Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
VenueSPM Swimming Pool Complex
Dates8 October (heats, semifinals)
9 October (final)
Competitors66 from 31 nations
Winning time22.01
Medalists
gold medal    Canada
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    South Africa
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The Men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 8 and 9 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.[1]

Nine 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 qualified for the semifinals and the swimmers with the top eight times from there qualified for the finals.[2]

Heats summary

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 9 4 Brent Hayden  Canada 22.25 Q
2 9 5 Gideon Louw  South Africa 22.32 Q
3 9 3 Cameron Prosser  Australia 22.38 Q
4 8 5 Ashley Callus  Australia 22.46 Q
5 7 4 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 22.54 Q
6 8 4 Eamon Sullivan  Australia 22.65 Q
7 7 5 Simon Burnett  England 22.68 Q
8 7 3 Adam Brown  England 22.79 Q
9 8 6 David Dunford  Kenya 22.81 Q
10 8 3 Graeme Moore  South Africa 23.02 Q

WD

11 7 6 Grant Turner  England 23.03 Q
12 9 1 Virdhawal Khade  India 23.05 Q
13 8 1 Richard Hortness  Canada 23.20 Q
14 8 7 Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea 23.23 Q
15 9 7 Brett Fraser  Cayman Islands 23.34 Q
16 7 2 Roy-Allan Burch  Bermuda 23.35 Q
17 9 8 Jian Foo  Malaysia 23.73 Q
18 8 8 Joshua McLeod  Trinidad and Tobago 23.86
19 6 8 Jak Scott  Scotland 23.96
20 9 2 Lijie Richard Chng  Singapore 23.99
21 6 6 Blake Worsley  Canada 24.17
22 6 5 Caryle Blondell  Trinidad and Tobago 24.18
23 7 8 Nick Thomson  Bermuda 24.22
24 6 2 Arren Xin Hui Quek  Singapore 24.23
25 6 4 Cadell Lyons  Trinidad and Tobago 24.30
26 6 3 Conor Leaney  Northern Ireland 24.49
27 5 6 Luke Hall  Swaziland 24.46
28 5 2 Anshul Kothari  India 24.56
29 5 7 Ramadhan Vyombo  Kenya 24.63
30 2 2 Shakil Camal  Mozambique 24.67
31 5 1 Arjun Jayaprakash  India 24.75
32 6 1 Aaron Xian Ying Yeo  Singapore 24.92
33 5 8 Mohammad Mahfizur Rahman  Bangladesh 24.97
34 4 3 Ian Hubert  Guernsey 25.07
35 2 7 Akmal Raea Gulab Khan  Samoa 25.29
36 1 3 Kurtis Matthew Tulia  Samoa 25.34
37 4 8 Peter Popahun Pokawin  Papua New Guinea 25.36
38 4 7 Ben Lowndes  Guernsey 25.37
39 4 5 Heshan Unamboowe  Sri Lanka 25.55
40 4 2 Esau Simpson  Grenada 25.56
41 5 4 Nicholas Charles Coard  Grenada 25.67
42 4 4 Shane Mangroo  Seychelles 25.68
42 4 1 Daniel Pryke  Papua New Guinea 25.68
44 6 7 Amini Fonua  Tonga 25.96
45 4 6 Jean Hugues Gregoire  Mauritius 26.10
46 3 5 Mark Paul Thompson  Zambia 26.20
47 3 4 Milimo Mweetwa  Zambia 26.34
48 3 3 Ron Roucou  Seychelles 26.74
49 3 6 Hilal Hemed Hilal  Tanzania 27.28
50 2 4 Charlton Nyirenda  Malawi 27.62
51 3 8 Ganzi Mugula  Uganda 27.74
52 3 2 Inayath Hassan Hassan  Maldives 27.78
53 2 3 Christopher Millar  Malawi 28.21
54 2 5 Hassan Ashraf Hassan  Maldives 28.25
55 3 1 Khalid Rushaka  Tanzania 28.39
56 3 7 Daisuke Ssegwanyi  Uganda 28.60
57 2 1 Boipelo Makhothi  Lesotho 32.50
58 1 4 Khosi Mokhesi  Lesotho 33.43
1 5 Christopher Bennett Symonds  Ghana DNS
5 3 Nikolas Aresti  Cyprus DNS
5 5 Omiros Zagkas  Cyprus DNS
7 1 Shaune Fraser  Cayman Islands DNS
7 7 Alexandre Bakhtiarov  Cyprus DNS
8 2 Ryan Harrison  Northern Ireland DNS
9 6 Jason Dunford  Kenya DNS
2 6 Izudhaadh Ahmed  Maldives DSQ

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Gideon Louw  South Africa 22.07 Q
2 3 Eamon Sullivan  Australia 22.36 Q
3 6 Adam Brown  England 22.75 Q
4 2 Grant Turner  England 22.78
5 1 Brett Fraser  Cayman Islands 23.27
6 7 Richard Hortness  Canada 23.33
7 8 Jian Foo  Malaysia 23.72
5 Ashley Callus  Australia DSQ

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Brent Hayden  Canada 22.18 Q
2 5 Cameron Prosser  Australia 22.28 Q
3 3 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 22.48 Q
4 2 David Dunford  Kenya 22.55 Q
5 6 Simon Burnett  England 22.66 Q
6 7 Virdhawal Khade  India 23.05
7 8 Roy-Allan Burch  Bermuda 23.16
1 Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Brent Hayden  Canada 22.01 CG
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Roland Schoeman  South Africa 22.14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Gideon Louw  South Africa 22.22
4 1 Simon Burnett  England 22.44
5 3 Cameron Prosser  Australia 22.46
6 6 Eamon Sullivan  Australia 22.51
8 Adam Brown  England
8 7 David Dunford  Kenya 22.64

References

  1. ^ "XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |".
  2. ^ "XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |".