# 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The Men's 100 Breaststroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 15–16 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On 15 December, 85 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, with the top-16 finishers advancing to swim again in the Semifinals that night. The top-8 finishers from the Semifinals then advanced to swim in 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 | 55.61 | Berlin | 15 November 2009 |
| CR | Igor Borysik | Ukraine | 57.74 | Manchester | 10 April 2008 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | CR |
| 15 December 2010 | Heats | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 57.60 | CR |
| 15 December 2010 | Semifinals | Mihail Alexandrov | United States | 57.18 | CR |
| 16 December 2010 | Final | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 56.80 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 11 | 5 | Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) | 57.60 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 11 | 6 | Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ) | 57.80 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | 2 | Mihail Alexandrov (USA) | 58.06 | Q |
| 4 | 10 | 2 | Mark Gangloff (USA) | 58.21 | Q |
| 5 | 10 | 4 | Dániel Gyurta (HUN) | 58.31 | Q |
| 6 | 9 | 8 | Hugues Duboscq (FRA) | 58.42 | Q |
| 7 | 11 | 7 | Naoya Tomita (JPN) | 58.43 | Q |
| 8 | 10 | 3 | Stanislav Lakhtyukhov (RUS) | 58.56 | Q |
| 9 | 9 | 4 | Felipe França Silva (BRA) | 58.67 | Q |
| 10 | 10 | 8 | Brenton Rickard (AUS) | 58.68 | Q |
| 11 | 10 | 6 | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 58.69 | Q |
| 12 | 9 | 7 | Christian Sprenger (AUS) | 58.79 | Q |
| 12 | 9 | 1 | Lennart Stekelenburg (NED) | 58.79 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Paul Kornfeld (CAN) | 58.90 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Wang Shuai (CHN) | 58.95 | Q |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Giedrius Titenis (LTU) | 58.95 | Q |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | Hendrik Feldwehr (GER) | 58.97 | |
| 18 | 11 | 1 | Marco Koch (GER) | 59.02 | |
| 19 | 10 | 7 | Igor Borysik (UKR) | 59.04 | |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Martti Aljand (EST) | 59.05 | |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Damir Dugonjič (SLO) | 59.19 | |
| 22 | 11 | 8 | Viatcheslav Sinkevich (RUS) | 59.24 | |
| 23 | 7 | 5 | Warren Barnes (CAN) | 59.42 | |
| 24 | 9 | 5 | Edoardo Giorgetti (ITA) | 59.47 | |
| 25 | 7 | 2 | Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson (ISL) | 59.80 | |
| 26 | 8 | 6 | Tomáš Klobučník (SVK) | 59.86 | |
| 27 | 8 | 1 | Laurent Carnol (LUX) | 59.92 | |
| 27 | 8 | 8 | Jakob Dorch (SWE) | 59.92 | |
| 29 | 6 | 6 | Édgar Crespo (PAN) | 1:00.02 | |
| 30 | 8 | 2 | Sławomir Kuczko (POL) | 1:00.08 | |
| 31 | 7 | 7 | Filipp Provorkov (EST) | 1:00.23 | |
| 32 | 7 | 6 | William Grant Diering (RSA) | 1:00.28 | |
| 33 | 6 | 7 | Jorge Murillo (COL) | 1:00.32 | |
| 33 | 10 | 1 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ) | 1:00.32 | |
| 35 | 8 | 5 | Viktor Vabishchevich (BLR) | 1:00.51 | |
| 36 | 7 | 8 | Nabil Kebbab (ALG) | 1:00.70 | |
| 37 | 4 | 3 | Dmitriy Shvetsov (UZB) | 1:00.82 | |
| 38 | 4 | 5 | Daniel Vacval (SVK) | 1:00.91 | |
| 38 | 5 | 5 | Tomáš Fucík (CZE) | 1:00.91 | |
| 40 | 6 | 3 | Bradley Ally (BAR) | 1:00.93 | |
| 41 | 8 | 4 | Sverre Naess (NOR) | 1:00.94 | |
| 42 | 8 | 7 | David Olivier Mercado (MEX) | 1:01.02 | |
| 43 | 6 | 4 | Sofiane Daid (ALG) | 1:01.17 | |
| 44 | 1 | 2 | Xue Ruipeng (CHN) | 1:01.38 | |
| 45 | 1 | 5 | Daniel Coakley (PHI) | 1:01.66 | |
| 46 | 5 | 3 | Martin Melconian (URU) | 1:01.96 | |
| 47 | 6 | 5 | Wing Lim Eric Chan (HKG) | 1:02.00 | |
| 48 | 5 | 6 | Timothy Ferris (ZIM) | 1:02.03 | |
| 49 | 6 | 1 | Dmitrii Aleksandrov (KGZ) | 1:02.19 | |
| 50 | 7 | 1 | Malick Fall (SEN) | 1:02.30 | |
| 51 | 5 | 4 | Vorrawuti Aumpiwan (THA) | 1:02.51 | |
| 52 | 6 | 2 | Chen Cho-Yi (TPE) | 1:03.09 | |
| 53 | 6 | 8 | Lim Duan Le Kenneth (SIN) | 1:03.18 | |
| 54 | 4 | 6 | Mubarak Al-Besher (UAE) | 1:03.23 | |
| 55 | 5 | 8 | Diego Santander (CHI) | 1:03.33 | |
| 56 | 4 | 8 | Andrea Agius (MLT) | 1:03.38 | |
| 57 | 4 | 7 | Leopoldo Andara (VEN) | 1:03.53 | |
| 58 | 3 | 6 | Hocine Haciane (AND) | 1:03.57 | |
| 59 | 5 | 2 | Juan Alberto Guerra Quiñonez (ESA) | 1:03.93 | |
| 60 | 5 | 7 | Sergiu Postica (MDA) | 1:04.28 | |
| 61 | 3 | 8 | Jourdy Martis (AHO) | 1:05.12 | |
| 62 | 3 | 5 | Jehaad Al Henidi (JOR) | 1:05.14 | |
| 63 | 3 | 3 | Nazih Mezayek (JOR) | 1:05.50 | |
| 64 | 5 | 1 | Arturo Alejandro Montilla (DOM) | 1:05.66 | |
| 65 | 4 | 1 | Mohamed Jasim (UAE) | 1:06.20 | |
| 66 | 4 | 4 | Wael Koubrousli (LIB) | 1:06.33 | |
| 67 | 3 | 4 | Chou Kit (MAC) | 1:06.38 | |
| 68 | 3 | 2 | Maximilian Siedentopf (NAM) | 1:06.71 | |
| 69 | 2 | 4 | Daniel Galea (MLT) | 1:06.93 | |
| 70 | 3 | 1 | Erik Rajohnson (MAD) | 1:07.19 | |
| 71 | 3 | 7 | Damir Davletbaev (KGZ) | 1:07.81 | |
| 72 | 1 | 4 | Ahmed Atari (QAT) | 1:08.71 | |
| 73 | 2 | 3 | Ronaldo Rodrigues (GUY) | 1:10.02 | |
| 74 | 2 | 5 | Hemra Nurmuradov (TKM) | 1:10.23 | |
| 75 | 2 | 2 | Jurgen Fici (ALB) | 1:13.35 | |
| 76 | 2 | 6 | Shailesh Shumsher Rana (NEP) | 1:14.09 | |
| 77 | 1 | 6 | Adama Ouedraogo (BUR) | 1:14.39 | |
| 78 | 1 | 3 | Mamadou Fofana (MLI) | 1:15.04 | |
| 79 | 2 | 7 | Ron Albert Roucou (SEY) | 1:17.30 | |
| 80 | 2 | 1 | Daisuke Ssegwanyi (UGA) | 1:19.25 | |
| 81 | 2 | 8 | Adam David Kitururu (TAN) | 1:21.88 | |
| - | 4 | 2 | Mohamed Shahjahan Ali (BAN) | DNS | |
| - | 11 | 4 | Robin van Aggele (NED) | DNS | |
| - | 9 | 3 | Caba Siladji (SRB) | DSQ | |
| - | 9 | 6 | Henrique Barbosa (BRA) | DSQ | |

### Semifinals

Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ) | 58.34 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Brenton Rickard (AUS) | 58.37 | Swim-off |
| 3 | 3 | Hugues Duboscq (FRA) | 58.46 | |
| 4 | 5 | Mark Gangloff (USA) | 58.48 | |
| 5 | 1 | Paul Kornfeld (CAN) | 58.58 | |
| 6 | 6 | Stanislav Lakhtyukhov (RUS) | 58.61 | |
| 7 | 8 | Giedrius Titenis (LTU) | 58.72 | |
| 8 | 7 | Christian Sprenger (AUS) | 59.21 | |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Mihail Alexandrov (USA) | 57.18 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 2 | Felipe França Silva (BRA) | 57.19 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 57.19 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) | 57.35 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Dániel Gyurta (HUN) | 57.84 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Naoya Tomita (JPN) | 57.97 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | Wang Shuai (CHN) | 58.37 | Swim-off |
| 8 | 1 | Lennart Stekelenburg (NED) | 58.85 | |
Semifinals Swim-off
| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Brenton Rickard (AUS) | 58.45 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Wang Shuai (CHN) | 58.71 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 56.80 | CR |
| | 6 | Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) | 57.13 | |
| | 5 | Felipe França Silva (BRA) | 57.39 | |
| 4 | 4 | Mihail Alexandrov (USA) | 57.42 | |
| 5 | 8 | Brenton Rickard (AUS) | 57.79 | |
| 6 | 2 | Dániel Gyurta (HUN) | 58.16 | |
| 7 | 1 | Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ) | 58.66 | |
| - | 7 | Naoya Tomita (JPN) | DQ | |