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

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Men's 50 metre butterfly
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross 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 icon.svg   Benjamin Proud  Flag of England.svg  England
Silver medal icon.svg   Roland Schoeman  Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Bronze medal icon.svg   Chad le Clos  Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
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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.

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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

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

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

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
25 JulyFinal Benjamin Proud Flag of England.svg  England 22.93GR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164 Benjamin Proud Flag of England.svg  England 23.17Q
256 Joseph Schooling Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 23.43Q, NR
354 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 23.65Q
455 Adam Barrett Flag of England.svg  England 23.68Q
566 Jason Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 23.76Q
674 Roland Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 23.85Q
765 Jayden Hadler Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.87Q
863 Chris Wright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.91Q
972 Brett Fraser Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 24.01Q
1076 Coleman Allen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.25Q
1153 Tom Laxton Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 24.28Q
1275 Kenneth To Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.50Q
1362 Gamal Assaad Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.66Q
1473 Elvis Burrows Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 24.83Q
=1552 Alexandre Bakhtiarov Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 25.16Q
78 Miles Munro Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 25.16Q
1735 Tom Gallichan Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 25.34
1871 Ralph Goveia Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 25.35
1977 Ifalemi Sau-Paea Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 25.40
2045 Conor Munn Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 25.57
2167 Curtis Coulter Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 25.73
=2251 Bradley Vincent Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 25.79
68 Timothy Wynter Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 25.79
2457 Cherantha de Silva Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 25.86
2544 Meli Malani Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 25.90
2643 Issa Mohamed Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 26.00
2758 Joshua Daniel Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 26.04
2861 Thomas Hollingsworth Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 26.22
2946 Xander Beaton Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 26.53
3041 Adam Viktora Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 26.86
3137 Stanford Kawale Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 26.93
3234 James Sanderson Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 27.10
3325 Abeiku Jackson Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 27.21
3431 Hilal Hemed Hilal Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 27.28
3532 Sikandar Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 27.35
3633 Emidio Cuna Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 27.44
3736 Milimo Mweetwa Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 27.70
3847 Nishwan Ibrahim Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 27.79
3923 Kwaku Addo Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 27.80
4014 Ammaar Ghadiyali Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 28.11
4138 Chris Regis Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 28.35
4224 Collin Akara Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 28.48
4327 Arnold Kisulo Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 28.61
4426 Corey Ollivierre Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 28.72
4548 Haris Bandey Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 28.91
4622 Nikolas Sylvester Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 29.03
4742 Mohamed Adnan Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 29.46
4815 Dillon Gooding Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 30.62
4913 Storm Halbich Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.09
5021 Patrick Rukundo Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 31.46

Semifinals

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124 Benjamin Proud Flag of England.svg  England 23.16Q
213 Roland Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 23.25Q
325 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 23.29Q
415 Adam Barrett Flag of England.svg  England 23.41Q
514 Joseph Schooling Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 23.48Q
626 Jayden Hadler Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.67Q
716 Chris Wright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.78Q
822 Brett Fraser Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 23.96Q
923 Jason Dunford Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 24.03
1012 Coleman Allen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.25
1117 Kenneth To Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.26
1227 Tom Laxton Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 24.31
1318 Miles Munro Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 24.49
1411 Elvis Burrows Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 24.74
1521 Gamal Assaad Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.75
1628 Alexandre Bakhtiarov Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 24.95

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Benjamin Proud Flag of England.svg  England 22.93 GR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Roland Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 23.13
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 23.36
46 Adam Barrett Flag of England.svg  England 23.43
58 Brett Fraser Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 23.66
67 Jayden Hadler Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.76
72 Joseph Schooling Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 23.96
81 Chris Wright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.97

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References

  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.
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