# Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held on 2 and 3 August at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Liu Xiang (CHN) | 26.98 | Jakarta, Indonesia | 21 August 2018 |
| Commonwealth record | Kaylee McKeown (AUS) | 27.16 | Sydney, Australia | 16 May 2021 |
| Games record | Georgia Davies (WAL) | 27.56 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 29 July 2014 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 2 August | Semifinal 2 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 27.47 | GR |
| 3 August | Final | Kylie Masse | Canada | 27.31 | GR |

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday 2 August 2022 | 11:08 | Qualifying |
| Tuesday 2 August 2022 | 20:34 | Semifinals |
| Wednesday 3 August 2022 | 19:51 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 27.57 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Bronte Job | Australia | 27.65 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Medi Harris | Wales | 28.03 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 28.09 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 28.13 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Lauren Cox | England | 28.30 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Danielle Hil | Northern Ireland | 28.32 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | Olivia Nel | South Africa | 28.79 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Hazel Ouwehand | New Zealand | 29.05 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Cassie Wild | Scotland | 29.19 | WD |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Maddy Moore | Bermuda | 29.29 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Emma Harvey | Bermuda | 29.38 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Rebecca Meder | South Africa | 29.55 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Gemma Atherley | Jersey | 29.93 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Isabella Hindley | England | 29.99 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | Tatiana Tostevin | Guernsey | 30.06 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Danielle Titus | Barbados | 30.13 | R, W |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Emma Hodgson | Isle of Man | 30.25 | R |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Lushavel Stickland | Samoa | 30.46 | |
| 20 | 5 | 7 | Grace Davison | Northern Ireland | 30.49 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Nubia Adjei | Ghana | 30.97 | |
| 22 | 2 | 4 | Mollie McAlorum | Northern Ireland | 31.77 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Aaliyah Palestrini | Seychelles | 32.02 | |
| 24 | 4 | 1 | Katelyn Cabral | Bahamas | 32.27 | |
| 25 | 2 | 2 | Cheyenne Rova | Fiji | 32.34 | |
| 26 | 2 | 6 | Danielle Treasure | Barbados | 32.76 | |
| 27 | 2 | 5 | Therese Soukup | Seychelles | 32.95 | |
| 28 | 1 | 2 | Tilly Collymore | Grenada | 33.25 | |
| 29 | 2 | 7 | Avice Meya | Uganda | 33.71 | |
| 30 | 1 | 6 | Kiera Prentice | Isle of Man | 33.86 | |
| 31 | 2 | 1 | Jamie Joachim | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33.90 | |
| 32 | 2 | 8 | Patrice Mahaica | Guyana | 34.06 | |
| 33 | 1 | 5 | Brooke Yon | Saint Helena | 34.19 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Arleigha Hall | Turks and Caicos Islands | 34.20 | |
| 35 | 1 | 3 | Hamna Ahmed | Maldives | 34.51 | |
| 36 | 1 | 4 | Aishath Sausan | Maldives | 34.76 | |
| 37 | 1 | 7 | Kayla Temba | Tanzania | 39.76 | |
| 38 | 1 | 1 | Kanu Isha | Sierra Leone | 44.57 | |
| | 5 | 8 | Maggie Mac Neil | Canada | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 27.47 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Medi Harris | Wales | 27.64 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 27.75 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 27.76 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Bronte Job | Australia | 27.79 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Lauren Cox | England | 27.91 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Danielle Hil | Northern Ireland | 28.28 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Rebecca Meder | South Africa | 28.69 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Olivia Nel | South Africa | 28.73 | R |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Hazel Ouwehand | New Zealand | 28.85 | R |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Maddy Moore | Bermuda | 29.18 | NR |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Emma Harvey | Bermuda | 29.27 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Isabella Hindley | England | 29.75 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Tatiana Tostevin | Guernsey | 29.90 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Danielle Titus | Barbados | 30.00 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Gemma Atherley | Jersey | 30.06 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 27.31 | GR |
| | 6 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 27.47 | |
| | 3 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 27.58 | |
| 4 | 7 | Lauren Cox | England | 27.61 | |
| 5 | 5 | Medi Harris | Wales | 27.62 | |
| 6 | 2 | Bronte Job | Australia | 27.85 | |
| 7 | 1 | Danielle Hil | Northern Ireland | 28.29 | |
| 8 | 8 | Rebecca Meder | South Africa | 28.66 | |