Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly

The Men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 7 and 8 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.[1] Ryan Pini of Papua New Guinea was the defending champion, and was in Delhi to defend his title, appearing as one of his country's best hopes for a medal.[2]

Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
VenueSPM Swimming Pool Complex
Dates7 October 2010 (2010-10-07) (heats & semis)
8 October 2010 (2010-10-08) (final)
Competitors35 from 22 nations
Winning time51.69
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Papua New Guinea
silver medal    England
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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.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

World record   Michael Phelps (USA) 49.82 Rome, Italy 1 August 2009
Commonwealth record
Games record   Geoff Huegill (AUS) 52.36 Manchester, United Kingdom 30 July 2002

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
8 October Final Geoff Huegill   Australia 51.69 CG

Results

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Heats

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The heats began at 8:30am.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Geoff Huegill   Australia 52.87 Q
2 4 5 Chris Wright   Australia 53.89 Q
3 3 6 Andrew Mayor   Scotland 53.94 Q
4 5 3 Ryan Pini   Papua New Guinea 54.17 Q
5 3 5 Antony James   England 54.19 Q
6 3 2 Shaune Fraser   Cayman Islands 54.38 Q
7 5 5 Michael Rock   England 54.42 Q
8 4 2 Stefan Hirniak   Canada 54.51 Q
9 4 3 Moss Burmester   New Zealand 54.69 Q
10 5 4 Jason Dunford   Kenya 54.85 Q
11 5 2 Ian Powell   Guernsey 55.04 Q
12 5 6 Daniel Bego   Malaysia 55.13 Q
13 3 7 Virdhawal Khade   India 55.17 Q
14 5 7 Cadell Lyons   Trinidad and Tobago 55.86 Q
15 4 7 Cameron Brodie   Scotland 56.20 Q
16 4 8 Jarryd Gregoire   Trinidad and Tobago 56.55 Q
17 4 6 Chad le Clos   South Africa 56.56
18 5 1 Joshua Mc Leod   Trinidad and Tobago 56.68
19 3 1 Dzulhaili Kamal   Singapore 56.82
20 1 3 Arjun Muralidharan   India 57.24
21 4 1 Conor Leaney   Northern Ireland 58.11
22 5 8 Arren Quek   Singapore 58.50
23 2 5 Ben Lowndes   Guernsey 59.41
24 2 4 Luke Hall   Swaziland 59.44
25 2 3 Ian Hubert   Guernsey 59.61
26 3 8 Conrad Francis   Sri Lanka 1:00.22
27 2 7 James Sanderson   Gibraltar 1:01.42
28 2 2 Colin Bensadon   Gibraltar 1:01.57
29 1 5 Akmal Khan   Samoa 1:02.21
30 2 6 Shane Mangroo   Seychelles 1:03.66
31 2 1 Peter Pokawin   Papua New Guinea 1:04.57
32 2 8 Milimo Mweetwa   Zambia 1:04.97
33 1 4 Mujahid Mohamed   Maldives 1:37.41
3 3 Darian Townsend   South Africa DNS
4 4 Andrew Lauterstein   Australia DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals began at 5:14 pm.[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 2 Jason Dunford   Kenya 52.39 Q
2 2 4 Geoff Huegill   Australia 52.53 Q
3 1 4 Chris Wright   Australia 53.04 Q
4 2 3 Antony James   England 53.08 Q
5 1 5 Ryan Pini   Papua New Guinea 53.12 Q
6 1 6 Stefan Hirniak   Canada 53.85 Q
7 1 3 Shaune Fraser   Cayman Islands 53.88 Q
8 2 5 Andrew Mayor   Scotland 54.31 Q
9 2 1 Virdhawal Khade   India 54.34
10 2 2 Moss Burmester   New Zealand 54.43
11 1 7 Daniel Bego   Malaysia 54.77
12 2 6 Michael Rock   England 55.20
13 2 7 Ian Powell   Guernsey 55.24
14 2 8 Cameron Brodie   Scotland 55.39
15 1 8 Jarryd Gregoire   Trinidad and Tobago 56.53
16 1 1 Cadell Lyons   Trinidad and Tobago 56.73

Final

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The final took place on 8 October at 4:00 pm.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Geoff Huegill   Australia 51.69 CG
=  2 Ryan Pini   Papua New Guinea 52.50
6 Antony James   England
=4 3 Chris Wright   Australia 52.66
4 Jason Dunford   Kenya
6 7 Stefan Hirniak   Canada 53.83
7 8 Andrew Mayor   Scotland 53.85
8 1 Shaune Fraser   Cayman Islands 54.03

References

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  1. ^ "XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |".
  2. ^ "PNG and Tongan swimmers make Delhi finals", Australia Network News, 7 October 2010
  3. ^ Heats Results
  4. ^ Semifinal Results
  5. ^ Final Results