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| Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 50 m S9 | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 100 m S8 | men | |
| 100 m S9 | women | |
| 100 m S10 | men | |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 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 |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 100 m S9 | women | |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | 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 butterfly event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 5 and 6 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.
Six 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 advance to the semifinals and the top eight times from there qualified for the finals.
Heats
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Dunford |  Kenya |
23.61 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2 | Geoffrey Huegill |  Australia |
23.66 | 5 | 4 | |
| 3 | Roland Schoeman |  South Africa |
23.76 | 6 | 5 | |
| 4 | Mitchell Patterson | Australia |
23.92 | 4 | 3 | |
| 5 | Antony James |  England |
24.37 | 6 | 3 | |
| 6 | Andrew Lauterstein | Australia |
24.63 | 4 | 4 | |
| 7 | Andrew Mayor |  Scotland |
24.70 | 6 | 6 | |
| 8 | Virdhawal Khade |  India |
24.72 | 5 | 2 | |
| 9 | Daniel Bell |  New Zealand |
24.81 | 5 | 5 | |
| 10 | Ryan Pini |  Papua New Guinea |
24.90 | 5 | 3 | |
| 11 | Ian Powell |  Guernsey |
25.13 | 6 | 7 | |
| 11 | Moss Burmester | New Zealand |
25.13 | 4 | 2 | |
| 13 | Cadell Lyons |  Trinidad and Tobago |
25.16 | 4 | 6 | |
| 14 | Alexandre Bakhtiarov |  Cyprus |
27.52 | 3 | 2 |
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Geoffrey Huegill |  Australia
|
23.62 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Mitchell Patterson | Australia
|
23.77 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Andrew Lauterstein | Australia
|
24.17 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Virdhawal Khade |  India
|
24.38 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Joshua McLeod |  Trinidad and Tobago
|
24.88 | |
| 6 | 2 | Moss Burmester |  New Zealand
|
24.99 | |
| 7 | 7 | Cadell Lyons | Trinidad and Tobago
|
25.13 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ramadhan Vyombo |  Kenya
|
25.58 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Jason Dunford | Kenya
|
23.45 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Roland Schoeman |  South Africa
|
23.75 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ryan Pini |  Papua New Guinea
|
24.36 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Antony James |  England
|
24.40 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Andrew Mayor |  Scotland
|
24.70 | |
| 6 | 1 | Alexandre Bakhtiarov |  Cyprus
|
25.14 | |
| 7 | 7 | Ian Powell |  Guernsey
|
25.25 | |
| 8 | 8 | Jarryd Gregoire | Trinidad and Tobago
|
25.54 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 | Jason Dunford | Kenya
|
23.35 | |
|
5 | Geoffrey Huegill | Australia
|
23.37 | |
|
3 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa
|
23.44 | |
| 4 | 6 | Mitchell Patterson | Australia
|
23.65 | |
| 5 | 2 | Andrew Lauterstein | Australia
|
23.88 | |
| 6 | 1 | Virdhawal Khade | India
|
24.29 | |
| 7 | 7 | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea
|
24.61 | |
| 8 | 8 | Antony James | England
|
24.63 |