Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Albert Subirats  Venezuela | Glauber Silva  Brazil | Ben Hockin  Paraguay |
The Men's 50m butterfly event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 26, with the heats at 10:00 and the Final at 18:00.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Albert Subirats Venezuela | Glauber Silva Brazil | Ben Hockin Paraguay |
| Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Rafael Muñoz (ESP) | 22.43 | Málaga, Spain | 5 April 2009 |
| Competition Record | Jader Silva (BRA) | 24.80 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 15 November 2006 |
| South American record | Nicholas Santos (BRA) | 22.87 | Palhoça, Brazil | 4 September 2009 |
| Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albert Subirats (VEN) | 24.03 | Q CR |
| 2 | Glauber Silva (BRA) | 24.18 | Q |
| 3 | Ben Hockin (PAR) | 24.46 | Q |
| 4 |  Gustavo Daniel Paschetta (ARG) | 24.76 | Q |
| 5 |  Daniel Cuellar (COL) | 25.11 | Q |
| 6 | Jesus Casanova (VEN) | 25.13 | Q |
| 7 | Guilherme Roth (BRA) | 25.15 | Q |
| 8 |  Marcelino Richaards (SUR) | 25.27 | Q |
| 9 | Marcos Barale (ARG) | 25.36 | |
| 10 |  Rodrigo Caceres (URU) | 25.40 | |
| 11 |  Diego Zambrano Macias (ECU) | 25.48 | |
| 12 | Juan Cambindo (COL) | 25.51 | |
| 13 |  Manuel Alonso Ericsson (PER) | 26.19 | |
| 14 |  Philippe Rodriguez (CHI) | 26.30 | |
| 15 |  Perry Lindo (AHO) | 26.33 | |
| 15 | Favio Segovia (PAR) | 26.33 | |
| 17 |  Niall Roberts (GUY) | 26.60 | |
| 18 | Hycinth Cijntje (AHO) | 26.84 | |
| 19 | Joel Romeu (URU) | 26.93 | |
| 20 |  Alejandro Madde (BOL) | 27.20 | |
| 21 | Mauricio Fiol (PER) | 27.21 | |
| 22 | Martin Manattini (BOL) | 27.45 | |
| 23 | Fabian Binns (GUY) | 27.89 | |
| Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Albert Subirats (VEN) | 23.66 | CR |
 | Glauber Silva (BRA) | 24.22 | |
 | Ben Hockin (PAR) | 24.33 | |
| 4 | Guilherme Roth (BRA) | 24.72 | |
| 5 | Gustavo Daniel Paschetta (ARG) | 24.86 | |
| 6 | Jesus Casanova (VEN) | 25.32 | |
| 7 | Daniel Cuellar (COL) | 25.45 | |
| 8 | Marcelino Richaards (SUR) | 25.53 | |
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