Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre breaststroke
Championship:	Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	13 February (heats and semifinals) 14 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	57
Nations:	54
Win Value:	26.32
Gold:	Sam Williamson
Gold Nation:	AUS
Silver:	Nicolò Martinenghi
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Nic Fink
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 13 and 14 February 2024.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

The heats were held on 13 February at 09:32.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	4	26.66	Q
1	6	6	26.66	Q
3	6	4	26.69	Q
4	4	4	26.75	Q
5	4	6	26.79	Q
6	4	5	26.91	Q
7	6	3	26.94	Q
8	6	5	27.00	Q
9	6	7	27.10	Q
10	5	6	27.11	Q
11	4	3	27.18	Q
12	5	5	27.23	Q
13	5	3	27.40	Q
14	6	2	27.47	Q
15	5	8	27.50	Q
16	4	2	27.62	Q
17	5	2	27.69
18	6	8	27.76
19	4	9	27.81	NR
20	6	1	27.89
21	4	8	27.97
22	4	1	28.08
23	5	7	28.13
23	6	9	28.13
25	6	0	28.17
26	5	9	28.27
27	3	3	28.35
28	3	5	28.38
28	5	0	28.38
30	3	0	28.39
31	5	1	28.47
32	3	2	28.59
33	3	1	28.60
34	2	6	28.62
34	4	0	28.62
36	2	4	28.68
37	3	4	28.75
37	3	6	28.75
39	3	8	28.81
40	3	7	28.86
41	2	3	29.01
42	3	9	29.02
43	2	5	29.06
44	2	2	29.38
45	2	7	29.78
46	1	0	29.95
47	2	1	31.16
48	2	0	31.53
49	1	6	31.83
50	1	4	31.95
51	2	8	31.99
52	1	8	33.24
53	2	9	33.61
54	1	5	34.26
55	1	9	35.01
56	1	2	35.62
57	1	7	38.00
	4	7	Disqualified
	1	1	Did not start
	1	3

The semifinals were held on 13 February at 19:34.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	5	26.41	Q, OC
2	1	5	26.65	Q
3	2	4	26.77	Q
4	1	7	26.85	Q
5	1	6	26.98	Q
6	2	1	27.01	Q
7	2	3	27.04	Q
8	2	7	27.05	Q
9	1	3	27.06
10	1	4	27.07
11	1	8	27.18
11	2	6	27.18
13	2	2	27.20
14	1	1	27.25
15	1	2	27.30
16	2	8	27.38

The final was started on 14 February at 20:01.^[6]

Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213143642/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000103EB0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213090318/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000103EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213164414/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000103EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240214170854/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000103EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.