# 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 and 11 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 | 25.25 | Berlin | 14 November 2009 |
| Championship record | Felipe França Silva | Brazil | 25.63 | Doha | 7 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 11:51.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | 4 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 26.23 | Q |
| 2 | 10 | 4 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 26.26 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 1 | Peter Stevens | Slovenia | 26.33 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | 3 | Cody Miller | United States | 26.34 | Q |
| 5 | 11 | 5 | Felipe França Silva | Brazil | 26.44 | Q |
| 6 | 11 | 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.55 | Q |
| 7 | 11 | 7 | Michael Andrew | United States | 26.56 | Q |
| 8 | 11 | 6 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 26.57 | Q |
| 9 | 10 | 5 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 26.58 | Q |
| 10 | 9 | 5 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | 26.61 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 9 | Carlos Claverie | Venezuela | 26.64 | Q |
| 12 | 10 | 2 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 26.65 | Q |
| 13 | 11 | 3 | Giulio Zorzi | South Africa | 26.67 | Q |
| 14 | 10 | 6 | Renato Prono | Paraguay | 26.68 | Q |
| 15 | 10 | 8 | Yan Zibei | China | 26.75 | Q |
| 16 | 11 | 2 | Andrei Tuomola | Finland | 26.77 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 9 | Richard Funk | Canada | 26.78 | |
| 17 | 9 | 7 | Tommy Sucipto | Australia | 26.78 | |
| 19 | 8 | 0 | Jason Block | Canada | 26.81 | |
| 19 | 10 | 0 | Kristijan Tomic | Croatia | 26.81 | |
| 21 | 9 | 9 | Petr Bartunek | Czech Republic | 26.83 | |
| 22 | 11 | 8 | Yoshiki Yamanaka | Japan | 26.91 | |
| 23 | 10 | 9 | Nikolajs Maskalenko | Latvia | 26.95 | |
| 24 | 10 | 3 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania | 27.00 | |
| 25 | 9 | 2 | Li Xiang | China | 27.04 | |
| 26 | 9 | 8 | Martin Schweizer | Switzerland | 27.07 | |
| 27 | 9 | 1 | Roman Trussov | Kazakhstan | 27.09 | |
| 28 | 8 | 3 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | 27.10 | |
| 29 | 8 | 2 | Youssef El Kamash | Egypt | 27.17 | |
| 30 | 9 | 0 | Marek Botik | Slovakia | 27.18 | |
| 31 | 8 | 7 | Azad Albarazi | Syria | 27.23 | |
| 31 | 8 | 8 | Man Hou Chao | Macau | 27.23 | |
| 33 | 7 | 7 | Kazuki Kohinata | Japan | 27.24 | |
| 34 | 7 | 6 | Jordy Groters | Aruba | 27.25 | |
| 35 | 10 | 1 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | 27.28 | |
| 36 | 10 | 7 | Jorge Murillo | Colombia | 27.38 | |
| 37 | 11 | 1 | Martin Liivamägi | Estonia | 27.43 | |
| 38 | 11 | 0 | Lyubomir Agov | Bulgaria | 27.44 | |
| 39 | 11 | 9 | Martti Aljand | Estonia | 27.57 | |
| 40 | 8 | 4 | Sasa Gerbec | Croatia | 27.58 | |
| 41 | 8 | 6 | Jonas Coreelman | Belgium | 27.62 | |
| 42 | 6 | 4 | James Deiparine | Philippines | 27.65 | |
| 43 | 8 | 5 | Jean Dencausse | France | 27.69 | |
| 44 | 7 | 3 | Chien Yin Khoo | Singapore | 27.77 | |
| 45 | 7 | 5 | Johannes Dietrich | Germany | 27.97 | |
| 46 | 7 | 8 | Santiago Cavanagh | Bolivia | 27.99 | |
| 47 | 6 | 8 | Chun Yan Wong | Hong Kong | 28.18 | |
| 48 | 7 | 1 | Hoi Tung Raymond Tsui | Hong Kong | 28.19 | |
| 49 | 6 | 5 | Radomyos Matjiur | Thailand | 28.20 | |
| 50 | 7 | 2 | Christopher Rothbauer | Austria | 28.21 | |
| 51 | 6 | 2 | Adi Mesetovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28.26 | |
| 52 | 5 | 5 | Markos Kalopsidiotis | Cyprus | 28.38 | |
| 53 | 6 | 7 | Viktor Vilbergsson | Iceland | 28.41 | |
| 54 | 6 | 1 | Julian Fletcher | Bermuda | 28.42 | |
| 55 | 6 | 6 | Daniils Bobrovs | Latvia | 28.51 | |
| 56 | 6 | 2 | Gregory Penny | United States Virgin Islands | 28.55 | |
| 57 | 5 | 8 | Marko Blazhevski | Macedonia | 28.58 | |
| 58 | 4 | 3 | Arnoldo Herrera | Costa Rica | 28.65 | |
| 59 | 5 | 4 | James Lawson | Zimbabwe | 28.71 | |
| 60 | 5 | 6 | Sultan Bukeev | Kyrgyzstan | 28.77 | |
| 61 | 5 | 0 | Ralph Goveia | Zambia | 28.79 | |
| 62 | 7 | 0 | Arya Nasimi Shad | Iran | 28.91 | |
| 63 | 6 | 9 | Fausto Huerta | Dominican Republic | 28.92 | |
| 64 | 1 | 3 | Christopher Cheong | Singapore | 29.09 | |
| 65 | 4 | 7 | Ashley Seeto | Papua New Guinea | 29.18 | |
| 66 | 5 | 1 | Darren Chan Chin Wah | Mauritius | 29.20 | |
| 67 | 5 | 9 | Denis Petrashov | Kyrgyzstan | 29.24 | |
| 68 | 5 | 2 | Alex Aziotis | Zambia | 29.26 | |
| 69 | 9 | 6 | Rainier Rafaela | Curaçao | 29.52 | |
| 70 | 4 | 8 | Alfonso José Bautista | Philippines | 29.57 | |
| 70 | 5 | 7 | Damjan Petrovski | Macedonia | 29.57 | |
| 72 | 5 | 3 | Michael Stafrace | Malta | 29.66 | |
| 73 | 4 | 9 | José David Solis Rosales | Costa Rica | 29.71 | |
| 74 | 4 | 1 | Adrian Hoek | Curaçao | 29.82 | |
| 75 | 3 | 3 | Deni Baholli | Albania | 29.85 | |
| 75 | 4 | 5 | Ryan Maskelyne | Papua New Guinea | 29.85 | |
| 77 | 1 | 5 | Muis Ahmad | Brunei | 29.90 | |
| 78 | 4 | 4 | Pedro Pinotes | Angola | 30.07 | |
| 79 | 3 | 5 | Marco Flores | Honduras | 30.36 | |
| 80 | 3 | 4 | Samuele Rossi | Seychelles | 30.48 | |
| 81 | 4 | 6 | Miguel Mena | Nicaragua | 30.80 | |
| 82 | 3 | 6 | John Paul Llanelo | Gibraltar | 31.35 | |
| 83 | 3 | 0 | Meriton Veliu | Kosovo | 31.39 | |
| 84 | 2 | 4 | Temaruata Strickland | Cook Islands | 32.32 | |
| 85 | 2 | 5 | Shuvam Shrestra | Nepal | 32.45 | |
| 86 | 2 | 8 | Salofi Charles Welch | Northern Mariana Islands | 32.70 | |
| 87 | 3 | 8 | Adil Bharmal | Tanzania | 33.02 | |
| 88 | 3 | 1 | Devin Tyrek Boodha | Saint Lucia | 33.34 | |
| 89 | 2 | 1 | Alassane Seydou | Niger | 33.45 | |
| 90 | 2 | 2 | Christian Villacrusis | Northern Mariana Islands | 33.88 | |
| 91 | 2 | 7 | Fakhriddin Madkamov | Tajikistan | 36.93 | |
| 92 | 2 | 9 | Jegan Jobe | Gambia | 36.99 | |
| 93 | 2 | 0 | Simphiwe Dlamini | Eswatini | 37.09 | |
| 94 | 3 | 7 | Michael Swift | Malawi | 37.28 | |
| 95 | 1 | 2 | Roland Zouetaba | Burkina Faso | 38.31 | |
| | 1 | 6 | Tindwende Sawadogo | Burkina Faso | | DNS |
| | 2 | 3 | Saidu Kamara | Sierra Leone | | DNS |
| | 2 | 6 | Carel Van Melvin Irakoze | Burundi | | DNS |
| | 3 | 2 | Joshua Tibatemwa | Uganda | | DNS |
| | 3 | 9 | Djalonka Koulibaly | Guinea | | DNS |
| | 4 | 0 | Marc Rojas | Dominican Republic | | DNS |
| | 4 | 2 | Ablam Awoussou | Benin | | DNS |
| | 6 | 0 | Meli Malani | Fiji | | DNS |
| | 7 | 4 | Adam Ismail Allouche | Lebanon | | DNS |
| | 1 | 4 | Dennis Hamis Mhini | Tanzania | | DSQ |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:30.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 26.08 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 26.11 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Cody Miller | United States | 26.15 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 26.20 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Johannes Skagius | Sweden | 26.43 | |
| 5 | 8 | Andrei Tuomola | Finland | 26.43 | |
| 7 | 2 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | 26.56 | |
| | 4 | Renato Prono | Paraguay | | DSQ |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 25.95 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Giulio Zorzi | South Africa | 26.08 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Felipe França Silva | Brazil | 26.10 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Peter Stevens | Slovenia | 26.29 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Michael Andrew | United States | 26.39 | |
| 6 | 2 | Ilya Shymanovich | Belarus | 26.43 | |
| 7 | 7 | Carlos Claverie | Venezuela | 26.86 | |
| 8 | 8 | Yan Zibei | China | 26.95 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:50
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 1 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 25.64 |
| | 8 | Peter Stevens | Slovenia | 25.85 |
| | 5 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 25.98 |
| 4 | 4 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | 26.03 |
| 5 | 3 | Giulio Zorzi | South Africa | 26.13 |
| 5 | 6 | Felipe França Silva | Brazil | 26.13 |
| 7 | 2 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 26.18 |
| 7 | 7 | Cody Miller | United States | 26.18 |