title: Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly
text: # Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly
  
  The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 27 and 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
  
  The medals were presented by Bruce Robertson, Vice-President of the Commonwealth Games Federation and Swimming at the 1974 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly|1974 Commonwealth bronze medallist in this event and the quaichs were presented by Paul Bush, Director of Commonwealth Games Scotland and former Chief Executive Officer of Scottish Swimming.
  
  ## Records
  
  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 | Jason Dunford (KEN) | 50.78 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
  | Games record | Geoff Huegill (AUS) | 51.69 | Delhi, India | 8 October 2010 |
  
  The following records were established during the competition:
  
  | Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 24 July | Final | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 51.29 | GR |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 5 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 52.68 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | 5 | Jayden Hadler | Australia | 52.81 | Q |
  | 3 | 4 | 4 | Chris Wright | Australia | 52.89 | Q |
  | 4 | 4 | 3 | Adam Barrett | England | 53.13 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | 5 | Jason Dunford | Kenya | 53.27 | Q |
  | 6 | 5 | 3 | James Guy | England | 53.28 | Q |
  | 7 | 4 | 5 | Tom Laxton | Wales | 53.45 | Q |
  | 8 | 3 | 4 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Australia | 53.53 | Q |
  | =9 | 3 | 3 | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 53.58 | Q |
  | =9 | 5 | 6 | Coleman Allen | Canada | 53.58 | Q |
  | 11 | 4 | 6 | Joseph Roebuck | England | 53.67 | Q |
  | 12 | 5 | 2 | Evan White | Canada | 53.98 | Q |
  | 13 | 4 | 2 | Grant Halsall | Isle of Man | 54.00 | Q |
  | 14 | 3 | 2 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.21 | Q |
  | 15 | 4 | 7 | Quah Zheng Wen | Singapore | 54.46 | Q |
  | 16 | 3 | 6 | Gamal Assaad | Canada | 54.62 | Q |
  | 17 | 5 | 7 | Sajan Prakash | India | 55.58 | |
  | 18 | 5 | 1 | Ifalemi Sau-Paea | Tonga | 55.62 | |
  | 19 | 4 | 1 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia | 56.33 | |
  | 20 | 3 | 1 | Thomas Hollingsworth | Guernsey | 56.68 | |
  | 21 | 3 | 7 | Curtis Coulter | Northern Ireland | 57.20 | |
  | 22 | 2 | 4 | Issa Mohamed | Kenya | 58.05 | |
  | 23 | 4 | 8 | Mathieu Marquet | Mauritius | 58.29 | |
  | 24 | 2 | 5 | Igor Mogne | Mozambique | 58.56 | |
  | 25 | 5 | 8 | Cherantha de Silva | Sri Lanka | 59.25 | |
  | 26 | 2 | 3 | Alex Bregazzi | Isle of Man | 59.69 | |
  | 27 | 3 | 8 | James Sanderson | Gibraltar | 1:00.65 | |
  | 28 | 2 | 6 | Stanford Kawale | Papua New Guinea | 1:00.67 | |
  | 29 | 2 | 2 | Meli Malani | Fiji | 1:00.91 | |
  | 30 | 2 | 7 | Adam Viktora | Seychelles | 1:01.13 | |
  | 31 | 1 | 4 | Abeiku Jackson | Ghana | 1:01.40 | |
  | 32 | 2 | 1 | Haris Bandey | Pakistan | 1:04.37 | |
  | 33 | 1 | 3 | Collin Akara | Papua New Guinea | 1:05.09 | |
  | 34 | 1 | 6 | Nishwan Ibrahim | Maldives | 1:05.22 | |
  | 35 | 1 | 2 | Ammaar Ghadiyali | Tanzania | 1:06.21 | |
  | 36 | 1 | 5 | Mohamed Adnan | Maldives | 1:09.76 | |
  | 37 | 1 | 7 | Dillon Gooding | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1:11.86 | |
  | | 2 | 8 | Emidio Cuna | Mozambique | | DNS |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | 5 | Adam Barrett | England | 52.00 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 52.12 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | 2 | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 52.22 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | 5 | Chris Wright | Australia | 52.58 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | 6 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Australia | 52.74 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | 3 | James Guy | England | 52.78 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | 3 | Jason Dunford | Kenya | 52.94 | Q |
  | 8 | 1 | 4 | Jayden Hadler | Australia | 53.12 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | 6 | Tom Laxton | Wales | 53.14 | |
  | 10 | 2 | 7 | Joseph Roebuck | England | 53.29 | |
  | 11 | 1 | 7 | Evan White | Canada | 53.54 | |
  | 12 | 1 | 2 | Coleman Allen | Canada | 53.63 | |
  | 13 | 2 | 1 | Grant Halsall | Isle of Man | 54.15 | |
  | 14 | 2 | 8 | Quah Zheng Wen | Singapore | 54.29 | |
  | 15 | 1 | 8 | Gamal Assaad | Canada | 54.40 | |
  | 16 | 1 | 1 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.45 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 5 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 51.29 | GR |
  | | 3 | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 51.69 | NR |
  | | 4 | Adam Barrett | England | 51.93 | |
  | 4 | 8 | Jayden Hadler | Australia | 52.42 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Australia | 52.45 | |
  | 6 | 7 | James Guy | England | 52.63 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Jason Dunford | Kenya | 52.71 | |
  | 8 | 6 | Chris Wright | Australia | 52.88 | |
  