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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.[1] 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.[2]
Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 2010 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | SPM Swimming Pool Complex | |||||||||
Dates | 7 October 2010 (heats & semis) 8 October 2010 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 35 from 22 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 51.69 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
World record | Michael Phelps (USA) | 49.82 | Rome, Italy | 1 August 2009 |
Commonwealth record | ||||
Games record | Geoff Huegill (AUS) | 52.36 | Manchester, United Kingdom | 30 July 2002 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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8 October | Final | Geoff Huegill | Australia | 51.69 | CG |
The heats began at 8:30am.[3]
The semifinals began at 5:14 pm.[4]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | 2 | Jason Dunford | Kenya | 52.39 | Q |
2 | 2 | 4 | Geoff Huegill | Australia | 52.53 | Q |
3 | 1 | 4 | Chris Wright | Australia | 53.04 | Q |
4 | 2 | 3 | Antony James | England | 53.08 | Q |
5 | 1 | 5 | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 53.12 | Q |
6 | 1 | 6 | Stefan Hirniak | Canada | 53.85 | Q |
7 | 1 | 3 | Shaune Fraser | Cayman Islands | 53.88 | Q |
8 | 2 | 5 | Andrew Mayor | Scotland | 54.31 | Q |
9 | 2 | 1 | Virdhawal Khade | India | 54.34 | |
10 | 2 | 2 | Moss Burmester | New Zealand | 54.43 | |
11 | 1 | 7 | Daniel Bego | Malaysia | 54.77 | |
12 | 2 | 6 | Michael Rock | England | 55.20 | |
13 | 2 | 7 | Ian Powell | Guernsey | 55.24 | |
14 | 2 | 8 | Cameron Brodie | Scotland | 55.39 | |
15 | 1 | 8 | Jarryd Gregoire | Trinidad and Tobago | 56.53 | |
16 | 1 | 1 | Cadell Lyons | Trinidad and Tobago | 56.73 |
The final took place on 8 October at 4:00 pm.[5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Geoff Huegill | Australia | 51.69 | CG | |
= | 2 | Ryan Pini | Papua New Guinea | 52.50 | |
6 | Antony James | England | |||
=4 | 3 | Chris Wright | Australia | 52.66 | |
4 | Jason Dunford | Kenya | |||
6 | 7 | Stefan Hirniak | Canada | 53.83 | |
7 | 8 | Andrew Mayor | Scotland | 53.85 | |
8 | 1 | Shaune Fraser | Cayman Islands | 54.03 |
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