The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games was held on 28 and 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre. The event was won by Meg Harris of Australia, the leader of an Australian clean sweep of the podium. It was one of six golds won at the 2026 Games by Harris, tying the record for most won by an athlete in one edition of the Games.

Schedule The schedule was as follows:

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time Round Tuesday 28 July 2026 10:30 Heats 19:00 Semifinals Wednesday 29 July 2026 19:00 Final

Results Heats The heats were held on the morning of 28 July 2026. + Heat results Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 9 4 24.38 Q 2 8 4 24.46 Q 3 8 5 24.96 Q 4 7 3 25.02 Q 5 9 3 25.05 Q 6 9 5 25.11 Q 7 7 5 25.17 Q 8 8 3 25.24 Q 9 9 6 25.39 Q 10 8 7 25.45 Q 11 7 6 25.53 Q 12 9 2 25.60 Q 13 7 2 25.61 Q 14 8 2 25.70 Q 15 9 7 25.76 Q 16 7 7 25.92 Q 17 9 8 25.99 R 18 6 5 26.01 R 19 8 1 26.07 20 5 5 26.32 21 5 6 26.33 22 9 1 26.36 23 6 3 26.38 24 7 8 26.50 25 8 8 26.60 26 6 4 26.83 27 5 4 26.95 27 6 8 26.95 29 5 7 27.03 30 6 7 27.06 31 6 1 27.10 32 6 6 27.13 33 5 2 27.15 34 3 4 27.27 34 5 1 27.27 36 5 3 27.31 37 5 8 27.49 38 4 5 27.50 39 4 6 27.63 40 4 3 27.68 41 4 2 27.69 42 2 2 27.73 43 2 8 27.76 44 3 5 27.79 45 4 4 27.83 46 3 2 27.99 NR 47 4 1 28.11 48 4 7 28.13 49 4 8 28.15 50 2 7 28.63 51 3 3 28.65 52 3 7 28.67 53 3 8 28.69 54 6 2 28.78 55 3 6 28.85 56 2 4 29.18 57 1 3 29.25 58 1 4 29.63 59 2 5 29.68 60 3 1 29.73 61 1 6 29.97 62 2 3 30.31 63 1 5 30.57 64 1 2 33.98 65 2 6 34.46 66 2 1 39.29 7 1 DNS 7 4 DNS 8 6 DNS

Semifinals The semifinals took place during of the evening of 28 July 2026. + Semifinal results Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 2 4 24.18 Q 2 1 4 24.42 Q 3 2 5 24.77 Q 4 2 3 24.82 Q 5 1 6 24.92 Q 6 1 3 24.97 Q 7 1 5 25.00 Q 8 2 6 25.34 Q 9 1 1 25.45 R 10 2 1 25.48 R 11 1 7 25.51 12 2 2 25.53 13 2 7 25.63 14 1 2 25.70 15 2 8 25.73 16 1 8 25.85

Final The final took place during of the evening of 29 July 2026. + Final results Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 4 24.23 3 24.53 5 24.57 4 7 24.8 5 6 24.98 6 2 25.06 7 1 25.17 7 8 25.17

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