# Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held with the heats and the semifinals on 4 August 2015 and the final on 5 August 2015.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 26.67 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
| Competition record | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | 26.67 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 4 August | Heat 7 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.62 | WR |
| 4 August | Semifinal 1 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.42 | WR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 09:30.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.62 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 9 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.68 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 26.70 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 9 | 6 | Kevin Cordes | United States | 26.93 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | Felipe França Silva | Brazil | 27.10 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 27.19 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Glenn Snyders | New Zealand | 27.23 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 3 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 27.37 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | 6 | Hendrik Feldwehr | Germany | 27.41 | Q |
| 10 | 8 | 2 | Giacomo Perez-Dortona | France | 27.42 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 27.43 | Q |
| 12 | 9 | 7 | Peter Stevens | Slovenia | 27.46 | Q |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Dmitriy Balandin | Kazakhstan | 27.47 | Q |
| 13 | 9 | 5 | Andrea Toniato | Italy | 27.47 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Vladislav Mustafin | Uzbekistan | 27.51 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 6 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 27.51 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Christian Sprenger | Australia | 27.54 | |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Brendan McHugh | United States | 27.62 | |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Shi Weijia | China | 27.65 | |
| 20 | 8 | 8 | Richard Funk | Canada | 27.71 | |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Ioannis Karpouzlis | Greece | 27.85 | |
| 22 | 5 | 2 | Laurent Carnol | Luxembourg | 27.94 | NR |
| 23 | 6 | 7 | Jorge Murillo | Colombia | 27.99 | |
| 23 | 7 | 8 | Sami Aaltomaa | Finland | 27.99 | |
| 25 | 8 | 7 | Alex Murphy | Ireland | 28.00 | |
| 26 | 9 | 0 | Martin Schweizer | Switzerland | 28.02 | |
| 27 | 6 | 9 | Youssef El-Kamash | Egypt | 28.05 | NR |
| 28 | 7 | 2 | Renato Prono | Paraguay | 28.06 | |
| 29 | 6 | 4 | Carlos Claverie | Venezuela | 28.12 | |
| 30 | 9 | 1 | Yasuhiro Koseki | Japan | 28.13 | |
| 31 | 8 | 9 | Nikolajs Maskaļenko | Latvia | 28.15 | |
| 32 | 6 | 1 | Marcin Stolarski | Poland | 28.22 | |
| 33 | 9 | 9 | Marek Botík | Slovakia | 28.26 | |
| 34 | 6 | 2 | Édgar Crespo | Panama | 28.29 | |
| 35 | 6 | 0 | Lachezar Shumkov | Bulgaria | 28.36 | |
| 36 | 6 | 6 | Demir Atasoy | Turkey | 28.38 | |
| 37 | 5 | 5 | Dávid Horváth | Hungary | 28.40 | |
| 38 | 9 | 8 | Petr Bartůněk | Czech Republic | 28.47 | |
| 39 | 7 | 9 | Martin Melconian | Uruguay | 28.53 | |
| 40 | 6 | 5 | Sandeep Sejwal | India | 28.57 | |
| 41 | 5 | 9 | Jordy Groters | Aruba | 28.64 | |
| 42 | 5 | 8 | Malick Fall | Senegal | 28.71 | |
| 43 | 5 | 1 | Dustin Tynes | Bahamas | 28.74 | |
| 43 | 7 | 0 | Martti Aljand | Estonia | 28.74 | |
| 45 | 4 | 3 | James Lawson | Zimbabwe | 28.85 | NR |
| 46 | 5 | 7 | Khoo Chien Yin Lionel | Singapore | 28.87 | |
| 47 | 4 | 4 | Chao Man Hou | Macau | 28.99 | |
| 48 | 5 | 0 | Markos Kalopsidiotis | Cyprus | 29.08 | |
| 49 | 5 | 6 | Mauro Castillo | Mexico | 29.15 | |
| 50 | 5 | 3 | Abdelkader Afane | Algeria | 29.17 | |
| 51 | 4 | 6 | Adam Allouche | Lebanon | 29.45 | |
| 52 | 3 | 4 | João Aguiar | Angola | 29.92 | |
| 53 | 4 | 5 | Julian Harding | Malta | 29.93 | |
| 54 | 4 | 1 | Nazih Mezayek | Jordan | 29.96 | |
| 55 | 4 | 9 | Alex Axiotis | Zambia | 30.24 | |
| 56 | 4 | 2 | Jesús Flores | Honduras | 30.33 | |
| 57 | 4 | 7 | Ramazan Taimatov | Kyrgyzstan | 30.40 | |
| 58 | 3 | 3 | Corey Ollivierre | Grenada | 30.61 | |
| 59 | 3 | 6 | Lum Zhaveli | Kosovo | 30.95 | |
| 60 | 4 | 0 | Serginni Marten | Curaçao | 30.97 | |
| 61 | 3 | 5 | Yun Chung-il | North Korea | 31.00 | |
| 62 | 3 | 1 | Kaito Yanai | Northern Mariana Islands | 31.46 | |
| 63 | 3 | 2 | Delgerkhuu Myagmar | Mongolia | 32.07 | |
| 64 | 3 | 9 | Joshua Tibatemwa | Uganda | 33.00 | NR |
| 65 | 3 | 7 | Hemthon Ponloeu | Cambodia | 33.09 | |
| 66 | 3 | 8 | Shane Cadogan | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33.14 | |
| 67 | 4 | 8 | Dionisio Augustine | Federated States of Micronesia | 33.91 | |
| 68 | 2 | 3 | Moris Beale | Sierra Leone | 34.87 | |
| 69 | 2 | 6 | Kiran Karki | Nepal | 34.94 | |
| 70 | 2 | 4 | Abdelmalik Muktar | Ethiopia | 35.89 | |
| 71 | 2 | 1 | Alassane Seydou | Niger | 36.63 | |
| 72 | 2 | 7 | Ramziyor Khorkashov | Tajikistan | 37.20 | |
| 73 | 2 | 2 | Tano Atta | Ivory Coast | 38.65 | |
| 74 | 1 | 5 | Omar Barry | Burkina Faso | 41.33 | |
| 75 | 1 | 4 | Momodou Saine | The Gambia | 41.49 | |
| 76 | 2 | 5 | Ahmed Bourhan | Djibouti | 42.88 | |
| | 3 | 0 | Christian Nassif | Central African Republic | | DSQ |
| | 6 | 8 | Joshua Hall | Philippines | | DSQ |
| | 1 | 3 | Alhassane Fofana | Guinea | | DNS |
| | 2 | 8 | Stephane Fokam | Cameroon | | DNS |
| | 5 | 4 | Mubarak Al-Beshr | United Arab Emirates | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 4 August at 17:48.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.42 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 5 | Kevin Cordes | United States | 26.76 | Q, =AM |
| 3 | 3 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 27.19 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 27.20 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 6 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 27.50 | |
| 5 | 7 | Peter Stevens | Slovenia | 27.50 | |
| 7 | 2 | Giacomo Perez-Dortona | France | 27.51 | |
| 8 | 1 | Andrea Toniato | Italy | 27.61 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.74 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Felipe França Silva | Brazil | 26.87 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 26.92 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Glenn Snyders | New Zealand | 27.17 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Dmitriy Balandin | Kazakhstan | 27.24 | AS |
| 6 | 2 | Hendrik Feldwehr | Germany | 27.31 | |
| 7 | 7 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 27.47 | |
| 8 | 8 | Vladislav Mustafin | Uzbekistan | 27.79 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:10.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 26.51 |
| | 5 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.66 |
| | 3 | Kevin Cordes | United States | 26.86 |
| 4 | 6 | Felipe França Silva | Brazil | 26.87 |
| 5 | 2 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 27.23 |
| 5 | 8 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 27.23 |
| 7 | 7 | Glenn Snyders | New Zealand | 27.36 |
| 8 | 1 | Čaba Silađi | Serbia | 27.45 |