# Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 25 and 26 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
The medals were presented by Alison Sheppard, 2002 Commonwealth champion and the quaichs were presented by Francis Paul, Secretary-General of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
| World record | Britta Steffen (GER) | 23.73 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
| Commonwealth record | Libby Trickett (AUS) | 23.97 | Sydney, Australia | 29 March 2008 |
| Games record | Libby Lenton (AUS) | 24.61 | Melbourne, Australia | 20 March 2006 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 25 July | Heat | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 24.52 | GR |
| 25 July | Heat | Francesca Halsall | England | 24.31 | GR |
| 25 July | Semifinal | Cate Campbell | Australia | 24.17 | GR |
| 25 July | Semifinal | Francesca Halsall | England | 24.14 | GR |
| 26 July | Final | Francesca Halsall | England | 23.96 | GR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Francesca Halsall | England | 24.31 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 24.33 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 24.52 | Q, GR |
| 4 | 7 | 3 | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | Bahamas | 24.61 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | Melanie Schlanger | Australia | 24.87 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Amy Smith | England | 25.08 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 3 | Sian Harkin | Scotland | 25.30 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | Victoria Poon | Canada | 25.38 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 6 | Michelle Williams | Canada | 25.48 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Sandrine Mainville | Canada | 25.62 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 6 | Jess Lloyd | England | 25.64 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Trudi Maree | South Africa | 25.80 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 6 | Amanda Lim | Singapore | 25.81 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 7 | Ariel Weech | Bahamas | 25.93 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Chui Lai Kwan | Malaysia | 26.00 | Q, NR |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Hannah McCarthy | Wales | 26.12 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 7 | Marina Chan | Singapore | 26.17 | |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Sylvia Brunlehner | Kenya | 26.86 | |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Caroline Puamau | Fiji | 26.87 | |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | Quah Ting Wen | Singapore | 26.90 | |
| 21 | 5 | 7 | Olivia Plateau de Maroussen | Mauritius | 26.99 | |
| 22 | 5 | 2 | Danielle Hill | Northern Ireland | 27.23 | |
| 23 | 6 | 7 | Mari Davies | Wales | 27.25 | |
| 24 | 3 | 5 | Izzy Joachim | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.30 | |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Laura Kinley | Isle of Man | 27.34 | |
| 26 | 8 | 8 | Margarita Pissaridou | Cyprus | 27.42 | |
| 27 | 4 | 4 | Jamila Lunkuse | Uganda | 27.43 | |
| 28 | 4 | 3 | Courtney Butcher | Guernsey | 27.48 | |
| 29 | 6 | 8 | Felicity Passon | Seychelles | 27.52 | |
| 30 | 5 | 6 | Elinah Phillip | British Virgin Islands | 27.57 | |
| 31 | 7 | 8 | Bethany Firth | Northern Ireland | 27.61 | |
| 32 | 5 | 3 | Rachel Bethel | Northern Ireland | 27.70 | |
| 33 | 4 | 7 | Matelita Buadromo | Fiji | 27.75 | |
| 34 | 4 | 5 | Emily Chan Chee | Mauritius | 27.83 | |
| 35 | 5 | 8 | Cheyenne Rova | Fiji | 27.84 | |
| 36 | 5 | 5 | Jade Howard | Zambia | 27.94 | |
| 37 | 4 | 8 | Joyce Tafatatha | Malawi | 28.05 | |
| 38 | 3 | 4 | Tilka Paljk | Zambia | 28.20 | |
| 39 | 4 | 2 | Oreoluwa Cherebin | Grenada | 28.50 | |
| 40 | 3 | 3 | Barbara Vali-Skelton | Papua New Guinea | 28.62 | |
| 41 | 4 | 6 | Irene Prescott | Tonga | 28.77 | |
| 42 | 3 | 1 | Amarah Phillip | British Virgin Islands | 28.95 | |
| 43 | 3 | 6 | Christina Linares | Gibraltar | 29.05 | |
| 44 | 4 | 1 | Ophelia Swayne | Ghana | 29.09 | |
| 45 | 3 | 7 | Lianna Swan | Pakistan | 29.10 | |
| =46 | 2 | 5 | Mariam Foum | Tanzania | 29.16 | |
| =46 | 3 | 8 | Savannah Tkatchenko | Papua New Guinea | 29.16 | |
| =48 | 2 | 3 | Evelina Afoa | Samoa | 29.25 | |
| =48 | 3 | 2 | Anita Field | Kenya | 29.25 | |
| 50 | 2 | 6 | Rachel Wall | Antigua and Barbuda | 29.35 | |
| 51 | 1 | 4 | Kiran Khan | Pakistan | 29.46 | |
| 52 | 5 | 4 | Kirstie Millar | Malawi | 29.50 | |
| 53 | 2 | 4 | Onika George | Guyana | 29.55 | |
| 54 | 1 | 5 | Jocelyn Flynn | Papua New Guinea | 29.80 | |
| 55 | 2 | 2 | Magdalena Moshi | Tanzania | 29.97 | |
| 56 | 1 | 3 | Adora Lawrence | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31.23 | |
| 57 | 2 | 7 | Aminath Shajan | Maldives | 31.25 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Francesca Halsall | England | 24.14 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 24.17 | Q, GR |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | Bahamas | 24.42 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Melanie Schlanger | Australia | 24.59 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 24.62 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Amy Smith | England | 25.09 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Victoria Poon | Canada | 25.15 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Sian Harkin | Scotland | 25.29 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Michelle Williams | Canada | 25.45 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Jess Lloyd | England | 25.59 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Trudi Maree | South Africa | 25.60 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Ariel Weech | Bahamas | 25.72 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Sandrine Mainville | Canada | 25.76 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Amanda Lim | Singapore | 25.93 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Hannah McCarthy | Wales | 25.97 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Chui Lai Kwan | Malaysia | 26.10 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Francesca Halsall | England | 23.96 | GR |
| | 5 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 24.00 | |
| | 2 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 24.20 | |
| 4 | 3 | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | Bahamas | 24.34 | |
| 5 | 6 | Melanie Schlanger | Australia | 24.39 | |
| 6 | 1 | Victoria Poon | Canada | 25.29 | |
| 7 | 8 | Sian Harkin | Scotland | 25.31 | |
| 8 | 7 | Amy Smith | England | 25.37 | |