Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke explained

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The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 29 July. The heats^[1] and semifinals^[2] took place 28 July, with the final being held on 29 July.^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:

World record		27.39	Austin, United States	align=right	31 March 2001
Championship record	New event

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
28 July	Heat 7			27.71	CR
28 July	Semifinal 2			27.59	CR
29 July	Final			27.52	CR

Results

Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			27.71	Q, CR
2			27.82	Q
3			27.86	Q
4			27.92	Q
5			27.98	Q
6			28.18	Q
7			28.22	Q
7			28.22	Q
9			28.27	Q
10			28.28	Q
11			28.44	Q
11			28.44	Q
11			28.44	Q
14			28.49	Q
15			28.51	Q
16			28.55	Q
17			28.65
18			28.73
19			28.78
20			28.80
21			28.84
21			28.84
23			28.89
24			29.09
25			29.13
26			29.47
27			29.72
28			29.81
29			29.87
29			29.87
31			30.16
32			30.30
33			30.38
34			30.39
35			30.48
36			30.52
37			30.68
38			30.86
39			31.23
40			31.29
41			31.34
42			31.41
43			31.43
44			31.44
45			31.72
46			31.80
47			31.96
48			32.54
49			32.70
50			32.75
51			33.02
52			33.58
53			34.02
54			34.61
55			35.06
56			35.12
57			35.71
58			35.76
–			DSQ
–			DNS
–			DNS
–			DNS

Semifinals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			27.59	Q, CR
2			27.78	Q
3			27.90	Q
4			27.92	Q
5			27.95	Q
6			27.96	Q
7			27.97	Q
8			28.01	Q
9			28.06
10			28.23
11			28.33
12			28.37
13			28.40
14			28.59
15			28.62
16			28.65

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			27.52	CR
			27.60
			27.72
4			27.73
5			27.93
6			28.02
7			28.05
–			DSQ

Notes and References

1. Web site: Heats Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024130656/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay7.html#50BreastM . 24 October 2004 .
2. Web site: Semifinals Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041210111349/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay7FINAL.html#50BreastM . 10 December 2004 .
3. Web site: Final Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041019135727/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsM50breast.html . 19 October 2004 .