Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	July 26, 2011 (heats and semifinals) July 27, 2011 (final)
Competitors:	51
Nations:	48
Win Value:	27.01
Gold:	Felipe França Silva
Goldnoc:	BRA
Silver:	Fabio Scozzoli
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Cameron van der Burgh
Bronzenoc:	RSA
Prev:	2009
Next:	2013

The men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 26 with the heats and the semifinals and July 27 with the final.

Records

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

Results

Heats

51 swimmers participated in 7 heats.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	4	27.19	Q
2	5	3	27.36	Q
3	7	5	27.47	Q
4	7	6	27.49	Q
5	6	6	27.51	Q, NR
6	6	2	27.52	Q, NR
7	7	4	27.58	Q
8	5	4	27.67	Q
9	6	3	27.75	Q
10	6	5	27.84	Q
10	7	7	27.84	Q
12	4	6	27.86	Q
13	5	5	27.89	Q
14	6	7	27.93	Q
15	7	3	27.95	Q
16	7	8	28.00	Q
17	5	2	28.01
18	5	6	28.13
19	4	4	28.14
20	6	1	28.14
21	4	7	28.15
22	5	1	28.18
23	7	2	28.19
24	4	1	28.21
25	3	4	28.23
26	4	8	28.25	NR
27	6	8	28.33
28	4	5	28.34
29	4	3	28.39
30	4	2	28.42
31	7	1	28.44
32	5	8	28.58
33	3	5	28.63	NR
34	5	7	28.81
35	3	6	28.95
36	3	7	29.11
37	3	3	29.85
38	2	4	30.02
39	3	1	30.47
40	3	2	30.88
41	2	7	32.03
42	2	2	33.48
43	2	1	34.34
44	2	6	34.38
45	2	3	37.56
46	3	8	37.60
47	1	3	41.43
48	1	4	41.86
49	2	5	43.37
50	2	8	47.58
	1	5	DSQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:19.^[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	27.37	Q
2	6	27.53	Q
3	5	27.57	Q
4	3	27.64
5	4	27.71
6	8	27.81
7	7	27.87
8	1	27.89

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	26.90	Q
2	4	26.95	Q
3	3	27.33	Q, NR
4	5	27.51	Q
4	8	27.51	Q
6	2	27.71
7	7	27.73
8	1	27.80

Final

The final was held at 19:37.^[3] Video replay shows Felipe França Silva using an illegal dolphin kick at the finish; however the official on deck did not see it and so the results stand.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	5	27.01
	6	27.17	NR
	4	27.19
4	1	27.41
5	3	27.43
6	8	27.58
7	7	27.65
8	2	28.00

External links

2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 50 metre breaststroke start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.

Notes and References

Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke (heats). Omega Timing. 2011-07-26.
Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke (semifinals). Omega Timing. 2011-07-26.
Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-27.
Web site: Did swimmer cheat his way to gold at World Championships?. Universal Sports. 2011-07-28.