Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates8 April (heats, semifinals)
9 April (final)
Competitors28 from 21 nations
Winning time50.65
Medalists
gold medal    South Africa
silver medal    England
bronze medal    Australia
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Records edit

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

World record   Michael Phelps (USA) 49.82 Rome, Italy 1 August 2009
Commonwealth record   Joseph Schooling (SGP) 50.39 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 August 2016
Games record   Chad le Clos (RSA) 51.29 Glasgow, United Kingdom 28 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
9 April Final Chad le Clos   South Africa 50.65 GR

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were held on 8 April at 11:35.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 James Guy   England 53.16 Q
2 2 3 Sean Campsie   Scotland 53.31 Q
3 4 3 Josiah Binnema   Canada 53.49 Q
3 4 5 David Morgan   Australia 53.49 Q
5 2 4 Chad Le Clos   South Africa 53.67 Q
6 2 5 Jacob Peters   England 53.72 Q
7 2 6 Mackenzie Darragh   Canada 53.81 Q
8 3 4 Grant Irvine   Australia 53.89 Q
9 3 6 Sajan Prakash   India 54.11 Q
10 3 3 Calum Jarvis   Wales 54.26 Q
11 4 2 Jie Chan   Malaysia 54.33 Q
12 3 2 Ralph Goveia   Zambia 54.58 Q
13 3 1 Abeiku Jackson   Ghana 54.79 Q
14 3 5 Ryan Coetzee   South Africa 55.03 Q
15 2 2 Eben Vorster   South Africa 55.11 Q
16 4 1 James Brown   Northern Ireland 55.14 Q
17 3 7 Igor Mogne   Mozambique 55.20
18 4 6 Cherantha de Silva   Sri Lanka 55.91
19 3 8 Harry Shalamon   Jersey 56.24
20 4 7 Curtis Coulter   Northern Ireland 56.57
21 2 1 Mohammad Nahid   Bangladesh 56.94
22 4 8 Iain McCallum   Cayman Islands 58.08
23 2 8 Stefano Mitchell   Antigua and Barbuda 58.88
24 1 3 Epeli Rabua Herbert   Fiji 58.91
25 1 4 Matt Savitz   Gibraltar 59.56
26 1 6 Gregory Anodin   Mauritius 1:00.98
27 1 5 James Sanderson   Gibraltar 1:02.14
28 1 2 Dillon Gooding   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:04.05
2 7 N'Nhyn Fernander   Bahamas DNS

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held on 8 April at 20:53.[2]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Grant Irvine   Australia 51.87 Q
2 5 David Morgan   Australia 52.48 Q
3 2 Calum Jarvis   Wales 53.33 Q
4 4 Sean Campsie   Scotland 53.40 Q
4 3 Jacob Peters   England 53.40 Q
6 7 Ralph Goveia   Zambia 54.10
7 1 Ryan Coetzee   South Africa 54.17
8 8 James Brown   Northern Ireland 55.13

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 James Guy   England 52.34 Q
2 3 Chad Le Clos   South Africa 52.56 Q
3 5 Josiah Binnema   Canada 53.41 Q
4 6 Mackenzie Darragh   Canada 53.43
5 2 Sajan Prakash   India 54.12
6 7 Jie Chan   Malaysia 54.56
7 8 Eben Vorster   South Africa 54.75
8 1 Abeiku Jackson   Ghana 54.79

Final edit

The final was held on 9 April at 21:59.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  6 Chad Le Clos   South Africa 50.65 GR
  5 James Guy   England 51.31
  4 Grant Irvine   Australia 51.50
4 3 David Morgan   Australia 51.94
5 8 Josiah Binnema   Canada 53.11
5 1 Jacob Peters   England 53.11
7 2 Calum Jarvis   Wales 53.36
8 7 Sean Campsie   Scotland 53.51

References edit