Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre butterfly
Games:	2014
Venue:	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates:	(heats & semis) (final)
Competitors:	50
Nations:	32
Win Value:	22.93 GR
Gold:	Benjamin Proud
Goldcga:	ENG
Silver:	Roland Schoeman
Silvercga:	RSA
Bronze:	Chad le Clos
Bronzecga:	RSA
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 24 and 25 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Agnes Tjongarero, President of Namibian National Olympic Committee and the quaichs were presented by Raymond Williamson, Lord Dean of Guild of Glasgow.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

The following records were established during the competition:

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	4	23.17	Q
2	5	6	23.43	Q, NR
3	5	4	23.65	Q
4	5	5	23.68	Q
5	6	6	23.76	Q
6	7	4	23.85	Q
7	6	5	23.87	Q
8	6	3	23.91	Q
9	7	2	24.01	Q
10	7	6	24.25	Q
11	5	3	24.28	Q
12	7	5	24.50	Q
13	6	2	24.66	Q
14	7	3	24.83	Q
	5	2	25.16	Q
	7	8	25.16	Q
17	3	5	25.34
18	7	1	25.35
19	7	7	25.40
20	4	5	25.57
21	6	7	25.73
	5	1	25.79
	6	8	25.79
24	5	7	25.86
25	4	4	25.90
26	4	3	26.00
27	5	8	26.04
28	6	1	26.22
29	4	6	26.53
30	4	1	26.86
31	3	7	26.93
32	3	4	27.10
33	2	5	27.21
34	3	1	27.28
35	3	2	27.35
36	3	3	27.44
37	3	6	27.70
38	4	7	27.79
39	2	3	27.80
40	1	4	28.11
41	3	8	28.35
42	2	4	28.48
43	2	7	28.61
44	2	6	28.72
45	4	8	28.91
46	2	2	29.03
47	4	2	29.46
48	1	5	30.62
49	1	3	31.09
50	2	1	31.46

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	23.16	Q
2	1	3	23.25	Q
3	2	5	23.29	Q
4	1	5	23.41	Q
5	1	4	23.48	Q
6	2	6	23.67	Q
7	1	6	23.78	Q
8	2	2	23.96	Q
9	2	3	24.03
10	1	2	24.25
11	1	7	24.26
12	2	7	24.31
13	1	8	24.49
14	1	1	24.74
15	2	1	24.75
16	2	8	24.95