Swimming at the 2026 Commonwealth Games

Swimming
at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
Swimming ; at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
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Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	24 July – 29 July 2026
Competitors	471 from 61 nations
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Swimming at the 2026 Commonwealth Games was the 23rd appearance of Swimming at the Commonwealth Games. The swimming competition was among the sports contested at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, to be held in Glasgow, Scotland. The sport, one of only two mandatory sports at a Games along with athletics had been staged in all twenty-two previous editions of the Games thus far and was contested in Glasgow for the second time, and Scotland for the fourth time.

VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre

Dates24 July – 29 July 2026

Competitors471 from 61 nations

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The competition took place between 24 and 29 July 2026, spread across a record fifty-six events (including a record fourteen parasport events). The swimming portion of the Games ended two days before the beginning of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships.

Traditional swimming power Australia dominated the meet, winning a record 37 gold medals and 76 medals in total, including all eight relay events, and every able-bodied freestyle event, male and female^[1] Chad le Clos of South Africa became the most decorated athlete in Commonwealth Games history, the men's mixed medley relay on the final night allowing him to overtake previous record holder Emma McKeon. His compatriot, backstroker Pieter Coetze won three gold medals in his specialist stroke^[2]. Meg Harris of Australia took home six gold medals, including four in the relays, while Sam Short and Lani Pallister achieved distance trebles in the 400, 800 and 1500 metre freestyle events. ^[3].

Other notable successes included Filip Nowacki winning Jersey's first gold medal in swimming, Angharad Evans winning a breaststroke double before her home crowd, and a double gold for New Zealander Lewis Clarebert. By contrast, England had a poor meet, failing to win a single gold in able-bodied events for the first time since 1954, but tempering the disappointment with a much stronger performance in para swimming, with four golds^[4].

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Date Event	Fri 24		Sat 25		Sun 26		Mon 27		Tue 28		Wed 29
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
100 m freestyle S13	H	F
200 m freestyle											H	F
200 m freestyle S14			H	F
400 m freestyle			H	F
800 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 SB9							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

Date Event	Fri 24		Sat 25		Sun 26		Mon 27		Tue 28		Wed 29
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
100 m freestyle S13	H	F
200 m freestyle			H	F
200 m freestyle S14			H	F
400 m freestyle	H	F
800 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
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								F
4×100 m medley relay											H	F

Date Event	Sat 25		Tue 28
Session →	M	E	M	E
4×100 m freestyle relay	H	F
4×100 m medley relay			H	F

Rank	CGA	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	37	16	23	76
2	South Africa	6	8	8	22
3	Scotland*	5	5	2	12
4	England	4	12	10	26
5	New Zealand	2	5	3	10
6	Canada	2	2	5	9
7	Jersey	1	1	0	2
8	Wales	0	3	3	6
9	Northern Ireland	0	2	2	4
10	Singapore	0	1	0	1
10	Uganda	0	1	0	1
Totals (11 entries)		57	56	56	169

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metre freestyle details	Cameron McEvoy Australia	20.97 GR	Flynn Southam Australia	21.44	Jamie Jack Australia	21.47
100 metre freestyle details	Flynn Southam Australia	47.13	Matt Richards Wales	47.64	Kyle Chalmers Australia	47.74
200 metre freestyle details	Kai Taylor Australia	1:45.22	James Guy England Matt Richards Wales	1:45.72	not awarded
400 metre freestyle details	Sam Short Australia	3:41.25	Elijah Winnington Australia	3:45.56	Ben Goedemans Australia	3:45.57
800 metre freestyle details	Sam Short Australia	7:39.81 GR	Ben Goedemans Australia	7:46.49	Matthew Galea Australia	7:47.10
1500 metre freestyle details	Sam Short Australia	14:42.11	Daniel Wiffen Northern Ireland	14:44.70	Ben Goedemans Australia	14:49.50
50 metre backstroke details	Pieter Coetze South Africa	24.18 GR	Oliver Morgan England	24.48	Ruard van Renen South Africa	24.51
100 metre backstroke details	Pieter Coetze South Africa	51.77 CR, AF^[6]	Oliver Morgan England	52.66	Ruard van Renen South Africa	53.31
200 metre backstroke details	Pieter Coetze South Africa	1:54.22 GR	Oliver Morgan England	1:56.44	Luke Greenbank England	1:56.58
50 metre breaststroke details	Sam Williamson Australia	26.50	Michael Houlie South Africa	26.77	Adam Ramsay-Peaty England	26.94
100 metre breaststroke details	Sam Williamson Australia	59.17	Filip Nowacki Jersey	59.34	Adam Ramsay-Peaty England	59.65
200 metre breaststroke details	Filip Nowacki Jersey	2:07.87	Oliver Dawson Canada	2:08.39 NR^[7]	Zac Stubblety-Cook Australia	2:08.91
50 metre butterfly details	Kyle Chalmers Australia Ben Armbruster Australia	22.73 GR, =OC^[8]	not awarded		Cameron McEvoy Australia	22.92
100 metre butterfly details	Joshua Liendo Canada	50.42 GR	Matthew Temple Australia	50.43	Ben Armbruster Australia	50.58
200 metre butterfly details	Lewis Clareburt New Zealand	1:55.05	Harrison Turner Australia	1:55.38	Matthew Temple Australia	1:55.45
200 metre individual medley details	Duncan Scott Scotland	1:56.38 GR	Lewis Clareburt New Zealand	1:56.77 NR^[9]	Tom Dean England	1:57.22
400 metre individual medley details	Lewis Clareburt New Zealand	4:08.72	William Petric Australia	4:11.02	Lorne Wigginton Canada	4:11.38
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay details	Australia Flynn Southam (47.09) GR Kai Taylor (47.53) Harrison Turner (47.94) Kyle Chalmers (46.93) Edward Sommerville^[a] Matthew Temple^[a] William Petric^[a] Jamie Jack^[a]	3:09.49 GR	England Jacob Mills (48.02) James Guy (48.24) Gabriel Shepherd (47.73) Jacob Whittle (47.70) Edward Mildred^[a] Cameron Brooker^[a] Oliver Morgan^[a] Tom Dean^[a]	3:11.69	South Africa Pieter Coetze (48.38) Guy Brooks (48.98) Ruard van Renen (48.34) Chad le Clos (48.29) Kris Mihaylov^[a]	3:13.99
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay details	Australia Samuel Short (1:46.08) Harrison Turner (1:45.95) Edward Sommerville (1:45.34) Kai Taylor (1:44.10) William Petric^[a] Brendon Smith^[a] Elijah Winnington^[a]	7:01.47 GR	England Gabriel Shepherd (1:46.67) Thomas Dean (1:45.63) James Guy (1:44.03) Max Litchfield (1:48.65) Cameron Brooker^[a] Jacob Whittle^[a] Jacob Mills^[a]	7:04.98	Wales Matt Richards (1:45.42) Dan Jones (1:49.13) Kieran Bird (1:47.54) Tyler Melbourne-Smith (1:47.50) Harry Milne^[a] Jack Knight^[a] Lewis Fraser^[a]	7:09.59
4 × 100 metre medley relay details	Australia Henry Allan (53.58) Samuel Williamson (58.40) Matthew Temple (50.18) Flynn Southam (46.55) Isaac Cooper^[a] Zac Stubblety-Cook^[a] Ben Armbruster^[a] Jamie Jack^[a]	3:28.71 GR	England Oliver Morgan (53.20) Adam Ramsay-Peaty (58.74) Edward Mildred (51.04) Jacob Mills (47.70) Luke Greenbank^[a] Gregory Butler^[a] Jacob Peters^[a] Jacob Whittle^[a]	3:30.68	South Africa Pieter Coetze (51.71) CR, AF Michael Houlie (59.41) Chad le Clos (51.27) Ruard van Renen (48.74) Chris Smith^[a] Jarden Eaton^[a] Guy Brooks^[a]	3:31.13 AF^[10]

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metre freestyle S7 details	Christian Sadie South Africa	28.06 GR	Toh Wei Soong Singapore	29.36	Bruce Dee England	31.33
50 metre freestyle S13 details	Stephen Clegg Scotland	24.73	Nathan Hendricks South Africa	24.84	Nicolas-Guy Turbide Canada	24.96
100 metre freestyle S13 details	Nathan Hendricks South Africa	54.54	James Clegg Scotland	55.16	Matthew Redfern England	56.86
100 metre backstroke S9 details	Timothy Hodge Australia	1:03.00	Barry McClements Northern Ireland	1:03.68	Harrison Vig Australia	1:04.87
100 metre breaststroke SB9 details	Beau Matthews Australia	1:09.41	Joshua Willmer New Zealand	1:11.44	Timothy Hodge Australia	1:12.74
100 metre butterfly S10 details	Alex Saffy Australia	57.11	Col Pearse Australia	57.49	Jack Gill Canada	1:00.30
200 metre freestyle S14 details	William Ellard England	1:51.66 GR	Jack Ireland Australia	1:55.22	Rhys Darbey Wales	1:56.24

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metre freestyle details	Meg Harris Australia	24.23	Alex Perkins Australia	24.53	Shayna Jack Australia	24.57
100 metre freestyle details	Meg Harris Australia	52.90	Mollie O'Callaghan Australia	53.25	Shayna Jack Australia	53.38
200 metre freestyle details	Mollie O'Callaghan Australia	1:54.66	Lani Pallister Australia	1:55.01	Erika Fairweather New Zealand	1:55.24
400 metre freestyle details	Lani Pallister Australia	3:59.56	Erika Fairweather New Zealand	4:02.65	Jenna Forrester Australia	4:05.25
800 metre freestyle details	Lani Pallister Australia	8:11.12 GR	Erika Fairweather New Zealand	8:24.97	Molly Walker Australia	8:25.93
1500 metre freestyle details	Lani Pallister Australia	15:41.03 GR	Erika Fairweather New Zealand	15:58.97	Molly Walker Australia	16:01.37
50 metre backstroke details	Kylie Masse Canada	27.32	Iona Anderson Australia	27.45	Lauren Cox England	27.56
100 metre backstroke details	Iona Anderson Australia	58.71	Kylie Masse Canada	58.77	Olivia Nel South Africa	1:00.09 NR^[11]
200 metre backstroke details	Jenna Forrester Australia	2:08.17	Katie Shanahan Scotland	2:08.54	Hannah Fredericks Australia	2:09.02
50 metre breaststroke details	Lara van Niekerk South Africa	30.43	Sienna Toohey Australia	30.54	Imogen Clark England Sophie Angus Canada	30.86
100 metre breaststroke details	Angharad Evans Scotland	1:06.07	Aimee Canny South Africa	1:06.19	Sienna Toohey Australia	1:06.47
200 metre breaststroke details	Angharad Evans Scotland	2:23.79	Kaylene Corbett South Africa	2:24.46	Ellie McCartney Northern Ireland	2:24.73
50 metre butterfly details	Alexandria Perkins Australia	25.37	Erin Gallagher South Africa	25.57	Hazel Ouwehand New Zealand	25.76
100 metre butterfly details	Alexandria Perkins Australia	56.38	Keanna Macinnes Scotland	57.33	Erin Gallagher South Africa	57.39
200 metre butterfly details	Brittany Castelluzzo Australia	2:06.56	Keanna Macinnes Scotland	2:06.76	Elizabeth Dekkers Australia	2:06.91
200 metre individual medley details	Jenna Forrester Australia	2:09.24	Aimee Canny South Africa	2:09.37 NR^[12]	Amalie Smith England	2:09.61
400 metre individual medley details	Jenna Forrester Australia	4:31.19	Amalie Smith England	4:33.70	Ella Ramsay Australia	4:37.12
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay details	Australia Meg Harris (53.07) Shayna Jack (52.64) Alexandria Perkins (52.88) Mollie O'Callaghan (52.81) Hannah Casey^[a] Brittany Castelluzzo^[a] Inez Miller^[a] Jessica Cole^[a]	3:31.40	England Eva Okaro (54.50) Freya Colbert (53.41) Leah Schlosshan (53.97) Freya Anderson (53.78) Abbie Wood^[a] Erin Little^[a] Darcy Revitt^[a] Amalie Smith^[a]	3:35.66	South Africa Aimee Canny (54.40) Rebecca Meder (54.46) Erin Gallagher (55.52) Olivia Nel (54.29) Georgia Nel^[a] Jessica Thompson^[a] Caitlin de Lange^[a]	3:38.67 AF^[13]
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay details	Australia Lani Pallister (1:55.13) Hannah Casey (1:55.43) Inez Miller (1:55.78) Mollie O'Callaghan (1:56.19)	7:42.53	England Freya Colbert (1:55.98) Abbie Wood (1:58.15) Leah Schlosshan (1:58.22) Freya Anderson (1:57.75)	7:50.10	New Zealand Erika Fairweather (1:55.92) Caitlin Deans (1:58.12) Eve Thomas (1:59.57) Milana Tapper (1:58.33)	7:51.94
4 × 100 metre medley relay details	Australia Iona Anderson (58.83) Sienna Toohey (1:06.75) Alexandria Perkins (56.30) Meg Harris (52.37) Hannah Fredericks^[a] Brittany Castelluzzo^[a] Mollie O'Callaghan^[a]	3:54.25	Scotland Katie Shanahan (1:00.66) Angharad Evans (1:04.83) Keanna Macinnes (57.67) Evie Davis (53.86) Holly McGill^[a] Anna Morgan^[a] Ciara Schlosshan^[a] Emma Wood^[a]	3:57.02	South Africa Olivia Nel (1:00.38) Aimee Canny (1:06.37) Erin Gallagher (57.04) Rebecca Meder (54.79) Jessica Thompson^[a] Lara van Niekerk^[a] Georgia Nel^[a]	3:58.58

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metre freestyle S13 details	Kirralee Hayes Australia	27.63	Danika Vyncka South Africa	28.41	Jenna Jones Australia	29.02
100 metre freestyle S9 details	Lakeisha Patterson Australia	1:02.99	Emily Beecroft Australia	1:03.56	Toni Shaw Scotland	1:04.71
100 metre freestyle S13 details	Jenna Jones Australia	1:03.89	Ela Letton-Jones Wales	1:04.30	Kirralee Hayes Australia	1:04.42
200 metre freestyle S14 details	Georgia Sheffield England	2:06.07 GR	Poppy Maskill England	2:07.44	Bethany Firth Northern Ireland	2:07.63
100 metre backstroke S9 details	Alice Tai England	1:11.93 GR	Gemma Sellick Australia	1:14.06	Victoria Belando Nicholson Australia	1:15.11
100 metre breaststroke SB8 details	Brock Whiston England	1:22.05	Husnah Kukundakwe Uganda	1:26.20	Iona Winnifrith England	1:26.31
200 metre individual medley SM10 details	Faye Rogers Scotland	2:29.61	Jasmine Greenwood Australia	2:32.13	Mary Jibb Canada	2:32.54

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay details	Australia Flynn Southam (47.29) Kyle Chalmers (47.62) Shayna Jack (52.42) Meg Harris (52.03) Kai Taylor^[a] Harrison Turner^[a] Hannah Casey^[a] Alexandria Perkins^[a]	3:19.36 GR	England Jacob Mills (48.22) Jacob Whittle (48.25) Freya Anderson (53.98) Freya Colbert (53.46) Gabriel Shephard^[a] Tom Dean^[a] Abbie Wood^[a] Erin Little^[a]	3:23.91	Wales Matt Richards (47.62) Dan Jones (49.17) Bex Sutton (54.91) Theodora Taylor (52.63) Harry Milne^[a] Kieran Bird^[a] Medi Harris^[a] Meghan Higgs^[a]	3:24.33
4 × 100 metre medley relay details	Australia Iona Anderson (59.44) Sam Williamson (58.81) Matthew Temple (50.05) Meg Harris (52.16) Brittany Castelluzzo^[a] Hannah Fredericks^[a] Harrison Turner^[a]	3:40.46 GR	South Africa Pieter Coetze (51.98) GR Michael Houlie (59.65) Erin Gallagher (57.40) Aimee Canny (53.58) Chad le Clos^[a] Georgia Nel^[a] Hannah Pearse^[a] Chris Smith^[a]	3:42.61	Scotland Matthew Ward (53.55) Angharad Evans (1:04.52) Keanna Macinnes (57.60) Duncan Scott (48.03) Dean Fearn^[a] Lucy Grieve^[a] Joshua Mitchell^[a] Emma Wood^[a]	3:43.70