# 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 15 – 16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

## Records

Prior to this 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 | 25.95 | Dubai | 19 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 11 | 4 | Aleksander Hetland (NOR) | 26.60 | Q |
| 2 | 10 | 4 | Florent Manaudou (FRA) | 26.67 | Q |
| 3 | 12 | 3 | Felipe Lima (BRA) | 26.72 | Q |
| 4 | 11 | 8 | Barry Murphy (IRL) | 26.76 | Q |
| 5 | 9 | 8 | Kevin Cordes (USA) | 26.77 | Q |
| 5 | 10 | 5 | Sergey Geybel (RUS) | 26.77 | Q |
| 7 | 11 | 5 | João Gomes Jr. (BRA) | 26.83 | Q |
| 7 | 11 | 3 | Mattia Pesce (ITA) | 26.83 | Q |
| 9 | 9 | 5 | Mihail Alexandrov (USA) | 26.91 | Q |
| 10 | 12 | 5 | Damir Dugonjič (SLO) | 26.92 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 6 | Giulio Zorzi (RSA) | 26.93 | Q |
| 11 | 12 | 6 | Petr Bartůněk (CZE) | 26.93 | Q |
| 13 | 10 | 6 | Koichiro Okazaki (JPN) | 26.98 | Q |
| 14 | 10 | 3 | Li Xiayan (CHN) | 27.03 | Q |
| 15 | 10 | 2 | Emil Tahirovič (SLO) | 27.18 | Q |
| 16 | 12 | 4 | Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) | 27.21 | |
| 17 | 12 | 2 | Sasa Gerbec (CRO) | 27.22 | Q |
| 18 | 12 | 7 | Craig Benson (GBR) | 27.28 | |
| 19 | 11 | 6 | Eetu Karvonen (FIN) | 27.29 | |
| 20 | 9 | 4 | Giedrius Titenis (LTU) | 27.37 | |
| 21 | 10 | 7 | Viktar Vabishchevich (BLR) | 27.43 | |
| 22 | 11 | 7 | Martin Melconian (URU) | 27.46 | NR |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Anton Lobanov (RUS) | 27.47 | |
| 23 | 12 | 8 | Jorge Murillo (COL) | 27.47 | NR |
| 25 | 11 | 1 | Filipp Provorkov (EST) | 27.48 | |
| 26 | 12 | 9 | Valeriy Dymo (UKR) | 27.54 | |
| 27 | 3 | 8 | Édgar Crespo (PAN) | 27.56 | |
| 27 | 9 | 2 | Andrew Poznikoff (CAN) | 27.56 | |
| 29 | 12 | 1 | Abraham McLeod (TRI) | 27.58 | |
| 30 | 10 | 8 | Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN) | 27.62 | |
| 31 | 12 | 0 | Ihor Borysyk (UKR) | 27.63 | |
| 32 | 10 | 1 | Mustafa Kacmaz (TUR) | 27.85 | |
| 33 | 9 | 6 | Indra Gunawan (INA) | 27.90 | |
| 34 | 10 | 9 | Laurent Carnol (LUX) | 27.94 | NR |
| 35 | 10 | 0 | Nikolajs Maskalenko (LAT) | 28.01 | NR |
| 36 | 11 | 0 | Ömer Arslanoğlu (TUR) | 28.03 | |
| 37 | 8 | 4 | Vaidotas Blažys (LTU) | 28.06 | |
| 38 | 9 | 1 | Pjotr Degtjarjov (EST) | 28.08 | |
| 39 | 7 | 6 | Malick Fall (SEN) | 28.09 | |
| 40 | 9 | 7 | Warren Barnes (CAN) | 28.10 | |
| 41 | 9 | 3 | Uldis Tazans (LAT) | 28.23 | |
| 42 | 11 | 9 | Lionel Khoo (SIN) | 28.26 | |
| 43 | 9 | 9 | Dmitrii Aleksandrov (KGZ) | 28.30 | |
| 44 | 2 | 5 | Huang Yunkun (CHN) | 28.32 | |
| 45 | 3 | 2 | Dmitriy Balandin (KAZ) | 28.36 | |
| 46 | 8 | 5 | Eladio Carrión (PUR) | 28.43 | NR |
| 47 | 2 | 4 | Joshua Hall (PHI) | 28.69 | |
| 48 | 3 | 6 | Abdulrahman Albader (KUW) | 28.86 | |
| 49 | 7 | 7 | Lefkios Xanthou (CYP) | 29.05 | |
| 50 | 3 | 9 | Ensar Hajder (BIH) | 29.14 | NR |
| 51 | 8 | 2 | Genaro Prono (PAR) | 29.18 | |
| 52 | 8 | 9 | Jordy Groters (ARU) | 29.20 | |
| 53 | 8 | 8 | Agnishwar Jayaprakash (IND) | 29.31 | |
| 54 | 7 | 5 | Chao Man Hou (MAC) | 29.37 | |
| 54 | 8 | 3 | Andrea Agius (MLT) | 29.37 | NR |
| 56 | 8 | 7 | Mbeh Tanji (CMR) | 29.38 | |
| 57 | 9 | 0 | Abdoul Khadre Mbaye Niane (SEN) | 29.44 | |
| 58 | 8 | 0 | Omiros Zagkas (CYP) | 29.49 | |
| 59 | 7 | 4 | Josue Dominguez Ramos (DOM) | 29.72 | |
| 60 | 7 | 0 | Damjan Petrovski (MKD) | 29.74 | NR |
| 61 | 6 | 2 | Eliebenezer San Jose Wong (NMI) | 30.09 | |
| 62 | 7 | 2 | Enrique Duran Garcia-Bedoya (PER) | 30.10 | |
| 63 | 1 | 4 | Adrian Todd (BOT) | 30.24 | |
| 64 | 6 | 5 | Damir Davletbaev (KGZ) | 30.25 | |
| 65 | 7 | 1 | Roy Barahona (HON) | 30.38 | |
| 66 | 6 | 4 | Darren Chan Chin Wah (MRI) | 30.45 | |
| 67 | 6 | 8 | Jordan Augier (LCA) | 30.47 | NR |
| 68 | 5 | 7 | Bradford Worrell (LCA) | 30.49 | |
| 69 | 2 | 2 | Md Shajahan Ali (BAN) | 30.57 | |
| 70 | 6 | 6 | Andrea M. Agius (MLT) | 30.77 | |
| 71 | 6 | 1 | Tory Michael Pragassa (KEN) | 31.11 | |
| 72 | 6 | 3 | John Paul Llanelo (GIB) | 31.13 | |
| 73 | 4 | 3 | Sio Kin Hei (MAC) | 31.19 | |
| 73 | 6 | 7 | Muhammad Isa Ahmad (BRU) | 31.19 | |
| 75 | 2 | 1 | Anthonny Sitraka Ralefy (MAD) | 31.27 | |
| 76 | 6 | 0 | Pierre Andre Adam (SEY) | 31.31 | |
| 77 | 5 | 5 | Ruslan Nazarov (TJK) | 31.37 | |
| 78 | 4 | 5 | Ponloeu Hemthon (CAM) | 31.83 | |
| 79 | 5 | 6 | Kensuke Kimura (NMI) | 31.88 | |
| 80 | 5 | 4 | C. Andrews (COK) | 32.10 | |
| 80 | 6 | 9 | Ameer Adnan Ali (IRQ) | 32.10 | |
| 82 | 4 | 4 | Kyle Dougan (VIN) | 32.46 | |
| 83 | 4 | 2 | Joshua Tibatemwa (UGA) | 32.48 | |
| 84 | 5 | 0 | Walid Daloul (QAT) | 32.53 | |
| 85 | 5 | 2 | Aziz Chaudhry Abdul (PAK) | 32.65 | |
| 86 | 4 | 6 | Hassan Ashraf (MDV) | 32.95 | |
| 87 | 3 | 1 | Mohamed Cheick Camara (GUI) | 33.26 | |
| 88 | 5 | 1 | Hilal Hemed Hilal (TAN) | 33.71 | |
| 89 | 5 | 9 | Abdulla Al-Yehari (QAT) | 33.72 | |
| 90 | 4 | 7 | Ganzi Semu Mugula (UGA) | 33.98 | |
| 91 | 2 | 3 | Adam David Kitururu (TAN) | 34.08 | |
| 92 | 2 | 6 | Kgosietsile Molefinyane (BOT) | 34.13 | |
| 93 | 2 | 8 | Ntseke Setho (LES) | 34.53 | |
| 94 | 4 | 0 | Brandon Schuster (SAM) | 35.34 | |
| 95 | 4 | 1 | Giordan Harris (MHL) | 35.71 | |
| 96 | 3 | 4 | Eloi Imaniraguha (RWA) | 36.01 | |
| 97 | 4 | 8 | Nikolas Sylvester (VIN) | 36.33 | |
| 98 | 4 | 9 | Jamal Tamasese (SAM) | 36.48 | |
| 99 | 3 | 7 | Moris Beale (SLE) | 37.48 | |
| 100 | 2 | 7 | Kamara Osman (SLE) | 40.72 | |
| 101 | 5 | 3 | Ben Moussa Abdulkadry Djinguy (CMR) | 41.56 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Roman Trussov (KAZ) | DSQ | |
| | 1 | 5 | Abdoul Bassith Traore (BUR) | DSQ | |
| | 7 | 3 | Neil Himanshu Contractor (IND) | DSQ | |
| | 7 | 9 | Andrew Rutherfurd (BOL) | DSQ | |
| | 8 | 1 | Shafee Mohamed (UAE) | DSQ | |
| | 3 | 0 | Miguel Ferreira (VEN) | DNS | |
| | 3 | 3 | Aonzoudine Chaoili (COM) | DNS | |
| | 3 | 5 | Athoumani Youssouf (COM) | DNS | |
| | 5 | 8 | Ezeldeen Edris (SUD) | DNS | |
| | 7 | 8 | João Aguiar (ANG) | DNS | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 26.27 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Florent Manaudou | France | 26.49 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | João Gomes Jr. | Brazil | 26.50 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Aleksander Hetland | Norway | 26.51 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Giulio Zorzi | South Africa | 26.54 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Sergey Geybel | Russia | 26.63 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Kevin Cordes | United States | 26.70 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 26.71 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Mihail Alexandrov | United States | 26.72 | |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Barry Murphy | Ireland | 26.82 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Mattia Pesce | Italy | 26.86 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Koichiro Okazaki | Japan | 26.89 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Petr Bartůněk | Czech Republic | 26.99 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Emil Tahirovič | Slovenia | 27.24 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Li Xiayan | China | 27.25 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Sasa Gerbec | Croatia | 27.40 | |

### Final

The final was held at 20:01.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Aleksander Hetland | Norway | 26.30 |
| | 4 | Damir Dugonjič | Slovenia | 26.32 |
| | 5 | Florent Manaudou | France | 26.33 |
| 4 | 3 | João Gomes Jr. | Brazil | 26.50 |
| 5 | 2 | Giulio Zorzi | South Africa | 26.64 |
| 6 | 8 | Felipe Lima | Brazil | 26.68 |
| 7 | 1 | Kevin Cordes | United States | 26.79 |
| 8 | 7 | Sergey Geybel | Russia | 26.87 |