# 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 14 and 15 December 2024.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:
| World record | Emre Sakçı (TUR) | 24.95 | Gaziantep, Turkey | 27 December 2021 |
| Competition record | Nic Fink (USA) | 25.38 | Melbourne, Australia | 18 December 2022 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 14 December at 10:56.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Qin Haiyang | China | 25.51 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | 5 | Simone Cerasuolo | Italy | 25.67 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Kirill Prigoda | Neutral Athletes B | 25.76 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Michael Houlie | South Africa | 25.77 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | Emre Sakçı | Turkey | 25.82 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 4 | Ilya Shymanovich | Neutral Athletes A | 25.87 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 5 | Ludovico Viberti | Italy | 25.97 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | Koen de Groot | Netherlands | 25.97 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 0 | Melvin Imoudu | Germany | 25.98 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Chris Smith | South Africa | 26.02 | Q |
| 10 | 8 | 3 | Taku Taniguchi | Japan | 26.02 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 6 | Caspar Corbeau | Netherlands | 26.07 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Ronan Wantenaar | Namibia | 26.15 | Q, NR |
| 14 | 6 | 8 | Daniel Kertes | Sweden | 26.20 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 6 | Michael Andrew | United States | 26.23 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | Caio Pumputis | Brazil | 26.25 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Oleg Kostin | Neutral Athletes B | 26.28 | R |
| 18 | 5 | 5 | Denis Petrashov | Kyrgyzstan | 26.29 | R |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Finlay Knox | Canada | 26.30 | NR |
| 20 | 6 | 2 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | 26.34 | |
| 20 | 7 | 8 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | 26.34 | |
| 22 | 6 | 9 | Mikel Schreuders | Aruba | 26.36 | NR |
| 23 | 7 | 3 | Choi Dong-yeol | South Korea | 26.38 | |
| 23 | 8 | 8 | Carles Coll | Spain | 26.38 | |
| 25 | 8 | 0 | Volodymyr Lisovets | Ukraine | 26.39 | |
| 26 | 5 | 0 | Jørgen Scheie Bråthen | Norway | 26.45 | |
| 27 | 8 | 1 | Andrius Sidlauskas | Lithuania | 26.50 | |
| 28 | 8 | 2 | Archie Goodburn | Great Britain | 26.51 | |
| 29 | 5 | 3 | Jan Kałusowski | Poland | 26.65 | |
| 30 | 7 | 7 | Nicholas Lia | Norway | 26.67 | |
| 31 | 6 | 1 | Berkay Ömer Öğretir | Turkey | 26.72 | |
| 32 | 5 | 4 | Kristian Pitshugin | Israel | 26.73 | |
| 33 | 8 | 9 | Lucas Matzerath | Germany | 26.78 | |
| 34 | 3 | 2 | Samy Boutouil | Morocco | 26.81 | NR |
| 35 | 4 | 2 | Arsen Kozhakhmetov | Kazakhstan | 26.90 | |
| 36 | 4 | 7 | Juan García | Colombia | 26.91 | |
| 36 | 6 | 0 | Peter Stevens | Slovenia | 26.91 | |
| 38 | 7 | 1 | Davin Elias Lindholm | Finland | 26.98 | |
| 39 | 7 | 9 | Snorri Dagur Einarsson | Iceland | 27.07 | |
| 40 | 5 | 7 | Chao Man Hou | Macau | 27.18 | |
| 41 | 5 | 1 | Arkadios Aspougalis | Greece | 27.21 | |
| 42 | 4 | 3 | Panayiotis Panaretos | Cyprus | 27.27 | NR |
| 43 | 4 | 4 | Ralf Roose | Estonia | 27.29 | |
| 44 | 3 | 3 | Josué Domínguez | Dominican Republic | 27.39 | |
| 45 | 3 | 5 | Wu Chun-feng | Chinese Taipei | 27.44 | |
| 45 | 5 | 9 | Eoin Corby | Ireland | 27.44 | |
| 47 | 4 | 1 | Maksim Manolov | Bulgaria | 27.46 | |
| 48 | 4 | 0 | Louis Droupy | Switzerland | 27.52 | |
| 48 | 4 | 9 | Adrian Robinson | Botswana | 27.52 | NR |
| 50 | 3 | 6 | Patrick Pelegrina | Andorra | 27.56 | |
| 51 | 4 | 5 | Adam Mak | Hong Kong | 27.63 | |
| 52 | 5 | 8 | Olivér Gál | Hungary | 27.71 | |
| 53 | 3 | 0 | Joao Carneiro | Luxembourg | 27.77 | |
| 53 | 5 | 2 | Constantin Malachi | Moldova | 27.77 | |
| 55 | 3 | 4 | Ádám Halás | Slovakia | 27.81 | |
| 56 | 3 | 9 | Zach Moyo | Zambia | 28.02 | NR |
| 57 | 2 | 6 | Haniel Kudwoli | Kenya | 28.27 | |
| 58 | 1 | 1 | Orhan Dine Moreira | Benin | 28.56 | NR |
| 59 | 2 | 5 | Luis Sebastian Weekes | Barbados | 28.57 | |
| 60 | 1 | 2 | Mohamed Abujiba | Palestine | 28.76 | NR |
| 61 | 2 | 7 | Raúl Antadillas | Panama | 28.80 | |
| 62 | 3 | 8 | Abobakr Abass | Sudan | 29.06 | |
| 63 | 2 | 2 | Thomas Chen | Papua New Guinea | 29.14 | NR |
| 64 | 2 | 4 | Ganzorigtyn Sugar | Mongolia | 29.58 | |
| 65 | 1 | 6 | Kim Won-ju | North Korea | 29.98 | |
| 66 | 1 | 3 | Anas Ganedi | Libya | 30.09 | |
| 67 | 2 | 1 | Nathan Fletcher | Grenada | 30.65 | |
| 68 | 2 | 0 | Isihaka Isihaka | Rwanda | 31.38 | |
| 69 | 2 | 8 | Fode Amara Camara | Guinea | 31.42 | |
| 70 | 1 | 5 | Ailton Lima | Cape Verde | 33.36 | |
| 70 | 2 | 9 | Yves Munyu Kupiata | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 33.36 | |
| 72 | 1 | 4 | Alemekezeke Chinyamu | Malawi | 34.46 | |
| | 2 | 3 | Selim Nazarov | Turkmenistan | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 3 | 1 | Ashot Chakhoyan | Armenia | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 1 | 7 | Danilson Ie | Guinea-Bissau | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 8 | Jaouad Syoud | Algeria | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 8 | 7 | Joshua Yong | Australia | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 14 December at 17:57.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Kirill Prigoda | Neutral Athletes B | 25.48 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Qin Haiyang | China | 25.60 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Chris Smith | South Africa | 25.66 | Q, WJ |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Ilya Shymanovich | Neutral Athletes A | 25.67 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Emre Sakçı | Turkey | 25.67 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Michael Houlie | South Africa | 25.69 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Ludovico Viberti | Italy | 25.80 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Simone Cerasuolo | Italy | 25.81 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Koen de Groot | Netherlands | 25.86 | R |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Melvin Imoudu | Germany | 25.96 | R |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Taku Taniguchi | Japan | 25.96 | R |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Daniel Kertes | Sweden | 26.17 | =NR |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Michael Andrew | United States | 26.24 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Caspar Corbeau | Netherlands | 26.31 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Caio Pumputis | Brazil | 26.37 | |
| | 2 | 1 | Ronan Wantenaar | Namibia | Disqualified | Disqualified |

### Final

The final was held on 15 December at 17:55.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Qin Haiyang | China | 25.42 |
| | 2 | Emre Sakçı | Turkey | 25.56 |
| | 4 | Kirill Prigoda | Neutral Athletes B | 25.56 |
| 4 | 8 | Simone Cerasuolo | Italy | 25.62 |
| 5 | 6 | Ilya Shymanovich | Neutral Athletes A | 25.64 |
| 6 | 1 | Ludovico Viberti | Italy | 25.71 |
| 7 | 7 | Michael Houlie | South Africa | 25.73 |
| 8 | 3 | Chris Smith | South Africa | 25.77 |