| Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
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| Venue | Sandwell Aquatics Centre |
| Dates | 29 July – 3 August 2022 |
| Competitors | 449 from 57 nations |
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| Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 50 m S7 | men | |
| 50 m S13 | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 100 m S9 | women | |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 200 m S14 | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 100 m S8 | women | |
| 100 m S9 | men | |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 100 m SB6 | women | |
| 100 m SB8 | men | |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 100 m S10 | men | |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 200 m SM10 | women | |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
Swimming was among the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. The sport had been staged in all twenty-one previous editions of the Games thus far, and will be contested in England for the third time.
The competition took place between 29 July and 3 August 2022, spread across fifty-two events (including twelve parasport events). For the first time, visually impaired swimming was held at the Commonwealth Games.
Schedule
The competition schedule was as follows:
| H | Heats | ½ | Semi-finals | F | Final |
| DateEvent | Fri 29 | Sat 30 | Sun 31 | Mon 1 | Tue 2 | Wed 3 | ||||||
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| Session → | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 50 m freestyle S7 | H | F | ||||||||||
| 50 m freestyle S13 | H | F | ||||||||||
| 100 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 200 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||
| 200 m freestyle S14 | H | F | ||||||||||
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||
| 1500 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||
| 50 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 100 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 100 m backstroke S9 | H | F | ||||||||||
| 200 m backstroke | H | F | ||||||||||
| 50 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 100 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 100 m breaststroke SB8 | H | F | ||||||||||
| 200 m breaststroke | H | F | ||||||||||
| 50 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 100 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 100 m butterfly S10 | H | F | ||||||||||
| 200 m butterfly | H | F | ||||||||||
| 200 m individual medley | H | F | ||||||||||
| 400 m individual medley | H | F | ||||||||||
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||
| 4×100 m medley relay | H | F | ||||||||||
| DateEvent | Fri 29 | Sat 30 | Sun 31 | Mon 1 | Tue 2 | Wed 3 | ||||||
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| Session → | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 50 m freestyle S13 | H | F | ||||||||||
| 100 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 100 m freestyle S9 | H | F | ||||||||||
| 200 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||
| 200 m freestyle S14 | H | F | ||||||||||
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||
| 800 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||
| 50 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 100 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 100 m backstroke S8 | H | F | ||||||||||
| 200 m backstroke | H | F | ||||||||||
| 50 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 100 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 100 m breaststroke SB6 | H | F | ||||||||||
| 200 m breaststroke | H | F | ||||||||||
| 50 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 100 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||
| 200 m butterfly | H | F | ||||||||||
| 200 m individual medley | H | F | ||||||||||
| 200 m individual medley SM10 | H | F | ||||||||||
| 400 m individual medley | H | F | ||||||||||
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||
| 4×100 m medley relay | H | F | ||||||||||
| DateEvent | Fri 29 | Tue 2 | |||
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| Session → | M | E | M | E | |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | H | F | |||
| 4×100 m medley relay | H | F | |||
Venue
The swimming competitions were held at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, the only new-build permanent venue constructed for the Games. The diving competition also took place there.
Qualification (parasport)
Main article: Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – QualificationA total of up to 96 para swimmers (48 per gender) qualified to compete at the Games. Nations may earn three quotas per event, allocated as follows:
- Athletes in the World Para Swimming (WPS) World Rankings (for performances between 31 December 2020 and 18 April 2022).
- Recipients of a CGF/WPS Bipartite Invitation.
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (England)
| Rank | CGA | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Australia | 25 | 21 | 19 | 65 |
| 2 |  England* | 8 | 16 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 |  Canada | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 |  New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 |  South Africa | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 |  Scotland | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 7 |  Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Singapore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Wales | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 52 | 54 | 50 | 156 | |
Medalists
Men
Parasport
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 50 metre freestyle S7 details |
Matthew Levy Australia |
28.95 | Toh Wei Soong Singapore |
29.10 | Christian Sadie South Africa |
29.78 |
| 50 metre freestyle S13 details |
Nicolas-Guy Turbide Canada |
24.32 | Stephen Clegg Scotland |
24.33 | Jacob Templeton Australia |
24.47 |
| 200 metre freestyle S14 details |
Nicholas Bennett Canada |
1:54.97 GR |
Benjamin Hance Australia |
1:55.50 | Jack Ireland Australia |
1:56.15 |
| 100 metre backstroke S9 details |
Timothy Hodge Australia |
1:01.88 GR |
Jesse Reynolds New Zealand |
1:03.65 | Barry McClements Northern Ireland |
1:05.09 |
| 100 metre breaststroke SB8 details |
Joshua Willmer New Zealand |
1:14.12 | Timothy Hodge Australia |
1:14.19 | Blake Cochrane Australia |
1:18.97 |
| 100 metre butterfly S10 details |
Col Pearse Australia |
56.91 | Alex Saffy Australia |
57.53 | James Hollis England |
58.55 |
Women
Parasport
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 50 metre freestyle S13 details |
Katja Dedekind Australia |
26.56 WR |
Hannah Russell England |
27.67 | Kirralee Hayes Australia |
28.24 |
| 100 metre freestyle S9 details |
Sophie Pascoe New Zealand |
1:02.95 | Emily Beecroft Australia |
1:03.74 | Toni Shaw Scotland |
1:03.75 |
| 200 metre freestyle S14 details |
Bethany Firth Northern Ireland |
2:07.02 | Jessica-Jane Applegate England |
2:08.58 | Louise Fiddes England |
2:11.22 |
| 100 metre backstroke S8 details |
Alice Tai England |
1:13.64 | Tupou Neiufi New Zealand |
1:17.91 | Lily Rice Wales |
1:23.06 |
| 100 metre breaststroke SB6 details |
Maisie Summers-Newton England |
1:32.72 | Grace Harvey England |
1:43.29 | Camille Bérubé Canada |
1:43.81 |
| 200 metre individual medley SM10 details |
Jasmine Greenwood Australia |
2:33.29 | Aurélie Rivard Canada |
2:34.26 | Keira Stephens Australia |
2:36.68 |
Mixed
Participating nations
There were 57 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA's) in swimming with a total of 449 (246 men and 203 women) athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country. This marked Dominica's sport debut in the sport at the Commonwealth Games.
Anguilla (1)
Antigua and Barbuda (4)- Australia (74)
Bahamas (8)
Bangladesh (5)
Barbados (5)
Bermuda (3)
Botswana (3)
Cameroon (2)- Canada (28)
Cayman Islands (5)
Cook Islands (4)
Cyprus (6)
Dominica (1)- England (47)
Eswatini (2)
Fiji (8)
The Gambia (2)
Ghana (5)
Gibraltar (5)
Grenada (2)
Guernsey (8)
Guyana (4)
India (7)
Isle of Man (7)
Jamaica (7)
Jersey (7)
Kenya (4)
Malawi (2)
Malaysia (4)
Maldives (5)
Mauritius (4)
Mozambique (2)
Namibia (2)- New Zealand (12)
- Northern Ireland (10)
Pakistan (4)
Papua New Guinea (2)
Rwanda (2)
Saint Helena (7)
Saint Lucia (2)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6)
Samoa (4)- Scotland (26)
Seychelles (6)
Sierra Leone (4)- Singapore (11)
Solomon Islands (3)- South Africa (22)
Sri Lanka (2)
Tanzania (2)
Tonga (4)
Trinidad and Tobago (6)
Turks and Caicos Islands (2)
Uganda (5)- Wales (13)
Zambia (4)
References
- "Swimming at the Commonwealth Games". Topend Sports Network. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- "Vision Impaired Swimmers to Compete in Commonwealth Games". www.mivision.com.au. mivision. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, commencing 28 July, will include visually impaired classifications in the para-swimming programme for the first time since swimming was featured in the Games in 1930.
- Marshall, Jordan (13 December 2018). "Commonwealth Games aquatics centre design unveiled as architect on £60m project revealed". Building. Assemble Media Group. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- "Venues | SANDWELL AQUATICS CENTRE". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- "Athlete Allocation System | Para Swimming" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / World Para Swimming. 1 October 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- "Swimming Men Number of Entries by CGA" (PDF). www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- "Swimming Women Number of Entries by CGA" (PDF). www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- "Dominica to make swimming debut at Birmingham 2022". Caribbean Loop News. 6 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
External links
- Official website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Aquatics - Swimming and Para Swimming
- Aquatics – Swimming and Para Swimming – Results Book
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