2026 Commonwealth Games
- July 24 – 29, 2026 (pool swimming)
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Tollcross International Swimming Centre
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
Keep tabs on our running discipline-by-discipline previews for the 2026 Commonwealth Games below:
Previews
Women’s
- Sprint freestyle (50/100/200)
- Distance freestyle (400/800/1500)
- Backstroke
- Breaststroke
- Butterfly
- IM
- Free Relays
- Medley Relay
- Para
Men’s
- Sprint freestyle (50/100/200)
- Distance freestyle (400/800/1500)
- Backstroke
- Breaststroke
- Butterfly
- IM
- Free Relays
- Medley Relay
- Para
Mixed Gender
PROJECTED MEDAL WINNERS
Women’s
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 50 Freestyle | Meg Harris (AUS) | Shayna Jack (AUS) | Eva Okaro (ENG) |
| 100 Freestyle | Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) | Meg Harris (AUS) | Shayna Jack (AUS) |
| 200 Freestyle | Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) | Lani Pallister (AUS) | Freya Colbert (ENG) |
| 400 Freestyle | Lani Pallister (AUS) | Erika Fairweather (NZL) | Jenna Forrester (AUS) |
| 800 Freestyle | Lani Pallister (AUS) | Erika Fairweather (NZL) | Eve Thomas (NZL) |
| 1500 Freestyle | Lani Pallister (AUS) | Erika Fairweather (NZL) | Eve Thomas (NZL) |
| 50 Backstroke | Kylie Masse (CAN) | Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) | Lauren Cox (ENG) |
| 100 Backstroke | Kylie Masse (CAN) | Iona Anderson (AUS) | Lauren Cox (ENG) |
| 200 Backstroke | Iona Anderson (AUS) | Katie Shanahan (SCO) | Hannah Fredericks (AUS) |
| 50 Breaststroke | Lara van Niekerk (RSA) | Sophie Angus (CAN) | Sienna Toohey (AUS) |
| 100 Breaststroke | Angharad Evans (SCO) | Aimee Canny (RSA) | Sienna Toohey (AUS) |
| 200 Breaststroke | Angharad Evans (SCO) | Aimee Canny (RSA) | Kaylene Corbett (RSA) |
| 50 Butterfly | Alexandria Perkins (AUS) | Erin Gallagher (RSA) | Hazel Ouwehand (NZL) |
| 100 Butterfly | Alexandria Perkins (AUS) | Erin Gallagher (RSA) | Keanna Macinnes (SCO) |
| 200 Butterfly | Elizabeth Dekkers (AUS) | Keanna Macinnes (SCO) | Brittany Castelluzzo (AUS) |
| 200 IM | Abbie Wood (ENG) | Jenna Forrester (AUS) | Ella Ramsay (AUS) |
| 400 IM | Jenna Forrester (AUS) | Amalie Smith (ENG) | Tara Kinder (AUS) |
| 4×100 Freestyle Relay | Australia | England | South Africa |
| 4×200 Freestyle Relay | Australia | England | New Zealand |
| 4×100 Medley Relay | Australia | Scotland | South Africa |
Men’s
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 50 Freestyle | Cam McEvoy (AUS) | Jamie Jack (AUS) | Josh Liendo (CAN) |
| 100 Freestyle | Kyle Chalmers (AUS) | Matt Richards (WAL) | Jacob Mills (ENG) |
| 200 Freestyle | Matt Richards (WAL) | Duncan Scott (SCO) | James Guy (ENG) |
| 400 Freestyle | Sam Short (AUS) | James Guy (ENG) | Elijah Winnington (AUS) |
| 800 Freestyle | Sam Short (AUS) | Dan Wiffen (IRL) | Benjamin Goedemans (AUS) |
| 1500 Freestyle | Sam Short (AUS) | Dan Wiffen (IRL) | Benjamin Goedemans (AUS) |
| 50 Backstroke | Pieter Coetze (RSA) | Oliver Morgan (ENG) | Isaac Cooper (AUS) |
| 100 Backstroke | Pieter Coetze (RSA) | Oliver Morgan (ENG) | Matthew Ward (SCO) |
| 200 Backstroke | Pieter Coetze (RSA) | Luke Greenbank (ENG) | Oliver Morgan (ENG) |
| 50 Breaststroke | Sam Williamson (AUS) | Chris Smith (RSA) | Adam Peaty (ENG) |
| 100 Breaststroke | Sam Williamson (AUS) | Adam Peaty (ENG) | Filip Nowacki (JE) |
| 200 Breaststroke | Filip Nowacki (JE) | Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS) | Oliver Dawson (CAN) |
| 50 Butterfly | |||
| 100 Butterfly | |||
| 200 Butterfly | |||
| 200 IM | Duncan Scott (SCO) | Lewis Clareburt (NZL) | William Petric (AUS) |
| 400 IM | Lewis Clareburt (NZL) | William Petric (AUS) | Max Litchfield (ENG) |
| 4×100 Freestyle Relay | Australia | England | Scotland |
| 4×200 Freestyle Relay | Australia | England | Scotland |
| 4×100 Medley Relay | Australia | England | South Africa |
Mixed
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay | Australia | England | Wales |
| Mixed 4×100 Free Relay | Australia | England | Canada |
Wiffen is Northern Ireland (NIR), not (IRL)
When are Swimswam going to actually put in their predictions? Straight after the Canadian Trials or a day before the Comm Games?
Women’s
50 free: Meg Harris
100 free: Mollie O
200 free: Mollie O
400 free: Pallister
800 free: Pallister
1500 free: Pallister
50 back: McKeown
100 back: McKeown
200 back: McKeown
50 breast: Lara van Niekerk
100 breast: Angharad Evans
200 breast: Angharad Evans
50 fly: Alex Perkins
100 fly: Alex Perkins
200 fly: Dekkers
200 IM: Wood (assuming McKeown doesn’t swim it)
400 IM: Forrester
Men’s… Read more »
50 free: McEvoy
100 free: Chalmers
200 free: Richards
400 free: Short
800 free: Short
1500 free: Short
50 back: Coetze
100 back: Coetze
200 back: Coetze
Seems pretty reasonable to me.
Same
Watch peaty go a 58 low
Two world records
Is Commonwealth games the same as euros and pan pacs where swimmers can enter in any event they want with no country event limits. If so that might make some event podiums more difficult to predict.
No. 3 per event per country though I think.
Yes, 3 per country – that’s correct.
(Incidentally, Euros has a 4 per country limit. Pan Pacs has no statutory limit).
Potentially the UK could have 12 or more if England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & the other British teams (eg Channel Islands) had multiple qualifiers in an event.
Not likely though.