title: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre breaststroke
text: # Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre breaststroke
  
  The women's 50 metre breaststroke 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 | Lilly King (USA) | 29.40 | Budapest, Hungary | 30 July 2017 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Commonwealth record | Alia Atkinson (JAM) | 30.11 | Kazan, Russia | 9 August 2015 |
  | Games record | Alia Atkinson (JAM) | 30.17 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 24 July 2014 |
  
  ## Schedule
  
  The schedule is as follows:
  
  All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | Thursday 5 April 2018 | 11:38 | Qualifying |
  | Thursday 5 April 2018 | 21:02 | Semifinals |
  | Friday 6 April 2018 | 19:41 | Final |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | 4 | Sarah Vasey | England | 30.77 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | 5 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 30.87 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | 6 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 30.92 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | 5 | Jessica Hansen | Australia | 30.93 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 30.98 | Q |
  | 6 | 3 | 3 | Georgia Bohl | Australia | 31.00 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | 5 | Faith Knelson | Canada | 31.19 | Q |
  | 8 | 1 | 6 | Chloé Tutton | Wales | 31.24 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | 3 | Corrie Scott | Scotland | 31.48 | Q |
  | 10 | 2 | 4 | Rachel Nicol | Canada | 31.54 | Q |
  | 11 | 1 | 3 | Roanne Ho | Singapore | 31.61 | Q |
  | 12 | 1 | 2 | Laura Kinley | Isle of Man | 31.99 | Q |
  | 13 | 3 | 6 | Jocelyn Ulyett | England | 32.14 | Q |
  | 14 | 1 | 7 | Tilka Paljk | Zambia | 32.16 | Q |
  | 15 | 3 | 7 | Bronagh Ryan | New Zealand | 32.18 | Q |
  | 16 | 2 | 2 | Molly Renshaw | England | 32.22 | Q |
  | 17 | 3 | 2 | Kaylene Corbett | South Africa | 32.51 | |
  | 18 | 1 | 1 | Emily Visagie | South Africa | 32.73 | |
  | 19 | 3 | 1 | Niamh Robinson | Isle of Man | 32.77 | |
  | 20 | 2 | 7 | Beth Sloan | Wales | 32.91 | |
  | 21 | 2 | 1 | Stephanie Brew | Isle of Man | 33.71 | |
  | 22 | 3 | 8 | Kirsten Fisher-Marsters | Cook Islands | 33.84 | |
  | 23 | 2 | 8 | Oreoluwa Cherebin | Grenada | 34.86 | |
  | 24 | 1 | 8 | Bunturabie Jalloh | Sierra Leone | 48.81 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | 3 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 30.53 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | 4 | Sarah Vasey | England | 30.75 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | 3 | Georgia Bohl | Australia | 30.92 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | 5 | Jessica Hansen | Australia | 30.92 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | 5 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 31.01 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | 4 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 31.02 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | 6 | Faith Knelson | Canada | 31.22 | Q |
  | 8 | 2 | 7 | Roanne Ho | Singapore | 31.31 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | 2 | Corrie Scott | Scotland | 31.33 | |
  | 10 | 1 | 6 | Chloé Tutton | Wales | 31.43 | |
  | 11 | 1 | 2 | Rachel Nicol | Canada | 31.87 | |
  | 12 | 2 | 1 | Jocelyn Ulyett | England | 31.96 | |
  | 13 | 1 | 1 | Tilka Paljk | Zambia | 32.05 | |
  | 14 | 1 | 7 | Laura Kinley | Isle of Man | 32.15 | |
  | 15 | 1 | 8 | Molly Renshaw | England | 32.18 | |
  | 16 | 2 | 8 | Bronagh Ryan | New Zealand | 32.70 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 5 | Sarah Vasey | England | 30.60 | |
  | | 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 30.76 | |
  | | 7 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 30.78 | |
  | 4 | 2 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 30.82 | AF |
  | 5 | 6 | Jessica Hansen | Australia | 30.83 | |
  | 6 | 3 | Georgia Bohl | Australia | 30.88 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Faith Knelson | Canada | 30.98 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Roanne Ho | Singapore | 31.32 | |
  