Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle
The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
The following records were established during the competition:
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 6 April at 10:47.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | | | 24.24 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | | | 24.50 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | | | 24.87 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 5 | | | 25.13 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | | | 25.21 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | | | 25.29 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | | | 25.47 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | | | 25.62 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 6 | | | 25.85 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | | | 25.96 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | | | 25.97 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | | | 26.01 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | | | 26.02 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 5 | Quah Ting Wen | | 26.22 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | | | 26.59 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 8 | | | 26.70 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 7 | | | 26.84 | |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | | | 27.08 | |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | | | 27.14 | |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | | | 27.19 | |
| 21 | 4 | 7 | | | 27.34 | |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | | | 27.47 | |
| 23 | 3 | 7 | | | 27.52 | |
| 24 | 4 | 8 | | | 27.63 | |
| 25 | 3 | 6 | | | 27.75 | |
| 26 | 1 | 5 | | | 28.38 | |
| 26 | 3 | 2 | | | 28.38 | |
| 28 | 2 | 5 | | | 28.45 | |
| 29 | 3 | 4 | | | 28.52 | |
| 30 | 3 | 8 | | | 28.65 | |
| 31 | 2 | 2 | | | 28.68 | |
| 32 | 3 | 5 | | | 28.75 | |
| 33 | 2 | 4 | | | 28.76 | |
| 34 | 3 | 1 | | | 28.86 | |
| 35 | 2 | 6 | | | 29.09 | |
| 36 | 1 | 3 | | | 30.34 | |
| 37 | 2 | 3 | | | 31.10 | |
| 38 | 2 | 7 | | | 31.20 | |
| 39 | 4 | 1 | | | 36.18 | |
| 40 | 1 | 4 | | | 38.27 | |
| 4 | 3 | | | | |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 6 April at 20:12.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was held on 7 April at 19:43.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 4 | | | 23.78 | CR, GR |
| 5 | | | 24.26 | |
| 6 | | | 24.26 | NR |
| 4 | 3 | | | 24.57 | |
| 5 | 2 | | | 25.03 | |
| 6 | 7 | | | 25.12 | |
| 7 | 1 | | | 25.28 | |
| 8 | 8 | | | 25.56 | |
