2026 Commonwealth Games: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

We have a packed agenda ready to unfold tonight on day two of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, with Australia entering the evening atop the overall swimming medal table, followed by Scotland and South Africa.

The Aussies have multiple chances for additional golds, with World Championships multi-medalists Sam Short sitting as the top seed in the men’s 400m free and teammate and last night’s 400m free champion Lani Pallister heading up the women’s 200m free. Although suffering from a back injury, Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan is also an extremely viable hardware candidate in the 2free.

Although just semi-finals, the men’s 50m freestyle will see World Record holder Cameron McEvoy continue jockeying for position against the likes of teammates Jamie Jack and Flynn Southam, along with Canada’s Josh Liendo.

We’ll see if world champion Pieter Coetze can break the Commonwealth Games Record for a third time as he hopes to achieve gold in the men’s 50m back, while World Record holder Adam Ramsay-Peaty will try to upgrade his 4th place position in the men’s 100m breaststroke final from four years ago.

Add in the women’s 100m breaststroke semi-finals, the men’s 100m fly semi-finals, the women’s 50m fly final and the mixed 4x100m free relay and tonight has the potential to continue the fireworks we witnessed on day one in Glasgow

MEN’S 400 FREESTYLE – FINAL

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WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – SEMI-FINALS

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MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – SEMI-FINALS

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WOMEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – FINAL

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MEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – SEMI-FINALS

• World Record – 23.55, Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2023
• Commonwealth Record – 24.04, Liam Tancock (GBR), 2009
• Commonwealth Games Record – 24.29, Pieter Coetze (RSA), 2026
• 2022 Champion – Andrew Jeffcoat (NZL), 24.65

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WOMEN’S 50 BUTTERFLY – FINAL

• World Record – 24.43, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2014
• Commonwealth Record – 25.20, Francesca Halsall (GBR), 2014
• Commonwealth Games Record – 25.20, Francesca Halsall (ENG), 2014
• 2022 Champion – Emma McKeon (AUS), 25.90

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MEN’s 100 BUTTERFLY – SEMI-FINALS

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WOMEN’S S14 200 FREESTYLE – FINAL

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MEN’s S14 200 FREESTYLE – FINAL

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WOMEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE – SEMI-FINALS

• World Record: 1:04.13 – Lilly King (USA), 2017
• Commonwealth Record: 1:04.82 – Tatjana Smith (RSA), 2021
• Commonwealth Games Record: 1:05.09 – Leisel Jones (AUS), 2006
• 2022 Champion – Lara van Niekerk (RSA) – 1:05.47

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MEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE – FINAL

• World Record – 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR), 2019
• Commonwealth Record – 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR), 2019
• Commonwealth Games Record – 58.59, Adam Peaty (ENG), 2018
• 2022 Champion – James Wilby (ENG), 59.25

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MIXED 4×100 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINAL

• World Record: 3:18.48 – USA (Alexy, Sammon, Douglass, Huske), 2025
• Commonwealth Record: 3:18.83 – Australia (Cartwright, Chalmers, Jack, O’Callaghan), 2023
• Commonwealth Games Record: 3:21.18 – Australia (Yang, Chalmers, O’Callaghan, McKeon), 2022
• 2022 Champion: Australia (Yang, Chalmers, O’Callaghan, McKeon) – 3:21.18

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