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

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	5 April (heats, semifinals) 6 April (final)
Competitors	24 from 20 nations
Winning time	53.18
Medalists
Mitch Larkin    Australia   Bradley Woodward    Australia   Markus Thormeyer    Canada

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:

World record	Ryan Murphy (USA)	51.85	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	13 August 2016
Commonwealth record	Mitch Larkin (AUS)	52.11	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	6 November 2015
Games record	Chris Walker-Hebborn (ENG)	53.12	Glasgow, United Kingdom	25 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

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

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 5 April 2018	11:47	Qualifying
	21:22	Semifinals
Friday 6 April 2018	21:36	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	54.02	Q
2	3	3	Luke Greenbank	England	54.62	Q
3	3	5	Bradley Woodward	Australia	54.71	Q
4	2	4	Corey Main	New Zealand	54.99	Q
5	1	3	Elliot Clogg	England	55.08	Q
6	2	3	Markus Thormeyer	Canada	55.26	Q
7	1	4	Ben Treffers	Australia	55.30	Q
8	1	5	Xavier Castelli	Wales	55.51	Q
9	2	5	Conor Ferguson	Northern Ireland	55.54	Q
10	2	6	Calvyn Justus	South Africa	55.69	Q
11	3	6	Craig McNally	Scotland	56.19	Q
12	1	6	Martin Binedell	South Africa	56.37	Q
13	3	7	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	56.41	Q
14	2	7	Jason Arthur	Ghana	56.52	Q
15	1	2	Srihari Nataraj	India	56.71	Q
16	1	7	Thomas Hollingsworth	Guernsey	57.61	Q
17	3	2	Jian Han Tern	Malaysia	58.10
18	2	2	Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	58.68
19	2	1	Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq	Pakistan	59.39
20	1	1	Erico Cuna	Mozambique	1:01.27
21	3	8	Jordan Gonzalez	Gibraltar	1:01.38
22	3	1	Steven Maina	Kenya	1:01.65
23	2	8	Cruz Halbich	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:08.08
24	1	8	Joshua Yon	Saint Helena	1:13.01

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	53.15	Q
2	1	3	Markus Thormeyer	Canada	53.86	Q
3	2	5	Bradley Woodward	Australia	54.22	Q
4	2	2	Conor Ferguson	Northern Ireland	54.48	Q
5	1	4	Luke Greenbank	England	54.54	Q
6	2	6	Ben Treffers	Australia	54.62	Q
7	1	5	Corey Main	New Zealand	55.02	Q
8	1	6	Xavier Castelli	Wales	55.13	Q
9	1	7	Martin Binedell	South Africa	55.25
9	1	2	Calvyn Justus	South Africa	55.25
11	2	7	Craig McNally	Scotland	55.28
12	2	3	Elliot Clogg	England	55.42
13	2	1	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	56.47
14	2	8	Srihari Nataraj	India	56.65
15	1	1	Jason Arthur	Ghana	56.85
16	1	8	Thomas Hollingsworth	Guernsey	58.14

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	53.18
	3	Bradley Woodward	Australia	53.95
	5	Markus Thormeyer	Canada	54.14
4	2	Luke Greenbank	England	54.37
5	8	Xavier Castelli	Wales	54.60
6	7	Ben Treffers	Australia	54.62
7	1	Corey Main	New Zealand	54.88
8	6	Conor Ferguson	Northern Ireland	55.01