Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke
Introduction 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 2009'''Championship record'''    '''27.46'''  Barcelona, Spain  22 July 2003The 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
External links * Heats Results* Semifinals Results* Final Results