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Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox Commonwealth Games event

|event = Men's 100 metre backstroke

|games = 2018

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Gold Coast Aquatic Centre

|dates = 5 April (heats, semifinals)
6 April (final)

|competitors = 24

|nations = 20

|win_value = 53.18

|gold = Mitch Larkin

|goldCGA = AUS

|silver = Bradley Woodward

|silverCGA = AUS

|bronze = Markus Thormeyer

|bronzeCGA = CAN

|prev = 2014

|next = 2022

}}

{{Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games}}

The men's 100 metre backstroke 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:

{{Commonwealth Games Record Swimming

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Ryan Murphy|USA}}

| world_mark = 51.85

| world_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| world_date = 13 August 2016

| world_ref =

| commonwealth_athlete = {{flagathlete|Mitch Larkin|AUS}}

| commonwealth_mark = 52.11

| commonwealth_place = Dubai, United Arab Emirates

| commonwealth_date = 6 November 2015

| commonwealth_ref =

| games_athlete = {{flagCGFathlete|Chris Walker-Hebborn|ENG|2014}}

| games_mark = 53.12

| games_place = Glasgow, United Kingdom

| games_date = 25 July 2014

| games_ref =

}}

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:{{cite web|title=Swimming - Daily Schedule|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/swimming/daily-schedule.htm|publisher=Gold Coast 2018|accessdate=4 April 2018}}

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

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! Date

! Time

! Round

rowspan=2| Thursday 5 April 201811:47Qualifying
21:22Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon| Friday 6 April 2018style=background:lemonchiffon| 21:36style=background:lemonchiffon| Final

Results

=Heats=

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RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
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|1

34align="left" |{{sortname|Mitch|Larkin}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}}54.02Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

33align="left" |{{sortname|Luke|Greenbank}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|ENG|2018}}54.62Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

|3

35align="left" |{{sortname|Bradley|Woodward}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}}54.71Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

|4

24align="left" |{{sortname|Corey|Main}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|NZL|2018}}54.99Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

|5

13align="left" |{{sortname|Elliot|Clogg}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|ENG|2018}}55.08Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

|6

23align="left" |{{sortname|Markus|Thormeyer}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|CAN|2018}}55.26Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

|7

14align="left" |{{sortname|Ben|Treffers}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}}55.30Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

|8

15align="left" |{{sortname|Xavier|Castelli}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|WAL|2018}}55.51Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

|9

25align="left" |{{sortname|Conor|Ferguson}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|NIR|2018}}55.54Q
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|10

26align="left" |{{sortname|Calvyn|Justus}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|RSA|2018}}55.69Q
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|11

36align="left" |{{sortname|Craig|McNally}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|SCO|2018}}56.19Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

|12

16align="left" |{{sortname|Martin|Binedell}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|RSA|2018}}56.37Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

|13

37align="left" |{{sortname|Harry|Shalamon}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|JER|2018}}56.41Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

|14

27align="left" |{{sortname|Jason|Arthur}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|GHA|2018}}56.52Q
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|15

12align="left" |{{sortname|Srihari|Nataraj}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|IND|2018}}56.71Q
bgcolor=ccffcc

|16

17align="left" |{{sortname|Thomas|Hollingsworth|dab=swimmer}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|GUE|2018}}57.61Q
1732align="left" |{{sortname|Jian Han|Tern}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|MAS|2018}}58.10
1822align="left" |{{sortname|Akalanka|Peiris}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|SRI|2018}}58.68
1921align="left" |{{sortname|Syed Muhammad Haseeb|Tariq}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|PAK|2018}}59.39
2011align="left" |{{sortname|Erico|Cuna}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|MOZ|2018}}1:01.27
2138align="left" |{{sortname|Jordan|Gonzalez}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|GIB|2018}}1:01.38
2231align="left" |{{sortname|Steven|Maina}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|KEN|2018}}1:01.65
2328align="left" |{{sortname|Cruz|Halbich}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|SVG|2018}}1:08.08
2418align="left" |{{sortname|Joshua|Yon}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|SHN|2018}}1:13.01

=Semifinals=

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RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
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| 1

24align=left|{{sortname|Mitch|Larkin}}align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}}53.15Q
bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 2

13align=left|{{sortname|Markus|Thormeyer}}align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2018}}53.86Q
bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 3

25align=left|{{sortname|Bradley|Woodward}}align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}}54.22Q
bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 4

22align=left|{{sortname|Conor|Ferguson}}align=left| {{flagCGF|NIR|2018}}54.48Q
bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 5

14align=left|{{sortname|Luke|Greenbank}}align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2018}}54.54Q
bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 6

26align=left|{{sortname|Ben|Treffers}}align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}}54.62Q
bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 7

15align=left|{{sortname|Corey|Main}}align=left| {{flagCGF|NZL|2018}}55.02Q
bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 8

16align=left|{{sortname|Xavier|Castelli}}align=left| {{flagCGF|WAL|2018}}55.13Q
917align=left|{{sortname|Martin|Binedell}}align=left| {{flagCGF|RSA|2018}}55.25
912align=left|{{sortname|Calvyn|Justus}}align=left| {{flagCGF|RSA|2018}}55.25
1127align=left|{{sortname|Craig|McNally}}align=left| {{flagCGF|SCO|2018}}55.28
1223align=left|{{sortname|Elliot|Clogg}}align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2018}}55.42
1321align=left|{{sortname|Harry|Shalamon}}align=left| {{flagCGF|JER|2018}}56.47
1428align=left|{{sortname|Srihari|Nataraj}}align=left| {{flagCGF|IND|2018}}56.65
1511align=left|{{sortname|Jason|Arthur}}align=left| {{flagCGF|GHA|2018}}56.85
1618align=left|{{sortname|Thomas|Hollingsworth|dab=swimmer}}align=left| {{flagCGF|GUE|2018}}58.14

=Final=

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RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
{{gold1}}4align="left" |{{sortname|Mitch|Larkin}}align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}}53.18
{{silver2}}3align="left" |{{sortname|Bradley|Woodward}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}}53.95
{{bronze3}}5align="left" |{{sortname|Markus|Thormeyer}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|CAN|2018}}54.14
42align="left" |{{sortname|Luke|Greenbank}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|ENG|2018}}54.37
58align="left" |{{sortname|Xavier|Castelli}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|WAL|2018}}54.60
67align="left" |{{sortname|Ben|Treffers}}align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}}54.62
71align="left" |{{sortname|Corey|Main}}align=left| {{flagCGF|NZL|2018}}54.88
86align="left" |{{sortname|Conor|Ferguson}}align="left" | {{flagCGF|NIR|2018}}55.01

References

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Men's 100 metre backstroke

Commonwealth Games