Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

The Men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 5 and 6 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.^[1]

Six 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 advance to the semifinals and the top eight times from there qualified for the finals.^[2]

Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1			23.61	6	4
2			23.66	5	4
3			23.76	6	5
4			23.92	4	3
5			24.37	6	3
6			24.63	4	4
7			24.70	6	6
8			24.72	5	2
9			24.81	5	5
10			24.90	5	3
11			25.13	6	7
11			25.13	4	2
13			25.16	4	6
14			27.52	3	2

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Geoffrey Huegill		23.62	Q
2	5	Mitchell Patterson		23.77	Q
3	3	Andrew Lauterstein		24.17	Q
4	6	Virdhawal Khade		24.38	Q
5	1	Joshua McLeod		24.88
6	2	Moss Burmester		24.99
7	7	Cadell Lyons		25.13
8	8	Ramadhan Vyombo		25.58

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Jason Dunford		23.45	Q
2	5	Roland Schoeman		23.75	Q
3	2	Ryan Pini		24.36	Q
4	3	Antony James		24.40	Q
5	6	Andrew Mayor		24.70
6	1	Alexandre Bakhtiarov		25.14
7	7	Ian Powell		25.25
8	8	Jarryd Gregoire		25.54

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Jason Dunford		23.35
	5	Geoffrey Huegill		23.37
	3	Roland Schoeman		23.44
4	6	Mitchell Patterson		23.65
5	2	Andrew Lauterstein		23.88
6	1	Virdhawal Khade		24.29
7	7	Ryan Pini		24.61
8	8	Antony James		24.63

Notes and References

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