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

The Men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 and 10 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic 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 | Ashley Callus (AUS) | 21.19 | Canberra, Australia | 26 November 2009 |
| Games record | Benjamin Proud (ENG) | 21.76 | Glasgow, Scotland | 28 July 2014 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 9 April | Heats | Benjamin Proud | England | 21.45 | GR |
| 9 April | Semifinal | Benjamin Proud | England | 21.30 | GR |

## Results
### Heats

The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Benjamin Proud | England | 21.45 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Brad Tandy | South Africa | 21.78 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 4 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 22.06 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 5 | James Roberts | Australia | 22.11 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | 3 | Thomas Fannon | England | 22.12 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | James Magnussen | Australia | 22.23 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 5 | David Cumberlidge | England | 22.25 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Daniel Hunter | New Zealand | 22.32 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Yuri Kisil | Canada | 22.40 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | Jack Thorpe | Scotland | 22.48 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 7 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius | 22.50 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Calum Bain | Northern Ireland | 22.53 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 8 | Matthew Abeysinghe | Sri Lanka | 22.65 | Q, NR |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Scott McLay | Scotland | 22.79 | Q |
| 15 | 8 | 6 | Ruslan Gaziev | Canada | 22.80 | Q |
| 16 | 7 | 6 | Sam Perry | New Zealand | 22.93 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Miles Munro | Guernsey | 22.94 | |
| 18 | 8 | 8 | Kieran McGuckin | Scotland | 22.96 | |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Virdhawal Khade | India | 23.11 | |
| 20 | 7 | 1 | Jordan Sloan | Northern Ireland | 23.19 | |
| 21 | 6 | 8 | David Thompson | Northern Ireland | 23.29 | |
| 22 | 5 | 3 | Keith Kit Sern Lim | Malaysia | 23.33 | |
| 23 | 4 | 4 | Jean-Luc Zephir | Saint Lucia | 23.45 | |
| 24 | 5 | 2 | Abeiku Jackson | Ghana | 23.47 | |
| 25 | 6 | 7 | Darren Lim | Singapore | 23.50 | |
| 26 | 5 | 4 | Igor Mogne | Mozambique | 23.58 | |
| 27 | 5 | 5 | Kyle Abeysinghe | Sri Lanka | 23.73 | |
| 28 | 4 | 1 | Alex Sobers | Barbados | 23.75 | |
| 29 | 5 | 6 | Issa Mohamed | Kenya | 23.80 | |
| 30 | 3 | 4 | Harry Shalamon | Jersey | 24.01 | |
| 31 | 5 | 7 | Izaak Bastian | Bahamas | 24.07 | |
| 32 | 4 | 5 | Denilson da Costa | Mozambique | 24.12 | |
| 33 | 5 | 8 | Stefano Mitchell | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.14 | |
| 34 | 2 | 4 | Brandon Schuster | Samoa | 24.19 | |
| 35 | 5 | 1 | Samuel Seghers | Papua New Guinea | 24.25 | |
| 36 | 8 | 1 | Cherantha de Silva | Sri Lanka | 24.29 | |
| 37 | 4 | 3 | Hilal Hilal | Tanzania | 24.37 | |
| 38 | 4 | 6 | Epeli Rabua Herbert | Fiji | 24.38 | |
| 39 | 4 | 7 | Gregory Anodin | Mauritius | 24.52 | |
| 40 | 3 | 6 | Josh Tarere | Papua New Guinea | 24.68 | |
| 41 | 3 | 1 | James Sanderson | Gibraltar | 24.72 | |
| 42 | 2 | 5 | Paul Elaisa | Fiji | 24.77 | |
| 43 | 4 | 2 | Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq | Pakistan | 24.82 | |
| 44 | 3 | 5 | Andrew Fowler | Guyana | 24.87 | |
| 45 | 3 | 7 | Adam Moncherry | Seychelles | 24.88 | |
| 45 | 4 | 8 | Dean Hoffman | Seychelles | 24.88 | |
| 47 | 2 | 6 | Joshua Tibatemwa | Uganda | 24.93 | |
| 48 | 2 | 3 | Jadon Wuilliez | Antigua and Barbuda | 25.15 | |
| 49 | 2 | 2 | Ashley Seeto | Papua New Guinea | 25.42 | |
| 50 | 3 | 8 | Nikolas Sylvester | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25.44 | |
| 51 | 2 | 7 | Alexander Cyrus | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25.57 | |
| 52 | 2 | 1 | Corey Ollivierre | Grenada | 25.71 | |
| 53 | 3 | 2 | Temaruata Strickland | Cook Islands | 25.96 | |
| 54 | 1 | 7 | Finau Ohuafi | Tonga | 26.07 | |
| 55 | 2 | 8 | Cruz Halbich | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.15 | |
| 56 | 1 | 5 | Ben Dillon | Saint Helena | 26.28 | |
| 57 | 1 | 4 | Duwaine Yon | Saint Helena | 26.47 | |
| 58 | 3 | 3 | Clayment Lafiara | Solomon Islands | 27.07 | |
| 59 | 1 | 6 | Colby Thomas | Saint Helena | 27.88 | |
| | 1 | 2 | Ishmael Koroma | Sierra Leone | DNS | |
| | 7 | 7 | Ryan Coetzee | South Africa | DNS | |
| | 1 | 3 | Faletiute Tinapa | Tuvalu | DSQ | |

### Semifinals

The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Brad Tandy | South Africa | 21.92 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | James Roberts | Australia | 22.11 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | James Magnussen | Australia | 22.20 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Daniel Hunter | New Zealand | 22.34 | |
| 5 | 7 | Calum Bain | Northern Ireland | 22.39 | |
| 6 | 2 | Jack Thorpe | Scotland | 22.49 | |
| 7 | 1 | Scott McLay | Scotland | 22.55 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sam Perry | New Zealand | 23.13 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Benjamin Proud | England | 21.30 | Q, GR, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 22.00 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Yuri Kisil | Canada | 22.09 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Thomas Fannon | England | 22.09 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | David Cumberlidge | England | 22.15 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Bradley Vincent | Mauritius | 22.60 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ruslan Gaziev | Canada | 22.80 | |
| 8 | 1 | Matthew Abeysinghe | Sri Lanka | 22.84 | |

### Final

The final was held on 10 April at 19:45.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result |
| | 4 | Benjamin Proud | England | 21.35 |
| | 5 | Brad Tandy | South Africa | 21.81 |
| | 3 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 21.92 |
| 4 | 1 | David Cumberlidge | England | 22.00 |
| 5 | 6 | Yuri Kisil | Canada | 22.03 |
| 6 | 8 | James Magnussen | Australia | 22.05 |
| 7 | 7 | James Roberts | Australia | 22.15 |
| 8 | 2 | Thomas Fannon | England | 22.25 |