The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held with the heats and the semifinals on 4 August 2015 and the final on 5 August 2015.[1]
| Men's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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 Victory Ceremony | ||||||||||
| Dates | 4 August 2015 (heats and semifinals) 5 August 2015(final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 78 from 75 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 26.51 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) |
26.67 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) |
26.67 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August | Heat 7 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa |
26.62 | WR |
| 4 August | Semifinal 1 | Adam Peaty |  Great Britain |
26.42 | WR |
Results edit
Heats edit
The heats were held at 09:30.[2]
Semifinals edit
The semifinals were held on 4 August at 17:48.[3]
Semifinal 1 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain |
26.42 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 5 | Kevin Cordes |  United States |
26.76 | Q, =AM |
| 3 | 3 | Čaba Silađi |  Serbia |
27.19 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Giedrius Titenis |  Lithuania |
27.20 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 6 | Felipe Lima |  Brazil |
27.50 | |
| 5 | 7 | Peter Stevens |  Slovenia |
27.50 | |
| 7 | 2 | Giacomo Perez-Dortona |  France |
27.51 | |
| 8 | 1 | Andrea Toniato |  Italy |
27.61 |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa |
26.74 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Felipe França Silva | Brazil |
26.87 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia |
26.92 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Glenn Snyders |  New Zealand |
27.17 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Dmitriy Balandin |  Kazakhstan |
27.24 | AS |
| 6 | 2 | Hendrik Feldwehr |  Germany |
27.31 | |
| 7 | 7 | Kirill Prigoda |  Russia |
27.47 | |
| 8 | 8 | Vladislav Mustafin |  Uzbekistan |
27.79 |
Final edit
The final was held at 18:10.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain |
26.51 | |
 |
5 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa |
26.66 | |
 |
3 | Kevin Cordes | United States |
26.86 | |
| 4 | 6 | Felipe França Silva | Brazil |
26.87 | |
| 5 | 2 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia |
27.23 | |
| 5 | 8 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania |
27.23 | |
| 7 | 7 | Glenn Snyders | New Zealand |
27.36 | |
| 8 | 1 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia |
27.45 |
References edit
- ^ "Start list". Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
- ^ "Heats results". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
- ^ "Semifinals results". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
- ^ "Final results". Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2015-08-05.