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 | ||||||||||
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Venue | Foro Italico | |||||||||
Dates | 28 July 2009 (heats, semifinals) 29 July 2009 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 161 | |||||||||
Winning time | 26.67 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior 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 |
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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
editHeats
editSemifinals
editRank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
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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
editRank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane | Notes |
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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 |