The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 2 August with the heats and the semifinals and 3 August with the final.[1]
Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Victory Ceremony | ||||||||||
Dates | 2 August (heats and semifinals) 3 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 77 from 71 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 58.52 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Adam Peaty (GBR) | 57.92 | London, Great Britain | 17 April 2015 |
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Competition record | Brenton Rickard (AUS) | 58.58 | Rome, Italy | 27 July 2009 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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2 August | Heat 9 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 58.52 | CR |
2 August | Semifinal 1 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 58.49 | CR |
2 August | Semifinal 2 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 58.18 | CR |
Results
editHeats
editThe heats were held at 11:34.[2]
Semifinals
editThe semifinals were held on 2 August at 18:35.[3]
Semifinal 1
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 58.49 | Q, CR |
2 | 6 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 58.96 | Q, NR |
3 | 3 | Hendrik Feldwehr | Germany | 59.63 | Q |
4 | 5 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 59.75 | Q |
5 | 7 | Christian vom Lehn | Germany | 59.88 | |
6 | 2 | Yasuhiro Koseki | Japan | 1:00.31 | |
7 | 1 | Richard Funk | Canada | 1:00.43 | |
8 | 8 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 1:00.62 |
Semifinal 2
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 58.18 | Q, CR |
2 | 5 | Dmitriy Balandin | Kazakhstan | 59.39 | Q |
3 | 6 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 59.60 | Q, NR |
4 | 2 | Jake Packard | Australia | 59.66 | Q |
5 | 7 | Cody Miller | United States | 59.86 | |
6 | 3 | Felipe França Silva | Brazil | 59.89 | |
7 | 1 | Nic Fink | United States | 1:00.14 | |
8 | 8 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 1:00.19 |
Final
editThe final was held on 3 August at 17:32.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 58.52 | ||
5 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 58.59 | ||
8 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 59.09 | ||
4 | 6 | Dmitriy Balandin | Kazakhstan | 59.42 | |
5 | 1 | Jake Packard | Australia | 59.44 | |
6 | 3 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 59.56 | |
7 | 2 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 59.84 | |
8 | 7 | Hendrik Feldwehr | Germany | 1:00.16 |