Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly

Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Men's 100 metre butterfly ; at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	8 April (heats, semifinals); 9 April (final)
Competitors	28 from 21 nations
Winning time	50.65
Medalists
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The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
9 April	Final	Chad le Clos	South Africa	50.65	GR

The heats were held on 8 April at 11:35.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	James Guy	England	53.16	Q
2	2	3	Sean Campsie	Scotland	53.31	Q
3	4	3	Josiah Binnema	Canada	53.49	Q
3	4	5	David Morgan	Australia	53.49	Q
5	2	4	Chad Le Clos	South Africa	53.67	Q
6	2	5	Jacob Peters	England	53.72	Q
7	2	6	Mackenzie Darragh	Canada	53.81	Q
8	3	4	Grant Irvine	Australia	53.89	Q
9	3	6	Sajan Prakash	India	54.11	Q
10	3	3	Calum Jarvis	Wales	54.26	Q
11	4	2	Jie Chan	Malaysia	54.33	Q
12	3	2	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	54.58	Q
13	3	1	Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	54.79	Q
14	3	5	Ryan Coetzee	South Africa	55.03	Q
15	2	2	Eben Vorster	South Africa	55.11	Q
16	4	1	James Brown	Northern Ireland	55.14	Q
17	3	7	Igor Mogne	Mozambique	55.20
18	4	6	Cherantha de Silva	Sri Lanka	55.91
19	3	8	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	56.24
20	4	7	Curtis Coulter	Northern Ireland	56.57
21	2	1	Mohammad Nahid	Bangladesh	56.94
22	4	8	Iain McCallum	Cayman Islands	58.08
23	2	8	Stefano Mitchell	Antigua and Barbuda	58.88
24	1	3	Epeli Rabua Herbert	Fiji	58.91
25	1	4	Matt Savitz	Gibraltar	59.56
26	1	6	Gregory Anodin	Mauritius	1:00.98
27	1	5	James Sanderson	Gibraltar	1:02.14
28	1	2	Dillon Gooding	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:04.05
	2	7	N'Nhyn Fernander	Bahamas	DNS

The semifinals were held on 8 April at 20:53.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Grant Irvine	Australia	51.87	Q
2	5	David Morgan	Australia	52.48	Q
3	2	Calum Jarvis	Wales	53.33	Q
4	4	Sean Campsie	Scotland	53.40	Q
4	3	Jacob Peters	England	53.40	Q
6	7	Ralph Goveia	Zambia	54.10
7	1	Ryan Coetzee	South Africa	54.17
8	8	James Brown	Northern Ireland	55.13

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	James Guy	England	52.34	Q
2	3	Chad Le Clos	South Africa	52.56	Q
3	5	Josiah Binnema	Canada	53.41	Q
4	6	Mackenzie Darragh	Canada	53.43
5	2	Sajan Prakash	India	54.12
6	7	Jie Chan	Malaysia	54.56
7	8	Eben Vorster	South Africa	54.75
8	1	Abeiku Jackson	Ghana	54.79

The final was held on 9 April at 21:59.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Chad Le Clos	South Africa	50.65	GR
	5	James Guy	England	51.31
	4	Grant Irvine	Australia	51.50
4	3	David Morgan	Australia	51.94
5	8	Josiah Binnema	Canada	53.11
5	1	Jacob Peters	England	53.11
7	2	Calum Jarvis	Wales	53.36
8	7	Sean Campsie	Scotland	53.51