The Men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 6 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.
Two heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The top eight from there qualified for the finals.
Heats
Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Simon Miller 27.00 Q 2 5 Blake Cochrane 27.81 Q 3 3 Sachin Verma 29.05 Q 4 6 Chen Leow 30.45 5 2 Sunil Galpatha 31.45 6 7 Jean Laperotine 38.45 – 1 Eugene Wafula
Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Matthew Cowdrey 25.66 Q 2 3 Benjamin Austin 27.68 Q 3 5 Prasanta Karmakar 27.69 Q 4 6 Sean Fraser 28.60 Q 5 2 Laurence McGivern 28.84 Q 6 1 Rajesh Shinde 32.96 7 7 Scody Victor 34.86
Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Matthew Cowdrey 25.33 WR 5 Simon Miller 26.70 6 Prasanta Karmakar 27.48 4 3 Benjamin Austin 27.53 CG 5 2 Blake Cochrane 27.68 6 7 Sean Fraser 28.63 7 1 Laurence McGivern 28.95 8 8 Sachin Verma 29.37
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