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

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

Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	6 April (heats, semifinals) 7 April (final)
Competitors	30 from 19 nations
Winning time	58.84
Medalists
Adam Peaty    England   James Wilby    England   Cameron van der Burgh    South Africa
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Records

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

World record	Adam Peaty (GBR)	57.13	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7 August 2016
Commonwealth record	Adam Peaty (GBR)	57.13	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7 August 2016
Games record	Adam Peaty (ENG)	58.94	Glasgow, United Kingdom	26 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
6 April	Semifinal	Adam Peaty	England	58.59	GR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 6 April at 11:00.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Adam Peaty	England	59.14	Q
2	2	5	James Wilby	England	59.80	Q
3	2	4	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	1:00.20	Q
4	3	5	Jake Packard	Australia	1:00.29	Q
4	4	3	Matt Wilson	Australia	1:00.29	Q
6	3	4	Ross Murdoch	Scotland	1:00.92	Q
7	2	3	Andrew Willis	England	1:01.13	Q
8	4	5	Craig Benson	Scotland	1:01.63	Q
9	2	6	Michael Houlie	South Africa	1:01.66	Q
10	4	6	Elijah Wall	Canada	1:01.77	Q
11	3	3	Liam Hunter	Australia	1:02.17	Q
12	4	2	Calum Tait	Scotland	1:02.61	Q
13	3	2	Taichi Vakasama Taichi	Fiji	1:04.25	Q
14	3	7	Guy Davies	Isle of Man	1:04.88	Q
15	2	2	Epeli Rabua Herbert	Fiji	1:05.46	Q
16	4	7	Ludovico Corsini	Mozambique	1:05.83	Q
17	1	5	Samuele Rossi	Seychelles	1:06.25
18	3	1	Alexandros Axiotis	Zambia	1:06.49
19	2	8	Ahllan Bique	Mozambique	1:07.29
20	3	8	Mohammad Islam	Bangladesh	1:07.51
21	4	1	Jonathan Chung Yee	Mauritius	1:07.92
22	2	1	Leonard Kalate	Papua New Guinea	1:08.11
23	4	8	Ashley Seeto	Papua New Guinea	1:08.36
24	2	7	Corey Ollivierre	Grenada	1:08.59
25	1	3	Jadon Wuilliez	Antigua and Barbuda	1:09.17
26	1	4	David Ebanks	Cayman Islands	1:09.55
27	1	6	Nikolas Sylvester	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:11.60
28	1	7	Colby Thomas	Saint Helena	1:22.77
29	1	2	Scott George	Saint Helena	1:31.57
	3	6	Jamie Graham	Northern Ireland	DSQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 6 April at 20:32.^[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	James Wilby	England	59.69	Q
2	5	Jake Packard	Australia	1:00.01	Q
3	3	Ross Murdoch	Scotland	1:00.07	Q
4	6	Craig Benson	Scotland	1:00.43	Q
5	2	Elijah Wall	Canada	1:01.47
6	7	Calum Tait	Scotland	1:01.62
7	1	Guy Davies	Isle of Man	1:04.91
8	8	Ludovico Corsini	Mozambique	1:05.07

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Adam Peaty	England	58.59	Q, GR
2	5	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	59.74	Q
3	3	Matt Wilson	Australia	59.89	Q
4	6	Andrew Willis	England	1:01.29	Q
5	7	Liam Hunter	Australia	1:01.45
6	2	Michael Houlie	South Africa	1:01.47
7	1	Taichi Vakasama Taichi	Fiji	1:04.39
8	8	Epeli Rabua Herbert	Fiji	1:05.09

Final

The final was held on 7 April at 19:48.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Adam Peaty	England	58.84
	5	James Wilby	England	59.43
	3	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	59.44
4	2	Jake Packard	Australia	59.70
5	7	Ross Murdoch	Scotland	59.89
6	1	Craig Benson	Scotland	1:00.42
7	6	Matt Wilson	Australia	1:00.48
8	8	Andrew Willis	England	1:01.13