Men's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships | |||||||||
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Venue | World Aquatics Championships Arena | ||||||||
Location | Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang | ||||||||
Dates | 29 July (heats and semifinals) 30 July (final) | ||||||||
Competitors | 83 from 72 nations | ||||||||
Winning time | 26.54 | ||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||
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2025 World Aquatics Championships | |||
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Artistic swimming | |||
Solo | |||
Technical | men | women | |
Free | men | women | |
Duet | |||
Technical | women | mixed | |
Free | women | mixed | |
Team | |||
Technical | mixed | ||
Free | mixed | ||
Acrobatic | mixed | ||
Diving | |||
Individual | |||
1 m | men | women | |
3 m | men | women | |
10 m | men | women | |
Synchronised | |||
3 m | men | women | mixed |
10 m | men | women | mixed |
Individual & Synchronised | |||
Team | mixed | ||
High diving | |||
20 m | women | ||
27 m | men | ||
Open water swimming | |||
Individual | |||
3 km knockout sprints | men | women | |
5 km | men | women | |
10 km | men | women | |
Relay | |||
4 × 1.5 km | mixed | ||
Swimming | |||
Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
Backstroke | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Breaststroke | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Butterfly | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Individual medley | |||
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
Freestyle relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | women | mixed |
4 × 200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | women | mixed |
Water polo | |||
Tournament | men | women | |
Rosters | men | women | |
The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 29 to 30 July 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore. [1] [2]
Several major swimmers were missing in this event, including world record holder Adam Peaty, three-time World Championship medalist Nic Fink, and Doha 2024 champion Sam Williamson. World junior record holder Shin Ohashi of Japan and the fastest swimmer of 2025, Ludovico Viberti of Italy, were also absent. China’s Qin Haiyang, the 2023 world champion and second-fastest performer in history, was returning to the long-course international stage after not winning an individual medal at the 2024 Olympics. Belarusian Ilya Shymanovich, competing for the Neutral Athletes A team, had been consistently fast in 2025. Italy’s Simone Cerasuolo and Nicolò Martinenghi both ranked among the event’s historical top performers. Other notable entrants included Russia’s Ivan Kozhakin and Kirill Prigoda, who were both representing the Neutral Athletes B team; Campbell McKean of the United States; and Luka Mladenovic of Austria. [3]
Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but they could do so only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 27.33 seconds. Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time. For this event, the "B" standard qualification time was 28.29 seconds. Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an "A" or "B" standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else. Additional considerations applied to Federations who had few swimmers enter through the standard qualification times. Federations in this category could at least enter two men and two women to the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events. [4] [5]
Swimmer | Country | Time | Competition |
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Ludovico Viberti | ![]() | 26.27 | 2025 Sette Colli Trophy |
Ilya Shymanovich | ![]() | 26.37 | 2025 Dubai International Championships |
Ivan Kozhakin | ![]() | 26.46 | 2025 Russian Championships |
Simone Cerasuolo | ![]() | 26.53 | 2024 Campionato Italiano Assoluto |
Qin Haiyang | ![]() | 26.54 | 2025 Chinese Championships |
Nicolo Martinenghi | ![]() | 26.56 | 2024 Sette Colli Trophy |
Melvin Imoudu | ![]() | 26.62 | 2024 German Championships |
Sam Williamson | ![]() | 26.66 | 2025 Mattioli Victorian Open |
Kirill Prigoda | ![]() | 26.70 | 2025 Russian Championships |
Luka Mladenovic | ![]() | 26.72 | 2025 European U-23 Championships |
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. [7]
World record | ![]() | 25.95 | Budapest, Hungary | 25 July 2017 |
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Competition record | ![]() | 25.95 | Budapest, Hungary | 25 July 2017 |
The heats took place on 29 July at 10:02. [8] [9]
The semifinals took place on 29 July at 19:36. [8] [13]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 7 | Qin Haiyang | ![]() | 26.52 | Q |
2 | 2 | 4 | Simone Cerasuolo | ![]() | 26.64 | Q |
3 | 2 | 3 | Ivan Kozhakin | ![]() | 26.66 | Q |
4 | 1 | 7 | Koen de Groot | ![]() | 26.71 | Q, NR [14] |
5 | 1 | 3 | Chris Smith | ![]() | 26.77 | Q |
5 | 2 | 5 | Melvin Imoudu | ![]() | 26.77 | Q |
7 | 1 | 5 | Kirill Prigoda | ![]() | 26.92 | Q |
8 | 1 | 8 | Luka Mladenovic | ![]() | 26.93 | SO |
8 | 2 | 8 | Antoine Viquerat | ![]() | 26.93 | SO, NR [14] |
10 | 1 | 6 | Ilya Shymanovich | ![]() | 26.94 | |
10 | 2 | 6 | Ronan Wantenaar | ![]() | 26.94 | |
12 | 1 | 2 | Caspar Corbeau | ![]() | 26.95 | |
13 | 2 | 2 | Nicolò Martinenghi | ![]() | 27.03 | |
14 | 1 | 1 | Emre Sakçı | ![]() | 27.04 | |
15 | 2 | 1 | Choi Dong-yeol | ![]() | 27.05 | |
16 | 1 | 4 | Taku Taniguchi | ![]() | 27.07 |
The swim-off was started on 29 July at 20:57. [15]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Luka Mladenovic | ![]() | 26.97 | Q |
2 | 5 | Antoine Viquerat | ![]() | 27.27 |
The final took place on 30 July at 20:03. [8] [16]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 5 | Simone Cerasuolo | ![]() | 26.54 | |
![]() | 1 | Kirill Prigoda | ![]() | 26.62 | |
![]() | 4 | Qin Haiyang | ![]() | 26.67 | |
4 | 3 | Ivan Kozhakin | ![]() | 26.73 | |
5 | 7 | Melvin Imoudu | ![]() | 26.74 | |
6 | 2 | Chris Smith | ![]() | 26.75 | |
7 | 6 | Koen de Groot | ![]() | 26.81 | |
8 | 8 | Luka Mladenovic | ![]() | 26.89 |