2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
- Thursday, April 5th – Tuesday, April 10th (swimming)
- Optus Aquatic Centre, Gold Coast, Australia
- Prelims at 10:30am local (8:30pm previous night EDT)
- Finals at 7:30pm local (5:30am EDT)
- Official Commonwealth Games website
- Entries
- Meet Schedule + Results
- Live Stream (Canada)
- Live Stream (US)
- Live Stream (Australia)
We’re on to the final session of swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Today’s finals session includes the women’s 400 free, men’s 50 free, women’s 50 back, men’s 200 IM, women’s S8 50 free, men’s S9 100 back, men’s 1500 free, and the men’s and women’s 400 medley relays.
WOMEN’S 400 FREE
- CG record:
Lauren Boyle, 4:04.47 (2014)
Aussie distance standout Ariarne Titmus smashed the Games Record here, dominating the race in 4:00.93. That swim makes Titmus the 6th fastest performer in history and the 3rd fastest performer in textile. Titmus flipped in a quick 1:58.86 at the halfway mark, stretching out her lead through the back half to win by nearly 5 seconds.
All-Time Top 10 Performers:
| 1 | Katie Ledecky | 3:56.46 |
| 2 | Federica Pellegrini | 3:59.15 |
| 3 | Joanne Jackson | 4:00.60 |
| 4 | Leah Smith | 4:00.65 |
| 5 | Rebecca Adlington | 4:00.79 |
| 6 | Ariarne Titmus | 4:00.93 |
| 7 | Camille Muffat | 4:01.13 |
| 8 | Jazz Carlin | 4:01.23 |
| 9 | Li Bingjie | 4:01.75 |
| 10 | Allison Schmitt | 4:01.77 |
Rounding out the medals were England’s Holly Hibbott (4:05.31) and Eleanor Faulkner (4:07.35).
MEN’S 50 FREE
- CG Record: 21.30, Ben Proud (ENG), 2018
Ben Proud was just .05 shy of his time from the semis, racing to a 21.35 for the gold. Proud is still the fastest man in the world this year by far with his 21.30 from last night. South African sprinter Brad Tandy was just shy of his semis time as well, touching in 21.81 to clip Aussie Cam McEvoy (21.92) for the silver.
WOMEN’S 50 BACK
- CG Record: 27.56, Georgia Davies (WAL), 2014
Emily Seebohm (AUS), Kylie Masse (CAN), and Georgia Davies (WAL) were stroke-for-stroke down the stretch, but Seebohm took a slight edge in 27.78 to out-touch Masse (27.82). Davis followed closely in 27.90, clipping Australia’s Holly Barratt (27.96) for bronze.
MEN’S 200 IM
- CG record:
Daniel Tranter, 1:57.83 (2014)
Australia’s Clyde Lewis took off with the early lead, but fellow Aussie Mitch Larkin pulled up quickly on the backstroke leg. Scottish IMer Duncan Scott started to close in on Larking on the breast leg, but Larkin was able to get the job done as he won in 1:57.67, a new Games Record, to Scott’s 1:57.86. Lewis held on for 3rd in 1:58.18, followed by Scottish IMer Mark Szaranek (1:59.24).
WOMEN’S S8 50 FREE
Australia’s Lakeisha Patterson raced to gold in 30.14, coming within a few tenths of the World Record. A pair of Canadians, Morgan Bird (32.03) and Abigail Tripp (32.49), rounded out the podium, while Australia’s Tiffany Thomas Kane was just shy of the podium at 4th place in 35.40.
MEN’S S9 100 BACK
It was an Aussie podium sweep in the S9 100 back. Brenden Hall led the way, using his back-half speed to go from 4th at the halfway mark to 1st at the finish in 1:04.73. Timothy Hodge, who had the early lead, held on for a close 2nd in 1:04.99. Logan Powell picked up the bronze in 1:05.29.
MEN’S 1500 FREE
- CG record: Kieren Perkins, 14:41.66 (1994)
Jack McLoughlin (AUS) and Daniel Jervis (WAL) battled closely for the gold. McLoughlin picked up the lead early on as he flipped ahead at the 100. Fellow Aussie Mack Horton pulled into 2nd after the 200 and stayed within tenths of McLoughlin as the approached the 800. Jervis picked up the pace, moving into 2nd with 300 to go. He tried to chase down McLoughlin down the final stretch, but came up short as McLoughlin won in 14:47.09 to Jervis’ 14:48.67. Horton wound up 3rd in 14:51.05.
WOMEN’S 4X100 MEDLEY RELAY
- CG record:
Australia, 3:56.23 (2014)
Australia downed the Games Record as they hit the wall in 3:54.36. Emily Seebohm led them off with a 59.52 as they trailed the Canadians, who got a 59.02 from Kylie Masse. Kierra Smith (1:06.68) kept Canada in the lead through breast, but butterflier Emma McKeon (56.42) started to close the gap for Australia. Bronte Campbell finished the job with a blistering 51.57 anchor split.
MEN’S 4X100 MEDLEY RELAY
- CG record:
England, 3:31.51 (2014)
It was Australia on top again with Mitch Larkin leading off in 53.14. England fought back, however, with a 57.64 breast split from Adam Peaty to take the lead. James Guy put up a 50.95 fly split to slightly extend England’s lead, but Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers hammered home in 47.25 to give the Aussies the win in 3:31.02 and a new Games Record. Ben Proud anchored for England in 47.93 as they touched in 3:31.13 for silver. The fastest fly split of the field today was a 50.10 from South Africa’s Chad Le Clos.
I know I’m very late to the party, but the formatting of this kind of a mess. I’d rather not have to read through a block of text to try to figure out what the times were, and some events only the final time for the winner is listed. Using the format that was used for previous days is a lot easier for the readers.
lol 200 comments
How can Patterson even feel happy?
Big fat bank balance, that’s how.
It gets her the limelight that she craves insatiably as well as huge amounts of funding and sponsorships. She truly is Australia’s shame.
Not a fan of Patterson bashing- she doesn’t classify herself. She is a disabled girl. I would rather spend my time bashing Assad, or KIm Jung Un or Hitler….
Ah, no, she isn’t- that is the point
179 comments & Godwin’s Law kicks in . You cannot do anything about Adolf & at anytime ypu can go over & give thoseBashar & Jung Un a piece of your mind ( literally ) .
Sorry to include Hitler, I am aware of Godwin’s Law. Just had to think of someone who apparently is as evil as Patterson.
I put forward the Hon Tony Blair .as a sub .
Pretending to be disabled is hardly saintly behaviour
Torchbearer. April 11 was World Parkinsons Disease Day … not a peep from Patterson in support. In 2012 her mother claimed that the Fox Foundation wanted her to come on board in response to a story that Laura Sparks Today Tonight did focussing on her Early Onset Parkinsons Disease (at 12 or 13). All of this is traceable and none of it has proven to be true. Perhaps instead then spare a thought for those genuinely living with PD and of course Cerebral Palsy – her secondary impairment. This truly is Australia’s shame.
Does Le Clos usually swim that well on relays?
Yes he does …..
It’ll be interesting to see what programme Scott swims at the Euros this summer. 100 and 200 free are a given, and he’s also qualified for the 200 fly and 200 IM, plus he’ll swim all the relays (assuming GB do put forward a 4×100 free, which they really should).
I was just calculating a GB 4×100 time best on best times from Gold Coast. Using relay swims plus individual swims with 0.5 adjustment you get:
Cumberlidge 49.08
Guy 48.34
Proud 47.93
Scott 47.52
That’s 3:12.87, which is a medal shot, especially if Guy gets back to form.
Jordan Sloan split 48.5 on Northern Ireland medley. They compete with Great Britain right?
Yes they do Klorn8d
Northern Irish swimmers can choose to compete for either Great Britain or Ireland for political reasons. Due to the depth that Britain has compared to Ireland the vast majority of Northern Irish swimmers choose to represent Ireland. Therefore Sloan would be on an Irish relay team at Euros not a British team.
Same for Northern Ireland’s Conor Ferguson. His 100 back times would put him in contention for a medley relay place on Team GB, but he’ll compete instead for Ireland.
Those were some clutch last leg swimming when it mattered for Australia
I have to say that, as usual, the BBC’s coverage of the swimming in the UK has been absolutely dreadful. Just a thought, but please can SwimSwam consider doing some sort of online coverage of major competitions, besides the live recaps?
KyB – if you’re referring to some kind of a “live audio commentary,” we cannot do that – it would be against the law.
What if you got bigger, and somebody you could be able to broadcast it yourself?
The swimming specific live stream with Moorhouse and Jameson has been good I think, both clearly know their stuff (as you’d expect from two former internationals).
The main Beeb coverage is obviously awful, particularly Balding, but you don’t have to watch that.
totally right – i often watch the BBC for swimming coverage in Belgium and its how u described it – awful on one side & pretty interesting on the other .
Giaan Rooney has been dreadful in the Aus coverage- I know I would do a more informed commentary (I have a journalism degree) and I am sure half of us in here would do a better job.
She is no Nicole Livingston.
Think the aussies will struggle in 4 years time when the conditions will be better suited to the brits. England brought a bug crop of junior swimmer with them to give them the exposure they need before Birmingham. Also think the Canadian women will come on a lot in that time and probably take many golds off of the aussies.
I doubt it. They won all the relays and over half the individuals. I think they’ll do just fine in Brum.
This meet should keep them working deep on all levels – to increase the talent and training quality . How can u even come with ” They will struggle in 4 years ” like if u had a Magic intuitive sight ?
Actually Anon may well be “on the money”. Post Tokyo, you are likely to see the bulk of the AUS women’s team “move on”. Cases in point: both Campbells, Seebohm, most likely McKeon, would not be surprised to see McKeown Sr & Groves as well.
This leaves the W4X100 “gutted” with only Jack remaining of intl class (best juniors currently only swimming 55s not even 54s); fly potentially weakened severely (with flow-on impacts to 4XMED). Granted Titmus will remain and there looks to be potential replacements for Seebohm however the women’s team has been the engine room of AUS swimming for the past decade but this cycle seems to be coming to an end.
The men’s team is harder to… Read more »
The Canadian Women almost beat the experienced Aussie medley relay team with a crop of junior swimmer (bar Masse). The same happened in the 4×200. In 4 years time it seems highly likely that the Canadian women could overtake the Aussies in 2 out of the 3 relays, as well as cutting into the Australian medals in the individuals.
On the men’s side the Brits are increasing their placing in all events, as they have been doing since 2013 Worlds. They also took a large group of youngsters with them whom British Swimming see as having medal potential in 4 years time. Coupled with the fact that they will have the home pool advantage and the meet will be… Read more »