Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Games:	2010
Venue:	SPM Swimming Pool Complex
Dates:	6 October (heats, semifinals) 7 October (final)
Competitors:	52
Nations:	31
Win Value:	47.98
Gold:	Brent Hayden
Goldcga:	CAN
Silver:	Simon Burnett
Silvercga:	ENG
Bronze:	Eamon Sullivan
Bronzecga:	AUS
Prev:	2006
Next:	2014

The Men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 6 and 7 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.^[1]

Seven 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 sixteen times advanced to the semifinals and the top eight times from there qualified for the finals.^[2]

Heats

The Heats started on 8:52 local time.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Shakil Camal		55.00
2	5	Boipelo Makhothi		1:14.95	NR
3	3	Khosi Mokhesi		1:15.91
–	6	Christopher Symonds			DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Shane Mangroo		56.87
2	3	Peter Pokawin		56.97
3	5	Daniel Pryke		57.04
4	2	Adam Viktora		58.31
5	6	Mark Thompson		1:00.02
6	7	Inayath Hassan		1:01.58
7	8	Daisuke Ssegwanyi		1:04.41
–	1	Eliasu Abrama			DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Dzulhaili Kamal		52.97
2	5	Luke Hall		53.35
3	3	Ian Hubert		53.83
4	8	Matthew Abeysinghe		54.40
5	7	Suheil Harjani		55.88
6	6	Nicholas Coard		56.32
7	1	Esau Simpson		56.83
8	2	Jean Hugues Gregoire		56.94

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Joshua McLeod		52.07
2	2	Jarryd Gregoire		52.08
3	4	Caryle Blondell		52.60
4	6	Arren Quek		52.70
5	8	Zane Jordan		53.01
6	5	Richard Chng		53.24
7	1	Anshul Kothari		53.48
8	7	Nick Thompson		54.36

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Grant Turner		49.87	Q
2	4	Kyle Richardson		49.93	Q
3	6	Shaune Fraser		49.93	Q
4	5	Simon Burnett		49.97	Q
5	8	Roy-Allan Burch		51.80
6	1	Aaron Dsouza		52.46
–	2	Andrew Bree			DNS
–	7	Ryan Harrison			DNS

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Gideon Louw		49.24	Q
2	4	Eamon Sullivan		49.79	Q
3	3	Tommaso D´orsogna		49.89	Q
4	2	Brett Fraser		50.21	Q
5	1	Virdhawal Khade		50.67	Q
6	6	Richard Hortness		50.85	Q
7	7	Alexandre Bakhtiarov		51.64	Q
8	8	Conor Leaney		52.92

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Brent Hayden		49.79	Q
2	6	Adam Brown		49.88	Q
3	5	Graeme Moore		49.96	Q
4	3	David Dunford		50.44	Q
5	2	Ryan Pini		51.28
6	8	Ieuan Lloyd		51.44	Q
7	7	Blake Worsley		51.70
8	1	Foo Jian Beng		51.95

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Eamon Sullivan		48.66	Q
2	2	Simon Burnett		49.40	Q
3	3	Tommaso D´orsogna		49.52	Q
4	5	Grant Turner		49.92
5	7	David Dunford		50.10
6	6	Shaune Fraser		50.15
7	1	Richard Hortness		50.91
–	8	Alexandre Bakhtiarov			DNS

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Brent Hayden		48.74	Q
2	4	Gideon Louw		49.28	Q
3	2	Graeme Moore		49.53	Q
4	6	Kyle Richardson		49.60	Q
5	3	Adam Brown		49.65	Q
6	1	Virdhawal Khade		50.10
7	7	Brett Fraser		50.34
8	8	Ieuan Lloyd		51.05

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Brent Hayden		47.98	CGR
	6	Simon Burnett		48.54
	4	Eamon Sullivan		48.69
4	3	Gideon Louw		49.21
5	1	Kyle Richardson		49.26
6	2	Tommaso D´orsogna		49.40
7	7	Graeme Moore		49.64
8	8	Adam Brown		49.82

See also

• 2010 Commonwealth Games
• Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Notes and References

1. Web site: XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |.
2. Web site: XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |.
3. Web site: XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |.