2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates:	15 December (heats and semifinals) 16 December (final)
Competitors:	83
Win Value:	25.41 CR
Gold:	Cameron van der Burgh
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Ilya Shymanovich
Silvernoc:	BLR
Bronze:	Felipe Lima
Bronzenoc:	BRA
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 and 16 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		25.25	Berlin	14 November 2009
Championship record	Felipe França Silva		25.63	Doha	7 December 2014

The following new records were set during this competition:

The heats were started at 11:31.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	8	5	25.97	Q
2	7	4	26.09	Q
3	7	3	26.11	Q
4	7	7	26.17	Q
5	9	6	26.18	Q
6	9	1	26.20	Q
6	9	4	26.20	Q
8	8	4	26.25	Q
9	9	5	26.30	Q
10	7	5	26.32	Q
11	7	6	26.34	Q
12	8	2	26.42	Q
12	9	3	26.42	Q
14	8	1	26.45	Q
15	7	2	26.56	Q
16	9	2	26.57	Q
17	7	9	26.58
18	8	3	26.62
19	7	1	26.66
20	9	7	26.70
21	6	4	26.74
21	8	6	26.74
23	7	8	26.75
24	9	0	26.85
25	6	5	26.88
26	8	8	26.93
27	5	4	26.97
28	7	0	27.04
29	8	9	27.06
30	8	0	27.10
31	9	9	27.21
32	8	7	27.23
33	6	8	27.27
34	6	6	27.28
34	6	7	27.28
36	6	2	27.31
37	5	5	27.37
38	9	8	27.38
39	6	1	27.43
40	3	0	27.50	NR
41	6	0	27.55
42	6	9	27.60
43	6	3	27.71
44	4	2	27.96
45	3	7	28.05
46	5	2	28.12
47	5	6	28.25
48	5	8	28.37
49	2	1	28.49
50	5	7	28.61
51	5	3	28.63
52	5	9	28.67
53	2	7	28.73
54	5	0	28.75
55	4	1	28.89
56	5	1	29.14
57	4	3	29.34
58	4	6	29.35
59	4	4	29.38
60	4	7	29.65
61	4	5	29.66
62	3	9	30.21
63	2	4	30.57
64	4	8	30.63
65	3	6	31.30
66	3	8	31.51
67	2	9	31.62
68	2	3	32.02
69	4	9	33.12
70	4	0	33.37
71	1	5	34.29
72	3	2	35.29
73	3	4	35.96
74	2	6	36.02
75	3	3	36.39
76	2	8	36.76
77	2	5	37.99
78	1	4	38.18
79	1	3	39.51
80	2	0	39.83
	2	2
	3	1
	3	5

The semifinals were held at 20:01.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	25.76	Q
2	2	25.87	Q
3	6	25.95	Q
4	4	26.01	Q
5	5	26.18
6	8	26.20
7	7	26.22
8	1	26.27

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	25.94	Q
2	4	25.95	Q
3	3	25.97	Q
4	2	26.00	Q
5	7	26.03
6	6	26.04
7	8	26.40
8	1	26.70

The final was held at 19:21.^[4]