Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

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Men's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Venue World Aquatics Championships Arena
Location Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang
Dates29 July (heats and semifinals)
30 July (final)
Competitors83 from 72 nations
Winning time26.54
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg  
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2024
2027  

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]

Contents

Background

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]

Qualification

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]

Top 10 fastest qualification times [6]
SwimmerCountryTimeCompetition
Ludovico Viberti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26.272025 Sette Colli Trophy
Ilya Shymanovich Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Individual Neutral Athletes 26.372025 Dubai International Championships
Ivan Kozhakin Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Individual Neutral Athletes 26.462025 Russian Championships
Simone Cerasuolo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26.532024 Campionato Italiano Assoluto
Qin Haiyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 26.542025 Chinese Championships
Nicolo Martinenghi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26.562024 Sette Colli Trophy
Melvin Imoudu Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26.622024 German Championships
Sam Williamson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 26.662025 Mattioli Victorian Open
Kirill Prigoda Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Individual Neutral Athletes 26.702025 Russian Championships
Luka Mladenovic Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 26.72 2025 European U-23 Championships

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. [7]

World record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Adam Peaty  (GBR)25.95 Budapest, Hungary25 July 2017
Competition recordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Peaty (GBR)25.95 Budapest, Hungary25 July 2017

Heats

The heats took place on 29 July at 10:02. [8] [9]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
174 Simone Cerasuolo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26.42Q
288 Taku Taniguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 26.65Q, NR [10]
385 Melvin Imoudu Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26.74Q
475 Kirill Prigoda World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 26.76Q
584 Ivan Kozhakin World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 26.77Q
696 Chris Smith Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26.82Q
781 Ronan Wantenaar Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 26.85Q, NR [11]
894 Ilya Shymanovich World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes A 26.89Q
995 Nicolò Martinenghi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26.90Q
1097 Caspar Corbeau Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 26.94Q
1193 Qin Haiyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 26.98Q
1273 Koen de Groot Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 27.01Q
1360 Choi Dong-yeol Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 27.13Q
1476 Emre Sakçı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 27.18Q
1487 Antoine Viquerat Flag of France.svg  France 27.18Q
1683 Luka Mladenovic Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 27.20Q
1770 Volodymyr Lisovets Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 27.22
1878 Toshinari Yanagisawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 27.23
1980 Lucas Matzerath Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 27.25
2090 Nusrat Allahverdi Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 27.26
2199 Andrés Puente Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 27.27
2277 Kristian Pitshugin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 27.30
2382 Denis Petrashov Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 27.31
2486 Campbell McKean Flag of the United States.svg  United States 27.32
2592 Michael Andrew Flag of the United States.svg  United States 27.37
2689 Stepan Babenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 27.39
2764 Jørgen Scheie Bråthen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 27.48
2879 Jonas Gaur Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 27.49
2966 Jan Kałusowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 27.50
2969 Max Morgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 27.50
3191 Bernhard Reitshammer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 27.53
3252 Oliver Dawson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 27.55
3272 Sun Jiajun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 27.55
3471 Mikel Schreuders Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 27.59
3561 Daniel Kertes Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 27.73
3663 Aleksas Savickas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 27.74
3756 Jorge Murillo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 27.77
3857 Samy Boutouil Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 27.78 NR [11]
3965 Felix Viktor Iberle Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 27.81
4050 Einar Margeir Ágústsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 27.89
4162 Nil Cadevall Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 27.90
4267 Arsen Kozhakhmetov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 27.97
4359 Josué Domínguez Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 28.07
4442 Gian-Luca Gartmann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 28.10
4554 Chan Chun Ho Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 28.16
4653 Tsui Yik Ki Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 28.19
4755 Andrew Goh Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 28.21
4846 Chao Man Hou Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 28.23
4951 Kito Campbell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 28.28
5043 Likhith Selvaraj Prema Flag of India.svg  India 28.45
5132 Alexandre Grand'Pierre Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 28.52
5236 Samuel Yalimaiwai Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 28.54 NR [12]
5341 Joao Carneiro Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 28.57
5447 Panayiotis Panaretos Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 28.61
5535 Samyar Abdoli Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 28.69
5644 Adrian Robinson Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 28.70
5745 Denis Svet Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 28.73
5848 Matthew Lawrence Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 28.82
5934 Zach Moyo Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 29.04 NR [11]
6037 Ashot Chakhoyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 29.12= NR
6140 Jonathan Raharvel Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 29.25
6233 Abobakr Abass Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 29.34
6330 Haniel Kudwoli Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 29.65
6431 Jayden Loran Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao 29.78
6549 Mark Anthony Thompson Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 29.88
6621 Mohammed Al-Khalidi Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 30.16
6738 Jesus Cabrera Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 30.35
6820 Eyad Masoud Flag of World Aquatics.svg  Athlete Refugee Team 30.54
6939 Anas Ganedi Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 31.14 NR [11]
7012 Kouki Watanabe Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 31.36
7125 Fahim Anwari Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan 31.40
7224 Chadd Ning Flag of Swaziland.svg  Eswatini 31.62
7323 Fodé Camara Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 32.25
7428 Nathaniel Noka Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 33.47
7526 Ethan Gardiner Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands 33.63
7615 Leo Nzimbi Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 33.79
7716 Jehu Matondo Bosange Zozo Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 39.29
7814 Temkin Getachew Mohamed Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 39.42
7922 Jonathan Irizarry Flag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla 45.70
13 Beula Sanga Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands Disqualified
58 Mohamed Mahmoud Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
68 Nash Wilkes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
98 Pierre Goudeneche Flag of France.svg  France
27 Foday Mansaray Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Did not start
29 Fabio Barros dos Santos Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 29 July at 19:36. [8] [13]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
127 Qin Haiyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 26.52Q
224 Simone Cerasuolo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26.64Q
323 Ivan Kozhakin World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 26.66Q
417 Koen de Groot Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 26.71Q, NR [14]
513 Chris Smith Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26.77Q
525 Melvin Imoudu Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26.77Q
715 Kirill Prigoda World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 26.92Q
818 Luka Mladenovic Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 26.93SO
828 Antoine Viquerat Flag of France.svg  France 26.93SO, NR [14]
1016 Ilya Shymanovich World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes A 26.94
1026 Ronan Wantenaar Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 26.94
1212 Caspar Corbeau Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 26.95
1322 Nicolò Martinenghi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 27.03
1411 Emre Sakçı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 27.04
1521 Choi Dong-yeol Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 27.05
1614 Taku Taniguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 27.07

Swim-off

The swim-off was started on 29 July at 20:57. [15]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Luka Mladenovic Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 26.97Q
25 Antoine Viquerat Flag of France.svg  France 27.27

Final

The final took place on 30 July at 20:03. [8] [16]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Simone Cerasuolo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26.54
Silver medal icon.svg1 Kirill Prigoda World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 26.62
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Qin Haiyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 26.67
43 Ivan Kozhakin World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 26.73
57 Melvin Imoudu Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26.74
62 Chris Smith Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26.75
76 Koen de Groot Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 26.81
88 Luka Mladenovic Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 26.89

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