Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre butterfly
# Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre butterfly

## Men's 50 m Butterfly - Final

| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | 0.73 | 23.34 | |
| | 6 | Matthew Welsh (AUS) | 0.71 | 23.63 | 0.29 |
| | 5 | Michael Klim (AUS) | 0.71 | 23.74 | 0.40 |
| 4 | 2 | Thomas Kindler (CAN) | 0.75 | 24.00 | 0.66 |
| 5 | 8 | Ryan Pini (PNG) | 0.74 | 24.01 | 0.67 |
| 6 | 7 | Todd Cooper (SCO) | 0.66 | 24.05 | 0.71 |
| 7 | 1 | Matthew Clay (ENG) | 0.77 | 24.21 | 0.87 |
| DSQ | 3 | Matt Targett (AUS) | | | |

## Men's 50 m Butterfly - Semifinals

### Men's 50 m Butterfly - Semifinal 01

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Reaction Time | 50 m | time behind |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Matt Targett (AUS) | 0.73 | 23.86 | |
| 2 | 5 | Matthew Welsh (AUS) | 0.73 | 23.97 | 0.11 |
| 3 | 2 | Matthew Clay (ENG) | 0.75 | 24.08 | 0.22 |
| 3 | 6 | Todd Cooper (SCO) | 0.75 | 24.08 | 0.22 |
| 5 | 3 | Ryan Pini (PNG) | 0.79 | 24.13 | 0.27 |
| 6 | 7 | David Leith (SCO) | 0.78 | 24.77 | 0.91 |
| 7 | 1 | Jeremy Knowles (BAH) | 0.71 | 24.83 | 0.97 |
| 8 | 8 | Chris Vythoulkas (BAH) | 0.75 | 25.53 | 1.67 |
| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| 1 | 4 | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | 0.65 | 23.14 (GR) | |
| 2 | 5 | Michael Klim (AUS) | 0.74 | 23.80 | 0.66 |
| 3 | 6 | Thomas Kindler (CAN) | 0.78 | 24.05 | 0.91 |
| 4 | 3 | Corney Swanepoel (NZL) | 0.72 | 24.30 | 1.16 |
| 5 | 1 | Mark Foster (ENG) | 0.92 | 24.36 | 1.22 |
| 6 | 2 | Darryl Rudolf (CAN) | 0.78 | 24.54 | 1.40 |
| 7 | 7 | Moss Burmester (NZL) | 0.78 | 24.73 | 1.59 |
| 8 | 8 | Ian Powell (GUE) | 0.73 | 25.68 | 2.54 |

## Men's 50 m Butterfly - Heats

### Men's 50 m Butterfly - Heat 01

| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | Kyle Tingler (SHE) | 0.71 | 26.30 | |
| 2 | 3 | Earlando Mc Rae (GUY) | 0.65 | 27.43 | 1.13 |
| 3 | 4 | Gilbert Kaburu (UGA) | 0.92 | 30.72 | 4.42 |
| 4 | 5 | Max Kanyerezi (UGA) | 0.94 | 34.80 | 8.50 |

### Men's 50 m Butterfly - Heat 02

| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 8 | Daniel Bego (MAS) | 0.69 | 27.01 | |
| 2 | 4 | Naji Ferguson (GRN) | 0.87 | 27.33 | 0.32 |
| 3 | 3 | Jamie Zammitt (GIB) | 0.84 | 27.38 | 0.37 |
| 4 | 6 | Bertrand Bristol (SEY) | 0.66 | 27.75 | 0.74 |
| 5 | 2 | Ian Hubert (GUE) | 0.76 | 27.80 | 0.79 |
| 6 | 7 | Stefan Lee (SRI) | 0.83 | 28.12 | 1.11 |
| 7 | 5 | Anthony Wickramasinghe (SRI) | 0.77 | 28.20 | 1.19 |
| 8 | 1 | Mohamed Sharif (MDV) | 0.89 | 32.93 | 5.92 |

### Men's 50 m Butterfly - Heat 03

| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Ian Powell (GUE) | 0.67 | 25.51 | |
| 2 | 6 | Shirong Su (SIN) | 0.70 | 26.12 | 0.61 |
| 3 | 4 | Ramadhan Vyombo (KEN) | 0.76 | 26.36 | 0.85 |
| 4 | 7 | Brad Hamilton (JAM) | 0.69 | 26.60 | 1.09 |
| 5 | 3 | David Dunford (KEN) | 0.89 | 26.90 | 1.39 |
| 6 | 2 | Thomas Hollingsworth (GUE) | 0.85 | 27.07 | 1.56 |
| 7 | 8 | Luke Hall (SWZ) | 0.70 | 27.10 | 1.59 |
| 8 | 1 | Alexander Ray (NAM) | 0.69 | 27.24 | 1.73 |

### Men's 50 m Butterfly - Heat 04

| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Matt Targett (AUS) | 0.78 | 23.91 | |
| 2 | 4 | Corney Swanepoel (NZL) | 0.72 | 24.23 | 0.32 |
| 3 | 3 | Thomas Kindler (CAN) | 0.79 | 24.45 | 0.54 |
| 4 | 2 | Moss Burmester (NZL) | 0.79 | 24.64 | 0.73 |
| 5 | 7 | Chris Vythoulkas (BAH) | 0.74 | 25.61 | 1.70 |
| 6 | 6 | Owen Morgan (WAL) | 0.79 | 25.70 | 1.79 |
| 7 | 1 | Michael O'connor (BER) | 0.78 | 25.94 | 2.03 |
| 8 | 8 | Conrad Francis (SRI) | 0.84 | 26.43 | 2.52 |

### Men's 50 m Butterfly - Heat 05

| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Matthew Welsh (AUS) | 0.75 | 24.18 | |
| 2 | 3 | Todd Cooper (SCO) | 0.68 | 24.48 | 0.30 |
| 3 | 6 | Matthew Clay (ENG) | 0.79 | 24.55 | 0.37 |
| 4 | 2 | David Leith (SCO) | 0.84 | 24.79 | 0.61 |
| 5 | 1 | Garth Tune (RSA) | 0.72 | 25.72 | 1.54 |
| 6 | 8 | Simon Le Couilliard (JER) | 0.80 | 25.82 | 1.64 |
| 7 | 7 | Cheng Xun Ng (SIN) | 0.64 | 26.06 | 1.88 |
| DNS | 4 | Ryk Neethling (RSA) | | | |

### Men's 50 m Butterfly - Heat 06

| Pos. | Lane | Athlete | R.T. | 50 m | Tbh. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | 0.66 | 23.59 | |
| 2 | 5 | Michael Klim (AUS) | 0.74 | 24.04 | 0.45 |
| 3 | 6 | Ryan Pini (PNG) | 0.80 | 24.27 | 0.68 |
| 4 | 2 | Darryl Rudolf (CAN) | 0.77 | 24.54 | 0.95 |
| 5 | 3 | Mark Foster (ENG) | 0.95 | 24.91 | 1.32 |
| 6 | 7 | Jeremy Knowles (BAH) | 0.73 | 25.11 | 1.52 |
| 7 | 8 | Ronald Cowen (BER) | 0.83 | 25.92 | 2.33 |
| 8 | 1 | Md Jewel Ahmed (BAN) | 0.86 | 26.68 | 3.09 |
