Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle
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| Men's 50 metre freestyle | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Tollcross International Swimming Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 28 July 2014 (heats & semis) 29 July 2014 (final) |
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| Competitors | 69 from 40 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 21.92 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games  |
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| Freestyle | ||||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||||
| 100 m S8 | women | |||||
| 100 m S9 | men | |||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||||
| 200 m S14 | men | |||||
| 400 m | men | women | ||||
| 800 m | women | |||||
| 1500 m | men | |||||
| Backstroke | ||||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||||
| Breaststroke | ||||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||||
| 100 m SB9 | women | |||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||||
| Butterfly | ||||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||||
| Individual medley | ||||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||||
| 200 m SM8 | men | |||||
| 200 m SM10 | women | |||||
| 400 m | men | women | ||||
| Freestyle relay | ||||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||||
| Medley relay | ||||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||||
The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 and 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
The medals were presented by David Downie, President of Scottish Swimming and the quaichs were presented by Mike Summers, Chairman of the Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
| World record |  César Cielo (BRA) |
20.91 | São Paulo, Brazil | 18 December 2009 | [1][2] |
| Games record |  Brent Hayden (CAN) |
22.01 | Delhi, India | 9 October 2010 | [3] |
| Commonwealth record | ' |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 28 July | Semifinal | Benjamin Proud |  England |
21.76 | GR |
Results
Heats
Semifinals
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | 5 | Benjamin Proud | England |
21.76 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Cameron McEvoy |  Australia |
21.94 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Matthew Abood | Australia |
22.07 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | George Bovell |  Trinidad and Tobago |
22.22 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | James Magnussen | Australia |
22.23 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Roland Schoeman |  South Africa |
22.26 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Bradley Tandy | South Africa |
22.34 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Adam Brown | England |
22.55 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | Yuri Kisil | Canada |
22.57 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Richard Schaffers |  Scotland |
22.59 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Roy-Allan Burch |  Bermuda |
22.71 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Miles Munro |  Guernsey |
22.82 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Brett Fraser |  Cayman Islands |
22.87 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Curtis Coulter |  Northern Ireland |
23.02 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Bradley Vincent |  Mauritius |
23.09 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | James Disney-May | England |
23.26 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Benjamin Proud | England |
21.92 | |
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5 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia |
22.00 | |
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2 | James Magnussen | Australia |
22.10 | |
| 4 | 3 | Matthew Abood | Australia |
22.14 | |
| 5 | 6 | George Bovell | Trinidad and Tobago |
22.31 | |
| 6 | 7 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa |
22.36 | |
| 7 | 1 | Bradley Tandy | South Africa |
22.43 | |
| 8 | 8 | Adam Brown | England |
22.62 |
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