# 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 and 16 December 2018 at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 25.25 | Berlin | 14 November 2009 |
| Championship record | Felipe França Silva | Brazil | 25.63 | Doha | 7 December 2014 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 16 December | Final | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 25.41 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started at 11:31.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 5 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 25.97 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 26.09 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 3 | João Gomes Júnior | Brazil | 26.11 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 7 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 26.17 | Q |
| 5 | 9 | 6 | Huseyin Sakci | Turkey | 26.18 | Q |
| 6 | 9 | 1 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.20 | Q |
| 6 | 9 | 4 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 26.20 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 4 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 26.25 | Q |
| 9 | 9 | 5 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | 26.30 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 5 | Fabian Schwingenschlögl | Germany | 26.32 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 6 | Nicolò Martinenghi | Italy | 26.34 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Yan Zibei | China | 26.42 | Q |
| 12 | 9 | 3 | Yasuhiro Koseki | Japan | 26.42 | Q |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Masaki Niiyama | Japan | 26.45 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Ties Elzerman | Netherlands | 26.56 | Q |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Wang Lizhuo | China | 26.57 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | 9 | Andrew Wilson | United States | 26.58 | |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Michael Andrew | United States | 26.62 | |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Andrei Tuomola | Finland | 26.66 | |
| 20 | 9 | 7 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | 26.70 | |
| 21 | 6 | 4 | Anton Sveinn McKee | Iceland | 26.74 | |
| 21 | 8 | 6 | Renato Prono | Paraguay | 26.74 | |
| 23 | 7 | 8 | Grayson Bell | Australia | 26.75 | |
| 24 | 9 | 0 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | 26.85 | |
| 25 | 6 | 5 | Wu Chun-feng | Chinese Taipei | 26.88 | |
| 26 | 8 | 8 | Marek Botík | Slovakia | 26.93 | |
| 27 | 5 | 4 | Youssef El-Kamash | Egypt | 26.97 | |
| 28 | 7 | 0 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | 27.04 | |
| 29 | 8 | 9 | Nikola Obrovac | Croatia | 27.06 | |
| 30 | 8 | 0 | Brad Tandy | South Africa | 27.10 | |
| 31 | 9 | 9 | Martin Allikvee | Estonia | 27.21 | |
| 32 | 8 | 7 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 27.23 | |
| 33 | 6 | 8 | Édgar Crespo | Panama | 27.27 | |
| 34 | 6 | 6 | Azad Al-Barzi | Syria | 27.28 | |
| 34 | 6 | 7 | Thibaut Capitaine | France | 27.28 | |
| 36 | 6 | 2 | Jolann Bovey | Switzerland | 27.31 | |
| 37 | 5 | 5 | Carlos Claverie | Venezuela | 27.37 | |
| 38 | 9 | 8 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 27.38 | |
| 39 | 6 | 1 | Darragh Greene | Ireland | 27.43 | |
| 40 | 3 | 0 | Kirill Vais | Kyrgyzstan | 27.50 | NR |
| 41 | 6 | 0 | Carlos Mahecha | Colombia | 27.55 | |
| 42 | 6 | 9 | Martin Melconian | Uruguay | 27.60 | |
| 43 | 6 | 3 | Dávid Horváth | Hungary | 27.71 | |
| 44 | 4 | 2 | Santiago Cavanagh | Bolivia | 27.96 | |
| 45 | 3 | 7 | Benjamin Schulte | Guam | 28.05 | |
| 46 | 5 | 2 | Ludovico Corsini | Mozambique | 28.12 | |
| 47 | 5 | 6 | Serginni Marten | Curaçao | 28.25 | |
| 48 | 5 | 8 | Sebastien Kouma | Mali | 28.37 | |
| 49 | 2 | 1 | Zandanbal Gunsennorov | Mongolia | 28.49 | |
| 50 | 5 | 7 | Epeli Rabua | Fiji | 28.61 | |
| 51 | 5 | 3 | Malcolm Richardson | Cook Islands | 28.63 | |
| 52 | 5 | 9 | Samuele Rossi | Seychelles | 28.67 | |
| 53 | 2 | 7 | Amini Fonua | Tonga | 28.73 | |
| 54 | 5 | 0 | Ronan Wantenaar | Namibia | 28.75 | |
| 55 | 4 | 1 | Tasi Limtiaco | Federated States of Micronesia | 28.89 | |
| 56 | 5 | 1 | Michael Stafrace | Malta | 29.14 | |
| 57 | 4 | 3 | Brandon Cheong | Aruba | 29.34 | |
| 58 | 4 | 6 | Patrick Pelegrina Cuén | Andorra | 29.35 | |
| 59 | 4 | 4 | Mario Ervedosa | Angola | 29.38 | |
| 60 | 4 | 7 | Muis Ahmad | Bahrain | 29.65 | |
| 61 | 4 | 5 | Alexandros Axiotis | Zambia | 29.66 | |
| 62 | 3 | 9 | Kitso Matija | Botswana | 30.21 | |
| 63 | 2 | 4 | Daniel Scott | Guyana | 30.57 | |
| 64 | 4 | 8 | Alejandro Panting | Honduras | 30.63 | |
| 65 | 3 | 6 | Abdulmalik Ben Musa | Libya | 31.30 | |
| 66 | 3 | 8 | Slava Sihanouvong | Laos | 31.51 | |
| 67 | 2 | 9 | Luke Haywood | Turks and Caicos Islands | 31.62 | |
| 68 | 2 | 3 | Shuvam Shrestha | Nepal | 32.02 | |
| 69 | 4 | 9 | Yaya Yeressa | Guinea | 33.12 | |
| 70 | 4 | 0 | Clayment Lafiara | Solomon Islands | 33.37 | |
| 71 | 1 | 5 | Alassane Seydou Lancina | Niger | 34.29 | |
| 72 | 3 | 2 | Hamid Rahimi | Afghanistan | 35.29 | |
| 73 | 3 | 4 | Gildas Koumondji | Benin | 35.96 | |
| 74 | 2 | 6 | Abdelmalik Muktar | Ethiopia | 36.02 | |
| 75 | 3 | 3 | Hollingsword Wolul | Vanuatu | 36.39 | |
| 76 | 2 | 8 | Alie Kamara | Sierra Leone | 36.76 | |
| 77 | 2 | 5 | Darshan Koffi | Togo | 37.99 | |
| 78 | 1 | 4 | Ebenezer Osabutey | Ghana | 38.18 | |
| 79 | 1 | 3 | Mamadi Jarju | Gambia | 39.51 | |
| 80 | 2 | 0 | Houssein Gaber Ibrahim | Djibouti | 39.83 | |
| | 2 | 2 | Tindwende Sawadogo | Burkina Faso | DNS | |
| | 3 | 1 | Amini Harindimana | Rwanda | DNS | |
| | 3 | 5 | Phillip Kinono | Marshall Islands | DSQ | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 20:01.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 25.76 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Fabian Schwingenschlögl | Germany | 25.87 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 25.95 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 26.01 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 26.18 | |
| 6 | 8 | Wang Lizhuo | China | 26.20 | |
| 7 | 7 | Yan Zibei | China | 26.22 | |
| 8 | 1 | Masaki Niiyama | Japan | 26.27 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | João Gomes Júnior | Brazil | 25.94 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 25.95 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Huseyin Sakci | Turkey | 25.97 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | 26.00 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Nicolo Martinenghi | Italy | 26.03 | |
| 6 | 6 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 26.04 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ties Elzerman | Netherlands | 26.40 | |
| 8 | 1 | Yasuhiro Koseki | Japan | 26.70 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:21.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 25.41 | CR |
| | 2 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 25.77 | NR |
| | 8 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 25.80 | |
| 4 | 6 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 25.83 | |
| 5 | 7 | Huseyin Sakci | Turkey | 25.89 | |
| 6 | 3 | João Gomes Júnior | Brazil | 26.02 | |
| 7 | 5 | Fabian Schwingenschlögl | Germany | 26.12 | |
| 8 | 1 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | 26.18 | |