Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke explained

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The heats for the men's 100 metre breaststroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 26 July and the final took place in the evening session of 27 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

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

World record		58.91	Beijing, China	align=right	11 August 2008
Championship record		59.37	Montreal, Canada	align=right	29 July 2005

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
26 July	Heat 14		Australia	58.98	CR
26 July	Semifinal 2			58.96	CR
27 July	Final		Australia	58.58	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1			58.98	14	6	CR, OC
2			59.01	14	5	ER
3			59.05	15	3
4			59.24	14	2	NR
5			59.34	15	4
6			59.49	13	4
7			59.52	13	5
7			59.52	13	7
9			59.54	15	2	AF
10			59.67	14	4
11			59.68	15	7	NR
12			59.69	14	3
13			59.89	15	1
14			59.95	13	6
15			1:00.05	15	5
15			1:00.05	15	6
17			1:00.13	13	9
18			1:00.20	13	8
19			1:00.23	15	8	=NR
20			1:00.26	12	7	NR
21			1:00.31	14	7
22			1:00.36	13	3
23			1:00.47	12	3
24			1:00.54	14	0
25			1:00.56	10	3	NR
26			1:00.77	13	2
27			1:00.78	12	4	NR
28			1:00.81	14	8
29			1:00.83	14	9
30			1:00.88	14	1
31			1:00.95	15	9
32			1:01.02	12	0
33			1:01.07	13	1
34			1:01.18	15	0
35			1:01.20	11	2	NR
36			1:01.27	12	6
37			1:01.32	11	8	NR
37			1:01.32	12	1
39			1:01.39	13	0
40			1:01.40	10	1
41			1:01.44	11	6
42			1:01.53	12	2
43			1:01.59	10	0
43			1:01.59	12	9
45			1:01.60	11	0	NR
46			1:01.72	9	8
47			1:01.74	11	7	NR
48			1:01.76	9	3	=NR
49			1:01.78	9	6
50			1:01.79	10	4	NR
51			1:01.80	11	3
52			1:01.84	11	5
53			1:02.17	9	7
54			1:02.27	10	2
55			1:02.41	10	7	NR
56			1:02.46	7	9
57			1:02.58	11	9
58			1:02.60	9	4	NR
59			1:02.61	9	1
60			1:02.73	11	1
61			1:02.76	7	7
62			1:02.83	8	7
63			1:02.84	11	4
64			1:02.92	9	2
65			1:02.94	9	0	NR
66			1:03.00	12	5
67			1:03.02	10	9
68			1:03.19	12	8
69			1:03.24	8	6
70			1:03.49	7	2
71			1:03.68	8	2
72			1:03.71	8	1
73			1:03.77	7	4	NR
74			1:03.94	10	5
75			1:04.02	10	8
76			1:04.06	10	6
77			1:04.16	9	5
78			1:04.31	8	0
79			1:04.76	8	3
80			1:04.79	8	5
81			1:04.86	7	3
82			1:05.02	7	6
83			1:05.07	6	2
84			1:05.17	9	9
85			1:05.55	8	9
86			1:05.65	4	7
87			1:05.71	6	3
88			1:05.87	5	5
89			1:05.95	6	7
90			1:06.07	6	5
91			1:06.21	8	8
92			1:06.39	6	1
93			1:06.72	8	4
94			1:06.81	4	5
95			1:06.84	6	6
96			1:07.03	7	1
97			1:07.12	5	6
98			1:07.39	4	6
99			1:07.46	6	8
100			1:07.54	7	0
101			1:07.70	5	4
102			1:07.73	6	4
103			1:08.09	6	9
104			1:08.34	1	2
105			1:08.58	5	3
106			1:08.79	4	2	NR
107			1:08.93	5	1
108			1:09.25	5	8
109			1:09.34	5	2
110			1:09.41	4	3
111			1:09.64	4	1
112			1:09.70	3	5
113			1:09.77	5	7
114			1:09.81	5	0
115			1:09.94	3	4
116			1:10.14	6	0
117			1:10.25	4	0
118			1:10.36	4	8
119			1:10.73	3	3
120			1:10.89	5	9
121			1:11.59	2	8
122			1:12.22	4	4
123			1:12.32	3	6
124			1:13.06	4	9
125			1:13.61	3	1
126			1:13.65	3	7
127			1:13.76	3	0
128			1:14.07	3	8
129			1:14.77	2	0
130			1:16.82	3	2
131			1:16.96	2	5
132			1:17.38	2	4
133			1:18.34	2	2
134			1:19.36	1	6
135			1:20.72	3	9
136			1:23.27	1	4
137			1:24.61	1	3
138			1:27.19	2	7
139			1:31.41	7	5
140			1:32.85	2	9
141			1:33.32	2	3
142			1:34.54	2	6
—			DNS	2	1

Semifinals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1			58.96	2	7	CR, AM
2			59.13	2	2	AF
3			59.15	2	6	NR
4			59.27	2	4
5			59.39	2	3
6			59.43	1	5
7			59.46	1	4
8			59.60	1	3
9			59.61	1	7
10			59.66	2	1
11			59.71	1	2
12			59.85	1	8
13			59.90	2	8
14			59.91	2	7
15			59.98	1	1
15			59.98	1	6

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
			6	58.58	WR
			1	58.64	ER
			5	58.95	AF
4			4	58.98
5			2	59.23
6			7	59.27
7			3	59.33
8			8	59.54

External links

• Heats Results
• Semifinal Results
• Finals Results