Kylie Masse Resets Her Own 50 BK Commonweath Games Record, Winning Gold in 27.31

2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

• Friday, July 29 – Wednesday, August 3, 2022
• Birmingham, England
• Sandwell Aquatic Center
• Start Times
  • Prelims: 10:30 am local / 5:30 am ET
  • Finals: 7:00 pm local / 2:00 pm ET
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Central
• Event Schedule
• Entry List (PDF)
• Live Results
• Day 6 Finals Heat Sheet
• Day 6 Finals Live Recap

WOMEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – FINAL

• World Record: 26.98, Liu Xiang (CHN) – 2018
• Commonwealth Record: 27.16, Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 2021
• Commonwealth Games Record: 27.47, Kylie Masse (CAN) – 2022
• 2018 Commonwealth Champion: Emily Seebohm (AUS), 27.78

• Full Results

1. Kylie Masse (CAN), 27.31 GR
2. Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS), 27.47
3. Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 27.58
4. Lauren Cox (ENG), 27.61
5. Medi Harris (WAL), 27.62
6. Bronte Job (AUS), 27.85
7. Danielle Hill (NIR), 28.29
8. Rebecca Meder (RSA), 28.66

For the second time in two days, Kylie Masse has set a Commonwealth Games record in the women’s 50 backstroke. This time, she did it on her way to gold in the event, touching the wall in 27.31 to win .16 seconds ahead of Australia’s Mollie O’Callaghan.

Masse broke her own Commonwealth Games record of 27.47, which she set in the semifinals. Before that, the record belonged to Georgia Davies in 27.56, which she set in 2014. O’Callaghan earned her silver medal in 27.47, which would have tied the Games record had Masse not broken it ahead of her.

Masse’s new Commonwealth Games record is also exactly the time that she went to win Worlds earlier this summer. That’s a positive note to end the meet on for her, as she was off her Budapest times in both the 100 and 200 backstroke. In both those events, Kaylee McKeown won, breaking Masse’s own Commonwealth Games records.

Through the rounds of this event, Masse continually topped the field. She had a nice progression too, getting faster from prelims to semifinals to finals.

Masse’s 50 Back Progression at the Commonwealth Games

This was Masse’s last individual swim of the meet. To end the session, she will lead off Canada’s 4×100 medley relay.