Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The men's 50 metre breaststroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 30–31 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2]

Men's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Palau Sant Jordi
Dates	July 30, 2013 (heats & semifinals) July 31, 2013 (final)
Competitors	83 from 76 nations
Winning time	26.77
Medalists
Cameron van der Burgh    South Africa   Christian Sprenger    Australia   Giulio Zorzi    South Africa

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

World record	Cameron van der Burgh (RSA)	26.67	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009	[3][4]
Competition record	Cameron van der Burgh (RSA)	26.67	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009	[3][4]

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:00.[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8	6	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	26.78	Q
2	7	7	Felipe Lima	Brazil	27.11	Q
3	8	4	Glenn Snyders	New Zealand	27.27	Q
4	9	4	Christian Sprenger	Australia	27.30	Q
5	7	6	Kirill Strelnikov	Russia	27.36	Q
6	9	7	Giulio Zorzi	South Africa	27.37	Q
7	9	9	Gu Biaorong	China	27.38	Q
8	7	4	João Luiz Gomes Júnior	Brazil	27.39	Q
9	8	9	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	27.43	Q
10	9	5	Kevin Steel	United States	27.45	Q
11	7	0	Dawid Szulich	Poland	27.48	Q, NR
11	9	3	Damir Dugonjič	Slovenia	27.48	Q
13	7	5	Mattia Pesce	Italy	27.52	Q
13	9	6	Barry Murphy	Ireland	27.52	Q
15	7	2	Johannes Skagius	Sweden	27.57	Q, NR
16	9	8	Eetu Karvonen	Finland	27.58	Q
17	7	3	Hendrik Feldwehr	Germany	27.59
18	8	5	Fabio Scozzoli	Italy	27.60
19	8	8	Yury Klemparski	Belarus	27.61	NR
20	7	1	Brenton Rickard	Australia	27.66
21	8	3	Kevin Cordes	United States	27.69
22	5	3	Miguel Ferreira	Venezuela	27.78
22	7	9	Richard Funk	Canada	27.78
22	9	1	Giacomo Perez d'Ortona	France	27.78
25	8	1	Čaba Silađi	Serbia	27.80
25	8	7	Ioannis Karpouzlis	Greece	27.80
27	6	0	Petr Bartůněk	Czech Republic	27.84
28	6	4	Edgar Crespo	Panama	27.89
29	8	2	Giedrius Titenis	Lithuania	27.93
30	9	2	Ross Murdoch	Great Britain	28.00
31	6	2	Martin Schweizer	Switzerland	28.01
32	6	5	Demir Atasoy	Turkey	28.04	NR
33	6	9	Ihor Borysyk	Ukraine	28.07
33	8	0	Panteleimon Pantis	Greece	28.07
35	5	8	Sandeep Sejwal	India	28.12
36	5	7	Malick Fall	Senegal	28.15
37	5	9	Carlos Almeida	Portugal	28.16	NR
37	6	6	Jorge Murillo	Colombia	28.16	=NR
39	6	7	Nikolajs Maskalenko	Latvia	28.20
40	6	3	Martin Melconian	Uruguay	28.21	NR
41	6	8	Abraham McLeod	Trinidad and Tobago	28.26
42	5	5	Shin Hyeong-Keun	South Korea	28.29
43	5	0	David Oliver Mercado	Mexico	28.39
43	6	1	Marek Botík	Slovakia	28.39
45	4	7	Joshua Hall	Philippines	28.48
45	5	1	Imri Ganiel	Israel	28.48
47	5	6	Wong Chun Yan	Hong Kong	28.69
48	5	4	Martin Liivamägi	Estonia	28.82
49	4	4	Vladislav Mustafin	Uzbekistan	28.97
50	4	5	Kirill Vais	Kyrgyzstan	29.15
51	4	8	James Lawson	Zimbabwe	29.22
52	4	3	Omiros Zagkas	Cyprus	29.29
53	4	0	Radomyos Matjiur	Thailand	29.41
54	4	1	Abdulrahman Al-Bader	Kuwait	29.47
55	5	2	Shaun Yap	Malaysia	29.58
56	3	5	Benjamin Schulte	Guam	29.61
57	4	2	Rafael van Leeuwaarde	Suriname	29.66
58	4	6	Mubarak Al-Besher	United Arab Emirates	29.74
59	4	9	Jesús Flores	Honduras	29.76
60	3	2	Andrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	30.29
61	3	7	Wael Koubrousli	Lebanon	30.44
62	3	1	Serginni Marten	Netherlands Antilles	30.89
63	3	8	Bradford Worrell	Saint Lucia	31.00	NR
64	2	5	Pierre-Andre Adam	Seychelles	31.31
65	2	2	Troy Kojenlang	Marshall Islands	31.38
66	3	0	Muhammad Isa Ahmad	Brunei	31.68
67	3	9	Batsaikhan Dulguun	Mongolia	31.76
68	2	3	Earlando McRae	Guyana	32.24
69	2	7	Hemthon Ponloeu	Cambodia	32.41
70	2	4	Joshua Tibatemwa	Uganda	33.85
71	2	6	Lin Tin Kyaw	Myanmar	33.89
72	1	5	Mohamed Cheic Camara	Guinea	34.24
73	3	3	Ashraf Hassan	Maldives	34.58
74	1	3	Thierry Sawadogo	Burkina Faso	34.60
75	3	6	Abdourahman Osman	Djibouti	34.93
76	2	1	Nikolas Sylvester	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	35.68
77	2	8	Yokubdzhon Umarov	Tajikistan	36.50
78	1	4	Sahr James	Sierra Leone	37.26
79	3	4	Kurt Oniangue	Congo	39.98
80	2	0	Moctar Albachir	Niger	43.58
	2	9	Boubou Togo	Mali		DSQ
	7	8	Li Xiayan	China		DSQ
	9	0	Tshisungu Kalala	DR Congo		DSQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:18.[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	Damir Dugonjič	Slovenia	26.83	Q, =EU
2	6	João Luiz Gomes Júnior	Brazil	27.05	Q
3	5	Christian Sprenger	Australia	27.10	Q
4	3	Giulio Zorzi	South Africa	27.44	Q
5	4	Felipe Lima	Brazil	27.48
6	2	Kevin Steel	United States	27.60
7	1	Barry Murphy	Ireland	27.78
	8	Eetu Karvonen	Finland		DSQ

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	26.81	Q
2	8	Johannes Skagius	Sweden	27.16	Q, NR
3	5	Glenn Snyders	New Zealand	27.22	Q
4	1	Mattia Pesce	Italy	27.42	Q
5	6	Gu Biaorong	China	27.53
5	7	Dawid Szulich	Poland	27.53
7	3	Kirill Strelnikov	Russia	27.75
8	2	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	27.82

Final

The final was held at 18:41.[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa	26.77
	6	Christian Sprenger	Australia	26.78
	8	Giulio Zorzi	South Africa	27.04
4	5	Damir Dugonjič	Slovenia	27.05
5	3	João Luiz Gomes Júnior	Brazil	27.20
6	7	Glenn Snyders	New Zealand	27.21
7	2	Johannes Skagius	Sweden	27.48
8	1	Mattia Pesce	Italy	27.53

References

1. "BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule". FINA. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
2. Start list
3. "SA's Cameron tops himself and grabs the gold". Independent Online (South Africa). 30 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
4. "Phelps bounces back with 200m fly world record triumph". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
5. Heats Results
6. Semifinals Results
7. Final Results

External links

• Barcelona 2013 Swimming Coverage