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

{{Infobox Commonwealth Games event

|event = Women's 100 metre backstroke

|games = 2018

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Gold Coast Aquatic Centre

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

|competitors = 26

|nations = 17

|win_value = 58.63

|gold = Kylie Masse

|goldCGA = CAN

|silver = Emily Seebohm

|silverCGA = AUS

|bronze = Taylor Ruck

|bronzeCGA = CAN

|prev = 2014

|next = 2022

}}

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

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)

class="wikitable" ! Date ! Time ! Round
rowspan=2\| Friday 6 April 2018	11:12	Qualifying
20:55	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon\| Saturday 7 April 2018	style=background:lemonchiffon\| 20:03	style=background:lemonchiffon\| Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

{{Commonwealth Games Record Swimming

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Kylie Masse|CAN}}

| world_mark = 58.10

| world_place = Budapest, Hungary

| world_date = 25 July 2017

| world_ref =

| commonwealth_athlete = {{flagathlete|Kylie Masse|CAN}}

| commonwealth_mark = 58.10

| commonwealth_place = Budapest, Hungary

| commonwealth_date = 25 July 2017

| commonwealth_ref =

| games_athlete = {{flagCGFathlete|Belinda Hocking|AUS|2014}}

| games_mark = 59.37

| games_place = Glasgow, Great Britain

| games_date = 26 July 2014

| games_ref =

}}

The following records were established during the competition:

class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Date !! Event !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Record
6 April	Heat 3	align=left\|Emily Seebohm	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	58.91	GR
6 April	Heat 4	align=left\|Kylie Masse	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	58.70	GR
6 April	Semifinals	align=left\|Kylie Masse	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	58.66	GR
7 April	Final	align=left\|Kylie Masse	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	58.63	GR

Results

=Heats=

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	4	4	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Kylie\|Masse}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	58.70	Q, GR
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	3	4	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Emily\|Seebohm}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	58.91	Q, GR
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	4	3	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Elizabeth\|Simmonds}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	1:00.49	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	4	5	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Georgia\|Davies}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|WAL\|2018}}	1:00.57	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	2	5	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Kaylee\|McKeown}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	1:00.65	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 6	2	4	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Taylor\|Ruck}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	1:00.72	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 7	2	3	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Hayley\|Baker}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	1:00.82	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 8	4	6	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Jessica\|Fullalove}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	1:01.04	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 9	4	2	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Bobbi\|Gichard}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2018}}	1:01.33	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 10	3	3	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Kathleen\|Dawson}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	1:01.38	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 11	3	5	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Jade\|Hannah}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	1:01.51	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 12	3	6	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Cassie\|Wild}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	1:02.29	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 13	3	7	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Naomi\|Ruele}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BOT\|2018}}	1:02.58	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 14	2	6	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Anna\|Maine}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	1:02.63	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 15	4	7	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Nathania\|van Niekerk}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2018}}	1:02.81	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 16	2	7	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Hill\|dab=swimmer}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2018}}	1:03.08	Q
17	3	2	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Mariella\|Venter}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2018}}	1:03.39
18	3	1	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Gemma\|Atherley}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|JER\|2018}}	1:04.75
19	4	8	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Tatiana\|Tostevin}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GUE\|2018}}	1:04.90
20	2	8	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Caroline Zi Xin\|Chan}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MAS\|2018}}	1:05.94
21	4	1	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Lushavel\|Stickland}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SAM\|2018}}	1:06.02
22	3	8	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Lauren\|Hew}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAY\|2018}}	1:06.41
23	2	1	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Sylvia Tanya Atieno\|Brunlehner}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|KEN\|2018}}	1:06.64
24	1	4	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Aaliyah\|Palestrini}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SEY\|2018}}	1:07.26
25	1	5	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Vinoli\|Kaluarachchi}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SRI\|2018}}	1:07.64
26	1	3	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Therese\|Soukup}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SEY\|2018}}	1:10.57
27	2	2	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Harriet\|West\|Harriet West (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|WAL\|2018}}	DNS

=Semifinals=

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	2	4	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Kylie\|Masse}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	58.66	Q, GR
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	1	4	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Emily\|Seebohm}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	58.95	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	1	3	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Taylor\|Ruck}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	1:00.06	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	2	3	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Kaylee\|McKeown}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	1:00.11	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	1	5	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Georgia\|Davies}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|WAL\|2018}}	1:00.33	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 6	2	7	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Jade\|Hannah}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	1:00.37	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 7	2	6	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Hayley\|Baker}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	1:00.63	Q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 8	1	2	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Kathleen\|Dawson}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	1:00.67	{{abbr\|QSO\|Qualified for a swim-off}}
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 9	2	5	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Elizabeth\|Simmonds}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	1:00.67	{{abbr\|QSO\|Qualified for a swim-off}}
10	1	7	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Cassie\|Wild}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	1:00.93
11	1	6	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Jessica\|Fullalove}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	1:01.39
12	2	2	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Bobbi\|Gichard}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2018}}	1:01.75
13	1	1	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Anna\|Maine}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	1:02.29
14	1	8	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Hill\|dab=swimmer}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2018}}	1:02.62
15	2	1	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Naomi\|Ruele}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BOT\|2018}}	1:03.01
16	2	8	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Nathania\|van Niekerk}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2018}}	1:03.06

=Swim-off=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	4	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Kathleen\|Dawson}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	1:01.06	Q
2	5	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Elizabeth\|Simmonds}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	1:01.13

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

Rank

Lane

Name

Nationality

Time

Notes

bgcolor=ccffcc

| 1

align="left"|{{sortname|Kathleen|Dawson}}

align=left| {{flagCGF|SCO|2018}}

1:01.06

align="left"|{{sortname|Elizabeth|Simmonds}}

align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2018}}

1:01.13

=Final=

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
{{gold01}}	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Kylie\|Masse}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	58.63	GR
{{silver02}}	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Emily\|Seebohm}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	58.66
{{bronze03}}	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Taylor\|Ruck}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	58.97
4	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Kaylee\|McKeown}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	1:00.08
5	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Georgia\|Davies}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|WAL\|2018}}	1:00.17
6	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Kathleen\|Dawson}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	1:00.74
6	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Hayley\|Baker}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	1:00.74
8	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Jade\|Hannah}}	align=left\|{{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	1:00.83

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games - Women's 100 metre backstroke}}

Women's 100 metre backstroke

Commonwealth Games

Common

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	4	4	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Kylie\|Masse}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	58.70	Q, GR
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	3	4	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Emily\|Seebohm}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	58.91	Q, GR
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	4	3	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Elizabeth\|Simmonds}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	1:00.49	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	4	5	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Georgia\|Davies}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|WAL\|2018}}	1:00.57	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	2	5	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Kaylee\|McKeown}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	1:00.65	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 6	2	4	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Taylor\|Ruck}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	1:00.72	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 7	2	3	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Hayley\|Baker}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	1:00.82	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 8	4	6	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Jessica\|Fullalove}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	1:01.04	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 9	4	2	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Bobbi\|Gichard}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2018}}	1:01.33	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 10	3	3	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Kathleen\|Dawson}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	1:01.38	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 11	3	5	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Jade\|Hannah}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	1:01.51	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 12	3	6	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Cassie\|Wild}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	1:02.29	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 13	3	7	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Naomi\|Ruele}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BOT\|2018}}	1:02.58	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 14	2	6	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Anna\|Maine}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	1:02.63	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 15	4	7	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Nathania\|van Niekerk}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2018}}	1:02.81	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 16	2	7	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Hill\|dab=swimmer}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2018}}	1:03.08	Q
17	3	2	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Mariella\|Venter}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2018}}	1:03.39
18	3	1	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Gemma\|Atherley}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|JER\|2018}}	1:04.75
19	4	8	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Tatiana\|Tostevin}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GUE\|2018}}	1:04.90
20	2	8	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Caroline Zi Xin\|Chan}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MAS\|2018}}	1:05.94
21	4	1	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Lushavel\|Stickland}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SAM\|2018}}	1:06.02
22	3	8	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Lauren\|Hew}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAY\|2018}}	1:06.41
23	2	1	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Sylvia Tanya Atieno\|Brunlehner}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|KEN\|2018}}	1:06.64
24	1	4	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Aaliyah\|Palestrini}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SEY\|2018}}	1:07.26
25	1	5	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Vinoli\|Kaluarachchi}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SRI\|2018}}	1:07.64
26	1	3	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Therese\|Soukup}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SEY\|2018}}	1:10.57
27	2	2	align="left"\|{{sortname\|Harriet\|West\|Harriet West (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|WAL\|2018}}	DNS