The men's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 27 March (heats and semifinals) and on the evening of 28 March (final) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 136 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 127 swam.

Existing records at the start of the event were: World record (WR): 27.18, Oleg Lisogor (Ukraine), 2 August 2002 in Berlin, Germany. Championship record (CR): 27.46, James Gibson (Great Britain), Barcelona 2003 (22 July 2003)

Results

Finals Place Name Nationality Time Note 1 Oleg Lisogor 27.66 2 Brendan Hansen 27.69 3 Cameron van der Burgh 27.88 4 Alessandro Terrin 28.09 5 Kosuke Kitajima 28.10 6 Michael Malul 28.19 7 Brenton Rickard 28.24 8 Valeriy Dymo 28.27

Semifinals Rank Swimmer Nation Time Note 1 Brendan Hansen 27.51 Q 2 Oleg Lisogor 27.53 Q 3 Alessandro Terrin 27.55 Q 4 Kosuke Kitajima 27.89 Q 5 Valeriy Dymo 27.97 Q 6 Brenton Rickard 27.98 Q 7 Cameron van der Burgh 27.99 Q 8 Michael Malul 28.08 Q 9 Roman Sloudnov 28.09 10 Robin van Aggele 28.10 11 James Gibson 28.21 12 Hugues Duboscq 28.36 13 Mladen Tepavčević 28.38 14 Emil Tahirovič 28.40 15 Matjaž Markič 28.45 16 Wang Haibo 28.66

Heats Rank Swimmer Nation Time Note 1 Cameron van der Burgh 27.49 Q 2 Alessandro Terrin 27.53 Q 3 Brendan Hansen 27.64 Q 4 Oleg Lisogor 27.69 Q 5 Brenton Rickard 27.80 Q 6 Michael Malul 27.92 Q 7 Kosuke Kitajima 27.97 Q 8 Valeriy Dymo 28.04 Q 9 James Gibson 28.06 Q 10 Roman Sloudnov 28.11 Q 11 Wang Haibo 28.12 Q 12 Matjaž Markič 28.15 Q 13 Hugues Duboscq 28.17 Q 14 Emil Tahirovič 28.18 Q 15 Mladen Tepavčević 28.24 Q 16 Robin van Aggele 28.25 Q 17 Mark Warnecke 28.28 18 Mihail Alexandrov 28.34 19 Jiri Jedlicka 28.39 20 Darren Mew 28.43 21 Alexander Dale Oen 28.48 22 Aleksander Hetland 28.49 23 Johannes Neumann 28.50 24 Felipe Lima 28.54 25 Henrique Barbosa 28.58 26 Qu Jingyu 28.62 27 Glenn Snyders 28.64 28 Scott Usher 28.68 29 Thabang Moeketsane 28.78 Valentin Preda 31 Giedrius Titenis 28.82 32 Malick Fall 28.85 33 Sławomir Wolniak 28.87 34 Mike Brown 28.90 35 Maxim Podoprigora 28.91 36 Dmitry Komornikov 29.00 37 Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson 29.02 38 Makoto Yamashita 29.06 39 Andrei Cross 29.08 40 Damien Courtois 29.28 41 Mohammad Alirezaei 29.31 42 Edvinas Dautartas 29.32 43 Nikola Delic 29.36 44 Martin Liivamägi 29.38 Wael Koubrously 46 Alwin de Prins 29.44 47 Edgar Robert Crespo 29.51 48 Miguel Molina 29.56 49 Sergiu Postica 29.59 50 Mikalai Vasilyeu 29.67 51 Andrei Capitanciuc 29.68 52 Hsin Hung Chiang 29.69 53 Rainui Terupaia 29.74 54 Martti Aljand 29.76 55 Vidvuds Maculevics 29.83 56 Adam Lucas 29.84 57 Tom Be'eri 29.92 58 Yevgeniy Ryzhkov 30.02 59 Kirils Sanzarovecs 30.04 60 Wei-Xiong Parker Lam 30.14 61 Josh Laban Virgin Islands 30.21 62 Kevin Hensley Virgin Islands 30.22 63 Billy Arfianto 30.27 64 Milan Glamocic 30.32 65 Sujong Sin 30.35 Francisco Picasso Risso 67 Herry Yudhianto 30.47 68 Jin Leonard Tan 30.55 69 Eric Williams 30.56 70 Wei Wen Wang 30.59 71 Gerard Bordado 30.71 Antonio Manuel Leon Candia 73 Genaro Mathias Prono Britez 30.91 74 Amar Shah 31.08 75 See Tuan Yap 31.19 76 Chisela Kanchela 31.25 77 Rodion Davelaar 31.46 78 Youssef Hafdi 31.60 79 Onan Thom 31.69 80 Eric Arturo Medina Su 31.92 81 Erik Rajohnson 31.96 82 Butekhuils Boldbaatar 32.00 83 Celestino Aguon 32.11 84 Alexander Rivero 32.16 85 Joao Matias 32.25 86 Omar Jasim 32.33 87 Jehad Al Henidi 32.40 88 Khaly Ciss 32.43 89 Jamie Zammitt 32.59 90 Melvin Chua 32.50 91 Hong Nam Lei 32.66 92 Chakyl Camal 32.74 93 Heimanu Sichan 32.78 94 Hei Meng Lao 32.79 95 Guvanch Ataniyazov 33.03 96 Kevin Cheung 33.26 97 Neil Agius 33.34 98 Aram Nazaryan 33.44 99 Varun Divgikar 33.73 100 Sadeq Damrah 33.86 101 Eli Ebenezer Wong 33.89 102 Tony Augustine 33.96 103 Monder Al-Jabali 34.01 104 Timur Kartabaev 34.16 105 Julio Smith 34.18 106 Hassan Ashraf 34.67 107 Joshua Marfleet 34.88 108 A. Aldhaheri 35.00 109 Justine Rodriguez 36.10 110 Niall Roberts 36.31. 111 Stephenson Wallace Saint Vincent       and the Grenadines 37.02 112 Justin Decoster 37.43 113 Petero Okotai 37.86 114 Rahim Karmali 38.00 115 Aymard Lumuamu-Dimbu 38.16 116 M. Alhousseini Alhassan 38.50 117 Bulguitei Buyankhishig 38.91 118 Vincent Leatualevao 39.46 119 Iglay Dangassat-Sissoulou 39.47 120 Ahmed Adam 40.81 121 Boipelo Makhothi 41.91 122 Lehlohonolo Moromella 42.93 123 Robert Scanlan 43.24 124 Giordan Harris 47.28 125 Gibrilla Bamba 55.11 -- Anthony Kpetonky DQ -- Moustafa Al-Saleh DQ -- Rene Jacob Yougbare DNS -- Salfo Ilbouda DNS -- Akibou Yacouba Ali Maiga DNS -- Yacoub Salem Bilal DNS -- Essossimana Awizoba DNS -- Joao Aguiar DNS -- Shajahan Ali Rony DNS -- Osama Al Araj DNS -- Vanja Rogulj DNS

See also Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

References

Men's 50m Breast Heats results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11. Men's 50m Breast Semifinals results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11. Men's 50m Breast Final results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11.