Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The heats for the men's 50 metre breaststroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 28 July. The final took place in the evening session of 29 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Men's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2009 FINA World Championships
VenueForo Italico
Dates28 July 2009 (heats, semifinals)
29 July 2009 (final)
Competitors161
Winning time26.67 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    South Africa
silver medal    Brazil
bronze medal    United States
← 2007
2011 →

Records

edit

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

World record   Felipe França Silva (BRA) 26.89 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8 May 2009
Championship record   James Gibson (GBR) 27.46 Barcelona, Spain 22 July 2003

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
28 July Heat 12 Barry Murphy   Ireland 27.26 CR
28 July Heat 15 Brenton Rickard   Australia 27.15 CR
28 July Heat 16 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 26.92 CR
28 July Semifinal 1 Felipe França Silva   Brazil 26.92 =CR
28 July Semifinal 2 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 26.74 WR
29 July Final Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 26.67 WR

Results

edit

Heats

edit
Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 26.92 16 4 CR, AF
2 Felipe França Silva   Brazil 27.12 17 4
3 Brenton Rickard   Australia 27.15 15 2 OC
4 Matjaž Markič   Slovenia 27.19 17 3
5 Alessandro Terrin   Italy 27.20 16 5 NR
5 Dimitrios Xynadas   Greece 27.20 17 7 NR
7 Hendrik Feldwehr   Germany 27.25 15 5 NR
8 Barry Murphy   Ireland 27.26 12 7 NR
9 Mark Gangloff   USA 27.27 15 3
9 Johannes Neumann   Germany 27.27 16 3
11 Emil Tahirovič   Slovenia 27.29 17 5
12 João Gomes Jr.   Brazil 27.30 15 4
13 Čaba Silađi   Serbia 27.35 14 5
14 Oleg Lisogor   Ukraine 27.37 17 1
15 Viktor Vabishchevich   Belarus 27.38 14 4
16 Yuki Honda   Japan 27.43 15 6 AS
17 Scott Dickens   Canada 27.45 16 1 NR
18 Igor Borysik   Ukraine 27.48 15 7
19 Ryo Tateishi   Japan 27.52 16 6
20 Giedrius Titenis   Lithuania 27.57 13 0 NR
20 Vladislav Polyakov   Kazakhstan 27.57 15 1
22 Petr Bartunek   Czech Republic 27.58 14 7
23 Filippo Magnini   Italy 27.59 16 2
24 Michael Malul   Israel 27.60 17 0
25 Lennart Stekelenburg   Netherlands 27.63 16 8
26 Robin van Aggele   Netherlands 27.64 17 2
27 Alejandro Jacobo   Mexico 27.71 14 2 NR
28 Glenn Snyders   New Zealand 27.73 15 0 NR
29 James Gibson   Great Britain 27.78 13 5
29 Alexander Dale Oen   Norway 27.78 17 8
31 Stanislav Lakhtyukhov   Russia 27.79 13 2
32 Damien Courtois    Switzerland 27.81 14 6
33 Indra Gunawan   Indonesia 27.82 13 3
33 Mathieu Bois   Canada 27.82 14 8
35 Yevgeniy Ryzhkov   Kazakhstan 27.83 12 6
36 Sławomir Wolniak   Poland 27.86 14 3 NR
37 Christian Sprenger   Australia 27.88 16 7
38 Sandeep Sejwal   India 27.92 10 9
39 Dragos Agache   Romania 27.93 16 9
40 Hunor Mate   Austria 28.00 13 6 NR
41 Jakob Sveinsson   Iceland 28.03 11 3 NR
42 Genaro Prono   Paraguay 28.05 13 4
43 Kristopher Gilchrist   Great Britain 28.07 11 7
44 Maxim Podoprigora   Austria 28.09 12 9
44 Malick Fall   Senegal 28.09 14 0
46 Grigory Falko   Russia 28.10 11 4
47 Martti Aljand   Estonia 28.14 15 9
48 Wang Shuai   China 28.16 12 5
49 Martin Melconian   Uruguay 28.22 12 1 NR
50 Adam Klein   USA 28.24 14 9
51 Thabang Moeketsane   South Africa 28.27 12 8
52 Filipp Provorkov   Estonia 28.39 10 7
52 Gonzalo Acuna   Argentina 28.39 12 4 NR
54 Dániel Gyurta   Hungary 28.41 12 0
55 Ivan Demyanenko   Uzbekistan 28.42 11 5
56 David Szele   Hungary 28.47 15 8
57 Vaidotas Blazys   Lithuania 28.52 10 2
58 Joshua Arreguin   Mexico 28.58 13 1
59 Jorge Murillo   Colombia 28.62 13 8 NR
60 Parker Lam   Singapore 28.66 10 1 NR
60 Dinko Geshev   Bulgaria 28.66 11 0
60 Andrew Bree   Ireland 28.66 11 2
63 Benjamin Le Maguet    Switzerland 28.72 12 3
64 Laurent Carnol   Luxembourg 28.75 10 8
65 Xue Jiajia   China 28.89 16 0
66 Chan Wing Lim Eric   Hong Kong 28.96 10 5
67 Édgar Crespo   Panama 29.01 13 9
68 Terrence Haynes   Barbados 29.03 11 1
69 Rodion Davelaar   Netherlands Antilles 29.04 7 6
70 Tomáš Klobučník   Slovakia 29.08 10 3
70 Vorrawuti Aumpiwan   Thailand 29.08 13 7
72 Diego Santander Caballero   Chile 29.12 10 6
73 Daniel Velez   Puerto Rico 29.16 8 4
74 Jani Rusi   Finland 29.19 9 0
75 Ömer Aslanoğlu   Turkey 29.23 11 6
76 Sergiu Postica   Moldova 29.26 14 1
77 Sławomir Kuczko   Poland 29.34 10 0
78 Renato Prono Fernandez   Paraguay 29.37 11 8
79 Hocine Haciane   Andorra 29.38 9 3 NR
80 Agnishwar Jayaprakash   India 29.39 8 2
81 Brad Hamilton   Jamaica 29.40 8 9 NR
82 Ng Jia Hao   Singapore 29.41 9 4
83 Timothy Ferris   Zimbabwe 29.48 7 4
84 Tudor Postolachi   Moldova 29.53 9 5
85 Julian Fletcher   Bermuda 29.56 7 5 NR
86 Rainui Teriipaia   Tahiti 29.57 9 6
87 Wong Chun Yan   Hong Kong 29.61 9 2
88 Ma Chan Wai   Macau 29.71 9 7
89 Abdulrahman Albader   Kuwait 29.75 9 1
90 Pedro Luna Llamosas   Peru 29.89 8 7 NR
91 Nazih Mezayek   Jordan 30.04 8 1
92 Eric Arturo Medina   Panama 30.21 6 4
93 Wang Wei-Wen   Chinese Taipei 30.40 9 9
94 Wael Koubrousli   Lebanon 30.43 8 6
95 Byron Briedenhann   Namibia 30.55 6 9
95 Andrea Agius   Malta 30.55 7 7
97 Erik Rajohnson   Madagascar 30.64 7 8
98 Hemra Nurmyradov   Turkmenistan 30.72 9 8
99 Awolowo Shedrack   Nigeria 30.82 7 3
100 Dmitrii Aleksandrov   Kyrgyzstan 30.85 11 9
101 Mubarak Al-Besher   United Arab Emirates 30.92 7 0
102 Maximilian Siedentopf   Namibia 30.94 6 3
103 Andranik Harutyunyan   Armenia 30.97 6 2
104 Vaughn Forsythe   Barbados 31.06 6 5
105 Peter James Lynch   Zambia 31.26 6 7
106 Humoud Alhumoud   Kuwait 31.36 8 8
107 Boldbaatar Butekhuils   Mongolia 31.41 8 5
108 Eli Ebenezer Wong   Northern Mariana Islands 31.62 5 3 NR
109 Filip Velkovski   Macedonia 31.64 1 5
110 Diguan Pigot   Suriname 31.70 6 6
111 Kevin Cheung   Mauritius 31.80 5 5
112 Kailan Staal   Northern Mariana Islands 31.90 5 4
113 Ian Bond Nakmai   Papua New Guinea 31.93 6 0
114 Norayr Ghazaryan   Armenia 32.08 7 9
115 Lao Kuan Fong   Macau 32.11 7 1
116 Jamie Peterkin   Saint Lucia 32.13 5 2 NR
116 Ivo Chilaule   Mozambique 32.13 5 7
116 Ronny Vencatachellum   Mauritius 32.13 6 1
119 Petero Okotai   Cook Islands 32.23 3 5
120 Timur Kartabaev   Kyrgyzstan 32.28 8 3
121 Jonny Bishop   Marshall Islands 32.64 4 4
122 Jurgen Fici   Albania 33.08 5 6
123 Serdar Mopyyev   Turkmenistan 33.16 5 8
124 Shailesh Shumsher Rana   Nepal 33.42 5 1
125 Julien Brice   Saint Lucia 33.46 4 1
126 Douglas Miller   Fiji 33.53 5 9
127 Kerson Hadley   Federated States of Micronesia 33.57 4 8
127 Ganzi Mugula   Uganda 33.57 4 9
129 Evan Isam Jameel Balyos   Iraq 33.60 3 6
130 Adama Ouedraogo   Burkina Faso 33.93 2 0
131 Mark Paul Thompson   Zambia 33.98 5 0
132 Ron Roucou   Seychelles 34.28 4 2
133 Siu Kent Chung   Brunei 34.53 4 7
134 Shawn Brady   Marshall Islands 34.61 4 0
135 Dionisio Augustine   Federated States of Micronesia 34.65 3 1
136 Mohamed Coulibaly   Mali 35.10 2 5
137 Abib Sereme   Mali 35.51 1 4
138 Sharif Kakooza   Uganda 35.55 4 6
139 Omar Abdalla   Tanzania 36.02 3 7
140 Ibrahim Maliki   Niger 36.20 2 7
141 Robert Scanlan   American Samoa 36.31 3 4
142 Boubacar Alou Moussa   Niger 37.20 2 4
143 Inayath Hassan   Maldives 37.42 3 2
144 Ousmane Nani   Niger 37.91 2 8
145 Abdoulkader Houssein   Djibouti 39.09 3 8
146 Enea Murataj   Albania 40.17 3 3
147 Saido Kamilov   Tajikistan 40.88 6 8
148 Pascal Zoundi   Burkina Faso 42.08 1 3
Aiah Emerson Mansa Musai   Sierra Leone DNS 2 1
Abu Bakarr Jalloh   Sierra Leone DNS 2 2
Mamadou Cisse   Guinea DNS 2 3
Hassan Ahmed Harbi   Djibouti DNS 3 9
Habonimana Yves   Burundi DNS 4 3
Nduwimana Etienne   Burundi DNS 4 5
Mohammad Alirezaei   Iran DNS 17 9
Yacoub Bilal Salem   Mauritania DSQ 3 0
Hycinth Cijntje   Netherlands Antilles DSQ 7 2
Eric Williams   Nigeria DSQ 8 0
Nguyen Huu Viet   Vietnam DSQ 10 4
Sofiane Daid   Algeria DSQ 12 2
Eetu Karvonen   Finland DSQ 17 6

Semifinals

edit
Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 26.74 2 4 WR
2 Hendrik Feldwehr   Germany 26.83 2 6 ER
3 Felipe França Silva   Brazil 26.92 1 4
4 Brenton Rickard   Australia 27.13 2 5 OC
5 João Gomes Jr.   Brazil 27.16 1 7
5 Matjaž Markič   Slovenia 27.16 1 5
7 Emil Tahirovič   Slovenia 27.19 2 7
8 Mark Gangloff   United States 27.24 2 2
9 Alessandro Terrin   Italy 27.30 2 3
9 Viktor Vabishchevich   Belarus 27.30 2 8
11 Oleg Lisogor   Ukraine 27.33 1 1
12 Čaba Silađi   Serbia 27.37 2 1
13 Barry Murphy   Ireland 27.38 1 6
14 Dimitrios Xynadas   Greece 27.40 1 3
15 Johannes Neumann   Germany 27.43 1 2
15 Yuki Honda   Japan 27.43 1 8 =AS

Final

edit
Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes
  Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 26.67 4 WR
  Felipe França Silva   Brazil 26.76 3 AM
  Mark Gangloff   United States 26.86 8 NR
4 Hendrik Feldwehr   Germany 26.95 5
Brenton Rickard   Australia 6 OC
6 Matjaž Markič   Slovenia 27.10 7
7 Emil Tahirovič   Slovenia 27.31 1
7 João Gomes Jr.   Brazil 27.31 2

See also

edit

References

edit
edit