The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 29 to 30 July 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore.
Background Several major swimmers were missing in this event, including world record holder Adam Peaty, three-time World Championship medalist Nic Fink, and Doha 2024 champion Sam Williamson. World junior record holder Shin Ohashi of Japan and the fastest swimmer of 2025, Ludovico Viberti of Italy, were also absent. China’s Qin Haiyang, the 2023 world champion and second-fastest performer in history, was returning to the long-course international stage after not winning an individual medal at the 2024 Olympics. Belarusian Ilya Shymanovich, competing for the Neutral Athletes A team, had been consistently fast in 2025. Italy’s Simone Cerasuolo and Nicolò Martinenghi both ranked among the event’s historical top performers. Other notable entrants included Russia’s Ivan Kozhakin and Kirill Prigoda, who were both representing the Neutral Athletes B team; Campbell McKean of the United States; and Luka Mladenovic of Austria.
Qualification Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but they could do so only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 27.33 seconds. Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time. For this event, the "B" standard qualification time was 28.29 seconds. Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an "A" or "B" standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else. Additional considerations applied to Federations who had few swimmers enter through the standard qualification times. Federations in this category could at least enter two men and two women to the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events. +Top 10 fastest qualification timesSwimmerCountryTimeCompetitionLudovico Viberti26.272025 Sette Colli TrophyIlya Shymanovich26.372025 Dubai International ChampionshipsIvan Kozhakin26.462025 Russian ChampionshipsSimone Cerasuolo26.532024 Campionato Italiano AssolutoQin Haiyang26.542025 Chinese ChampionshipsNicolo Martinenghi26.562024 Sette Colli TrophyMelvin Imoudu26.622024 German ChampionshipsSam Williamson26.662025 Mattioli Victorian OpenKirill Prigoda26.702025 Russian ChampionshipsLuka Mladenovic26.722025 European U-23 Championships
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Heats The heats took place on 29 July at 10:02.
RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes 1 7 4 Simone Cerasuolo 26.42 Q 2 8 8 Taku Taniguchi 26.65 Q, NR 3 8 5 Melvin Imoudu 26.74 Q 4 7 5 Kirill Prigoda Neutral Athletes B 26.76 Q 5 8 4 Ivan Kozhakin Neutral Athletes B 26.77 Q 6 9 6 Chris Smith 26.82 Q 7 8 1 Ronan Wantenaar 26.85 Q, NR 8 9 4 Ilya Shymanovich Neutral Athletes A 26.89 Q 9 9 5 Nicolò Martinenghi 26.90 Q 10 9 7 Caspar Corbeau 26.94 Q 11 9 3 Qin Haiyang 26.98 Q 12 7 3 Koen de Groot 27.01 Q 13 6 0 Choi Dong-yeol 27.13 Q 14 7 6 Emre Sakçı 27.18 Q 14 8 7 Antoine Viquerat 27.18 Q 16 8 3 Luka Mladenovic 27.20 Q 17 7 0 Volodymyr Lisovets 27.22 18 7 8 Toshinari Yanagisawa 27.23 19 8 0 Lucas Matzerath 27.25 20 9 0 Nusrat Allahverdi 27.26 21 9 9 Andrés Puente 27.27 22 7 7 Kristian Pitshugin 27.30 23 8 2 Denis Petrashov 27.31 24 8 6 Campbell McKean 27.32 25 9 2 Michael Andrew 27.37 26 8 9 Stepan Babenko 27.39 27 6 4 Jørgen Scheie Bråthen 27.48 28 7 9 Jonas Gaur 27.49 29 6 6 Jan Kałusowski 27.50 29 6 9 Max Morgan 27.50 31 9 1 Bernhard Reitshammer 27.53 32 5 2 Oliver Dawson 27.55 32 7 2 Sun Jiajun 27.55 34 7 1 Mikel Schreuders 27.59 35 6 1 Daniel Kertes 27.73 36 6 3 Aleksas Savickas 27.74 37 5 6 Jorge Murillo 27.77 38 5 7 Samy Boutouil 27.78 NR 39 6 5 Felix Viktor Iberle 27.81 40 5 0 Einar Margeir Ágústsson 27.89 41 6 2 Nil Cadevall 27.90 42 6 7 Arsen Kozhakhmetov 27.97 43 5 9 Josué Domínguez 28.07 44 4 2 Gian-Luca Gartmann 28.10 45 5 4 Chan Chun Ho 28.16 46 5 3 Tsui Yik Ki 28.19 47 5 5 Andrew Goh 28.21 48 4 6 Chao Man Hou 28.23 49 5 1 Kito Campbell 28.28 50 4 3 Likhith Selvaraj Prema 28.45 51 3 2 Alexandre Grand'Pierre 28.52 52 3 6 Samuel Yalimaiwai 28.54 NR 53 4 1 Joao Carneiro 28.57 54 4 7 Panayiotis Panaretos 28.61 55 3 5 Samyar Abdoli 28.69 56 4 4 Adrian Robinson 28.70 57 4 5 Denis Svet 28.73 58 4 8 Matthew Lawrence 28.82 59 3 4 Zach Moyo 29.04 NR 60 3 7 Ashot Chakhoyan 29.12 =NR 61 4 0 Jonathan Raharvel 29.25 62 3 3 Abobakr Abass 29.34 63 3 0 Haniel Kudwoli 29.65 64 3 1 Jayden Loran 29.78 65 4 9 Mark Anthony Thompson 29.88 66 2 1 Mohammed Al-Khalidi 30.16 67 3 8 Jesus Cabrera 30.35 68 2 0 Eyad Masoud 30.54 69 3 9 Anas Ganedi 31.14 NR 70 1 2 Kouki Watanabe 31.36 71 2 5 Fahim Anwari 31.40 72 2 4 Chadd Ning 31.62 73 2 3 Fodé Camara 32.25 74 2 8 Nathaniel Noka 33.47 75 2 6 Ethan Gardiner 33.63 76 1 5 Leo Nzimbi 33.79 77 1 6 Jehu Matondo Bosange Zozo 39.29 78 1 4 Temkin Getachew Mohamed 39.42 79 2 2 Jonathan Irizarry 45.70 1 3 Beula Sanga 5 8 Mohamed Mahmoud 6 8 Nash Wilkes 9 8 Pierre Goudeneche 2 7 Foday Mansaray 2 9 Fabio Barros dos Santos
Semifinals The semifinals took place on 29 July at 19:36.
RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes 1 2 7 Qin Haiyang 26.52 Q 2 2 4 Simone Cerasuolo 26.64 Q 3 2 3 Ivan Kozhakin Neutral Athletes B 26.66 Q 4 1 7 Koen de Groot 26.71 Q, NR 5 1 3 Chris Smith 26.77 Q 5 2 5 Melvin Imoudu 26.77 Q 7 1 5 Kirill Prigoda Neutral Athletes B 26.92 Q 8 1 8 Luka Mladenovic 26.93 SO 8 2 8 Antoine Viquerat 26.93 SO, NR 10 1 6 Ilya Shymanovich Neutral Athletes A 26.94 10 2 6 Ronan Wantenaar 26.94 12 1 2 Caspar Corbeau 26.95 13 2 2 Nicolò Martinenghi 27.03 14 1 1 Emre Sakçı 27.04 15 2 1 Choi Dong-yeol 27.05 16 1 4 Taku Taniguchi 27.07
Swim-off The swim-off was started on 29 July at 20:57.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Luka Mladenovic 26.97 Q 2 5 Antoine Viquerat 27.27
Final The final took place on 30 July at 20:03.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Simone Cerasuolo 26.54 1 Kirill Prigoda Neutral Athletes B 26.62 4 Qin Haiyang 26.67 4 3 Ivan Kozhakin Neutral Athletes B 26.73 5 7 Melvin Imoudu 26.74 6 2 Chris Smith 26.75 7 6 Koen de Groot 26.81 8 8 Luka Mladenovic 26.89
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