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

The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held on 2 and 3 August at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record | César Cielo (BRA) | 20.91 | São Paulo, Brazil | 18 December 2009 |
| Commonwealth record | Ben Proud (GBR) | 21.11 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 8 August 2018 |
| Games record | Ben Proud (ENG) | 21.30 | Gold Coast, Australia | 9 April 2018 |

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday 2 August 2022 | 10:51 | Qualifying |
| Tuesday 2 August 2022 | 20:11 | Semifinals |
| Wednesday 3 August 2022 | 19:45 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | 5 | Lewis Burras | England | 22.09 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | 5 | Tom Nowakowski | Australia | 22.42 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 4 | Ben Proud | England | 22.44 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | 4 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.48 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | 4 | Joshua Liendo | Canada | 22.49 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 3 | Jonathan Tan | Singapore | 22.53 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | Lamar Taylor | Bahamas | 22.59 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 5 | Teong Tzen Wei | Singapore | 22.62 | Q |
| 9 | 9 | 3 | Grayson Bell | Australia | 22.64 | Q |
| 10 | 9 | 2 | Dan Jones | Wales | 22.65 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Mikkel Lee | Singapore | 22.69 | Q |
| 12 | 9 | 6 | Flynn Southam | Australia | 22.79 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 6 | Adam Barrett | England | 22.89 | Q |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Clayton Jimmie | South Africa | 22.98 | Q |
| 15 | 8 | 6 | Cameron Gray | New Zealand | 23.00 | Q |
| 16 | 8 | 7 | Stephen Calkins | Canada | 23.01 | Q |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Joel Watterson | Isle of Man | 23.20 | R |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Hansel McCaig | Fiji | 23.29 | R? |
| 18 | 9 | 8 | Stefano Mitchell | Antigua and Barbuda | 23.29 | R? |
| 20 | 5 | 7 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius | 23.34 | |
| 21 | 7 | 8 | Harry Robinson | Isle of Man | 23.56 | |
| 22 | 5 | 3 | Jack Kirby | Barbados | 23.59 | |
| 23 | 5 | 5 | David Young | Fiji | 23.62 | |
| 23 | 9 | 7 | Abeiku Jackson | Ghana | 23.62 | |
| 25 | 7 | 7 | Bryan Leong | Malaysia | 23.64 | |
| 26 | 7 | 1 | Markos Iakovidis | Cyprus | 23.72 | |
| 27 | 6 | 3 | Nathaniel Thomas | Jamaica | 23.89 | |
| 28 | 8 | 1 | Sidrell Williams | Jamaica | 23.94 | |
| 29 | 5 | 4 | Harry Shalamon | Jersey | 24.04 | |
| 30 | 4 | 6 | Adam Moncherry | Seychelles | 24.10 | |
| 31 | 4 | 2 | Ronny Hallett | Guernsey | 24.15 | |
| 31 | 6 | 1 | Ollie Brehaut | Jersey | 24.15 | |
| 33 | 6 | 6 | Jonathan Beck | Guernsey | 24.18 | |
| 34 | 5 | 1 | James Allison | Cayman Islands | 24.21 | |
| 35 | 6 | 8 | Matthew Lawrence | Mozambique | 24.23 | |
| 36 | 6 | 4 | Gregory Anodin | Mauritius | 24.33 | |
| 37 | 6 | 7 | Tendo Mukalazi | Uganda | 24.37 | |
| 38 | 6 | 5 | Shane Cadogan | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.38 | |
| 39 | 5 | 6 | Ridhwan Mohamed | Kenya | 24.41 | |
| 40 | 4 | 7 | Collins Saliboko | Tanzania | 24.44 | |
| 41 | 4 | 5 | Adrian Robinson | Botswana | 24.57 | |
| 42 | 3 | 3 | Warren Lawrence | Dominica | 24.63 | |
| 43 | 4 | 3 | Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq | Pakistan | 24.65 | |
| 44 | 6 | 2 | Md Asif Reza | Bangladesh | 24.67 | |
| 45 | 8 | 8 | Mathieu Bachmann | Seychelles | 24.71 | |
| 46 | 4 | 1 | Mohamed Aan Hussain | Maldives | 24.82 | |
| 47 | 2 | 8 | Christos Manoli | Cyprus | 24.87 | |
| 48 | 5 | 8 | Epeli Rabua | Fiji | 24.88 | |
| 49 | 3 | 6 | Alan Uhil | Tonga | 24.92 | |
| 49 | 4 | 4 | Finau Ohuafi | Tonga | 24.92 | |
| 51 | 3 | 4 | Jack Allan | Jersey | 24.98 | |
| 52 | 3 | 1 | Kenale Alleyne | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25.04 | |
| 53 | 4 | 8 | Atuhaire Ambala | Uganda | 25.13 | |
| 54 | 3 | 2 | Eloi Maniraguha | Rwanda | 25.15 | |
| 54 | 3 | 5 | Paul Mahaica | Guyana | 25.15 | |
| 56 | 2 | 4 | Aidan Carroll | Gibraltar | 25.16 | |
| 57 | 3 | 7 | Rohan Karim Shearer | Turks and Caicos Islands | 25.64 | |
| 58 | 2 | 3 | Bryson George | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.08 | |
| 59 | 2 | 5 | Sekhel Tzedeq | Guyana | 26.27 | |
| 60 | 3 | 8 | Jordan Gonzalez | Gibraltar | 26.36 | |
| 61 | 2 | 6 | Duwaine Yon | Saint Helena | 27.01 | |
| 62 | 2 | 7 | Alex Lake | Anguilla | 27.16 | |
| 63 | 1 | 5 | Charly Ndjoume | Cameroon | 27.39 | |
| 64 | 1 | 4 | Joshua Wyse | Sierra Leone | 27.40 | |
| 65 | 2 | 2 | Edgar Iro | Solomon Islands | 27.42 | |
| 66 | 2 | 1 | Simanga Dlamini | Eswatini | 27.47 | |
| 67 | 1 | 1 | Mohamed Kamara | Sierra Leone | 27.69 | |
| 68 | 1 | 7 | William Caswell | Saint Helena | 27.80 | |
| 69 | 1 | 6 | Tsinde Kumbatira | Malawi | 27.84 | |
| 70 | 1 | 3 | Ebrima Buaro | The Gambia | 27.95 | |
| 71 | 1 | 8 | Matthew Tiako | Solomon Islands | 32.29 | |
| | 1 | 2 | Stefan Thomas | Saint Helena | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Ben Proud | England | 21.63 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Joshua Liendo | Canada | 21.92 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Lewis Burras | England | 21.92 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Tom Nowakowski | Australia | 22.20 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.35 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Teong Tzen Wei | Singapore | 22.36 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Lamar Taylor | Bahamas | 22.45 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Grayson Bell | Australia | 22.55 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Jonathan Tan | Singapore | 22.57 | R |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Flynn Southam | Australia | 22.60 | R |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Clayton Jimmie | South Africa | 22.62 | |
| 12 | 1 | 8 | Stephen Calkins | Canada | 22.66 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Dan Jones | Wales | 22.76 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Mikkel Lee | Singapore | 22.77 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Cameron Gray | New Zealand | 22.77 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Adam Barrett | England | 22.86 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Ben Proud | England | 21.36 |
| | 3 | Lewis Burras | England | 21.68 |
| | 5 | Joshua Liendo | Canada | 22.02 |
| 4 | 2 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.10 |
| 5 | 7 | Teong Tzen Wei | Singapore | 22.26 |
| 6 | 6 | Tom Nowakowski | Australia | 22.37 |
| 7 | 1 | Lamar Taylor | Bahamas | 22.51 |
| 8 | 8 | Grayson Bell | Australia | 22.53 |