Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke
Introduction 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.