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

Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle
Games:	2022
Venue:	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates:	2 August (heats, semifinals) 3 August (final)
Competitors:	71
Nations:	45
Win Value:	21.36
Gold:	Ben Proud
Goldcga:	ENG
Silver:	Lewis Burras
Silvercga:	ENG
Bronze:	Joshua Liendo
Bronzecga:	CAN
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held on 2 and 3 August at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Records

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

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022	10:51	Qualifying
	20:11	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Wednesday 3 August 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	19:45	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Results

Heats

^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	9	5			22.09	Q
2	8	5			22.42	Q
3	7	4			22.44	Q
4	9	4			22.48	Q
5	8	4			22.49	Q
6	8	3			22.53	Q
7	7	2			22.59	Q
8	7	5			22.62	Q
9	9	3			22.64	Q
10	9	2			22.65	Q
11	7	3			22.69	Q
12	9	6			22.79	Q
13	7	6			22.89	Q
14	8	2			22.98	Q
15	8	6			23.00	Q
16	8	7			23.01	Q
17	9	1			23.20	R
18	5	2			23.29	R?
18	9	8			23.29	R?
20	5	7			23.34
21	7	8			23.56
22	5	3			23.59
23	5	5			23.62
23	9	7			23.62
25	7	7			23.64
26	7	1			23.72
27	6	3			23.89
28	8	1			23.94
29	5	4			24.04
30	4	6			24.10
31	4	2			24.15
31	6	1			24.15
33	6	6			24.18
34	5	1			24.21
35	6	8			24.23
36	6	4			24.33
37	6	7			24.37
38	6	5			24.38
39	5	6			24.41
40	4	7			24.44
41	4	5			24.57
42	3	3			24.63
43	4	3			24.65
44	6	2			24.67
45	8	8			24.71
46	4	1			24.82
47	2	8			24.87
48	5	8			24.88
49	3	6			24.92
49	4	4			24.92
51	3	4			24.98
52	3	1			25.04
53	4	8			25.13
54	3	2			25.15
54	3	5			25.15
56	2	4			25.16
57	3	7			25.64
58	2	3			26.08
59	2	5			26.27
60	3	8			26.36
61	2	6			27.01
62	2	7			27.16
63	1	5			27.39
64	1	4			27.40
65	2	2			27.42
66	2	1			27.47
67	1	1			27.69
68	1	7			27.80
69	1	6			27.84
70	1	3			27.95
71	1	8			32.29
	1	2

Semifinals

^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5			21.63	Q
2	2	3			21.92	Q
2	2	4			21.92	Q
4	1	4			22.20	Q
5	1	5			22.35	Q
6	1	6			22.36	Q
7	2	6			22.45	Q
8	2	2			22.55	Q
9	1	3			22.57	R
10	1	7			22.60	R
11	1	1			22.62
12	1	8			22.66
13	1	2			22.76
14	2	7			22.77
14	2	8			22.77
16	2	1			22.86

Final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			21.36
	3			21.68
	5			22.02
4	2			22.10
5	7			22.26
6	6			22.37
7	1			22.51
8	8			22.53

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming - Daily Schedule. Birmingham 2022. 28 July 2022.
2. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMM50MFR-------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Heats Results
3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMM50MFR-------------SFNL--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Semifinals results
4. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-03/SWMM50MFR-------------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf Final results