# Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre butterfly

The men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 6 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Rafael Muñoz (ESP) | 22.43 | Málaga, Spain | 5 April 2009 |
| 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 |

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday 5 April 2018 | 11:23 | Qualifying |
| Thursday 5 April 2018 | 20:52 | Semifinals |
| Friday 6 April 2018 | 19:37 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 5 | Chad Le Clos | South Africa | 23.53 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.62 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Ryan Coetzee | South Africa | 23.94 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | Grant Irvine | Australia | 23.95 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Daniel Hunter | New Zealand | 24.01 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 3 | Jacob Peters | England | 24.19 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | David Morgan | Australia | 24.21 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 8 | Sam Perry | New Zealand | 24.23 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 6 | Sean Campsie | Scotland | 24.32 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 7 | Bradley Tandy | South Africa | 24.41 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Calum Bain | Northern Ireland | 24.45 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scott McLay | Scotland | 24.49 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 6 | Virdhawal Khade | India | 24.52 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Josiah Binnema | Canada | 24.57 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 7 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia | 24.62 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Abeiku Jackson | Ghana | 24.68 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 7 | Miles Munro | Guernsey | 24.76 | |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | David Thompson | Northern Ireland | 24.77 | |
| 19 | 7 | 8 | Mackenzie Darragh | Canada | 24.81 | |
| 20 | 7 | 1 | Darren Lim | Singapore | 24.86 | |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | Sajan Prakash | India | 25.11 | |
| 22 | 6 | 5 | Cherantha de Silva | Sri Lanka | 25.13 | |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Jie Chan | Malaysia | 25.20 | |
| 24 | 4 | 6 | Igor Mogne | Mozambique | 25.23 | |
| 25 | 4 | 3 | Keith Kit Sern Lim | Malaysia | 25.25 | |
| 26 | 4 | 2 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius | 25.30 | |
| 27 | 6 | 1 | Akalanka Peiris | Sri Lanka | 25.32 | |
| 28 | 6 | 8 | N'Nhyn Fernander | Bahamas | 25.39 | |
| 29 | 4 | 8 | Curtis Coulter | Northern Ireland | 25.53 | |
| 30 | 4 | 5 | Issa Mohamed | Kenya | 25.77 | |
| 31 | 4 | 7 | Samuel Seghers | Papua New Guinea | 25.81 | |
| 32 | 4 | 1 | Iain McCallum | Cayman Islands | 25.99 | |
| 33 | 3 | 6 | Steven Maina | Kenya | 26.02 | |
| 34 | 3 | 4 | Erico Cuna | Mozambique | 26.11 | |
| 35 | 3 | 2 | Hilal Hilal | Tanzania | 26.32 | |
| 36 | 3 | 8 | Epeli Rabua Herbert | Fiji | 26.33 | |
| 37 | 3 | 5 | Stefano Mitchell | Antigua and Barbuda | 26.43 | |
| 38 | 3 | 3 | Md Nahid | Bangladesh | 26.56 | |
| 39 | 3 | 1 | Matt Savitz | Gibraltar | 26.85 | |
| 40 | 2 | 2 | Paul Elaisa | Fiji | 26.94 | |
| 41 | 3 | 7 | James Sanderson | Gibraltar | 26.95 | |
| 42 | 2 | 4 | Gregory Anodin | Mauritius | 27.09 | |
| 43 | 1 | 4 | Joshua Tibatemwa | Uganda | 27.17 | |
| 44 | 2 | 8 | Andrew Fowler | Guyana | 27.23 | |
| 45 | 2 | 1 | Josh Tarere | Papua New Guinea | 27.43 | |
| 46 | 2 | 5 | Jadon Wuilliez | Antigua and Barbuda | 27.78 | |
| 47 | 2 | 6 | Nikolas Sylvester | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.93 | |
| 47 | 1 | 5 | Dillon Gooding | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.93 | |
| 49 | 2 | 7 | Moonakala Kumaren | Zambia | 27.96 | |
| 50 | 1 | 7 | Finau Ohuafi | Tonga | 28.00 | |
| 51 | 1 | 6 | Alexander Cyrus | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28.12 | |
| 52 | 1 | 3 | Ashley Seeto | Papua New Guinea | 28.33 | |
| 53 | 1 | 1 | Ishmael Koroma | Sierra Leone | 28.73 | |
| 54 | 1 | 2 | Ben Dillon | Saint Helena | 29.71 | |
| | 2 | 3 | Adam Moncherry | Seychelles | DSQ | |
| | 7 | 4 | Benjamin Proud | England | DSQ | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Chad Le Clos | South Africa | 23.53 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Grant Irvine | Australia | 23.79 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Ryan Coetzee | South Africa | 23.79 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.90 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Daniel Hunter | New Zealand | 23.93 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Sam Perry | New Zealand | 23.99 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Jacob Peters | England | 24.05 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | David Morgan | Australia | 24.17 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Josiah Binnema | Canada | 24.30 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Bradley Tandy | South Africa | 24.35 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Calum Bain | Northern Ireland | 24.43 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Sean Campsie | Scotland | 24.48 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Scott McLay | Scotland | 24.49 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia | 24.49 | |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Virdhawal Khade | India | 24.50 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Abeiku Jackson | Ghana | 24.86 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Chad Le Clos | South Africa | 23.37 |
| | 6 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.67 |
| | 3 | Ryan Coetzee | South Africa | 23.73 |
| 4 | 5 | Grant Irvine | Australia | 23.76 |
| 5 | 2 | Daniel Hunter | New Zealand | 23.87 |
| 6 | 7 | Sam Perry | New Zealand | 23.96 |
| 7 | 1 | Jacob Peters | England | 24.00 |
| 8 | 8 | David Morgan | Australia | 24.01 |