The men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 31 July and 1 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and games records were as follows.

World record Geoff Huegill 23.44 Fukuoka , Japan 27 July 2001Games record Not set

Schedule The schedule was as follows:

All times are local time Date Time Round Wednesday 31 July 10:00 Heats 19:35 SemifinalsThursday 1 August 19:56 Final

Results Heats The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 4 Geoff Huegill 24.10 Q 2 6 5 Adam Pine 24.48 Q 3 5 4 Roland Schoeman 24.50 Q 4 4 5 Brett Hawke 24.58 Q 5 5 5 Mike Mintenko 24.64 Q 6 6 3 Cameron Black 24.76 Q 7 4 6 Jonathan Winter 24.78 Q 8 5 3 Todd Cooper 24.94 Q 9 6 2 Theo Verster 24.97 Q 6 6 Ryan Pini Q 11 4 2 Hendrik Odendaal 25.02 Q 5 6 Nicholas Sheeran Q 13 4 4 Mark Foster 25.09 Q 14 6 7 David Bennett 25.19 Q 15 5 7 Moss Burmester 25.24 Q 16 4 3 James Hickman 25.28 Q 17 6 1 Stavros Michaelides 25.33 18 4 1 Musa Bakare 25.73 19 5 1 Chris Vythoulkas 25.80 20 5 2 Adam Sioui 25.82 21 3 5 Alexis Militis 25.91 22 5 8 Carl Probert 26.39 23 4 7 Mark Chay 26.50 6 8 Afolabi Adeleke-Adedoyin 24 1 3 Conrad Francis 26.56 25 3 4 Christophe Lim Wen Ying 26.60 26 3 7 Ramon James 26.70 27 3 7 Demetris Demetriou 26.75 28 4 8 Jewel Ahmed 26.78 29 2 5 Travano McPhee 26.82 30 2 8 Ian Powell 27.01 31 2 4 Kristoph Carey 27.03 32 2 3 Alan Jones 27.13 33 3 3 Hamid Nassir 27.17 34 3 6 Nicholas Diaper 27.26 35 3 2 Jean-Paul Adam 27.27 36 3 1 Rama Vyombo 27.36 37 2 2 Sean Dehere 27.47 38 2 2 Adam Richards 27.70 39 2 1 Ben Lowndes 28.19 40 2 7 Gerusio Matonse 28.76 41 1 4 Andre Kuenzli 29.72

Semifinals The 8 fastest swimmers in the semifinals qualified for the final. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Geoff Huegill 23.62 Q, GR 2 2 5 Roland Schoeman 23.99 Q 3 1 4 Adam Pine 24.11 Q 4 2 3 Mike Mintenko 24.15 Q 5 2 6 Jonathan Winter 24.44 Q 6 1 5 Brett Hawke 24.45 Q 7 2 1 Mark Foster 24.55 Q 8 1 3 Cameron Black 24.62 Q 9 1 2 Theo Verster 24.81 10 1 1 David Bennett 24.85 11 1 8 James Hickman 24.93 2 2 Ryan Pini 13 2 7 Nicholas Sheeran 25.02 14 1 6 Todd Cooper 25.03 15 1 7 Hendrik Odendaal 25.08 16 2 8 Moss Burmester 25.50

Final The final was held on 1 August at 19:56.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Geoff Huegill 23.57 GR 5 Roland Schoeman 23.66 1 Mark Foster 24.11 4 6 Mike Mintenko 24.15 5 7 Brett Hawke 24.21 6 3 Adam Pine 24.22 7 2 Jonathan Winter 24.58 8 8 Cameron Black 24.82

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