Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly

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Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates 27 July 2014 (2014-07-27) (heats & semis)
28 July 2014 (2014-07-28) (final)
Competitors 38 from 26 nations
Winning time 51.29 GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
  2010
2018  

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 27 and 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

2014 Commonwealth Games 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games

The 2014 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014,, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). It took place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 3 August 2014.

The swimming competitions at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland took place from 24 to 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre.

The Tollcross International Swimming Centre is a swimming pool and leisure centre in Glasgow. It hosted the Swimming events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Contents

The medals were presented by Bruce Robertson, Vice-President of the Commonwealth Games Federation and Swimming at the 1974 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly|1974 Commonwealth bronze medallist in this event and the quaichs were presented by Paul Bush, Director of Commonwealth Games Scotland and former Chief Executive Officer of Scottish Swimming.

Bruce Richard Robertson, CM is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 in Munich. There he won the silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly, and bronze in the 4×100-metre medley relay, alongside Erik Fish, William Mahony and Robert Kasting.

Commonwealth Games Federation international organization responsible for its namesake competitions

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the international organisation responsible for the direction and control of the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games, and is the foremost authority in matters relating to the games. The headquarters of CGF are located in London, England.

Quaich two-handed drinking vessel from Scotland

A quaich, archaically quaigh or quoich, is a special kind of shallow two-handled drinking cup or bowl in Scotland. It derives from the Scottish Gaelic cuach meaning a cup.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)49.82 Rome, Italy 1 August 2009 [1] [2]
Commonwealth record '
Games recordFlag of Australia.svg  Geoff Huegill  (AUS)51.69 Delhi, India 8 October 2010 [3]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
24 July Final Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 51.29 GR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 le Clos, Chad Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 52.68 Q
2 5 5 Hadler, Jayden Jayden Hadler Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.81 Q
3 4 4 Wright, Chris Chris Wright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.89 Q
4 4 3 Barrett, Adam Adam Barrett Flag of England.svg  England 53.13 Q
5 3 5 Dunford, Jason Jason Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 53.27 Q
6 5 3 Guy, James James Guy Flag of England.svg  England 53.28 Q
7 4 5 Laxton, Tom Tom Laxton Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 53.45 Q
8 3 4 D'Orsogna, Tommaso Tommaso D'Orsogna Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.53 Q
3 3 Schooling, Joseph Joseph Schooling Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 53.58 Q
5 6 Allen, Coleman Coleman Allen Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
11 4 6 Roebuck, Joseph Joseph Roebuck Flag of England.svg  England 53.67 Q
12 5 2 White, Evan Evan White Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 53.98 Q
13 4 2 Halsall, Grant Grant Halsall Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 54.00 Q
14 3 2 Carter, Dylan Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 54.21 Q
15 4 7 Quah Zheng Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 54.46 Q
16 3 6 Assaad, Gamal Gamal Assaad Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 54.62 Q
17 5 7 Prakash, Sajan Sajan Prakash Flag of India.svg  India 55.58
18 5 1 Sau-Paea, Ifalemi Ifalemi Sau-Paea Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 55.62
19 4 1 Goveia, Ralph Ralph Goveia Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 56.33
20 3 1 Hollingsworth, Thomas Thomas Hollingsworth Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 56.68
21 3 7 Coulter, Curtis Curtis Coulter Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 57.20
22 2 4 Mohamed, Issa Issa Mohamed Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 58.05
23 4 8 Marquet, Mathieu Mathieu Marquet Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 58.29
24 2 5 Mogne, Igor Igor Mogne Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 58.56
25 5 8 de Silva, Cherantha Cherantha de Silva Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 59.25
26 2 3 Bregazzi, Alex Alex Bregazzi Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 59.69
27 3 8 Sanderson, James James Sanderson Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar
28 2 6 Kawale, Stanford Stanford Kawale Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
29 2 2 Malani, Meli Meli Malani Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
30 2 7 Viktora, Adam Adam Viktora Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
31 1 4 Jackson, Abeiku Abeiku Jackson Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
32 2 1 Bandey, Haris Haris Bandey Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
33 1 3 Akara, Collin Collin Akara Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
34 1 6 Ibrahim, Nishwan Nishwan Ibrahim Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
35 1 2 Ghadiyali, Ammaar Ammaar Ghadiyali Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
36 1 5 Adnan, Mohamed Mohamed Adnan Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
37 1 7 Gooding, Dillon Dillon Gooding Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
38 2 8 Cuna, Emidio Emidio Cuna Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 99.99DNS

Semifinals

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 5 Barrett, Adam Adam Barrett Flag of England.svg  England 52.00 Q
2 2 4 le Clos, Chad Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 52.12 Q
3 2 2 Schooling, Joseph Joseph Schooling Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 52.22 Q
4 2 5 Wright, Chris Chris Wright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.58 Q
5 1 6 D'Orsogna, Tommaso Tommaso D'Orsogna Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.74 Q
6 1 3 Guy, James James Guy Flag of England.svg  England 52.78 Q
7 2 3 Dunford, Jason Jason Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 52.94 Q
8 1 4 Hadler, Jayden Jayden Hadler Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.12 Q
9 2 6 Laxton, Tom Tom Laxton Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 53.14
10 2 7 Roebuck, Joseph Joseph Roebuck Flag of England.svg  England 53.29
11 1 7 White, Evan Evan White Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 53.54
12 1 2 Allen, Coleman Coleman Allen Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 53.63
13 2 1 Halsall, Grant Grant Halsall Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 54.15
14 2 8 Quah Zheng Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 54.29
15 1 8 Assaad, Gamal Gamal Assaad Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 54.40
16 1 1 Carter, Dylan Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 54.45

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 le Clos, Chad Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 51.29 GR
3 Schooling, Joseph Joseph Schooling Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 51.69 NR
4 Barrett, Adam Adam Barrett Flag of England.svg  England 51.93
4 8 Hadler, Jayden Jayden Hadler Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.42
5 2 D'Orsogna, Tommaso Tommaso D'Orsogna Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.45
6 7 Guy, James James Guy Flag of England.svg  England 52.63
7 1 Dunford, Jason Jason Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 52.71
8 6 Wright, Chris Chris Wright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.88

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