# 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 6 and 7 December 2016.

## 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 | 55.61 | Berlin | 15 November 2009 |
| Championship record | Felipe França Silva | Brazil | 56.29 | Doha | 4 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 12:10.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 10 | 5 | Marco Koch | Germany | 57.01 | Q |
| 2 | 10 | 6 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 57.39 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | Cody Miller | United States | 57.41 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 2 | Yan Zibei | China | 57.47 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 57.68 | Q |
| 5 | 9 | 5 | Felipe França Silva | Brazil | 57.68 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 3 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 57.70 | Q |
| 8 | 10 | 4 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 57.73 | Q |
| 9 | 9 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 57.78 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Carlos Claverie | Venezuela | 57.81 | Q. NR |
| 11 | 9 | 3 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | 57.93 | Q |
| 12 | 9 | 7 | Nic Fink | United States | 57.97 | Q |
| 13 | 9 | 6 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 58.03 | Q |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Andrew Willis | Great Britain | 58.04 | Q |
| 15 | 10 | 2 | Yoshiki Yamanaka | Japan | 58.10 | Q |
| 16 | 10 | 3 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 58.18 | Q |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Kazuki Kohinata | Japan | 58.30 | |
| 18 | 1 | 9 | Peter Stevens | Slovenia | 58.35 | |
| 18 | 7 | 6 | Richard Funk | Canada | 58.35 | |
| 20 | 10 | 0 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 58.51 | |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Tommy Sucipto | Australia | 58.52 | |
| 22 | 10 | 9 | Erik Persson | Sweden | 58.55 | |
| 23 | 6 | 8 | Jason Block | Canada | 58.62 | |
| 24 | 8 | 7 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 58.64 | |
| 25 | 7 | 1 | Petr Bartůněk | Czech Republic | 58.73 | NR |
| 26 | 9 | 8 | Martin Allikvee | Estonia | 58.80 | |
| 27 | 10 | 7 | Roman Trussov | Kazakhstan | 58.84 | |
| 28 | 10 | 8 | Martin Liivamägi | Estonia | 58.94 | |
| 29 | 9 | 1 | Li Xiang | China | 59.03 | |
| 30 | 8 | 0 | Jean Dencausse | France | 59.13 | |
| 31 | 7 | 4 | Jonas Coreelman | Belgium | 59.15 | |
| 32 | 8 | 9 | Andrei Tuomola | Finland | 59.25 | |
| 33 | 6 | 5 | Chao Man Hou | Macau | 59.30 | NR |
| 34 | 6 | 6 | Renato Prono | Paraguay | 59.36 | NR |
| 35 | 9 | 9 | Marek Botik | Slovakia | 59.40 | |
| 36 | 7 | 0 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | 59.54 | |
| 37 | 6 | 4 | Azad Al-Barazi | Syria | 59.55 | NR |
| 38 | 9 | 0 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 59.60 | |
| 39 | 8 | 8 | Giulio Zorzi | South Africa | 59.67 | |
| 40 | 7 | 2 | Kristijan Tomić | Croatia | 59.74 | |
| 41 | 6 | 1 | Youssef Elkamash | Egypt | 59.82 | NR |
| 42 | 7 | 5 | Nikolajs Maskaļenko | Latvia | 59.87 | |
| 43 | 6 | 9 | Jordy Groters | Aruba | 1:00.06 | NR |
| 44 | 6 | 7 | Khoo Chien Yin Lionel | Singapore | 1:00.22 | NR |
| 45 | 6 | 3 | Radomyos Matjiur | Thailand | 1:00.29 | NR |
| 45 | 7 | 3 | Martin Schweizer | Switzerland | 1:00.29 | |
| 47 | 7 | 9 | Saša Gerbec | Croatia | 1:00.30 | |
| 48 | 7 | 8 | Tsui Hoi Tung Ronald | Hong Kong | 1:00.32 | |
| 49 | 8 | 6 | Jorge Murillo | Colombia | 1:00.47 | |
| 50 | 6 | 2 | Daniils Bobrovs | Latvia | 1:00.82 | |
| 51 | 5 | 6 | James Deiparine | Philippines | 1:01.09 | |
| 52 | 5 | 8 | Lee Hsuan-yen | Chinese Taipei | 1:01.35 | |
| 53 | 5 | 7 | Marko Blaževski | Macedonia | 1:01.38 | NR |
| 54 | 5 | 3 | Gregory Penny | United States Virgin Islands | 1:01.51 | NR |
| 55 | 5 | 4 | Julian Fletcher | Bermuda | 1:01.56 | NR |
| 56 | 5 | 5 | Viktor Vilbergsson | Iceland | 1:01.63 | |
| 57 | 5 | 9 | Ljubomir Agow | Bulgaria | 1:01.69 | |
| 58 | 4 | 3 | Sultan Bukeev | Kyrgyzstan | 1:01.77 | |
| 59 | 5 | 1 | James Lawson | Zimbabwe | 1:01.93 | NR |
| 60 | 5 | 0 | Santiago Cavanagh | Bolivia | 1:01.99 | NR |
| 61 | 3 | 4 | Rafael Alfaro | El Salvador | 1:02.02 | NR |
| 62 | 3 | 6 | Marc Rojas | Dominican Republic | 1:02.18 | |
| 63 | 5 | 2 | Arya Nasimi Shad | Iran | 1:02.21 | NR |
| 64 | 4 | 4 | Wong Chun Yan | Hong Kong | 1:02.35 | |
| 65 | 4 | 1 | Arnoldo Herrera | Costa Rica | 1:02.39 | NR |
| 66 | 4 | 6 | Denis Petrashov | Kyrgyzstan | 1:02.66 | |
| 67 | 4 | 8 | Darren Chan Chin Wah | Mauritius | 1:02.93 | NR |
| 68 | 4 | 2 | Fausto Huerta | Dominican Republic | 1:03.08 | |
| 69 | 4 | 9 | Ryan Maskelyne | Papua New Guinea | 1:03.20 | NR |
| 70 | 4 | 7 | Alex Axiotis | Zambia | 1:03.50 | NR |
| 71 | 3 | 5 | Pedro Pinotes | Angola | 1:03.65 | NR |
| 72 | 2 | 6 | Alberto Batungbacal | Philippines | 1:03.76 | |
| 73 | 3 | 2 | Christopher Cheong | Singapore | 1:04.03 | |
| 74 | 3 | 3 | Jose Solis Rosales | Costa Rica | 1:04.54 | |
| 75 | 3 | 7 | Ashley Seeto | Papua New Guinea | 1:04.84 | |
| 76 | 1 | 0 | Muis Ahmad | Brunei | 1:04.86 | NR |
| 77 | 3 | 1 | Zandanbal Gunsennorov | Mongolia | 1:05.12 | NR |
| 78 | 2 | 3 | Adrian Hoek | Curaçao | 1:05.39 | NR |
| 79 | 3 | 8 | Deni Baholli | Albania | 1:05.50 | NR |
| 80 | 4 | 0 | Michael Stafrace | Malta | 1:05.56 | |
| 81 | 4 | 5 | Damjan Petrovski | Macedonia | 1:06.14 | |
| 82 | 2 | 4 | Markos Kalopsidiotis | Cyprus | 1:06.21 | |
| 83 | 2 | 2 | Marco Flores | Honduras | 1:06.40 | |
| 84 | 2 | 7 | Samuele Rossi | Seychelles | 1:06.44 | NR |
| 85 | 3 | 0 | Miguel Mena | Nicaragua | 1:06.54 | NR |
| 86 | 2 | 5 | Rainier Rafaela | Curaçao | 1:07.21 | |
| 87 | 2 | 0 | Meriton Veliu | Kosovo | 1:10.67 | NR |
| 88 | 1 | 4 | Shuvam Shrestha | Nepal | 1:11.59 | NR |
| 89 | 2 | 1 | John Llanelo | Gibraltar | 1:11.84 | |
| 90 | 1 | 5 | Josue Portillo | Honduras | 1:12.38 | |
| 91 | 1 | 6 | Adil Bharmal | Tanzania | 1:13.84 | NR |
| 92 | 2 | 8 | Devin Boodha | Saint Lucia | 1:15.73 | |
| 93 | 1 | 3 | Christian Villacrusis | Northern Mariana Islands | 1:16.11 | |
| 94 | 1 | 2 | Alassane Seydou Lancina | Niger | 1:16.30 | NR |
| 95 | 1 | 7 | Salofi Welch | Northern Mariana Islands | 1:16.55 | |
| 96 | 1 | 1 | Michael Swift | Malawi | 1:22.18 | NR |
| 97 | 1 | 8 | Jegan Jobe | Gambia | 1:26.02 | NR |
| | 2 | 9 | Joshua Tibatemwa | Uganda | | DNS |
| | 3 | 9 | Omiros Zagkas | Cyprus | | DSQ |
| | 7 | 7 | Johannes Dietrich | Austria | | DSQ |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:34.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Felipe França Silva | Brazil | 56.99 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 57.00 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Nic Fink | United States | 57.10 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 57.65 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Andrew Willis | Great Britain | 57.84 | |
| 6 | 5 | Yan Zibei | China | 58.01 | |
| 7 | 2 | Carlos Claverie | Venezuela | 58.22 | |
| 8 | 8 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 58.36 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Marco Koch | Germany | 56.86 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Cody Miller | United States | 57.14 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 57.22 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | 57.52 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 57.67 | |
| 6 | 3 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 57.71 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ross Murdoch | Great Britain | 57.77 | |
| 8 | 8 | Yoshiki Yamanaka | Japan | 58.17 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:58.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Marco Koch | Germany | 56.77 | |
| | 3 | Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 57.00 | |
| | 7 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 57.04 | |
| 4 | 5 | Felipe França Silva | Brazil | 57.05 | |
| 5 | 1 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | 57.07 | |
| 6 | 2 | Cody Miller | United States | 57.08 | |
| 7 | 6 | Nic Fink | United States | 57.22 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 57.28 | NR |