The Women's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 4 and 5 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.

Four heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The top sixteen times qualified for the semi-finals and, the top eight from there qualified for the finals.

Heats

Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 Monica Bernardo 29.58 Q 2 1 Shubha Chittaranjan 29.96 Q 3 3 Ajaykumar Hanka 33.62 4 5 Mariam Foum 34.29 5 6 Anham Salyani 34.48 6 4 Aishath Abdulla 36.43 7 8 Karin O´Reilly 37.86 8 2 Aminath Shahid 38.19

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Emily Seebohm 26.52 Q 2 5 Katerine Savard 27.10 Q 3 3 Louise Pate 27.45 Q 4 2 Bethany Carson 28.90 Q 5 7 Sylvia Brunlehner 31.61 6 8 Mercedes Milner 31.93 7 1 Shannon Austin 32.76 6 Anna Schegoleva DNS

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Marieke Guehrer 26.64 Q 2 3 Hayley Palmer 27.16 Q 3 5 Amy Smith 27.25 Q 4 6 Audrey Lacroix 27.49 Q 5 2 Alys Thomas 28.41 Q 6 7 Pooja Alva 30.30 7 1 Alexia Royal-Eatmon 31.09 8 8 Elaine Reyes 31.31

Heat 4 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Francesca Halsall 26.69 Q 2 4 Yolane Kukla 27.06 Q 3 3 Ellen Gandy 27.07 Q 4 6 Jemma Lowe 27.45 Q 5 2 MacKenzie Downing 27.54 Q 6 7 Siona Huxley 31.01 7 1 Kathryn Millin 31.14 8 8 Judith Meauri 31.91

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Marieke Guehrer 26.07 Q, CGR 2 5 Yolane Kukla 26.22 Q 3 3 Katerine Savard 26.96 Q 4 2 Jemma Lowe 27.02 Q 5 7 MacKenzie Downing 27.12 Q 6 6 Amy Smith 27.23 7 1 Bethany Carson 28.94 8 8 Shubha Chittaranjan 30.00

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Francesca Halsall 26.33 Q 2 4 Emily Seebohm 26.62 Q 3 3 Ellen Gandy 27.14 Q 3 6 Hayley Palmer 27.14 5 2 Louise Pate 27.49 6 7 Audrey Lacroix 27.68 7 1 Alys Thomas 28.20 8 8 Monica Bernardo 29.75

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Francesca Halsall 26.24 4 Marieke Guehrer 26.27 6 Emily Seebohm 26.29 4 5 Yolane Kukla 26.41 5 8 Ellen Gandy 26.80 6 7 Jemma Lowe 27.15 7 2 Katerine Savard 27.21 8 1 MacKenzie Downing 27.42

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