The Men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 6 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.[1]
Two heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The top eight from there qualified for the finals.
Heats edit
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Simon Miller |  England |
27.00 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Blake Cochrane |  Australia |
27.81 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Sachin Verma |  India |
29.05 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Chen Leow |  Singapore |
30.45 | |
| 5 | 2 | Sunil Galpatha |  Sri Lanka |
31.45 | |
| 6 | 7 | Jean Laperotine |  Mauritius |
38.45 | |
| – | 1 | Eugene Wafula |  Kenya |
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Matthew Cowdrey | Australia |
25.66 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Benjamin Austin | Australia |
27.68 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Prasanta Karmakar | India |
27.69 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Sean Fraser |  Scotland |
28.60 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Laurence McGivern |  Northern Ireland |
28.84 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Rajesh Shinde | India |
32.96 | |
| 7 | 7 | Scody Victor | Mauritius |
34.86 |
Final edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 | Matthew Cowdrey | Australia
|
25.33 | WR |
|
5 | Simon Miller | England
|
26.70 | |
|
6 | Prasanta Karmakar | India
|
27.48 | |
| 4 | 3 | Benjamin Austin | Australia
|
27.53 | CG |
| 5 | 2 | Blake Cochrane | Australia
|
27.68 | |
| 6 | 7 | Sean Fraser | Scotland
|
28.63 | |
| 7 | 1 | Laurence McGivern | Northern Ireland
|
28.95 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sachin Verma | India
|
29.37 |