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

The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 and 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates28 July 2014 (2014-07-28) (heats & semis)
29 July 2014 (2014-07-29) (final)
Competitors69 from 40 nations
Winning time21.92
Medalists
 Benjamin Proud   England
 Cameron McEvoy   Australia
 James Magnussen   Australia
Swimming at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m S8women
100 m S8men
200 mmenwomen
200 m S14men
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m SB9women
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
200 m SM8men
200 m SM8women
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

The medals were presented by David Downie, President of Scottish Swimming and the quaichs were presented by Mike Summers, Chairman of the Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association.

Records

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

World record César Cielo (BRA)20.91São Paulo, Brazil18 December 2009[1][2]
Commonwealth record
Games record Brent Hayden (CAN)22.01Delhi, India9 October 2010[3]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
28 JulySemifinalBenjamin Proud England21.76GR

Results

Heats
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
193Cameron McEvoy Australia22.04Q
295Matthew Abood Australia22.09Q
385Benjamin Proud England22.21Q
474James Magnussen Australia22.33Q
594George Bovell Trinidad and Tobago22.37Q
=684Roland Schoeman South Africa22.54Q
86Richard Schaffers Scotland
875Adam Brown England22.66Q
973Roy-Allan Burch Bermuda22.68Q
1083Bradley Tandy South Africa22.78Q
1196Brett Fraser Cayman Islands22.79Q
1276Yuri Kisil Canada22.87Q
1382Miles Munro Guernsey22.94Q
1492James Disney-May England23.04Q
1581Bradley Vincent Mauritius23.20Q
1697Curtis Coulter Northern Ireland23.23Q
1772Elvis Burrows Bahamas23.24
1891Clement Lim Singapore23.27
1967Jordan Augier Saint Lucia23.43
2087Jevon Atkinson Jamaica23.55
2188David Thompson Northern Ireland23.79
=2264Otto Putland Wales23.81
98Quah Zheng Wen Singapore
2477Conor Munn Northern Ireland23.88
2568William Clark Fiji23.91
2665Tom Gallichan Jersey23.97
2763Meli Malani Fiji23.98
2878Joshua Daniel Saint Lucia24.01
2955Mathieu Marquet Mauritius24.12
3071Lim Ching Hwang Malaysia24.27
=3156Issa Mohamed Kenya24.34
61Ifalemi Sau Paea Tonga
66Cherantha de Silva Sri Lanka
3454Tom Bielich Isle of Man24.51
3558Stanford Kawale Papua New Guinea24.56
3662Mahfizur Rahman Sagor Bangladesh24.63
3746Igor Mogne Mozambique24.87
3828Alex Bregazzi Isle of Man25.08
3945Tory Pragassa Kenya25.10
4044Shakil Fakir Mozambique25.11
4143Adam Viktora Seychelles25.13
4253Hilal Hemed Hilal Tanzania25.24
4352James Sanderson Gibraltar25.33
4441Chris Regis Grenada25.46
4522Brandon Schuster Samoa25.53
4642Kwaku Addo Ghana25.72
=4727Joshua Tibatemwa Uganda25.78
36Dean Hoffman Seychelles
4934Andrew Hopkin Grenada25.98
5033Sikandar Khan Pakistan26.02
5132Mark Hoare Swaziland26.03
5248Steven Maina Kenya26.08
5314Matthew Shone Zambia26.11
5424Collin Akara Papua New Guinea26.22
5531Abbiw Jackson Ghana26.25
5635Nishwan Ibrahim Maldives26.40
5747Milimo Mweetwa Zambia26.41
5838Corey Ollivierre Grenada26.49
5925Nikolas Sylvester Saint Vincent and the Grenadines26.64
6051Mohamed Adnan Maldives27.08
6137Nana Antwi Ghana27.12
=6215Ben Dillon Saint Helena27.14
21Haris Bandey Pakistan
6426Patrick Rukundo Rwanda27.30
6513Tong Li Panuve Tonga27.51
6623Arnold Kisulo Uganda27.66
6712Storm Halbich Saint Vincent and the Grenadines27.78
6816Shane Cadogan Saint Vincent and the Grenadines28.41
57Emidio Cuna MozambiqueDNS

Semifinals
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
125Benjamin Proud England21.76Q, GR
224Cameron McEvoy Australia21.94Q
314Matthew Abood Australia22.07Q
423George Bovell Trinidad and Tobago22.22Q
515James Magnussen Australia22.23Q
613Roland Schoeman South Africa22.26Q
712Bradley Tandy South Africa22.34Q
816Adam Brown England22.55Q
917Yuri Kisil Canada22.57
1026Richard Schaffers Scotland22.59
1122Roy-Allan Burch Bermuda22.71
1221Miles Munro Guernsey22.82
1327Brett Fraser Cayman Islands22.87
1418Curtis Coulter Northern Ireland23.02
1528Bradley Vincent Mauritius23.09
1611James Disney-May England23.26

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Benjamin Proud England21.92
5Cameron McEvoy Australia22.00
2James Magnussen Australia22.10
43Matthew Abood Australia22.14
56George Bovell Trinidad and Tobago22.31
67Roland Schoeman South Africa22.36
71Bradley Tandy South Africa22.43
88Adam Brown England22.62

References
  1. "Brazil's Cesar Cielo breaks 50m freestyle world record". France24. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  2. "Brazil Long Course Championships: Cesar Cielo Sets World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 18 December 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  3. "Commonwealth Games: Brent Hayden Sweeps Sprint Frees on Day Six Finals". SwimmingWorldMagazine. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
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