# Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre butterfly

The men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held on 29 and 30 July at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Andriy Govorov (UKR) | 22.27 | Rome, Italy | 1 July 2018 |
| Commonwealth record | Matt Targett (AUS) | 22.73 | Rome, Italy | 27 July 2009 |
| Games record | Benjamin Proud (ENG) | 22.93 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 25 July 2014 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 30 July | Final | Benjamin Proud | England | 22.81 | GR |

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday 29 July 2022 | 11:24 | Qualifying |
| Friday 29 July 2022 | 20:08 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 30 July 2022 | 19:07 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 5 | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | 23.45 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Benjamin Proud | England | 23.46 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 4 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.59 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 5 | Jacob Peters | England | 23.64 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Matthew Temple | Australia | 23.70 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 6 | Lewis Fraser | Wales | 23.73 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 3 | Mikkel Lee | Singapore | 23.79 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | Chad Le Clos | South Africa | 23.80 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | Joshua Liendo | Canada | 23.82 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Cody Simpson | Australia | 23.84 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Teong Tzen Wei | Singapore | 23.88 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Gregor Swinney | Scotland | 23.91 | Q, NR |
| 13 | 5 | 6 | Adam Barrett | England | 23.98 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Cameron Gray | New Zealand | 24.02 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | Finlay Knox | Canada | 24.14 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | Clayton Jimmie | South Africa | 24.17 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Abeiku Jackson | Ghana | 24.19 | R |
| 18 | 4 | 5 | Lamar Taylor | Bahamas | 24.21 | R |
| 19 | 7 | 7 | Tom Carswell | Wales | 24.29 | |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Bryan Leong | Malaysia | 24.50 | |
| 21 | 7 | 8 | Joel Watterson | Isle of Man | 24.67 | |
| 22 | 4 | 3 | Akalanka Peiris | Sri Lanka | 24.89 | NR |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Matthew Lawrence | Mozambique | 25.00 | |
| 24 | 6 | 8 | Sajan Prakash | India | 25.01 | |
| 25 | 4 | 4 | Hansel McCaig | Fiji | 25.14 | |
| 26 | 4 | 2 | Harry Robinson | Isle of Man | 25.21 | |
| 27 | 5 | 1 | Sidrell Williams | Jamaica | 25.32 | |
| 28 | 4 | 7 | Jack Allen | Jersey | 25.51 | |
| 29 | 3 | 4 | Collins Saliboko | Tanzania | 25.52 | |
| 30 | 4 | 6 | Adam Moncherry | Seychelles | 25.67 | |
| 31 | 3 | 5 | Peter Allen | Isle of Man | 25.74 | |
| 32 | 3 | 6 | Aidan Carroll | Gibraltar | 25.84 | |
| 32 | 3 | 8 | Tyler Fred | Seychelles | 25.84 | |
| 34 | 3 | 2 | Ridhwan Mohamed | Kenya | 25.92 | |
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Syed Tariq | Pakistan | 25.97 | NR |
| 36 | 3 | 7 | Kokoro Frost | Samoa | 26.00 | |
| 37 | 1 | 4 | Epeli Rabua | Fiji | 26.01 | |
| 38 | 2 | 5 | Temafa Yalimaiwai | Fiji | 26.04 | |
| 39 | 4 | 1 | Mathieu Bachmann | Seychelles | 26.16 | |
| 40 | 3 | 1 | Warren Lawrence | Dominica | 26.19 | |
| 41 | 4 | 8 | Md Nahid | Bangladesh | 26.25 | |
| 42 | 3 | 3 | Shane Caddgan | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.39 | |
| 43 | 1 | 7 | Johnpaul Balloqui | Gibraltar | 26.51 | |
| 44 | 2 | 1 | Ollie Brehaut | Jersey | 26.72 | |
| 45 | 2 | 3 | Alan Uhi | Tonga | 26.83 | |
| 46 | 2 | 2 | Isihaka Isihaka | Rwanda | 26.84 | |
| 47 | 2 | 6 | Paul Mahaica | Guyana | 26.88 | |
| 48 | 2 | 7 | Kumaren Naidu | Zambia | 27.39 | |
| 49 | 2 | 8 | Bryson George | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.44 | |
| 50 | 1 | 3 | Simanga Dlamini | Eswatini | 28.98 | |
| 51 | 1 | 2 | Edgar Iro | Solomon Islands | 29.50 | |
| 52 | 1 | 6 | Joshua Wyse | Sierra Leone | 29.71 | |
| 53 | 1 | 5 | Charly Ndjoume | Cameroon | 30.28 | |
| 54 | 1 | 1 | Tsinde Kumbatira | Malawi | 31.04 | |
| | 7 | 1 | Jayhan Odlum-Smith | Saint Lucia | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Benjamin Proud | England | 23.06 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | Teong Tzen Wei | Singapore | 23.24 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.41 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Jacob Peters | England | 23.51 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Joshua Liendo | Canada | 23.51 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Lewis Fraser | Wales | 23.56 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Cameron Gray | New Zealand | 23.58 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Adam Barrett | England | 23.59 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Matthew Temple | Australia | 23.63 | R |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | 23.65 | R |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Chad Le Clos | South Africa | 23.67 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Mikkel Lee | Singapore | 23.76 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Finlay Knox | Canada | 23.77 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Cody Simpson | Australia | 23.87 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Clayton Jimmie | South Africa | 24.09 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Gregor Swinney | Scotland | 24.21 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Benjamin Proud | England | 22.81 | GR |
| | 5 | Teong Tzen Wei | Singapore | 23.21 | |
| | 1 | Cameron Gray | New Zealand | 23.27 | NR |
| 4 | 3 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.28 | |
| 5 | 6 | Jacob Peters | England | 23.29 | |
| 6 | 2 | Joshua Liendo | Canada | 23.42 | |
| 7 | 8 | Adam Barrett | England | 23.57 | |
| 8 | 7 | Lewis Fraser | Wales | 23.71 | |