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

The women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held on 29 and 30 July at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Benedetta Pilato (ITA) | 29.30 | Budapest, Hungary | 22 May 2021 |
| Commonwealth record | Lara van Niekerk (RSA) | 29.72 | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | 6 April 2022 |
| Games record | Alia Atkinson (JAM) | 30.17 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 24 July 2014 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 29 July | Heat 5 | Lara van Niekerk | South Africa | 29.82 | GR |
| 29 July | Semifinal 2 | Lara van Niekerk | South Africa | 29.80 | GR |
| 30 July | Final | Lara van Niekerk | South Africa | 29.73 | GR |

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday 29 July 2022 | 11:37 | Qualifying |
| Friday 29 July 2022 | 20:19 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 30 July 2022 | 19:12 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Lara van Niekerk | South Africa | 29.82 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Imogen Clark | England | 30.26 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Chelsea Hodges | Australia | 30.66 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 30.76 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Jenna Strauch | Australia | 30.77 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Kara Hanlon | Scotland | 30.99 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Kaylene Corbett | South Africa | 31.07 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Abbey Harkin | Australia | 31.48 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | Sophie Angus | Canada | 31.55 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 5 | Sarah Vasey | England | 31.65 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Sim En Yi Letitia | Singapore | 31.67 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Laura Kinley | Isle of Man | 32.34 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Lanihei Connolly | Cook Islands | 32.77 | Q, NR |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Phee Jinq En | Malaysia | 32.80 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Laura le Cras | Guernsey | 33.09 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Lillian Higgs | Bahamas | 33.18 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 7 | Rhanishka Gibbs | Bahamas | 33.28 | R |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Kirsten Fisher-Marsters | Cook Islands | 33.61 | R |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Mackenzie Headley | Jamaica | 33.85 | |
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Kirabo Namutebi | Uganda | 33.87 | |
| 21 | 5 | 8 | Kelera Mudunasoko | Fiji | 34.14 | |
| 22 | 5 | 1 | Tilka Paljk | Zambia | 34.20 | |
| 23 | 4 | 8 | Tessa Ip Hen Cheung | Mauritius | 34.45 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Asia Kent | Gibraltar | 34.47 | |
| 25 | 2 | 4 | Georgia-Leigh Vele | Papua New Guinea | 36.51 | |
| 26 | 1 | 4 | Tia Gun-Munro | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 37.24 | |
| 27 | 2 | 1 | Abigail Deshong | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 37.42 | |
| 28 | 2 | 2 | Brooke Yon | Saint Helena | 37.51 | |
| 29 | 2 | 3 | Unilez Takyi | Ghana | 37.68 | |
| 30 | 2 | 5 | Mst Morium Akter | Bangladesh | 37.90 | |
| 31 | 2 | 6 | Mishael Aisha Hyat Ayub | Pakistan | 37.96 | |
| 32 | 2 | 7 | Vaoahi Afu | Tonga | 40.65 | |
| 33 | 1 | 5 | Kanu Isha | Sierra Leone | 48.66 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Siomha Brady | Northern Ireland | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Lara van Niekerk | South Africa | 29.80 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Imogen Clark | England | 30.24 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Chelsea Hodges | Australia | 30.50 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Jenna Strauch | Australia | 30.89 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 30.94 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Kara Hanlon | Scotland | 31.20 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Abbey Harkin | Australia | 31.39 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Kaylene Corbett | South Africa | 31.43 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Sophie Angus | Canada | 31.45 | R |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Sarah Vasey | England | 31.47 | R |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Sim En Yi Letitia | Singapore | 31.56 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Laura Kinley | Isle of Man | 32.47 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Phee Jinq En | Malaysia | 32.54 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Lanihei Connolly | Cook Islands | 32.91 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Lillian Higgs | Bahamas | 33.10 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Laura le Cras | Guernsey | 33.26 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Lara van Niekerk | South Africa | 29.73 | GR |
| | 5 | Imogen Clark | England | 30.02 | NR |
| | 3 | Chelsea Hodges | Australia | 30.05 | OC |
| 4 | 2 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 30.41 | |
| 5 | 6 | Jenna Strauch | Australia | 30.85 | |
| 6 | 8 | Kaylene Corbett | South Africa | 31.10 | |
| 7 | 1 | Abbey Harkin | Australia | 31.20 | |
| 8 | 7 | Kara Hanlon | Scotland | 31.39 | |