Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Games:	2018
Venue:	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:	8 April (heats, semifinals) 9 April (final)
Competitors:	28
Nations:	21
Win Value:	50.65
Gold:	Chad le Clos
Goldcga:	RSA
Silver:	James Guy
Silvercga:	ENG
Bronze:	Grant Irvine
Bronzecga:	AUS
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

The heats were held on 8 April at 11:35.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	53.16	Q
2	2	3	53.31	Q
3	4	3	53.49	Q
3	4	5	53.49	Q
5	2	4	53.67	Q
6	2	5	53.72	Q
7	2	6	53.81	Q
8	3	4	53.89	Q
9	3	6	54.11	Q
10	3	3	54.26	Q
11	4	2	54.33	Q
12	3	2	54.58	Q
13	3	1	54.79	Q
14	3	5	55.03	Q
15	2	2	55.11	Q
16	4	1	55.14	Q
17	3	7	55.20
18	4	6	55.91
19	3	8	56.24
20	4	7	56.57
21	2	1	56.94
22	4	8	58.08
23	2	8	58.88
24	1	3	58.91
25	1	4	59.56
26	1	6
27	1	5
28	1	2
	2	7

The semifinals were held on 8 April at 20:53.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	51.87	Q
2	5	52.48	Q
3	2	53.33	Q
4	4	53.40	Q
4	3	53.40	Q
6	7	54.10
7	1	54.17
8	8	55.13

The final was held on 9 April at 21:59.^[3]