2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre breaststroke explained

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The Men's 50 Breaststroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 18  - 19 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 92 individuals swam in the Preliminary heats on 18 December, with the top 16 finishers advancing to the Semifinals that evening. The top 8 finishers from the Semifinals then advanced to the Final the next evening.

At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
WR	Cameron van der Burgh		align=left	25.25	Berlin	14 November 2009
CR			align=left	26.39		9 April 2006

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	WR	CR
18 December 2010	Heats			26.14		CR
19 December 2010	Final			25.95		CR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	10	4		26.14	Q, CR
2	12	5		26.46	Q
3	10	3		26.59	Q
4	11	6		26.69	Q
5	11	5		26.74	Q
6	10	2		26.76	Q
7	12	4		26.78	Q
8	11	3		26.80	Q
9	11	2		26.81	Q
10	12	6		26.82	Q
11	11	4		26.84	Q
12	8	3		26.91	Q
12	10	5		26.91	Q
14	10	6		26.98	Q
15	12	2		27.08	Q
16	12	3		27.12	Q
17	10	1		27.13
18	9	6		27.26
19	11	1		27.31
20	9	4		27.32
21	12	7		27.35
22	8	2		27.39
23	12	8		27.46
24	8	5		27.53
25	9	3		27.56
26	8	1		27.72
27	10	7		27.75
28	8	4		27.78
29	7	3		27.80
29	9	1		27.80
31	10	8		27.92
32	11	7		27.93
33	8	8		28.00
33	9	2		28.00
35	9	7		28.07
36	9	8		28.08
37	8	6		28.10
38	6	2		28.11
39	11	8		28.17
40	7	6		28.20
41	7	4		28.36
42	9	5		28.52
43	7	5		28.63
44	8	3		28.68
45	8	7		28.75
46	7	2		28.90
47	7	1		28.95
48	6	7		29.04
49	6	4		29.13
50	6	5		29.17
51	7	8		29.33
52	5	6		29.36
53	7	7		29.43
54	5	5		29.75
54	5	3		29.75
56	6	6		29.77
57	4	3		29.81
58	5	2		30.28
59	5	1		30.80
60	6	8		30.89
61	5	8		30.97
62	4	4		31.01
63	6	1		31.11
64	4	7		31.13
65	5	7		31.75
66	1	6		32.01
67	3	5		32.14
68	4	1		32.28
69	2	2		32.47
70	4	2		32.66
71	4	6		32.69
72	2	1		33.10
73	3	1		33.24
74	4	8		33.26
75	1	4		33.38
76	3	2		33.49
77	3	4		34.22
78	2	5		34.27
79	2	7		34.37
80	3	3		34.45
81	3	6		34.85
82	3	7		35.38
83	2	8		35.96
84	3	8		38.05
85	2	3		39.41
-	2	6		DNS
-	5	4		DNS
-	6	3		DNS
-	1	5		DSQ
-	2	4		DSQ
-	4	5		DSQ
-	12	1		DSQ

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	8		26.41	Q
2	4		26.46	Q
3	5		26.76
4	3		26.80
5	2		26.83
6	6		26.86
7	1		26.89
8	7		26.95

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	3		26.22	Q
2	4		26.31	Q
3	2		26.48	Q
4	5		26.54	Q
5	6		26.66	Q
6	7		26.71	Q
7	1		26.75
8	8		26.90

Final

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Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	4		25.95	CR
	5		26.03
	8		26.29
4	1		26.41
5	2		26.44
6	3		26.50
7	7		26.71
-	6			DQ