Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Palau Sant Jordi
Dates:	July 28, 2013 (heats &<br/>semifinals) July 29, 2013 (final)
Competitors:	77
Nations:	68
Win Value:	58.79
Gold:	Christian Sprenger
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Cameron van der Burgh
Silvernoc:	RSA
Bronze:	Felipe Lima
Bronzenoc:	BRA
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 28–29 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were held at 11:47.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	4		Q
2	8	2		Q
3	6	4		Q
3	7	5		Q
5	8	3		Q
6	8	6	1:00.01	Q
7	8	4	1:00.02	Q
8	6	6	1:00.06	Q
9	7	3	1:00.08	Q
9	8	7	1:00.08	Q
11	7	6	1:00.20	Q
12	6	2	1:00.24	Q
12	7	2	1:00.24	Q
14	7	7	1:00.32	Q
15	6	1	1:00.36	Q
16	6	5	1:00.44	Q
17	8	5	1:00.52
18	6	0	1:00.54	NR
19	6	7	1:00.55
20	6	3	1:00.69
21	6	9	1:00.76
22	7	8	1:00.89
23	8	8	1:00.94	NR
24	7	9	1:01.01	NR
25	8	9	1:01.08
26	5	3	1:01.28
27	6	8	1:01.37
28	7	1	1:01.38
28	8	1	1:01.38
30	7	0	1:01.48
31	4	7	1:01.58
32	4	6	1:01.64
33	5	4	1:01.71
34	5	0	1:01.77
34	5	7	1:01.77
36	5	2	1:01.78
37	8	0	1:01.95
38	5	8	1:02.01	NR
39	5	6	1:02.08	NR
40	5	5	1:02.41
41	4	1	1:02.45
42	4	3	1:02.57
43	5	1	1:02.58
44	4	2	1:02.69
45	5	9	1:02.87	NR
46	4	8	1:03.27
47	3	6	1:03.28
48	3	4	1:03.38
49	3	3	1:03.47
50	4	9	1:03.72	NR
51	4	0	1:03.76
52	3	7	1:04.40
53	3	2	1:04.96
54	3	1	1:05.12
55	3	9	1:05.32
56	2	1	1:05.67
57	2	4	1:05.89
58	4	4	1:05.90
58	4	5	1:05.90
60	3	5	1:06.17
61	3	0	1:06.22
62	3	8	1:06.51
63	2	5	1:06.54
64	2	6	1:07.47	NR
65	2	3	1:08.23
66	2	0	1:09.19	NR
67	1	4	1:09.77
68	2	2	1:09.96
69	1	5	1:10.42
70	2	9	1:10.73
71	2	8	1:11.27
72	2	7	1:14.70
73	1	6	1:15.54
74	1	3	1:18.24
75	1	2	1:24.08
76	1	7	1:25.50
77	1	1	1:32.77

The semifinals were held at 19:06.^[4]

The final was held at 18:02.^[5]