Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre breaststroke
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	25 July (heats and semifinals) 26 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	61
Nations:	58
Win Value:	26.29
Gold:	Qin Haiyang
Gold Nation:	CHN
Silver:	Nic Fink
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Sun Jiajun
Bronze Nation:	CHN
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The men's 50 metre breaststroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 25 and 26 July 2023.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[4]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 25 July at 10:32.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	5	26.34	Q, AS
2	7	4	26.64	Q
3	5	4	26.76	Q
3	6	3	26.76	Q
5	7	5	26.81	Q
6	6	4	26.91	Q
7	5	3	26.94	Q
8	5	5	27.06	Q
9	7	3	27.11	Q
10	5	2	27.15	Q
11	7	7	27.20	Q
12	7	1	27.23	Q
13	7	2	27.28	Q
14	7	6	27.31	Q
15	6	6	27.35	Q
16	5	6	27.36	Q
17	6	1	27.38	NR
18	6	8	27.47
19	6	7	27.48
19	7	0	27.48
21	5	1	27.53
22	4	5	27.54
23	6	0	27.59
24	7	8	27.71
25	7	9	27.78
26	5	0	27.80
27	4	1	27.84
28	5	7	27.98
29	6	2	27.99
30	4	2	28.09
30	4	3	28.09	NR
32	5	8	28.24
33	3	4	28.44
34	4	6	28.51
35	4	4	28.55
36	4	8	28.67
37	5	9	28.75
38	4	0	28.86
39	6	9	28.89
40	3	3	28.95
41	3	9	28.97
42	4	9	29.02
43	3	5	29.06
44	2	8	29.10
45	4	7	29.17
46	3	8	29.46
47	3	6	29.84
48	3	0	30.05
49	3	2	30.23
50	3	1	30.32
51	2	1	30.75
52	3	7	31.03
53	2	2	32.37
54	2	4	32.93
55	1	5	33.05
56	2	5	33.42	NR
57	2	3	35.01
58	2	7	40.35
59	2	6	41.77
	1	4
	2	0
	1	3

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 25 July at 20:34.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	26.20	Q, AS
2	1	4	26.74	Q
3	2	5	26.78	Q
4	2	6	26.89	Q
5	2	3	26.90	Q
6	1	3	26.95	Q
7	2	7	27.04	Q
8	1	5	27.06	Q
9	1	6	27.07
10	1	2	27.21
11	2	2	27.25
11	2	8	27.25
13	2	1	27.32
14	1	8	27.45
15	1	7	27.50
16	1	1	27.57

Final

The final was held on 26 July at 21:01.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Time
	4	26.29
	7	26.59
	3	26.79
4	8	26.82
5	5	26.84
6	6	26.94
7	2	26.97
8	1	27.08

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152444/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010103EB0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 25 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231123023623/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010103EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 23 November 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 25 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231120102614/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010103EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 20 November 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 26 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230726120808/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010103EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 26 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.