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

{{Infobox Commonwealth Games event

|event = Women's 50 metre backstroke

|games = 2022

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Sandwell Aquatics Centre

|dates = 2 August (heats, semifinals)
3 August (final)

|competitors =38

|nations = 27

|win_value = 27.31

|gold = Kylie Masse

|goldCGA = CAN

|silver = Mollie O'Callaghan

|silverCGA = AUS

|bronze = Kaylee McKeown

|bronzeCGA =AUS

|prev = 2018

|next = 2026

}}

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:

{{Commonwealth Games Record Swimming

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Liu Xiang|CHN}}

| world_mark = 26.98

| world_place = Jakarta, Indonesia

| world_date = 21 August 2018

| world_ref =

| commonwealth_athlete = {{flagCGFathlete|Kaylee McKeown|AUS}}

| commonwealth_mark = 27.16

| commonwealth_place = Sydney, Australia

| commonwealth_date = 16 May 2021

| commonwealth_ref =

| games_athlete = {{flagCGFathlete|Georgia Davies|WAL|2014}}

| games_mark = 27.56

| games_place = Glasgow, United Kingdom

| games_date = 29 July 2014

| games_ref =

}}

The following records were established during the competition:

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

! Date !! Event !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Record

2 August

Semifinal 2

align=left|Kylie Masse

align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2022}}

27.47

3 August

Final

align=left|Kylie Masse

align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2022}}

27.31

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:{{cite web|title=Swimming - Daily Schedule|url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athletic-sports-schedule/SWM/*|publisher=Birmingham 2022|accessdate=28 July 2022}}

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

class="wikitable" ! Date ! Time ! Round
rowspan=2\| Tuesday 2 August 2022	11:08	Qualifying
20:34	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon\| Wednesday 3 August 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon\| 19:51	style=background:lemonchiffon\| Final

Results

=Heats=

[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMW50MBA-------------HEAT--------__C74A_2.0.pdf Heats Results]

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	4	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kylie\|Masse}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2022}}	27.57	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	4	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Bronte\|Job}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	27.65	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	5	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Medi\|Harris}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|WAL\|2022}}	28.03	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	5	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kaylee\|McKeown}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	28.09	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	3	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mollie\|O'Callaghan}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	28.13	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 6	3	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Lauren\|Cox\|Lauren Cox (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	28.30	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 7	4	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Hil\|Danielle Hill (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2022}}	28.32	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 8	5	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Olivia\|Nel}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2022}}	28.79	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 9	3	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Hazel\|Ouwehand}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2022}}	29.05	Q
10	5	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Cassie\|Wild}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2022}}	29.19	WD
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 11	4	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Maddy\|Moore}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BER\|2022}}	29.29	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 12	5	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Emma\|Harvey\|Emma Harvey (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BER\|2022}}	29.38	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 13	4	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Rebecca\|Meder}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2022}}	29.55	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 14	5	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Gemma\|Atherley}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|JEY\|2022}}	29.93	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 15	3	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Isabella\|Hindley}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	29.99	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 16	4	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Tatiana\|Tostevin}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GGY\|2022}}	30.06	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 17	3	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Titus}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAR\|2022}}	30.13	R, W
18	4	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Emma\|Hodgson}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|IOM\|2022}}	30.25	R
19	3	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Lushavel\|Stickland}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SAM\|2022}}	30.46
20	5	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Grace\|Davison\|Grace Davison (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2022}}	30.49
21	3	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Nubia\|Adjei}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GHA\|2022}}	30.97
22	2	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mollie\|McAlorum}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2022}}	31.77
23	3	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Aaliyah\|Palestrini}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SEY\|2022}}	32.02
24	4	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Katelyn\|Cabral}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAH\|2022}}	32.27
25	2	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Cheyenne\|Rova}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|FIJ\|2022}}	32.34
26	2	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Treasure}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAR\|2022}}	32.76
27	2	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Therese\|Soukup}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SEY\|2022}}	32.95
28	1	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Tilly\|Collymore}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GRN\|2022}}	33.25
29	2	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Avice\|Meya}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|UGA\|2022}}	33.71
30	1	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kiera\|Prentice}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|IOM\|2022}}	33.86
31	2	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jamie\|Joachim}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SVG\|2022}}	33.90
32	2	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Patrice\|Mahaica}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GUY\|2022}}	34.06
33	1	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Brooke\|Yon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SHN\|2022}}	34.19
34	2	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Arleigha\|Hall}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|TCA\|2022}}	34.20
35	1	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Hamna\|Ahmed}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MDV\|2022}}	34.51
36	1	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Aishath\|Sausan}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MDV\|2022}}	34.76
37	1	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kayla\|Temba}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|TAN\|2022}}	39.76
38	1	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kanu\|Isha}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SLE\|2022}}	44.57
{{hs\|39}}	5	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Maggie\|Mac Neil}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2022}}	colspan=2\|{{Sort\|9:99\|DNS}}

=Semifinals=

[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMW50MBA-------------SFNL--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Semifinals results]

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	2	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kylie\|Masse}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2022}}	27.47	Q, GR
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	2	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Medi\|Harris}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|WAL\|2022}}	27.64	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	1	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kaylee\|McKeown}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	27.75	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	2	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mollie\|O'Callaghan}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	27.76	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	1	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Bronte\|Job}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	27.79	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 6	1	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Lauren\|Cox\|Lauren Cox (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	27.91	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 7	2	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Hil\|Danielle Hill (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2022}}	28.28	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 8	1	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Rebecca\|Meder}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2022}}	28.69	Q
9	1	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Olivia\|Nel}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2022}}	28.73	R
10	2	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Hazel\|Ouwehand}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2022}}	28.85	R
11	1	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Maddy\|Moore}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BER\|2022}}	29.18	NR
12	2	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Emma\|Harvey\|Emma Harvey (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BER\|2022}}	29.27
13	1	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Isabella\|Hindley}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	29.75
14	2	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Tatiana\|Tostevin}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GGY\|2022}}	29.90
15	1	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Titus}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAR\|2022}}	30.00
16	2	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Gemma\|Atherley}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|JEY\|2022}}	30.06

=Final=

[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-03/SWMW50MBA-------------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf Final results]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
{{gold1}}	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kylie\|Masse}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2022}}	27.31	GR
{{silver2}}	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mollie\|O'Callaghan}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	27.47
{{bronze3}}	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kaylee\|McKeown}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	27.58
4	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Lauren\|Cox\|Lauren Cox (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	27.61
5	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Medi\|Harris}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|WAL\|2022}}	27.62
6	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Bronte\|Job}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	27.85
7	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Hil\|Danielle Hill (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2022}}	28.29
8	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Rebecca\|Meder}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2022}}	28.66

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games - Women's 50 metre backstroke}}

Women's 50 metre backstroke

Commonwealth Games

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	4	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kylie\|Masse}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2022}}	27.57	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	4	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Bronte\|Job}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	27.65	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	5	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Medi\|Harris}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|WAL\|2022}}	28.03	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	5	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kaylee\|McKeown}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	28.09	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	3	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mollie\|O'Callaghan}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	28.13	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 6	3	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Lauren\|Cox\|Lauren Cox (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	28.30	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 7	4	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Hil\|Danielle Hill (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2022}}	28.32	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 8	5	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Olivia\|Nel}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2022}}	28.79	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 9	3	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Hazel\|Ouwehand}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2022}}	29.05	Q
10	5	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Cassie\|Wild}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2022}}	29.19	WD
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 11	4	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Maddy\|Moore}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BER\|2022}}	29.29	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 12	5	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Emma\|Harvey\|Emma Harvey (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BER\|2022}}	29.38	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 13	4	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Rebecca\|Meder}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2022}}	29.55	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 14	5	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Gemma\|Atherley}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|JEY\|2022}}	29.93	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 15	3	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Isabella\|Hindley}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	29.99	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 16	4	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Tatiana\|Tostevin}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GGY\|2022}}	30.06	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 17	3	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Titus}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAR\|2022}}	30.13	R, W
18	4	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Emma\|Hodgson}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|IOM\|2022}}	30.25	R
19	3	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Lushavel\|Stickland}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SAM\|2022}}	30.46
20	5	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Grace\|Davison\|Grace Davison (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2022}}	30.49
21	3	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Nubia\|Adjei}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GHA\|2022}}	30.97
22	2	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mollie\|McAlorum}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2022}}	31.77
23	3	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Aaliyah\|Palestrini}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SEY\|2022}}	32.02
24	4	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Katelyn\|Cabral}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAH\|2022}}	32.27
25	2	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Cheyenne\|Rova}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|FIJ\|2022}}	32.34
26	2	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Treasure}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAR\|2022}}	32.76
27	2	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Therese\|Soukup}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SEY\|2022}}	32.95
28	1	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Tilly\|Collymore}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GRN\|2022}}	33.25
29	2	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Avice\|Meya}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|UGA\|2022}}	33.71
30	1	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kiera\|Prentice}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|IOM\|2022}}	33.86
31	2	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jamie\|Joachim}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SVG\|2022}}	33.90
32	2	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Patrice\|Mahaica}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GUY\|2022}}	34.06
33	1	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Brooke\|Yon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SHN\|2022}}	34.19
34	2	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Arleigha\|Hall}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|TCA\|2022}}	34.20
35	1	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Hamna\|Ahmed}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MDV\|2022}}	34.51
36	1	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Aishath\|Sausan}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MDV\|2022}}	34.76
37	1	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kayla\|Temba}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|TAN\|2022}}	39.76
38	1	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kanu\|Isha}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SLE\|2022}}	44.57
{{hs\|39}}	5	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Maggie\|Mac Neil}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2022}}	colspan=2\|{{Sort\|9:99\|DNS}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 1	2	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kylie\|Masse}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2022}}	27.47	Q, GR
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 2	2	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Medi\|Harris}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|WAL\|2022}}	27.64	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 3	1	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kaylee\|McKeown}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	27.75	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 4	2	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Mollie\|O'Callaghan}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	27.76	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 5	1	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Bronte\|Job}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2022}}	27.79	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 6	1	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Lauren\|Cox\|Lauren Cox (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	27.91	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 7	2	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Hil\|Danielle Hill (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2022}}	28.28	Q
bgcolor=ccffcc \| 8	1	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Rebecca\|Meder}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2022}}	28.69	Q
9	1	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Olivia\|Nel}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2022}}	28.73	R
10	2	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Hazel\|Ouwehand}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2022}}	28.85	R
11	1	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Maddy\|Moore}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BER\|2022}}	29.18	NR
12	2	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Emma\|Harvey\|Emma Harvey (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BER\|2022}}	29.27
13	1	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Isabella\|Hindley}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2022}}	29.75
14	2	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Tatiana\|Tostevin}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GGY\|2022}}	29.90
15	1	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Titus}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAR\|2022}}	30.00
16	2	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Gemma\|Atherley}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|JEY\|2022}}	30.06