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. 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."PNG and Tongan swimmers make Delhi finals", Australia Network News, 7 October 2010
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 Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 8 October Final Geoff Huegill 51.69 CG
Results Heats The heats began at 8:30am.Heats Results Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 52.87 Q 2 4 5 53.89 Q 3 3 6 53.94 Q 4 5 3 54.17 Q 5 3 5 54.19 Q 6 3 2 54.38 Q 7 5 5 54.42 Q 8 4 2 54.51 Q 9 4 3 54.69 Q 10 5 4 54.85 Q 11 5 2 55.04 Q 12 5 6 55.13 Q 13 3 7 55.17 Q 14 5 7 55.86 Q 15 4 7 56.20 Q 16 4 8 56.55 Q 17 4 6 56.56 18 5 1 56.68 19 3 1 56.82 20 1 3 57.24 21 4 1 58.11 22 5 8 58.50 23 2 5 59.41 24 2 4 59.44 25 2 3 59.61 26 3 8 27 2 7 28 2 2 29 1 5 30 2 6 31 2 1 32 2 8 33 1 4 3 3 4 4
Semifinals The semifinals began at 5:14 pm.Semifinal Results Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 2 52.39 Q 2 2 4 52.53 Q 3 1 4 53.04 Q 4 2 3 53.08 Q 5 1 5 53.12 Q 6 1 6 53.85 Q 7 1 3 53.88 Q 8 2 5 54.31 Q 9 2 1 54.34 10 2 2 54.43 11 1 7 54.77 12 2 6 55.20 13 2 7 55.24 14 2 8 55.39 15 1 8 56.53 16 1 1 56.73
Final The final took place on 8 October at 4:00 pm.Final Results Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 51.69 CG 2 52.50 6 3 52.66 4 6 7 53.83 7 8 53.85 8 1 54.03
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