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

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			22.25	Q
2	9	5			22.32	Q
3	9	3			22.38	Q
4	8	5			22.46	Q
5	7	4			22.54	Q
6	8	4			22.65	Q
7	7	5			22.68	Q
8	7	3			22.79	Q
9	8	6			22.81	Q
10	8	3			23.02	Q
11	7	6			23.03	Q
12	9	1			23.05	Q
13	8	1			23.20	Q
14	8	7			23.23	Q
15	9	7			23.34	Q
16	7	2			23.35	Q
17	9	8	Jian Foo		23.73	Q
18	8	8	Joshua McLeod		23.86
19	6	8			23.96
20	9	2	Lijie Richard Chng		23.99
21	6	6			24.17
22	6	5	Caryle Blondell		24.18
23	7	8	Nick Thomson		24.22
24	6	2	Arren Xin Hui Quek		24.23
25	6	4	Cadell Lyons		24.30
26	6	3	Conor Leaney		24.49
27	5	6			24.46
28	5	2			24.56
29	5	7	Ramadhan Vyombo		24.63
30	2	2	Shakil Camal		24.67
31	5	1	Arjun Jayaprakash		24.75
32	6	1	Aaron Xian Ying Yeo		24.92
33	5	8			24.97
34	4	3	Ian Hubert		25.07
35	2	7	Akmal Raea Gulab Khan		25.29
36	1	3	Kurtis Matthew Tulia		25.34
37	4	8	Peter Popahun Pokawin		25.36
38	4	7	Ben Lowndes		25.37
39	4	5			25.55
40	4	2			25.56
41	5	4	Nicholas Charles Coard		25.67
42	4	4			25.68
42	4	1	Daniel Pryke		25.68
44	6	7			25.96
45	4	6	Jean Hugues Gregoire		26.10
46	3	5	Mark Paul Thompson		26.20
47	3	4	Milimo Mweetwa		26.34
48	3	3	Ron Roucou		26.74
49	3	6			27.28
50	2	4			27.62
51	3	8			27.74
52	3	2	Inayath Hassan Hassan		27.78
53	2	3	Christopher Millar		28.21
54	2	5	Hassan Ashraf Hassan		28.25
55	3	1			28.39
56	3	7			28.60
57	2	1			32.50
58	1	4			33.43
	1	5	Christopher Bennett Symonds		DNS
	5	3	Nikolas Aresti		DNS
	5	5			DNS
	7	1			DNS
	7	7	Alexandre Bakhtiarov		DNS
	8	2	Ryan Harrison		DNS
	9	6			DNS
	2	6	Izudhaadh Ahmed		DSQ

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			22.07	Q
2	3			22.36	Q
3	6			22.75	Q
4	2			22.78
5	1			23.27
6	7			23.33
7	8			23.72
–	5				DSQ

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			22.18	Q
2	5			22.28	Q
3	3			22.48	Q
4	2			22.55	Q
5	6			22.66	Q
6	7			23.05
7	8			23.16
	1

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			22.01	CG
	2			22.14
	4			22.22
4	1			22.44
5	3			22.46
6	6			22.51
	8
8	7			22.64

Notes and References

1. Web site: XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |.
2. Web site: XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |.