The Men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...

 took place on October 6 and 7, 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex

SPM Swimming Pool Complex

The Dr. S. P. Mukherjee Swimming Stadium or SPM Swimming Pool Complex is a swimming complex in New Delhi, India, that is hosting the aquatics events for the 2010 Commonwealth Games...

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Seven 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 advanced to the semifinals and the top eight times from there qualified for the finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Shakil Camal		55.00
2	5	Boipelo Makhothi		1:14.95
3	3	Khosi Mokhesi		1:15.91
–	6	Christopher Symonds			DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Shane Mangroo		56.87
2	3	Peter Pokawin		56.97
3	5	Daniel Pryke		57.04
4	2	Adam Viktora		58.31
5	6	Mark Thompson		1:00.02
6	7	Inayath Hassan		1:01.58
7	8	Daisuke Ssegwanyi		1:04.41
–	1	Eliasu Abrama			DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Dzulhaili Mohamed Kamal		52.97
2	5	Luke Hall		53.35
3	3	Ian Hubert		53.83
4	8	Matthew Abeysinghe		54.40
5	7	Colin Bensadon		55.88
6	6	Nicholas Coard		56.32
7	1	Esau Simpson		56.83
8	2	Jean Hugues Gregoire		56.94

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Joshua McLeod		52.07
2	2	Jarryd Gregoire		52.08
3	4	Caryle Blondell		52.60
4	6	Arren Quek		52.70
5	8	Zane Jordan Zane Jordan Zane Jordan is an Olympic swimmer from Zambia. He swam for Zambia at the 2008 Olympics, finishing 65th in the 50 m freestyle ....		53.01
6	5	Lijie Chng		53.24
7	1	Anshul Kothari		53.48
8	7	Nick Thompson		54.36

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Grant Turner		49.87	Q
2	4	Kyle Richardson Kyle Richardson (swimmer) Kyle Richardson is a freestyle swimmer from Australia. He competed for Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning gold in two relay events.-References:...		49.93	Q
3	6	Shaune Fraser		49.93	Q
4	5	Simon Burnett Simon Burnett Simon Andrew Burnett is an English swimmer.He holds the British Records in the 100 and 200 metre freestyles, he trains at the USA's University of Arizona--where he attended—and in 2007 signed a sponsorship deal with Nike.-Career:...		49.97	Q
5	8	Roy-Allan Burch		51.80
6	1	Aaron Dsouza		52.46
–	2	Andrew Bree Andrew Bree Andrew Patrick Bree is a breaststroke swimmer from Helen's Bay, Co. Down Northern Ireland. He is a 2-time Irish Olympian, having swum at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....			DNS
–	7	Ryan Harrison			DNS

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Gideon Louw		49.24	Q
2	4	Eamon Sullivan Eamon Sullivan Eamon Wade Sullivan is an Australian sprint swimmer.-Career :In April 2002 at the Australian Age Championships, Sullivan won the 50 m freestyle and came second in 100 m in his age group, and swam for Australia at Trans Tasman series with no dramatic result.In April 2003 at Brisbane in the Fisher &...		49.79	Q
3	3	Tommaso D´orsogna		49.89	Q
4	2	Brett Fraser Brett Fraser Brett Michael Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Fraser and his older brother, Shaune Fraser, were two of the three flag-bearers from the country....		50.21	Q
5	1	Virdhawal Khade Virdhawal Khade Virdhawal Vikram Khade is an Indian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 m, 100 m and 200 m Freestyle swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing setting an Indian national record in 100 m Freestyle while winning his unseeded heat, but failed to qualify for the semifinals in his events...		50.67	Q
6	6	Richard Hortness		50.85	Q
7	7	Alexandre Bakhtiarov		51.64	Q
8	8	Conor Leaney		52.92

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Brent Hayden Brent Hayden Brent Matthew Hayden is a Canadian swimmer.Hayden was born and raised in Mission, British Columbia and started swimming when he was five. In his youth, he earned a blackbelt in Isshin Ryu karate. He attended the University of British Columbia for one year...		49.79	Q
2	6	Adam Brown Adam Brown (swimmer) Adam Thorp Brown is a British freestyle swimmer.Brown represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4×100 m freestyle relay swimming event.-External links:**...		49.88	Q
3	5	Graeme Moore		49.96	Q
4	3	David Dunford David Dunford David Harvey Dunford is a swimmer from Kenya who specializes in sprint freestyle. He is an African champion, Commonwealth Games finalist and the second Kenyan swimmer in history to qualify for the Olympics Games...		50.44	Q
5	2	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...		51.28
6	8	Ieuan Lloyd		51.44	Q
7	7	Blake Worsley Blake Worsley Blake Thomas Worsley is a Canadian swimmer. He competed for Canada at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships and the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where he finished 12th. He was raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and swam for the University of Denver.-References:...		51.70
8	1	Jian Foo		51.95

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Eamon Sullivan Eamon Sullivan Eamon Wade Sullivan is an Australian sprint swimmer.-Career :In April 2002 at the Australian Age Championships, Sullivan won the 50 m freestyle and came second in 100 m in his age group, and swam for Australia at Trans Tasman series with no dramatic result.In April 2003 at Brisbane in the Fisher &...		48.66	Q
2	2	Simon Burnett Simon Burnett Simon Andrew Burnett is an English swimmer.He holds the British Records in the 100 and 200 metre freestyles, he trains at the USA's University of Arizona--where he attended—and in 2007 signed a sponsorship deal with Nike.-Career:...		49.40	Q
3	3	Tommaso D´orsogna		49.52	Q
4	5	Grant Turner		49.92
5	7	David Dunford David Dunford David Harvey Dunford is a swimmer from Kenya who specializes in sprint freestyle. He is an African champion, Commonwealth Games finalist and the second Kenyan swimmer in history to qualify for the Olympics Games...		50.10
6	6	Shaune Fraser		50.15
7	1	Richard Hortness		50.91
–	8	Alexandre Bakhtiarov			DNS

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Brent Hayden Brent Hayden Brent Matthew Hayden is a Canadian swimmer.Hayden was born and raised in Mission, British Columbia and started swimming when he was five. In his youth, he earned a blackbelt in Isshin Ryu karate. He attended the University of British Columbia for one year...		48.74	Q
2	4	Gideon Louw		49.28	Q
3	2	Graeme Moore		49.53	Q
4	6	Kyle Richardson Kyle Richardson (swimmer) Kyle Richardson is a freestyle swimmer from Australia. He competed for Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning gold in two relay events.-References:...		49.60	Q
5	3	Adam Brown Adam Brown (swimmer) Adam Thorp Brown is a British freestyle swimmer.Brown represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4×100 m freestyle relay swimming event.-External links:**...		49.65	Q
6	1	Virdhawal Khade Virdhawal Khade Virdhawal Vikram Khade is an Indian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 m, 100 m and 200 m Freestyle swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing setting an Indian national record in 100 m Freestyle while winning his unseeded heat, but failed to qualify for the semifinals in his events...		50.10
7	7	Brett Fraser Brett Fraser Brett Michael Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Fraser and his older brother, Shaune Fraser, were two of the three flag-bearers from the country....		50.34
8	8	Ieuan Lloyd		51.05

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Brent Hayden Brent Hayden Brent Matthew Hayden is a Canadian swimmer.Hayden was born and raised in Mission, British Columbia and started swimming when he was five. In his youth, he earned a blackbelt in Isshin Ryu karate. He attended the University of British Columbia for one year...		47.98	CGR
	6	Simon Burnett Simon Burnett Simon Andrew Burnett is an English swimmer.He holds the British Records in the 100 and 200 metre freestyles, he trains at the USA's University of Arizona--where he attended—and in 2007 signed a sponsorship deal with Nike.-Career:...		48.54
	4	Eamon Sullivan Eamon Sullivan Eamon Wade Sullivan is an Australian sprint swimmer.-Career :In April 2002 at the Australian Age Championships, Sullivan won the 50 m freestyle and came second in 100 m in his age group, and swam for Australia at Trans Tasman series with no dramatic result.In April 2003 at Brisbane in the Fisher &...		48.69
4	3	Gideon Louw		49.21
5	1	Kyle Richardson Kyle Richardson (swimmer) Kyle Richardson is a freestyle swimmer from Australia. He competed for Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning gold in two relay events.-References:...		49.26
6	2	Tommaso D´orsogna		49.40
7	7	Graeme Moore		49.64
8	8	Adam Brown Adam Brown (swimmer) Adam Thorp Brown is a British freestyle swimmer.Brown represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4×100 m freestyle relay swimming event.-External links:**...		49.82