Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 50 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Boys' 50 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2018
Type:	Summer Youth Olympics
Venue:	Natatorium
Dates:	11 October (heats, semifinals) 12 October (final)
Competitors:	35
Nations:	32
Win Value:	27.51
Gold:	Michael Houlie
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Sun Jiajun
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Alexander Milanovich
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2014
Next:	2026

The boys' 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 11 and 12 October at the Natatorium in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[1]

Results

The heats were started on 11 October at 11:16.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	5	4		27.91	Q
2	4	5		27.99	Q
3	3	4		28.28	Q
4	5	2		28.43	Q
5	5	5		28.46	Q
6	3	2	Santiago Saint-Upery	28.47	Q
7	3	3		28.55	Q
8	4	3		28.79	Q
9	4	6		28.90	Q
10	4	1		28.95	Q
11	5	3		28.98	Q
12	4	2		29.01	Q
13	4	4		29.03	Q
14	5	1		29.12	Q
15	3	5		29.16	Q
16	5	6		29.18	Q
17	5	7		29.24
18	2	3		29.25
19	2	4		29.30
20	3	6		29.40
21	3	1		29.50
22	4	7		29.57
23	3	7		29.59
24	4	8		29.64
25	1	6		29.66
26	2	5		29.71
27	3	8		30.09
28	2	6		30.37
29	2	2		31.13
30	2	7		31.45
30	5	8		31.45
32	2	1		33.28
33	1	4		41.81
34	1	3		44.81
	2	8
	1	5

The semifinals were started on 11 October at 18:58.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	1	4		27.33	Q
2	2	4		28.05	Q
3	2	3		28.19	Q
4	2	5		28.22	Q
5	2	1		28.43	Q
6	2	2		28.44	Q
7	2	8		28.53	Q
8	1	5		28.62	Q
9	1	3	Santiago Saint-Upery	28.76
10	1	6		28.77
11	2	7		28.89
12	2	6		28.93
13	1	2		28.97
14	1	8		29.01
15	1	1		29.10
16	1	7		29.35

The final was held on 12 October at 19:29.^[4]