The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 and 16 December 2018 at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordCameron van der Burgh25.25Berlin14 November 2009Championship recordFelipe França Silva25.63Doha7 December 2014

The following new records were set during this competition: Date Event Name Nation Time Record 16 December Final Cameron van der Burgh 25.41 CR

Results Heats The heats were started at 11:31.Heats results Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 8 5 Ilya Shymanovich 25.97 Q 2 7 4 Felipe Lima 26.09 Q 3 7 3 João Gomes Júnior 26.11 Q 4 7 7 Johannes Skagius 26.17 Q 5 9 6 Huseyin Sakci 26.18 Q 6 9 1 Cameron van der Burgh 26.20 Q 6 9 4 Fabio Scozzoli 26.20 Q 8 8 4 Kirill Prigoda 26.25 Q 9 9 5 Oleg Kostin 26.30 Q 10 7 5 Fabian Schwingenschlögl 26.32 Q 11 7 6 Nicolò Martinenghi 26.34 Q 12 8 2 Yan Zibei 26.42 Q 12 9 3 Yasuhiro Koseki 26.42 Q 14 8 1 Masaki Niiyama 26.45 Q 15 7 2 Ties Elzerman 26.56 Q 16 9 2 Wang Lizhuo 26.57 Q 17 7 9 Andrew Wilson 26.58 18 8 3 Michael Andrew 26.62 19 7 1 Andrei Tuomola 26.66 20 9 7 Arno Kamminga 26.70 21 6 4 Anton Sveinn McKee 26.74 21 8 6 Renato Prono 26.74 23 7 8 Grayson Bell 26.75 24 9 0 Bernhard Reitshammer 26.85 25 6 5 Wu Chun-feng 26.88 26 8 8 Marek Botík 26.93 27 5 4 Youssef El-Kamash 26.97 28 7 0 Christopher Rothbauer 27.04 29 8 9 Nikola Obrovac 27.06 30 8 0 Brad Tandy 27.10 31 9 9 Martin Allikvee 27.21 32 8 7 Giedrius Titenis 27.23 33 6 8 Édgar Crespo 27.27 34 6 6 Azad Al-Barzi 27.28 34 6 7 Thibaut Capitaine 27.28 36 6 2 Jolann Bovey 27.31 37 5 5 Carlos Claverie 27.37 38 9 8 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen 27.38 39 6 1 Darragh Greene 27.43 40 3 0 Kirill Vais 27.50 NR 41 6 0 Carlos Mahecha 27.55 42 6 9 Martin Melconian 27.60 43 6 3 Dávid Horváth 27.71 44 4 2 Santiago Cavanagh 27.96 45 3 7 Benjamin Schulte 28.05 46 5 2 Ludovico Corsini 28.12 47 5 6 Serginni Marten 28.25 48 5 8 Sebastien Kouma 28.37 49 2 1 Zandanbal Gunsennorov 28.49 50 5 7 Epeli Rabua 28.61 51 5 3 Malcolm Richardson 28.63 52 5 9 Samuele Rossi 28.67 53 2 7 Amini Fonua 28.73 54 5 0 Ronan Wantenaar 28.75 55 4 1 Tasi Limtiaco 28.89 56 5 1 Michael Stafrace 29.14 57 4 3 Brandon Cheong 29.34 58 4 6 Patrick Pelegrina Cuén 29.35 59 4 4 Mario Ervedosa 29.38 60 4 7 Muis Ahmad 29.65 61 4 5 Alexandros Axiotis 29.66 62 3 9 Kitso Matija 30.21 63 2 4 Daniel Scott 30.57 64 4 8 Alejandro Panting 30.63 65 3 6 Abdulmalik Ben Musa 31.30 66 3 8 Slava Sihanouvong 31.51 67 2 9 Luke Haywood 31.62 68 2 3 Shuvam Shrestha 32.02 69 4 9 Yaya Yeressa 33.12 70 4 0 Clayment Lafiara 33.37 71 1 5 Alassane Seydou Lancina 34.29 72 3 2 Hamid Rahimi 35.29 73 3 4 Gildas Koumondji 35.96 74 2 6 Abdelmalik Muktar 36.02 75 3 3 Hollingsword Wolul 36.39 76 2 8 Alie Kamara 36.76 77 2 5 Darshan Koffi 37.99 78 1 4 Ebenezer Osabutey 38.18 79 1 3 Mamadi Jarju 39.51 80 2 0 Houssein Gaber Ibrahim 39.83 2 2 Tindwende Sawadogo 3 1 Amini Harindimana 3 5 Phillip Kinono

Semifinals The semifinals were held at 20:01.Semifinals results

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Cameron van der Burgh 25.76 Q 2 2 Fabian Schwingenschlögl 25.87 Q 3 6 Kirill Prigoda 25.95 Q 4 4 Felipe Lima 26.01 Q 5 5 Johannes Skagius 26.18 6 8 Wang Lizhuo 26.20 7 7 Yan Zibei 26.22 8 1 Masaki Niiyama 26.27

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 João Gomes Júnior 25.94 Q 2 4 Ilya Shymanovich 25.95 Q 3 3 Huseyin Sakci 25.97 Q 4 2 Oleg Kostin 26.00 Q 5 7 Nicolo Martinenghi 26.03 6 6 Fabio Scozzoli 26.04 7 8 Ties Elzerman 26.40 8 1 Yasuhiro Koseki 26.70

Final The final was held at 19:21.Final results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Cameron van der Burgh 25.41 CR 2 Ilya Shymanovich 25.77 NR 8 Felipe Lima 25.80 4 6 Kirill Prigoda 25.83 5 7 Huseyin Sakci 25.89 6 3 João Gomes Júnior 26.02 7 5 Fabian Schwingenschlögl 26.12 8 1 Oleg Kostin 26.18

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