By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
July 24th – July 29th 2026 (pool swimming) Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow, Scotland LCM (50m) All the Links SwimSwam’s Official Preview Index Entries Live Results Prelims Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Finals Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5We have officially made it to the last night of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, and we have a quick session ahead of us tonight with no semifinals.
Night 6 Event Lineup:
Men’s 100 Back — Final Women’s 200 Breast — Final Men’s 200 Free — Final Women’s 50 Free — Final Men’s 50 Fly — Final Women’s 100 Free S9 — Final Men’s 50 Free S7 — Final Women’s 200 Fly — Final Men’s 1500 Free — Final Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay — Final Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay — FinalWe are going to start this preview with the last event of the meet — the men’s 4×100 medley relay.
This could be one of the closest races of the meet, and is the most likely to spoil Australia’s quest for a perfect relay sweep, though they are still the heavy favorites coming in.
SwimSwam has compiled what we think to be the most likely relays for each team and added their best times from this meet. With that data, Australia is projected to come out on top, about a second and a half ahead of England and South Africa.
The race for silver looks like it will be close, with England holding a slight edge over South Africa based solely on this week’s times by eight hundredths.
Stay tuned for more in depth analysis once relay lineups are officially out.The meet will open with the men’s 100 backstroke final, where South Africa’s Pieter Coetze will be hoping to make it a clean sweep of the backstroke events after he broke the 100 backstroke Games record twice in yesterday’s finals session.
Coetze is seeded in 52.20, about two tenths off the 51.98 he swam to lead off South Africa’s mixed 400 medley relay. He is about a second ahead of England’s Oliver Morgan, who is seeded 2nd in 53.09.
Behind Morgan, the next four seeded athletes, Ruard van Renen (RSA — 53.41), Jack Skerry (ENG — 53.58), Matthew Ward (SCO — 53.59), and Cameron Brooker (ENG — 53.73) are about three tenths apart as they all race for the bronze.
The women’s 200 breaststroke looks close on paper with Scotland’s Angharad Evans seeded 1st in 2:26.48, just half-a-second ahead of Australia’s Tara Kinder, but it has the potential to be a blowout. Evans has a lifetime and season best of 2:19.70 in the event, almost four seconds faster than anyone else in the field.
Aimee Canny (RSA — 2:27.05), Kaylene Corbett (RSA — 2:27.32), and Ella Ramsay (AUS — 2:27.37) will all be challenging for medals as well.
The men’s 200 free had one of the biggest shocks of the meet so far in prelims when defending 2022 champion Duncan Scott missed the final entirely, finishing 10th in the prelims.
The event is still deep tonight, with England’s James Guy and Australia’s Sam Short both coming in under 1:46 in the prelims. Guy has a slight edge with the 1:45.69 he swam finishing about two tenths ahead of Short’s 1:45.90.
While the men’s 200 freestyle gold medal could go to anyone in the final, the women’s 50 freestyle is a little more clear cut with Australia’s Meg Harris holding the top seed in 24.18, almost three tenths ahead of fellow Australian Shayna Jack‘s 24.42 in 2nd.
The 3rd seed, Alexandra Perkins, also from Australia is almost six tenths back of Harris at 24.77 and three tenths behind Jack.
In the men’s 50 fly, swimming fans can expect a very close race with Australians Ben Armbruster and Kyle Chalmers tying for the top seed out of semifinals, both touching in 22.82.
Australia’s 3rd athlete, Cameron McEvoy is seeded 33rd in 23.41, but he is less than a tenth ahead of eighth seed Abduljabar Adama from Nigeria, so the race for the bronze medal is anyone’s game.
The women’s 200 fly prelims saw three athletes under 2:10 this morning with Scotland’s Ciara Schlosshan (2:08.47) and Keanna Macinnes (2:08.99) qualifying 1st and 3rd respectively. Australia’s Elizabeth Dekkers qualified 2nd in 2:08.64.
Dekkers has the fastest lifetime and season best of the field with the 2:04.95 she swam at the Australian Trials, and she will be hoping to defend her 2022 title and potentially break the Games record of 2:05.45.
The final individual event of the meet will be the men’s 1500 freestyle. Australia’s Sam Short is the top seed, and he has been unstoppable this week, but he has the 200 freestyle final earlier in the session, which could open the door for other swimmers to move in.
Before this meet, the most likely athlete to spoil Short’s quest for a distance sweep would have been Northern Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen, but the 2024 Olympic champion in the 800 free and bronze medalist in the 1500 free has yet to earn a medal at this meet. In the 400 free final, he swam 3:47.22, a three-second add, to finish 5th. In the 800 free, he took 4th in 7:48.82, nine seconds behind Short’s winning time of 7:39.81, and a 10-second add from his best of 7:38.19.
Behind Wiffen sit a pair of Aussies in Benjamin Goedemans (14:50.67) and Matthew Galea (14:50.22).
The women’s 400 medley relay is not like the men’s 400 medley relay, and Australia is the clear favorite to earn the gold medal. The Aussies have yet to lose a relay this meet, and the women’s 400 medley relay is likely not the place that will happen for the first time.
Behind Australia, Scotland, England, and Wales could all earn their way onto the podium with strong enough races.
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