2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates:	11 December (heats and semifinals) 12 December (final)
Competitors:	76
Win Value:	56.01 CR
Gold:	Cameron van der Burgh
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Ilya Shymanovich
Silvernoc:	BLR
Bronze:	Yasuhiro Koseki
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 11 and 12 December 2018 at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Cameron van der Burgh		55.61	Berlin	15 November 2009
Championship record	Felipe França Silva		56.29	Doha	4 December 2014

The following new records were set during this competition:

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 11:25.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	5			56.47	Q
2	7	4			56.94	Q
3	5	4			57.01	Q
4	8	6			57.03	Q
5	7	3			57.14	Q
6	8	5			57.15	Q
7	8	4			57.17	Q
8	7	6			57.27	Q
9	7	2			57.39	Q
10	8	3			57.41	Q
11	6	6			57.53	Q
12	5	3			57.57	Q
12	6	3			57.57	Q
14	7	1			57.60	Q
15	8	2			57.62	Q
16	6	2			57.63
17	7	5			57.65
18	6	0			57.76
19	8	1			57.83
20	6	4			57.85
21	7	9			58.11
22	7	7			58.20
23	8	7			58.50
24	6	1			58.54
25	6	8			58.61
25	7	0			58.61
27	8	0			58.72
28	6	7			58.73
29	8	9			58.86
30	5	6			58.91
30	7	8			58.91
32	5	1			58.98
33	6	9			59.35
34	4	2			59.40
35	5	9			59.61
36	5	5			59.86
37	5	8			59.92
38	5	2
39	1	5
40	4	5
41	4	6
42	5	7
43	4	4
44	5	0
45	4	7
46	4	0
47	4	1
47	4	3
49	2	9
50	3	5
51	3	3
52	4	9
53	1	4
54	3	6
55	3	0
56	3	2
57	3	1
57	3	4
59	4	8
60	2	3
61	3	7
62	3	8
63	3	9
64	2	5
65	2	4
66	2	7
67	2	6
68	1	3
69	2	0
70	1	2
71	2	1
72	2	8
73	1	7
	1	6
	2	2
	8	8

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 20:04.^[3]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			56.30	Q
2	3			56.42	Q
3	5			56.89	Q
4	2			57.09	Q
5	8			57.24
6	1			57.39
7	6			57.47
8	7			57.94

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6			56.31	Q
2	4			56.43	Q
3	2			56.90	Q
4	5			56.92	Q
5	1			57.21
6	8			57.26
7	3			57.30
8	7			57.51

Final

The final was held at 19:29.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7			56.01	CR
	6			56.10	NR
	3			56.13	AS
4	4			56.48
5	5			56.56
6	2			56.91
7	8			57.10
8	1			57.19

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 15 December 2018. 19 December 2018.
2. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000112010C0103EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Heats results
3. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000112010C0103EC02FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Semifinals results
4. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000112010C0103EC04FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Final results