Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2009 FINA World Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	28 July 2009 (heats, semifinals) 29 July 2009 (final)
Competitors:	161
Win Value:	26.67 seconds
Gold:	Cameron van der Burgh
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Felipe França Silva
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Mark Gangloff
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2007
Next:	2011

See main article: Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.

The heats for the men's 50 metre breaststroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 28 July. The final took place in the evening session of 29 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World record		26.89	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	align=right	8 May 2009
Championship record		27.46	Barcelona, Spain	align=right	22 July 2003

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Time	Record
28 July	Heat 12	27.26	CR
28 July	Heat 15	27.15	CR
28 July	Heat 16	26.92	CR
28 July	Semifinal 1	26.92	=CR
28 July	Semifinal 2	26.74	WR
29 July	Final	26.67	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	26.92	16	4	CR, AF
2	27.12	17	4
3	27.15	15	2	OC
4	27.19	17	3
5	27.20	16	5	NR
5	27.20	17	7	NR
7	27.25	15	5	NR
8	27.26	12	7	NR
9	27.27	15	3
9	27.27	16	3
11	27.29	17	5
12	27.30	15	4
13	27.35	14	5
14	27.37	17	1
15	27.38	14	4
16	27.43	15	6	AS
17	27.45	16	1	NR
18	27.48	15	7
19	27.52	16	6
20	27.57	13	0	NR
20	27.57	15	1
22	27.58	14	7
23	27.59	16	2
24	27.60	17	0
25	27.63	16	8
26	27.64	17	2
27	27.71	14	2	NR
28	27.73	15	0	NR
29	27.78	13	5
29	27.78	17	8
31	27.79	13	2
32	27.81	14	6
33	27.82	13	3
33	27.82	14	8
35	27.83	12	6
36	27.86	14	3	NR
37	27.88	16	7
38	27.92	10	9
39	27.93	16	9
40	28.00	13	6	NR
41	28.03	11	3	NR
42	28.05	13	4
43	28.07	11	7
44	28.09	12	9
44	28.09	14	0
46	28.10	11	4
47	28.14	15	9
48	28.16	12	5
49	28.22	12	1	NR
50	28.24	14	9
51	28.27	12	8
52	28.39	10	7
52	28.39	12	4	NR
54	28.41	12	0
55	28.42	11	5
56	28.47	15	8
57	28.52	10	2
58	28.58	13	1
59	28.62	13	8	NR
60	28.66	10	1	NR
60	28.66	11	0
60	28.66	11	2
63	28.72	12	3
64	28.75	10	8
65	28.89	16	0
66	28.96	10	5
67	29.01	13	9
68	29.03	11	1
69	29.04	7	6
70	29.08	10	3
70	29.08	13	7
72	29.12	10	6
73	29.16	8	4
74	29.19	9	0
75	29.23	11	6
76	29.26	14	1
77	29.34	10	0
78	29.37	11	8
79	29.38	9	3	NR
80	29.39	8	2
81	29.40	8	9	NR
82	29.41	9	4
83	29.48	7	4
84	29.53	9	5
85	29.56	7	5	NR
86	29.57	9	6
87	29.61	9	2
88	29.71	9	7
89	29.75	9	1
90	29.89	8	7	NR
91	30.04	8	1
92	30.21	6	4
93	30.40	9	9
94	30.43	8	6
95	30.55	6	9
95	30.55	7	7
97	30.64	7	8
98	30.72	9	8
99	30.82	7	3
100	30.85	11	9
101	30.92	7	0
102	30.94	6	3
103	30.97	6	2
104	31.06	6	5
105	31.26	6	7
106	31.36	8	8
107	31.41	8	5
108	31.62	5	3	NR
109	31.64	1	5
110	31.70	6	6
111	31.80	5	5
112	31.90	5	4
113	31.93	6	0
114	32.08	7	9
115	32.11	7	1
116	32.13	5	2	NR
116	32.13	5	7
116	32.13	6	1
119	32.23	3	5
120	32.28	8	3
121	32.64	4	4
122	33.08	5	6
123	33.16	5	8
124	33.42	5	1
125	33.46	4	1
126	33.53	5	9
127	33.57	4	8
127	33.57	4	9
129	33.60	3	6
130	33.93	2	0
131	33.98	5	0
132	34.28	4	2
133	34.53	4	7
134	34.61	4	0
135	34.65	3	1
136	35.10	2	5
137	35.51	1	4
138	35.55	4	6
139	36.02	3	7
140	36.20	2	7
141	36.31	3	4
142	37.20	2	4
143	37.42	3	2
144	37.91	2	8
145	39.09	3	8
146	40.17	3	3
147	40.88	6	8
148	42.08	1	3
–	DNS	2	1
–	DNS	2	2
–	DNS	2	3
–	DNS	3	9
–	DNS	4	3
–	DNS	4	5
–	DNS	17	9
–	DSQ	3	0
–	DSQ	7	2
–	DSQ	8	0
–	DSQ	10	4
–	DSQ	12	2
–	DSQ	17	6

Semifinals

Rank	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	26.74	2	4	WR
2	26.83	2	6	ER
3	26.92	1	4
4	27.13	2	5	OC
5	27.16	1	7
5	27.16	1	5
7	27.19	2	7
8	27.24	2	2
9	27.30	2	3
9	27.30	2	8
11	27.33	1	1
12	27.37	2	1
13	27.38	1	6
14	27.40	1	3
15	27.43	1	2
15	27.43	1	8	=AS

Final

Rank	Time	Lane	Notes
	26.67	4	WR
	26.76	3	AM
	26.86	8	NR
4	26.95	5
4	26.95	6	OC
6	27.10	7
7	27.31	1
7	27.31	2