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

Women's 100 metre butterfly at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	5 April (heats and semifinals) 6 April (final)
Competitors	21 from 12 nations
Winning time	56.78
Medalists
Emma McKeon    Australia   Madeline Groves    Australia   Brianna Throssell    Australia
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Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
50 m S7/S8	men	women
100 m	men	women
100 m S9	men	women
200 m	men	women
200 m S14	men
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
100 m S9	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
100 m SB8/SB9	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
50 m S7		women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
200 m SM8	men
200 m SM10		women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
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The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 6 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)	55.48	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7 August 2016
Commonwealth record	Emma McKeon (AUS)	56.18	Budapest, Hungary	24 July 2017
Games record	Katerine Savard (CAN)	57.40	Glasgow, United Kingdom	25 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
5 April	Semifinal	Madeline Groves	Australia	57.22	GR
6 April	Final	Emma McKeon	Australia	56.78	GR

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	3	Madeline Groves	Australia	57.77	Q
2	3	4	Emma McKeon	Australia	58.04	Q
3	3	5	Alys Thomas	Wales	58.48	Q
4	2	4	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	58.50	Q
5	2	5	Rebecca Smith	Canada	58.51	Q
6	1	4	Brianna Throssell	Australia	58.96	Q
7	1	5	Charlotte Atkinson	Isle of Man	58.97	Q
8	2	6	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	59.25	Q
9	3	2	Mabel Zavaros	Canada	59.44	Q
10	1	6	Harriet Jones	Wales	59.56	Q
11	1	2	Keanna MacInnes	Scotland	59.63	Q
12	1	3	Laura Stephens	England	59.68	Q
13	3	6	Harriet West	Wales	59.77	Q
14	2	2	Helena Gasson	New Zealand	1:00.00	Q
15	3	7	Georgia Marris	New Zealand	1:00.43	Q
16	2	3	Emily Large	England	1:00.46	Q
17	2	7	Dune Coetzee	South Africa	1:02.03
18	1	7	Elodie Poo-cheong	Mauritius	1:04.39
19	3	1	Matelita Buadromo	Fiji	1:04.43
20	2	1	Katie Kyle	Saint Lucia	1:05.74
21	1	1	Aaliyah Palestrini	Seychelles	1:08.64

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Madeline Groves	Australia	57.22	Q, GR
2	2	2	Rebecca Smith	Canada	57.77	Q
3	1	4	Emma McKeon	Australia	57.94	Q
4	2	6	Charlotte Atkinson	Isle of Man	58.04	Q
5	2	5	Alys Thomas	Wales	58.17	Q
6	1	5	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	58.29	Q
7	1	3	Brianna Throssell	Australia	58.38	Q
8	2	3	Mabel Zavaros	Canada	58.62	Q
9	1	6	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	59.04
10	1	2	Harriet Jones	Wales	59.49
11	2	7	Keanna MacInnes	Scotland	59.55
12	1	1	Helena Gasson	New Zealand	59.70
13	2	1	Harriet West	Wales	59.93
14	1	8	Emily Large	England	59.96
15	1	7	Laura Stephens	England	1:00.18
16	2	8	Georgia Marris	New Zealand	1:00.58

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Emma McKeon	Australia	56.78	GR
	4	Madeline Groves	Australia	57.19
	1	Brianna Throssell	Australia	57.30
4	7	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	57.50
5	6	Charlotte Atkinson	Isle of Man	57.88
6	5	Rebecca Smith	Canada	57.91
7	2	Alys Thomas	Wales	58.06
8	8	Mabel Zavaros	Canada	58.98

References