| Event: | Men's 50 metre butterfly |
| Games: | 2010 Asian Games |
| Venue: | Aoti Aquatics Centre |
| Date: | 16 November 2010 |
| Competitors: | 33 |
| Nations: | 23 |
| Win Value: | 23.66 |
| Gold: | Zhou Jiawei |
| Goldnoc: | CHN |
| Silver: | Masayuki Kishida |
| Silvernoc: | JPN |
| Bronze: | Virdhawal Khade |
| Bronzenoc: | IND |
| Prev: | 2006 |
| Next: | 2014 |
See main article: Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games.
The men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 16 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
There were 33 competitors from 23 countries who took part in this event. Five heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals.
Zhou Jiawei from China won the gold medal, Masayuki Kishida from Japan finished with second place, Virdhawal Khade from India won the bronze medal, it's the only swimming medal for India in the 2010 Asian games.
All times are China Standard Time
| width=220 | Date | width=50 | Time | width=100 | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 16 November 2010 | 09:00 | Heats | |||
| 18:00 | Final |
| width=40 | Rank | width=40 | Heat | width=250 | Athlete | width=80 | Time | width=50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 24.23 | |||||||
| 2 | 4 | 24.42 | |||||||
| 3 | 5 | 24.48 | |||||||
| 4 | 5 | 24.49 | |||||||
| 5 | 3 | 24.56 | |||||||
| 6 | 3 | 24.51 | |||||||
| 7 | 3 | 24.75 | |||||||
| 8 | 4 | 24.84 | |||||||
| 8 | 3 | 24.84 | |||||||
| 10 | 4 | 25.14 | |||||||
| 11 | 5 | 25.15 | |||||||
| 12 | 5 | 25.29 | |||||||
| 13 | 5 | 25.59 | |||||||
| 14 | 3 | 25.61 | |||||||
| 15 | 5 | 25.64 | |||||||
| 16 | 4 | 25.81 | |||||||
| 17 | 3 | 25.87 | |||||||
| 18 | 4 | 25.91 | |||||||
| 19 | 5 | 26.02 | |||||||
| 20 | 5 | 26.04 | |||||||
| 21 | 2 | 26.08 | |||||||
| 22 | 4 | 26.31 | |||||||
| 23 | 3 | 26.46 | |||||||
| 24 | 3 | 26.56 | |||||||
| 25 | 4 | 26.79 | |||||||
| 26 | 2 | 26.88 | |||||||
| 27 | 2 | 26.90 | |||||||
| 28 | 2 | 27.03 | |||||||
| 29 | 2 | 27.06 | |||||||
| 30 | 1 | 27.08 | |||||||
| 31 | 2 | 28.42 | |||||||
| 32 | 1 | 30.71 | |||||||
| 33 | 1 | 31.19 |
| width=40 | Rank | width=250 | Athlete | width=80 | Time | width=50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24.79 | ||||||
| 2 | 25.04 |
| width=40 | Rank | width=250 | Athlete | width=80 | Time | width=50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23.66 | |||||||
| 24.13 | |||||||
| 24.31 | |||||||
| 4 | 24.37 | ||||||
| 5 | 24.43 | ||||||
| 6 | 24.51 | ||||||
| 7 | 24.60 | ||||||
| 8 | 24.72 |