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

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.
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 record | Rafael Muñoz (ESP) | 22.43 | Málaga, Spain | 5 April 2009 |
| Commonwealth record | Matthew Targett (AUS) | 22.73 | Rome, Italy | 27 July 2009 |
| Games record | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | 23.14 | Melbourne, Australia | 17 March 2006 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 25 July | Final | Benjamin Proud | England | 22.93 | GR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Benjamin Proud | England | 23.17 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 6 | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 23.43 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 23.65 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Adam Barrett | England | 23.68 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Jason Dunford | Kenya | 23.76 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 4 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 23.85 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 5 | Jayden Hadler | Australia | 23.87 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Chris Wright | Australia | 23.91 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Brett Fraser | Cayman Islands | 24.01 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 6 | Coleman Allen | Canada | 24.25 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Tom Laxton | Wales | 24.28 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 5 | Kenneth To | Australia | 24.50 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Gamal Assaad | Canada | 24.66 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Elvis Burrows | Bahamas | 24.83 | Q |
| =15 | 5 | 2 | Alexandre Bakhtiarov | Cyprus | 25.16 | Q |
| =15 | 7 | 8 | Miles Munro | Guernsey | 25.16 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 5 | Tom Gallichan | Jersey | 25.34 | |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia | 25.35 | |
| 19 | 7 | 7 | Ifalemi Sau-Paea | Tonga | 25.40 | |
| 20 | 4 | 5 | Conor Munn | Northern Ireland | 25.57 | |
| 21 | 6 | 7 | Curtis Coulter | Northern Ireland | 25.73 | |
| =22 | 5 | 1 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius | 25.79 | |
| =22 | 6 | 8 | Timothy Wynter | Jamaica | 25.79 | |
| 24 | 5 | 7 | Cherantha de Silva | Sri Lanka | 25.86 | |
| 25 | 4 | 4 | Meli Malani | Fiji | 25.90 | |
| 26 | 4 | 3 | Issa Mohamed | Kenya | 26.00 | |
| 27 | 5 | 8 | Joshua Daniel | Saint Lucia | 26.04 | |
| 28 | 6 | 1 | Thomas Hollingsworth | Guernsey | 26.22 | |
| 29 | 4 | 6 | Xander Beaton | Guernsey | 26.53 | |
| 30 | 4 | 1 | Adam Viktora | Seychelles | 26.86 | |
| 31 | 3 | 7 | Stanford Kawale | Papua New Guinea | 26.93 | |
| 32 | 3 | 4 | James Sanderson | Gibraltar | 27.10 | |
| 33 | 2 | 5 | Abeiku Jackson | Ghana | 27.21 | |
| 34 | 3 | 1 | Hilal Hemed Hilal | Tanzania | 27.28 | |
| 35 | 3 | 2 | Sikandar Khan | Pakistan | 27.35 | |
| 36 | 3 | 3 | Emidio Cuna | Mozambique | 27.44 | |
| 37 | 3 | 6 | Milimo Mweetwa | Zambia | 27.70 | |
| 38 | 4 | 7 | Nishwan Ibrahim | Maldives | 27.79 | |
| 39 | 2 | 3 | Kwaku Addo | Ghana | 27.80 | |
| 40 | 1 | 4 | Ammaar Ghadiyali | Tanzania | 28.11 | |
| 41 | 3 | 8 | Chris Regis | Grenada | 28.35 | |
| 42 | 2 | 4 | Collin Akara | Papua New Guinea | 28.48 | |
| 43 | 2 | 7 | Arnold Kisulo | Uganda | 28.61 | |
| 44 | 2 | 6 | Corey Ollivierre | Grenada | 28.72 | |
| 45 | 4 | 8 | Haris Bandey | Pakistan | 28.91 | |
| 46 | 2 | 2 | Nikolas Sylvester | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 29.03 | |
| 47 | 4 | 2 | Mohamed Adnan | Maldives | 29.46 | |
| 48 | 1 | 5 | Dillon Gooding | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 30.62 | |
| 49 | 1 | 3 | Storm Halbich | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31.09 | |
| 50 | 2 | 1 | Patrick Rukundo | Rwanda | 31.46 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Benjamin Proud | England | 23.16 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 23.25 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 23.29 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Adam Barrett | England | 23.41 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 23.48 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Jayden Hadler | Australia | 23.67 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Chris Wright | Australia | 23.78 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Brett Fraser | Cayman Islands | 23.96 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Jason Dunford | Kenya | 24.03 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Coleman Allen | Canada | 24.25 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Kenneth To | Australia | 24.26 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Tom Laxton | Wales | 24.31 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Miles Munro | Guernsey | 24.49 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Elvis Burrows | Bahamas | 24.74 | |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Gamal Assaad | Canada | 24.75 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Alexandre Bakhtiarov | Cyprus | 24.95 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Benjamin Proud | England | 22.93 | GR |
| | 5 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 23.13 | |
| | 3 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 23.36 | |
| 4 | 6 | Adam Barrett | England | 23.43 | |
| 5 | 8 | Brett Fraser | Cayman Islands | 23.66 | |
| 6 | 7 | Jayden Hadler | Australia | 23.76 | |
| 7 | 2 | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 23.96 | |
| 8 | 1 | Chris Wright | Australia | 23.97 | |