Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre butterfly

The men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 24 and 25 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Men's 50 metre butterfly
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates24 July 2014 (2014-07-24) (heats & semis)
25 July 2014 (2014-07-25) (final)
Competitors50 from 32 nations
Winning time22.93 GR
Medalists
gold medal    England
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    South Africa
← 2010
2018 →

The medals were presented by Agnes Tjongarero, President of Namibian National Olympic Committee and the quaichs were presented by Raymond Williamson, Lord Dean of Guild of Glasgow.

Records edit

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

World record   Rafael Muñoz (ESP) 22.43 Málaga, Spain 5 April 2009 [1][2]
Commonwealth record   Matthew Targett (AUS) 22.73 Rome, Italy 27 July 2009
Games record   Roland Schoeman (RSA) 23.14 Melbourne, Australia 17 March 2006

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
25 July Final Benjamin Proud   England 22.93 GR

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Benjamin Proud   England 23.17 Q
2 5 6 Joseph Schooling   Singapore 23.43 Q, NR
3 5 4 Chad le Clos   South Africa 23.65 Q
4 5 5 Adam Barrett   England 23.68 Q
5 6 6 Jason Dunford   Kenya 23.76 Q
6 7 4 Roland Schoeman   South Africa 23.85 Q
7 6 5 Jayden Hadler   Australia 23.87 Q
8 6 3 Chris Wright   Australia 23.91 Q
9 7 2 Brett Fraser   Cayman Islands 24.01 Q
10 7 6 Coleman Allen   Canada 24.25 Q
11 5 3 Tom Laxton   Wales 24.28 Q
12 7 5 Kenneth To   Australia 24.50 Q
13 6 2 Gamal Assaad   Canada 24.66 Q
14 7 3 Elvis Burrows   Bahamas 24.83 Q
=15 5 2 Alexandre Bakhtiarov   Cyprus 25.16 Q
7 8 Miles Munro   Guernsey 25.16 Q
17 3 5 Tom Gallichan   Jersey 25.34
18 7 1 Ralph Goveia   Zambia 25.35
19 7 7 Ifalemi Sau-Paea   Tonga 25.40
20 4 5 Conor Munn   Northern Ireland 25.57
21 6 7 Curtis Coulter   Northern Ireland 25.73
=22 5 1 Bradley Vincent   Mauritius 25.79
6 8 Timothy Wynter   Jamaica 25.79
24 5 7 Cherantha de Silva   Sri Lanka 25.86
25 4 4 Meli Malani   Fiji 25.90
26 4 3 Issa Mohamed   Kenya 26.00
27 5 8 Joshua Daniel   Saint Lucia 26.04
28 6 1 Thomas Hollingsworth   Guernsey 26.22
29 4 6 Xander Beaton   Guernsey 26.53
30 4 1 Adam Viktora   Seychelles 26.86
31 3 7 Stanford Kawale   Papua New Guinea 26.93
32 3 4 James Sanderson   Gibraltar 27.10
33 2 5 Abeiku Jackson   Ghana 27.21
34 3 1 Hilal Hemed Hilal   Tanzania 27.28
35 3 2 Sikandar Khan   Pakistan 27.35
36 3 3 Emidio Cuna   Mozambique 27.44
37 3 6 Milimo Mweetwa   Zambia 27.70
38 4 7 Nishwan Ibrahim   Maldives 27.79
39 2 3 Kwaku Addo   Ghana 27.80
40 1 4 Ammaar Ghadiyali   Tanzania 28.11
41 3 8 Chris Regis   Grenada 28.35
42 2 4 Collin Akara   Papua New Guinea 28.48
43 2 7 Arnold Kisulo   Uganda 28.61
44 2 6 Corey Ollivierre   Grenada 28.72
45 4 8 Haris Bandey   Pakistan 28.91
46 2 2 Nikolas Sylvester   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 29.03
47 4 2 Mohamed Adnan   Maldives 29.46
48 1 5 Dillon Gooding   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 30.62
49 1 3 Storm Halbich   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.09
50 2 1 Patrick Rukundo   Rwanda 31.46

Semifinals edit

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Benjamin Proud   England 23.16 Q
2 1 3 Roland Schoeman   South Africa 23.25 Q
3 2 5 Chad le Clos   South Africa 23.29 Q
4 1 5 Adam Barrett   England 23.41 Q
5 1 4 Joseph Schooling   Singapore 23.48 Q
6 2 6 Jayden Hadler   Australia 23.67 Q
7 1 6 Chris Wright   Australia 23.78 Q
8 2 2 Brett Fraser   Cayman Islands 23.96 Q
9 2 3 Jason Dunford   Kenya 24.03
10 1 2 Coleman Allen   Canada 24.25
11 1 7 Kenneth To   Australia 24.26
12 2 7 Tom Laxton   Wales 24.31
13 1 8 Miles Munro   Guernsey 24.49
14 1 1 Elvis Burrows   Bahamas 24.74
15 2 1 Gamal Assaad   Canada 24.75
16 2 8 Alexandre Bakhtiarov   Cyprus 24.95

Final edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Benjamin Proud   England 22.93 GR
  5 Roland Schoeman   South Africa 23.13
  3 Chad le Clos   South Africa 23.36
4 6 Adam Barrett   England 23.43
5 8 Brett Fraser   Cayman Islands 23.66
6 7 Jayden Hadler   Australia 23.76
7 2 Joseph Schooling   Singapore 23.96
8 1 Chris Wright   Australia 23.97

References edit

  1. ^ "Spanish Open: Rafael Munoz Breaks 50 Fly World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 5 April 2009. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Munoz finishes 50m fly in 22.43 seconds". ESPN. 5 April 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

External links edit