The Men's 50 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 October 5 and 6, 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...

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Six heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top sixteen times advance to the semifinals and the top eight times from there qualified for the finals.

Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	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....		23.61	6	4
2	Geoffrey Huegill		23.66	5	4
3	Roland Schoeman		23.76	6	5
4	Mitchell Patterson		23.92	4	3
5	Antony James		24.37	6	3
6	Andrew Lauterstein Andrew Lauterstein Andrew George Lauterstein is an Australian swimmer and a three-time Olympic medalist.- Personal :...		24.63	4	4
7	Andrew Mayor		24.70	6	6
8	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...		24.72	5	2
9	Daniel Bell Daniel Bell Daniel Bell was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor emeritus at Harvard University, best known for his seminal contributions to the study of post-industrialism...		24.81	5	5
10	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...		24.90	5	3
11	Ian Powell		25.13	6	7
11	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...		25.13	4	2
13	Cadell Lyons		25.16	4	6
14	Alexandre Bakhtiarov		27.52	3	2

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Geoffrey Huegill		23.62	Q
2	5	Mitchell Patterson		23.77	Q
3	3	Andrew Lauterstein Andrew Lauterstein Andrew George Lauterstein is an Australian swimmer and a three-time Olympic medalist.- Personal :...		24.17	Q
4	6	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...		24.38	Q
5	1	Joshua McLeod		24.88
6	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...		24.99
7	7	Cadell Lyons		25.13
8	8	Ramadhan Vyombo		25.58

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	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....		23.45	Q
2	5	Roland Schoeman		23.75	Q
3	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...		24.36	Q
4	3	Antony James		24.40	Q
5	6	Andrew Mayor		24.70
6	1	Alexandre Bakhtiarov		25.14
7	7	Ian Powell		25.25
8	8	Jarryd Gregoire		25.54

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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....		23.35
	5	Geoffrey Huegill		23.37
	3	Roland Schoeman		23.44
4	6	Mitchell Patterson		23.65
5	2	Andrew Lauterstein Andrew Lauterstein Andrew George Lauterstein is an Australian swimmer and a three-time Olympic medalist.- Personal :...		23.88
6	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...		24.29
7	7	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...		24.61
8	8	Antony James		24.63