# 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The Men's 50 Breaststroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 18 – 19 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 92 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats on 18 December, with the top 16 finishers advancing to the Semifinals that evening. The top 8 finishers from the Semifinals then advanced to the Final the next evening.
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| WR | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 25.25 | Berlin | 14 November 2009 |
| CR | Oleg Lisogor | Ukraine | 26.39 | Shanghai | 9 April 2006 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | WR | CR |
| 18 December 2010 | Heats | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.14 | | CR |
| 19 December 2010 | Final | Felipe França Silva | Brazil | 25.95 | | CR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 10 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 26.14 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 12 | 5 | Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) | 26.46 | Q |
| 3 | 10 | 3 | Aleksandr Triznov (RUS) | 26.59 | Q |
| 4 | 11 | 6 | Damir Dugonjič (SLO) | 26.69 | Q |
| 5 | 11 | 5 | Felipe França Silva (BRA) | 26.74 | Q |
| 6 | 10 | 2 | João Gomes Jr. (BRA) | 26.76 | Q |
| 7 | 12 | 4 | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | 26.78 | Q |
| 8 | 11 | 3 | Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ) | 26.80 | Q |
| 9 | 11 | 2 | Mihail Alexandrov (USA) | 26.81 | Q |
| 10 | 12 | 6 | Mark Gangloff (USA) | 26.82 | Q |
| 11 | 11 | 4 | Aleksander Hetland (NOR) | 26.84 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Li Xiayan (CHN) | 26.91 | Q |
| 12 | 10 | 5 | Čaba Silađi (SRB) | 26.91 | Q |
| 14 | 10 | 6 | Stanislav Lakhtyukhov (RUS) | 26.98 | Q |
| 15 | 12 | 2 | Hendrik Feldwehr (GER) | 27.08 | Q |
| 16 | 12 | 3 | Robin van Aggele (NED) | 27.12 | Q |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Lennart Stekelenburg (NED) | 27.13 | |
| 18 | 9 | 6 | Filipp Provorkov (EST) | 27.26 | |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Brenton Rickard (AUS) | 27.31 | |
| 20 | 9 | 4 | Hugues Duboscq (FRA) | 27.32 | |
| 21 | 12 | 7 | Martti Aljand (EST) | 27.35 | |
| 22 | 8 | 2 | Wang Shuai (CHN) | 27.39 | |
| 23 | 12 | 8 | Christian Sprenger (AUS) | 27.46 | |
| 24 | 8 | 5 | Paul Kornfeld (CAN) | 27.53 | |
| 25 | 9 | 3 | Warren Barnes (CAN) | 27.56 | |
| 26 | 8 | 1 | Édgar Crespo (PAN) | 27.72 | |
| 27 | 10 | 7 | Naoya Tomita (JPN) | 27.75 | |
| 28 | 8 | 4 | Giedrius Titenis (LTU) | 27.78 | |
| 29 | 7 | 3 | Nabil Kennab (ALG) | 27.80 | |
| 29 | 9 | 1 | Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson (ISL) | 27.80 | |
| 31 | 10 | 8 | Martin Melconian (URU) | 27.92 | |
| 32 | 11 | 7 | Viktor Vabishchevich (BLR) | 27.93 | |
| 33 | 8 | 8 | Laurent Carnol (LUX) | 28.00 | |
| 33 | 9 | 2 | Timothy Ferris (ZIM) | 28.00 | |
| 35 | 9 | 7 | David Olivier Mercado (MEX) | 28.07 | |
| 36 | 9 | 8 | Malick Fall (SEN) | 28.08 | |
| 37 | 8 | 6 | Jorge Murillo (COL) | 28.10 | |
| 38 | 6 | 2 | Daniel Vacval (SVK) | 28.11 | |
| 39 | 11 | 8 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ) | 28.17 | |
| 40 | 7 | 6 | Sofiane Daid (ALG) | 28.20 | |
| 41 | 7 | 4 | Matej Kuchar (SVK) | 28.36 | |
| 42 | 9 | 5 | Sverre Naess (NOR) | 28.52 | |
| 43 | 7 | 5 | Vorrawuti Aumpiwan (THA) | 28.63 | |
| 44 | 8 | 3 | Eric Chan Wing Lim (HKG) | 28.68 | |
| 45 | 8 | 7 | Chen Cho-Yi (TPE) | 28.75 | |
| 46 | 7 | 2 | Sergiu Postica (MDA) | 28.90 | |
| 47 | 7 | 1 | Diego Santander (CHI) | 28.95 | |
| 48 | 6 | 7 | Mubarak Al-Besher (UAE) | 29.04 | |
| 49 | 6 | 4 | Dmitrii Aleksandrov (KGZ) | 29.13 | |
| 50 | 6 | 5 | Juan Guerra Quiñonez (ESA) | 29.17 | |
| 51 | 7 | 8 | Jehaad Alhenidi (JOR) | 29.33 | |
| 52 | 5 | 6 | Arturo Alejandro Montilla (DOM) | 29.36 | |
| 53 | 7 | 7 | Kenneth Lim Duan Le (SIN) | 29.43 | |
| 54 | 5 | 5 | Andrea Agius (MLT) | 29.75 | |
| 54 | 5 | 3 | Hycinth Cijntje (AHO) | 29.75 | |
| 56 | 6 | 6 | Nazih Mezayek (JOR) | 29.77 | |
| 57 | 4 | 3 | Hocine Haciane (AND) | 29.81 | |
| 58 | 5 | 2 | Chou Kit (MAC) | 30.28 | |
| 59 | 5 | 1 | Maximilian Siedentopf (NAM) | 30.80 | |
| 60 | 6 | 8 | Mohamed Jasim (UAE) | 30.89 | |
| 61 | 5 | 8 | Erik Rajohnson (MAD) | 30.97 | |
| 62 | 4 | 4 | Daniel Galea (MLT) | 31.01 | |
| 63 | 6 | 1 | Wael Koubrousli (LIB) | 31.11 | |
| 64 | 4 | 7 | Ramadhan Vyombo (KEN) | 31.13 | |
| 65 | 5 | 7 | Hemra Nurmuradov (TKM) | 31.75 | |
| 66 | 1 | 6 | Adama Ouedraogo (BUR) | 32.01 | |
| 67 | 3 | 5 | Ronaldo Rodrigues (GUY) | 32.14 | |
| 68 | 4 | 1 | Ahmad Dumairi (PLE) | 32.28 | |
| 69 | 2 | 2 | Ahmed Atari (QAT) | 32.47 | |
| 70 | 4 | 2 | Furgen Fici (ALB) | 32.66 | |
| 71 | 4 | 6 | Damir Davletbaev (KGZ) | 32.69 | |
| 72 | 2 | 1 | Kouassi Brou (CIV) | 33.10 | |
| 73 | 3 | 1 | Lim Jyh Jye (BRU) | 33.24 | |
| 74 | 4 | 8 | Shailesh Shumsher Rana (NEP) | 33.26 | |
| 75 | 1 | 4 | Mamadou Fofana (MLI) | 33.38 | |
| 76 | 3 | 2 | Mohammed Bahrin Behrom Shem (BRU) | 33.49 | |
| 77 | 3 | 4 | Ron Albert Roucou (SEY) | 34.22 | |
| 78 | 2 | 5 | Adam David Kitururu (TAN) | 34.27 | |
| 79 | 2 | 7 | Dionisio Augustine II (FSM) | 34.37 | |
| 80 | 3 | 3 | Daisuke Ssegwanyi (UGA) | 34.45 | |
| 81 | 3 | 6 | Muhammad Abbas Hussain (PAK) | 34.85 | |
| 82 | 3 | 7 | Max Kanyerezi (UGA) | 35.38 | |
| 83 | 2 | 8 | Mohamed Coulibaly (MLI) | 35.96 | |
| 84 | 3 | 8 | Giordan Harris (MHL) | 38.05 | |
| 85 | 2 | 3 | Nelson Masang (PLW) | 39.41 | |
| - | 2 | 6 | Kwame Apenteng (GHA) | DNS | |
| - | 5 | 4 | Shahjahan Ali (BAN) | DNS | |
| - | 6 | 3 | Loai Abdulwahid Tashkandi (KSA) | DNS | |
| - | 1 | 5 | Dangassat Iglay Arnaud (CGO) | DSQ | |
| - | 2 | 4 | Ted Fishka (ALB) | DSQ | |
| - | 4 | 5 | mohamed Osman (DJI) | DSQ | |
| - | 12 | 1 | Jakob Dorch (SWE) | DSQ | |

### Semifinals

Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Robin van Aggele (NED) | 26.41 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) | 26.46 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Damir Dugonjič (SLO) | 26.76 | |
| 4 | 3 | João Gomes Jr. (BRA) | 26.80 | |
| 5 | 2 | Mark Gangloff (USA) | 26.83 | |
| 6 | 6 | Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ) | 26.86 | |
| 7 | 1 | Stanislav Lakhtyukhov (RUS) | 26.89 | |
| 8 | 7 | Li Xiayan (CHN) | 26.95 | |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Felipe França Silva (BRA) | 26.22 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 26.31 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mihail Alexandrov (USA) | 26.48 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Aleksandr Triznov (RUS) | 26.54 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | 26.66 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Aleksander Hetland (NOR) | 26.71 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Čaba Silađi (SRB) | 26.75 | |
| 8 | 8 | Hendrik Feldwehr (GER) | 26.90 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Felipe França Silva (BRA) | 25.95 | CR |
| | 5 | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 26.03 | |
| | 8 | Aleksander Hetland (NOR) | 26.29 | |
| 4 | 1 | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | 26.41 | |
| 5 | 2 | Mihail Alexandrov (USA) | 26.44 | |
| 6 | 3 | Robin van Aggele (NED) | 26.50 | |
| 7 | 7 | Aleksandr Triznov (RUS) | 26.71 | |
| - | 6 | Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) | | DQ |