Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre butterfly
Games:	2022
Venue:	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates:	29 July (heats, semifinals) 30 July (final)
Competitors:	55
Nations:	38
Win Value:	22.81 GR
Gold:	Benjamin Proud
Goldcga:	ENG
Silver:	Teong Tzen Wei
Silvercga:	SGP
Bronze:	Cameron Gray
Bronzecga:	NZL
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held on 29 and 30 July at the Sandwell Aquatics 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 schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Friday 29 July 2022	11:24	Qualifying
Friday 29 July 2022	20:08	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Saturday 30 July 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	19:07	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	5	23.45	Q
2	5	4	23.46	Q
3	7	4	23.59	Q
4	6	5	23.64	Q
5	5	3	23.70	Q
6	7	6	23.73	Q
7	7	3	23.79	Q
8	7	2	23.80	Q
9	5	5	23.82	Q
10	6	3	23.84	Q
11	6	4	23.88	Q
12	6	2	23.91	Q, NR
13	5	6	23.98	Q
14	6	6	24.02	Q
15	5	7	24.14	Q
16	6	7	24.17	Q
17	5	2	24.19	R
18	4	5	24.21	R
19	7	7	24.29
20	6	1	24.50
21	7	8	24.67
22	4	3	24.89	NR
23	5	8	25.00
24	6	8	25.01
25	4	4	25.14
26	4	2	25.21
27	5	1	25.32
28	4	7	25.51
29	3	4	25.52
30	4	6	25.67
31	3	5	25.74
32	3	6	25.84
32	3	8	25.84
34	3	2	25.92
35	2	4	25.97	NR
36	3	7	26.00
37	1	4	26.01
38	2	5	26.04
39	4	1	26.16
40	3	1	26.19
41	4	8	26.25
42	3	3	26.39
43	1	7	26.51
44	2	1	26.72
45	2	3	26.83
46	2	2	26.84
47	2	6	26.88
48	2	7	27.39
49	2	8	27.44
50	1	3	28.98
51	1	2	29.50
52	1	6	29.71
53	1	5	30.28
54	1	1	31.04
	7	1

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	4	23.06	Q
2	2	7	23.24	Q
3	2	5	23.41	Q
4	1	5	23.51	Q
4	2	2	23.51	Q
6	1	3	23.56	Q
7	1	1	23.58	Q
8	2	1	23.59	Q
9	2	3	23.63	R
10	2	4	23.65	R
11	1	6	23.67
12	2	6	23.76
13	2	8	23.77
14	1	2	23.87
15	1	8	24.09
16	1	7	24.21