung | Malaysia | 27.15 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 27.30 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 7 | Kah Chan | Malaysia | 27.35 | |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | Talasha Prabhu | India | 27.68 | |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Sian Morgan | Wales | 27.72 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Jade Howard | Zambia | 27.97 | |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | Sneha Thirugnanasambandam | India | 28.14 | |
| 22 | 5 | 1 | Sylvia Brunlehner | Kenya | 28.16 | |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Shannon Austin | Seychelles | 28.38 | |
| 24 | 1 | 2 | Monica Bernardo | Mozambique | 28.51 | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Kathryn Millin | Swaziland | 28.52 | |
| 26 | 4 | 1 | Olivia De Maroussem | Mauritius | 28.54 | |
| 27 | 6 | 8 | Siona Huxley | Saint Lucia | 28.97 | |
| 28 | 3 | 4 | Judith Meauri | Papua New Guinea | 28.98 | |
| 29 | 3 | 6 | Elaine Reyes | Gibraltar | 29.46 | |
| 30 | 2 | 4 | Don Kaluarachchilage | Sri Lanka | 29.55 | |
| 31 | 3 | 1 | Mercedes Milner | Zambia | 29.70 | |
| 32 | 2 | 5 | W Lihini Tashia | Sri Lanka | 29.96 | |
| 33 | 3 | 5 | Mariam Foum | Tanzania | 30.42 | |
| 34 | 2 | 8 | Kristie Millar | Malawi | 30.45 | |
| 35 | 2 | 6 | Doli Akhter | Bangladesh | 30.46 | |
| 36 | 2 | 2 | Rachel Fortunato | Gibraltar | 30.52 | |
| 36 | 3 | 2 | Jamila Lunkuse | Uganda | 30.52 | |
| 38 | 3 | 8 | Magdalena Moshi | Tanzania | 30.58 | |
| 39 | 3 | 3 | Ajaykumar Hanika | Kenya | 30.62 | |
| 40 | 2 | 5 | Aishath Abdulla | Maldives | 31.17 | |
| 41 | 2 | 1 | Zahra Pinto | Malawi | 31.21 | |
| 42 | 2 | 7 | Olivia Nakiingi | Uganda | 31.39 | |
| 43 | 1 | 4 | Anham Salyani | Kenya | 31.77 | |
| 44 | 1 | 3 | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 32.24 | |
| 45 | 1 | 7 | Karin O'Reilly Clashing | Antigua and Barbuda | 32.50 | |
| 46 | 1 | 5 | Aminath Shahid | Maldives | 33.22 | |
| 47 | 1 | 6 | Alphonsine Agahozo | Rwanda | 33.81 | |

## Semifinals
### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Yolane Kukla | Australia | 25.02 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Hayley Palmer | New Zealand | 25.11 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Amy Smith | England | 25.49 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Lai Chui | Malaysia | 26.03 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Jessica Sylvester | England | 26.31 | |
| 6 | 1 | Georgia Holderness | Wales | 26.62 | |
| 7 | 2 | Lucy Ellis | Scotland | 26.77 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 26.92 | |

### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Francesca Halsall | England | 25.18 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Victoria Poon | Canada | 25.26 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 25.35 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Alice Mills | Australia | 25.63 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Amaka Gessler | New Zealand | 26.31 | |
| 6 | 7 | Cherelle Thompson | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.70 | |
| 7 | 1 | Sara Hamilton | Scotland | 26.83 | |
| 8 | 8 | Chii Leung | Malaysia | 27.13 | |

## Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Yolane Kukla | Australia | 24.86 |
| | 3 | Francesca Halsall | England | 24.98 |
| | 5 | Hayley Palmer | New Zealand | 25.01 |
| 4 | 6 | Victoria Poon | Canada | 25.13 |
| 5 | 2 | Marieke Guehrer | Australia | 25.26 |
| 6 | 1 | Alice Mills | Australia | 25.50 |
| 7 | 7 | Amy Smith | England | 25.74 |
| 8 | 8 | Lai Chui | Malaysia | 26.05 |