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.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows: World record 26.89 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8 May 2009Championship record 27.46 Barcelona, Spain 22 July 2003 The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord 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

Heats Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes 1 Cameron van der Burgh 26.92 16 4 CR, AF 2 Felipe França Silva 27.12 17 4 3 Brenton Rickard 27.15 15 2 OC 4 Matjaž Markič 27.19 17 3 5 Alessandro Terrin 27.20 16 5 NR 5 Dimitrios Xynadas 27.20 17 7 NR 7 Hendrik Feldwehr Germany 27.25 15 5 NR 8 Barry Murphy 27.26 12 7 NR 9 Mark Gangloff 27.27 15 3 9 Johannes Neumann 27.27 16 3 11 Emil Tahirovič 27.29 17 5 12 João Gomes Jr. 27.30 15 4 13 Čaba Silađi 27.35 14 5 14 Oleg Lisogor 27.37 17 1 15 Viktor Vabishchevich 27.38 14 4 16 Yuki Honda 27.43 15 6 AS 17 Scott Dickens 27.45 16 1 NR 18 Igor Borysik 27.48 15 7 19 Ryo Tateishi 27.52 16 6 20 Giedrius Titenis 27.57 13 0 NR 20 Vladislav Polyakov 27.57 15 1 22 Petr Bartunek 27.58 14 7 23 Filippo Magnini 27.59 16 2 24 Michael Malul 27.60 17 0 25 Lennart Stekelenburg 27.63 16 8 26 Robin van Aggele 27.64 17 2 27 Alejandro Jacobo 27.71 14 2 NR 28 Glenn Snyders 27.73 15 0 NR 29 James Gibson 27.78 13 5 29 Alexander Dale Oen 27.78 17 8 31 Stanislav Lakhtyukhov 27.79 13 2 32 Damien Courtois 27.81 14 6 33 Indra Gunawan 27.82 13 3 33 Mathieu Bois 27.82 14 8 35 Yevgeniy Ryzhkov 27.83 12 6 36 Sławomir Wolniak 27.86 14 3 NR 37 Christian Sprenger 27.88 16 7 38 Sandeep Sejwal 27.92 10 9 39 Dragos Agache 27.93 16 9 40 Hunor Mate 28.00 13 6 NR 41 Jakob Sveinsson 28.03 11 3 NR 42 Genaro Prono 28.05 13 4 43 Kristopher Gilchrist 28.07 11 7 44 Maxim Podoprigora 28.09 12 9 44 Malick Fall 28.09 14 0 46 Grigory Falko 28.10 11 4 47 Martti Aljand 28.14 15 9 48 Wang Shuai 28.16 12 5 49 Martin Melconian 28.22 12 1 NR 50 Adam Klein 28.24 14 9 51 Thabang Moeketsane 28.27 12 8 52 Filipp Provorkov 28.39 10 7 52 Gonzalo Acuna 28.39 12 4 NR 54 Dániel Gyurta 28.41 12 0 55 Ivan Demyanenko 28.42 11 5 56 David Szele 28.47 15 8 57 Vaidotas Blazys 28.52 10 2 58 Joshua Arreguin 28.58 13 1 59 Jorge Murillo 28.62 13 8 NR 60 Parker Lam 28.66 10 1 NR 60 Dinko Geshev 28.66 11 0 60 Andrew Bree 28.66 11 2 63 Benjamin Le Maguet 28.72 12 3 64 Laurent Carnol 28.75 10 8 65 Xue Jiajia 28.89 16 0 66 Chan Wing Lim Eric 28.96 10 5 67 Édgar Crespo 29.01 13 9 68 Terrence Haynes 29.03 11 1 69 Rodion Davelaar 29.04 7 6 70 Tomáš Klobučník 29.08 10 3 70 Vorrawuti Aumpiwan 29.08 13 7 72 Diego Santander Caballero 29.12 10 6 73 Daniel Velez 29.16 8 4 74 Jani Rusi 29.19 9 0 75 Ömer Aslanoğlu 29.23 11 6 76 Sergiu Postica 29.26 14 1 77 Sławomir Kuczko 29.34 10 0 78 Renato Prono Fernandez 29.37 11 8 79 Hocine Haciane 29.38 9 3 NR 80 Agnishwar Jayaprakash 29.39 8 2 81 Brad Hamilton 29.40 8 9 NR 82 Ng Jia Hao 29.41 9 4 83 Timothy Ferris 29.48 7 4 84 Tudor Postolachi 29.53 9 5 85 Julian Fletcher 29.56 7 5 NR 86 Rainui Teriipaia 29.57 9 6 87 Wong Chun Yan 29.61 9 2 88 Ma Chan Wai 29.71 9 7 89 Abdulrahman Albader 29.75 9 1 90 Pedro Luna Llamosas 29.89 8 7 NR 91 Nazih Mezayek 30.04 8 1 92 Eric Arturo Medina 30.21 6 4 93 Wang Wei-Wen 30.40 9 9 94 Wael Koubrousli 30.43 8 6 95 Byron Briedenhann 30.55 6 9 95 Andrea Agius 30.55 7 7 97 Erik Rajohnson 30.64 7 8 98 Hemra Nurmyradov 30.72 9 8 99 Awolowo Shedrack 30.82 7 3 100 Dmitrii Aleksandrov 30.85 11 9 101 Mubarak Al-Besher 30.92 7 0 102 Maximilian Siedentopf 30.94 6 3 103 Andranik Harutyunyan 30.97 6 2 104 Vaughn Forsythe 31.06 6 5 105 Peter James Lynch 31.26 6 7 106 Humoud Alhumoud 31.36 8 8 107 Boldbaatar Butekhuils 31.41 8 5 108 Eli Ebenezer Wong 31.62 5 3 NR 109 Filip Velkovski 31.64 1 5 110 Diguan Pigot 31.70 6 6 111 Kevin Cheung 31.80 5 5 112 Kailan Staal 31.90 5 4 113 Ian Bond Nakmai 31.93 6 0 114 Norayr Ghazaryan 32.08 7 9 115 Lao Kuan Fong 32.11 7 1 116 Jamie Peterkin 32.13 5 2 NR 116 Ivo Chilaule 32.13 5 7 116 Ronny Vencatachellum 32.13 6 1 119 Petero Okotai 32.23 3 5 120 Timur Kartabaev 32.28 8 3 121 Jonny Bishop 32.64 4 4 122 Jurgen Fici 33.08 5 6 123 Serdar Mopyyev 33.16 5 8 124 Shailesh Shumsher Rana 33.42 5 1 125 Julien Brice 33.46 4 1 126 Douglas Miller 33.53 5 9 127 Kerson Hadley 33.57 4 8 127 Ganzi Mugula 33.57 4 9 129 Evan Isam Jameel Balyos 33.60 3 6 130 Adama Ouedraogo 33.93 2 0 131 Mark Paul Thompson 33.98 5 0 132 Ron Roucou 34.28 4 2 133 Siu Kent Chung 34.53 4 7 134 Shawn Brady 34.61 4 0 135 Dionisio Augustine 34.65 3 1 136 Mohamed Coulibaly 35.10 2 5 137 Abib Sereme 35.51 1 4 138 Sharif Kakooza 35.55 4 6 139 Omar Abdalla 36.02 3 7 140 Ibrahim Maliki 36.20 2 7 141 Robert Scanlan 36.31 3 4 142 Boubacar Alou Moussa 37.20 2 4 143 Inayath Hassan 37.42 3 2 144 Ousmane Nani 37.91 2 8 145 Abdoulkader Houssein 39.09 3 8 146 Enea Murataj 40.17 3 3 147 Saido Kamilov 40.88 6 8 148 Pascal Zoundi 42.08 1 3 – Aiah Emerson Mansa Musai DNS 2 1 – Abu Bakarr Jalloh DNS 2 2 – Mamadou Cisse DNS 2 3 – Hassan Ahmed Harbi DNS 3 9 – Habonimana Yves DNS 4 3 – Nduwimana Etienne DNS 4 5 – Mohammad Alirezaei DNS 17 9 – Yacoub Bilal Salem DSQ 3 0 – Hycinth Cijntje DSQ 7 2 – Eric Williams DSQ 8 0 – Nguyen Huu Viet DSQ 10 4 – Sofiane Daid DSQ 12 2 – Eetu Karvonen DSQ 17 6

Semifinals Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes 1 Cameron van der Burgh 26.74 2 4 WR 2 Hendrik Feldwehr 26.83 2 6 ER 3 Felipe França Silva 26.92 1 4 4 Brenton Rickard 27.13 2 5 OC 5 João Gomes Jr. 27.16 1 7 5 Matjaž Markič 27.16 1 5 7 Emil Tahirovič 27.19 2 7 8 Mark Gangloff 27.24 2 2 9 Alessandro Terrin 27.30 2 3 9 Viktor Vabishchevich 27.30 2 8 11 Oleg Lisogor 27.33 1 1 12 Čaba Silađi 27.37 2 1 13 Barry Murphy 27.38 1 6 14 Dimitrios Xynadas 27.40 1 3 15 Johannes Neumann 27.43 1 2 15 Yuki Honda 27.43 1 8 =AS

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes Cameron van der Burgh 26.67 4 WR Felipe França Silva 26.76 3 AM Mark Gangloff 26.86 8 NR 4 Hendrik Feldwehr 26.95 5 Brenton Rickard 6 OC 6 Matjaž Markič 27.10 7 7 Emil Tahirovič 27.31 1 7 João Gomes Jr. 27.31 2

See also Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

References

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