The Men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...

 took place on 7 and 8 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex

SPM Swimming Pool Complex

The Dr. S. P. Mukherjee Swimming Stadium or SPM Swimming Pool Complex is a swimming complex in New Delhi, India, that is hosting the aquatics events for the 2010 Commonwealth Games...

. Ryan Pini

Ryan Pini

Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...

 of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

 was the defending champion, and was in Delhi to defend his title, appearing as one of his country's best hopes for a medal.

Five heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The top sixteen advanced to the semifinals and the top eight from there qualified for the finals.

Heats summary

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Geoffrey Huegill		52.87	Q
2	4	5	Christopher Wright		53.89	Q
3	3	6	Andrew Mayor		53.94	Q
4	5	3	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...		54.17	Q
5	3	5	Antony James		54.19	Q
6	3	2	Shaune Fraser Shaune Fraser Shaune David Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. Fraser represented the Cayman Islands at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....		54.38	Q
7	5	5	Michael Rock Michael Rock (swimmer) Michael Paul Rock is a British butterfly stroke swimmer.Rock competed in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, after becoming British champion in both events at the 2008 British Olympic Swimming Trials in Sheffield.At the 2010 Commonwealth...		54.42	Q
8	4	2	Stefan Hirniak Stefan Hirniak Stefan Max Hirniak is a male swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the freestyle and butterfly events...		54.51	Q
9	4	3	Moss Burmester Moss Burmester Moss James Burmester is a New Zealand swimmer. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics...		54.69	Q
10	5	4	Jason Dunford Jason Dunford Jason Edward Dunford is a swimmer from Kenya. He is predominantly a butterfly and freestyle sprinter. He has won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, Universiade, All-Africa Games and African Championships, and reached finals at Olympics, World Championships and Short Course World Championships....		54.85	Q
11	5	2	Ian Powell		55.04	Q
12	5	6	Daniel Henry Bego		55.13	Q
13	3	7	Virdhawal Khade Virdhawal Khade Virdhawal Vikram Khade is an Indian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 m, 100 m and 200 m Freestyle swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing setting an Indian national record in 100 m Freestyle while winning his unseeded heat, but failed to qualify for the semifinals in his events...		55.17	Q
14	5	7	Cadell Lyons		55.86	Q
15	4	7	Cameron Brodie		56.20	Q
16	4	8	Jarryd Gregoire		56.55	Q

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Jason Dunford Jason Dunford Jason Edward Dunford is a swimmer from Kenya. He is predominantly a butterfly and freestyle sprinter. He has won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, Universiade, All-Africa Games and African Championships, and reached finals at Olympics, World Championships and Short Course World Championships....		52.39	Q
2	4	Christopher Wright		53.04	Q
3	5	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...		53.12	Q
4	6	Stefan Hirniak Stefan Hirniak Stefan Max Hirniak is a male swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the freestyle and butterfly events...		53.85	Q
5	3	Shaune Fraser Shaune Fraser Shaune David Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. Fraser represented the Cayman Islands at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....		53.88	Q
6	7	Daniel Henry Bego		54.77
7	8	Jarryd Gregoire		56.53
8	1	Cadell Lyons		56.73

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Geoffrey Huegill		52.53	Q
2	3	Antony James		53.08	Q
3	5	Andrew Mayor		54.31	Q
4	1	Virdhawal Khade Virdhawal Khade Virdhawal Vikram Khade is an Indian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 m, 100 m and 200 m Freestyle swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing setting an Indian national record in 100 m Freestyle while winning his unseeded heat, but failed to qualify for the semifinals in his events...		54.34
5	2	Moss Burmester Moss Burmester Moss James Burmester is a New Zealand swimmer. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics...		54.43
6	6	Michael Rock Michael Rock (swimmer) Michael Paul Rock is a British butterfly stroke swimmer.Rock competed in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, after becoming British champion in both events at the 2008 British Olympic Swimming Trials in Sheffield.At the 2010 Commonwealth...		55.20
7	7	Ian Powell		55.24
8	8	Cameron Brodie		55.39

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Geoffrey Huegill		51.69	CG
	2	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...		52.50
	6	Antony James		52.50
4	3	Christopher Wright		52.66
4	4	Jason Dunford Jason Dunford Jason Edward Dunford is a swimmer from Kenya. He is predominantly a butterfly and freestyle sprinter. He has won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, Universiade, All-Africa Games and African Championships, and reached finals at Olympics, World Championships and Short Course World Championships....		52.66
6	7	Stefan Hirniak Stefan Hirniak Stefan Max Hirniak is a male swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the freestyle and butterfly events...		53.83
7	8	Andrew Mayor		53.85
8	1	Shaune Fraser Shaune Fraser Shaune David Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. Fraser represented the Cayman Islands at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....		54.03