Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

{{Infobox Commonwealth Games event

|event = Men's 50 metre freestyle

|games = 2018

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Gold Coast Aquatic Centre

|dates = 9 April (semifinals, heats)
10 April (final)

|competitors = 60

|nations = 37

|win_value = 21.35

|gold = Benjamin Proud

|goldCGA = ENG

|silver = Brad Tandy

|silverCGA = RSA

|bronze = Cameron McEvoy

|bronzeCGA = AUS

|prev = 2014

|next = 2022

}}

The Men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 and 10 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

{{Commonwealth Games Record Swimming

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|César Cielo|BRA}}

| world_mark = 20.91

| world_place = São Paulo, Brazil

| world_date = 18 December 2009

| world_ref =

| commonwealth_athlete = {{flagathlete|Ashley Callus|AUS}}

| commonwealth_mark = 21.19

| commonwealth_place = Canberra, Australia

| commonwealth_date = 26 November 2009

| commonwealth_ref =

| games_athlete = {{flagCGFathlete|Benjamin Proud|ENG|2014}}

| games_mark = 21.76

| games_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| games_date = 28 July 2014

| games_ref =

}}

The following records were established during the competition:

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

! Date !! Event !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Record

9 April

Heats

align=left|Benjamin Proud

align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2018}}

21.45

9 April

Semifinal

align=left|Benjamin Proud

align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2018}}

21.30

Results

=Heats=

The 16 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.[https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C74A_SWMM50MFR-------------HEAT--------.pdf Heats results]

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 1	8	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Benjamin\|Proud}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	21.45	Q, GR
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 2	6	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Brad\|Tandy}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2018}}	21.78	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 3	7	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Cameron\|McEvoy}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	22.06	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 4	8	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|James\|Roberts\|James Roberts (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	22.11	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 5	8	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Thomas\|Fannon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	22.12	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 6	7	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|James\|Magnussen}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	22.23	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 7	6	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|David\|Cumberlidge}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	22.25	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 8	6	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Daniel\|Hunter\|Daniel Hunter (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2018}}	22.32	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 9	7	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Yuri\|Kisil}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	22.40	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 10	6	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jack\|Thorpe\|dab=swimmer}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	22.48	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 11	8	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Bradley\|Vincent}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MRI\|2018}}	22.50	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 12	8	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Calum\|Bain}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2018}}	22.53	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 13	7	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Matthew\|Abeysinghe}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SRI\|2018}}	22.65	Q, NR
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 14	6	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Scott\|McLay}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	22.79	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 15	8	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ruslan\|Gaziev}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	22.80	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 16	7	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Sam\|Perry\|Sam Perry (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2018}}	22.93	Q
17	7	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Miles\|Munro}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GUE\|2018}}	22.94
18	8	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kieran\|McGuckin\|dab=swimmer}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	22.96
19	6	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Virdhawal\|Khade}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|IND\|2018}}	23.11
20	7	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jordan\|Sloan}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2018}}	23.19
21	6	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|David\|Thompson\|David Thompson (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2018}}	23.29
22	5	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Keith Kit Sern\|Lim}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MAS\|2018}}	23.33
23	4	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jean-Luc\|Zephir}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|LCA\|2018}}	23.45
24	5	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Abeiku\|Jackson}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GHA\|2018}}	23.47
25	6	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Darren\|Lim\|dab=swimmer}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SGP\|2018}}	23.50
26	5	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Igor\|Mogne}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MOZ\|2018}}	23.58
27	5	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kyle\|Abeysinghe}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SRI\|2018}}	23.73
28	4	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Alex\|Sobers}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAR\|2018}}	23.75
29	5	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Issa\|Mohamed\|Issa Mohamed (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|KEN\|2018}}	23.80
30	3	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Harry\|Shalamon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|JER\|2018}}	24.01
31	5	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Izaak\|Bastian}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAH\|2018}}	24.07
32	4	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Denilson\|da Costa}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MOZ\|2018}}	24.12
33	5	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Stefano\|Mitchell}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ANT\|2018}}	24.14
34	2	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Brandon\|Schuster}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SAM\|2018}}	24.19
35	5	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Samuel\|Seghers}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|PNG\|2018}}	24.25
36	8	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Cherantha\|de Silva}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SRI\|2018}}	24.29
37	4	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Hilal\|Hilal\|Hilal Hilal (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|TAN\|2018}}	24.37
38	4	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Epeli\|Rabua Herbert}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|FIJ\|2018}}	24.38
39	4	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Gregory\|Anodin}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MRI\|2018}}	24.52
40	3	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Josh\|Tarere}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|PNG\|2018}}	24.68
41	3	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|James\|Sanderson\|James Sanderson (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GIB\|2018}}	24.72
42	2	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Paul\|Elaisa}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|FIJ\|2018}}	24.77
43	4	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Syed Muhammad Haseeb\|Tariq}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|PAK\|2018}}	24.82
44	3	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Andrew\|Fowler\|Andrew Fowler (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GUY\|2018}}	24.87
45	3	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Adam\|Moncherry}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SEY\|2018}}	24.88
45	4	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Dean\|Hoffman\|Dean Hoffman (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SEY\|2018}}	24.88
47	2	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joshua\|Tibatemwa}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|UGA\|2018}}	24.93
48	2	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jadon\|Wuilliez}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ANT\|2018}}	25.15
49	2	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ashley\|Seeto}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|PNG\|2018}}	25.42
50	3	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Nikolas\|Sylvester}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SVG\|2018}}	25.44
51	2	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Alexander\|Cyrus}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SVG\|2018}}	25.57
52	2	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Corey\|Ollivierre}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GRN\|2018}}	25.71
53	3	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Temaruata\|Strickland}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|COK\|2018}}	25.96
54	1	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Finau\|Ohuafi}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|TGA\|2018}}	26.07
55	2	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Cruz\|Halbich}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SVG\|2018}}	26.15
56	1	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ben\|Dillon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SHN\|2018}}	26.28
57	1	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Duwaine\|Yon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SHN\|2018}}	26.47
58	3	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Clayment\|Lafiara}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SOL\|2018}}	27.07
59	1	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Colby\|Thomas}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SHN\|2018}}	27.88
{{hs\|60}}	1	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ishmael\|Koroma}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SLE\|2018}}	{{abbr\|DNS\|Did not start}}
{{hs\|61}}	7	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ryan\|Coetzee\|Ryan Coetzee (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2018}}	{{abbr\|DNS\|Did not start}}
{{hs\|62}}	1	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Faletiute\|Tinapa}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|TUV\|2018}}	{{abbr\|DSQ\|Disqualified}}

=Semifinals=

The eight fastest swimmers from the semifinals progressed to the final.[https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C74A_SWMM50MFR-------------SFNL--------.pdf Semifinals results]

==Semifinal 1==

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 1	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Brad\|Tandy}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2018}}	21.92	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 2	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|James\|Roberts\|James Roberts (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	22.11	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 3	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|James\|Magnussen}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	22.20	Q
4	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Daniel\|Hunter\|Daniel Hunter (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2018}}	22.34
5	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Calum\|Bain}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2018}}	22.39
6	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Jack\|Thorpe\|dab=swimmer}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	22.49
7	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Scott\|McLay}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	22.55
8	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Sam\|Perry\|Sam Perry (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2018}}	23.13

==Semifinal 2==

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 1	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Benjamin\|Proud}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	21.30	Q, GR, NR
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 2	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Cameron\|McEvoy}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	22.00	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 3	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Yuri\|Kisil}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	22.09	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 3	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Thomas\|Fannon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	22.09	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 5	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|David\|Cumberlidge}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	22.15	Q
6	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Bradley\|Vincent}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MRI\|2018}}	22.60
7	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Ruslan\|Gaziev}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	22.80
8	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Matthew\|Abeysinghe}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SRI\|2018}}	22.84

=Final=

The final was held on 10 April at 19:45.[https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C73A1_SWMM50MFR-------------FNL-000100--.pdf Final results]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{{gold1}}	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Benjamin\|Proud}}	align="left" \| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	21.35
{{silver2}}	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Brad\|Tandy}}	align="left" \| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2018}}	21.81
{{bronze3}}	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Cameron\|McEvoy}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	21.92
4	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|David\|Cumberlidge}}	align="left" \| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	22.00
5	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Yuri\|Kisil}}	align="left" \| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	22.03
6	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|James\|Magnussen}}	align="left" \| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	22.05
7	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|James\|Roberts\|James Roberts (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	22.15
8	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Thomas\|Fannon}}	align="left" \| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	22.25

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games - Men's 50 metre freestyle}}

Men's 50 metre freestyle

Commonwealth Games

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 1	8	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Benjamin\|Proud}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	21.45	Q, GR
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 2	6	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Brad\|Tandy}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2018}}	21.78	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 3	7	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Cameron\|McEvoy}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	22.06	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 4	8	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|James\|Roberts\|James Roberts (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	22.11	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 5	8	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Thomas\|Fannon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	22.12	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 6	7	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|James\|Magnussen}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	22.23	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 7	6	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|David\|Cumberlidge}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ENG\|2018}}	22.25	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 8	6	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Daniel\|Hunter\|Daniel Hunter (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2018}}	22.32	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 9	7	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Yuri\|Kisil}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	22.40	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 10	6	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jack\|Thorpe\|dab=swimmer}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	22.48	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 11	8	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Bradley\|Vincent}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MRI\|2018}}	22.50	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 12	8	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Calum\|Bain}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2018}}	22.53	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 13	7	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Matthew\|Abeysinghe}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SRI\|2018}}	22.65	Q, NR
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 14	6	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Scott\|McLay}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	22.79	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 15	8	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ruslan\|Gaziev}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|CAN\|2018}}	22.80	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 16	7	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Sam\|Perry\|Sam Perry (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2018}}	22.93	Q
17	7	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Miles\|Munro}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GUE\|2018}}	22.94
18	8	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kieran\|McGuckin\|dab=swimmer}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	22.96
19	6	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Virdhawal\|Khade}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|IND\|2018}}	23.11
20	7	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jordan\|Sloan}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2018}}	23.19
21	6	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|David\|Thompson\|David Thompson (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2018}}	23.29
22	5	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Keith Kit Sern\|Lim}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MAS\|2018}}	23.33
23	4	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jean-Luc\|Zephir}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|LCA\|2018}}	23.45
24	5	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Abeiku\|Jackson}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GHA\|2018}}	23.47
25	6	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Darren\|Lim\|dab=swimmer}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SGP\|2018}}	23.50
26	5	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Igor\|Mogne}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MOZ\|2018}}	23.58
27	5	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Kyle\|Abeysinghe}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SRI\|2018}}	23.73
28	4	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Alex\|Sobers}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAR\|2018}}	23.75
29	5	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Issa\|Mohamed\|Issa Mohamed (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|KEN\|2018}}	23.80
30	3	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Harry\|Shalamon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|JER\|2018}}	24.01
31	5	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Izaak\|Bastian}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|BAH\|2018}}	24.07
32	4	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Denilson\|da Costa}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MOZ\|2018}}	24.12
33	5	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Stefano\|Mitchell}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ANT\|2018}}	24.14
34	2	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Brandon\|Schuster}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SAM\|2018}}	24.19
35	5	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Samuel\|Seghers}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|PNG\|2018}}	24.25
36	8	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Cherantha\|de Silva}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SRI\|2018}}	24.29
37	4	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Hilal\|Hilal\|Hilal Hilal (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|TAN\|2018}}	24.37
38	4	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Epeli\|Rabua Herbert}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|FIJ\|2018}}	24.38
39	4	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Gregory\|Anodin}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|MRI\|2018}}	24.52
40	3	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Josh\|Tarere}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|PNG\|2018}}	24.68
41	3	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|James\|Sanderson\|James Sanderson (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GIB\|2018}}	24.72
42	2	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Paul\|Elaisa}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|FIJ\|2018}}	24.77
43	4	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Syed Muhammad Haseeb\|Tariq}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|PAK\|2018}}	24.82
44	3	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Andrew\|Fowler\|Andrew Fowler (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GUY\|2018}}	24.87
45	3	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Adam\|Moncherry}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SEY\|2018}}	24.88
45	4	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Dean\|Hoffman\|Dean Hoffman (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SEY\|2018}}	24.88
47	2	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Joshua\|Tibatemwa}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|UGA\|2018}}	24.93
48	2	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Jadon\|Wuilliez}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|ANT\|2018}}	25.15
49	2	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ashley\|Seeto}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|PNG\|2018}}	25.42
50	3	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Nikolas\|Sylvester}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SVG\|2018}}	25.44
51	2	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Alexander\|Cyrus}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SVG\|2018}}	25.57
52	2	1	align=left\|{{sortname\|Corey\|Ollivierre}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|GRN\|2018}}	25.71
53	3	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Temaruata\|Strickland}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|COK\|2018}}	25.96
54	1	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Finau\|Ohuafi}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|TGA\|2018}}	26.07
55	2	8	align=left\|{{sortname\|Cruz\|Halbich}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SVG\|2018}}	26.15
56	1	5	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ben\|Dillon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SHN\|2018}}	26.28
57	1	4	align=left\|{{sortname\|Duwaine\|Yon}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SHN\|2018}}	26.47
58	3	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Clayment\|Lafiara}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SOL\|2018}}	27.07
59	1	6	align=left\|{{sortname\|Colby\|Thomas}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SHN\|2018}}	27.88
{{hs\|60}}	1	2	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ishmael\|Koroma}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SLE\|2018}}	{{abbr\|DNS\|Did not start}}
{{hs\|61}}	7	7	align=left\|{{sortname\|Ryan\|Coetzee\|Ryan Coetzee (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2018}}	{{abbr\|DNS\|Did not start}}
{{hs\|62}}	1	3	align=left\|{{sortname\|Faletiute\|Tinapa}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|TUV\|2018}}	{{abbr\|DSQ\|Disqualified}}

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 1	4	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Brad\|Tandy}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|RSA\|2018}}	21.92	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 2	5	align="left" \|{{sortname\|James\|Roberts\|James Roberts (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	22.11	Q
bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 3	3	align="left" \|{{sortname\|James\|Magnussen}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|AUS\|2018}}	22.20	Q
4	6	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Daniel\|Hunter\|Daniel Hunter (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2018}}	22.34
5	7	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Calum\|Bain}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NIR\|2018}}	22.39
6	2	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Jack\|Thorpe\|dab=swimmer}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	22.49
7	1	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Scott\|McLay}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|SCO\|2018}}	22.55
8	8	align="left" \|{{sortname\|Sam\|Perry\|Sam Perry (swimmer)}}	align=left\| {{flagCGF\|NZL\|2018}}	23.13