Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre butterfly
Games:	2018
Venue:	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:	5 April (heats, semifinals) 6 April (final)
Competitors:	56
Nations:	33
Win Value:	23.37
Gold:	Chad le Clos
Goldcga:	RSA
Silver:	Dylan Carter
Silvercga:	TTO
Bronze:	Ryan Coetzee
Bronzecga:	RSA
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 6 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 5 April 2018	11:23	Qualifying
Thursday 5 April 2018	20:52	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Friday 6 April 2018	style=background:lemonchiffon	19:37	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	5	23.53	Q
2	6	4	23.62	Q
3	5	5	23.94	Q
4	6	3	23.95	Q
5	6	6	24.01	Q
6	7	3	24.19	Q
7	5	4	24.21	Q
8	1	8	24.23	Q
9	7	6	24.32	Q
10	5	7	24.41	Q
11	5	2	24.45	Q
12	6	2	24.49	Q
13	5	6	24.52	Q
14	7	2	24.57	Q
15	7	7	24.62	Q
16	5	3	24.68	Q
17	6	7	24.76
18	4	4	24.77
19	7	8	24.81
20	7	1	24.86
21	5	1	25.11
22	6	5	25.13
23	5	8	25.20
24	4	6	25.23
25	4	3	25.25
26	4	2	25.30
27	6	1	25.32
28	6	8	25.39
29	4	8	25.53
30	4	5	25.77
31	4	7	25.81
32	4	1	25.99
33	3	6	26.02
34	3	4	26.11
35	3	2	26.32
36	3	8	26.33
37	3	5	26.43
38	3	3	26.56
39	3	1	26.85
40	2	2	26.94
41	3	7	26.95
42	2	4	27.09
43	1	4	27.17
44	2	8	27.23
45	2	1	27.43
46	2	5	27.78
47	2	6	27.93
47	1	5	27.93
49	2	7	27.96
50	1	7	28.00
51	1	6	28.12
52	1	3	28.33
53	1	1	28.73
54	1	2	29.71
	2	3
	7	4

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	23.53	Q
2	1	5	23.79	Q
2	2	5	23.79	Q
4	1	4	23.90	Q
5	2	3	23.93	Q
6	1	6	23.99	Q
7	1	3	24.05	Q
8	2	6	24.17	Q
9	1	1	24.30
10	1	2	24.35
11	2	7	24.43
12	2	2	24.48
13	1	7	24.49
14	2	8	24.49
15	2	1	24.50
16	1	8	24.86