Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

Aquatics at the
2010 Commonwealth Games
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
50 m S9 men women
100 m men women
100 m S8 men
100 m S9 women
100 m S10 men
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
100 m men women
100 m S9 women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Synchronised swimming
Solo Duet

The Men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on October 8 and 9, 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.[1]

Nine heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top sixteen times qualified for the semifinals and the swimmers with the top eight times from there qualified for the finals.[2]

Contents

Heats summary

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 9 4 Brent Hayden  CAN  22.25 Q
2 9 5 Gideon Louw  RSA  22.32 Q
3 9 3 Cameron Prosser  AUS  22.38 Q
4 8 5 Ashley Callus  AUS  22.46 Q
5 7 4 Roland Schoeman  RSA  22.54 Q
6 8 4 Eamon Sullivan  AUS  22.65 Q
7 7 5 Simon Burnett  ENG  22.68 Q
8 7 3 Adam Brown  ENG  22.79 Q
9 8 6 David Dunford  KEN  22.81 Q
10 8 3 Graeme Moore  RSA  23.02 Q
11 7 6 Grant Turner  ENG  23.03 Q
12 9 1 Virdhawal Khade  IND  23.05 Q
13 8 1 Richard Hortness  CAN  23.20 Q
14 8 7 Ryan Pini  PNG  23.23 Q
15 9 7 Brett Fraser  CAY  23.34 Q
16 7 2 Roy-Allan Burch  BER  23.35 Q

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Gideon Louw  RSA  22.07 Q
2 3 Eamon Sullivan  AUS  22.36 Q
3 6 Adam Brown  ENG  22.75 Q
4 2 Grant Turner  ENG  22.78
5 1 Brett Fraser  CAY  23.27
6 7 Richard Hortness  CAN  23.33
7 8 Jian Foo  MAS  23.72
5 Ashley Callus  AUS  DSQ

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Brent Hayden  CAN  22.18 Q
2 5 Cameron Prosser  AUS  22.28 Q
3 3 Roland Schoeman  RSA  22.48 Q
4 2 David Dunford  KEN  22.55 Q
5 6 Simon Burnett  ENG  22.66 Q
6 7 Virdhawal Khade  IND  23.05
7 8 Roy-Allan Burch  BER  23.16
7 1 Ryan Pini  PNG  23.16

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 Brent Hayden  CAN  22.01 CG
2 Roland Schoeman  RSA  22.14
4 Gideon Louw  RSA  22.22
4 1 Simon Burnett  ENG  22.44
5 3 Cameron Prosser  AUS  22.46
6 6 Eamon Sullivan  AUS  22.51
6 8 Adam Brown  ENG  22.51
8 7 David Dunford  KEN  22.64

References