Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

Men's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates July 26, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 27, 2011 (final)
Competitors 51 from 48 nations
Winning time 27.01
Medalists
  Felipe França Silva   Brazil
  Fabio Scozzoli   Italy
  Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa
«2009 2013»
2011 FINA
World Championships
Shanghai, China
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Open water swimming
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km men women
Team team
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
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Synchronised swimming
Solo technical free
Duet technical free
Team technical free
combination
Water polo
men    •   women

The men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 26 with the heats and the semifinals and July 27 with the final.

Contents

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
Championship record		 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 26.67 Rome July 29, 2009

No new world or competition records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

51 swimmers participated in 7 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Felipe França Silva  Brazil 27.19 Q
2 5 3 Matjaž Markič  Slovenia 27.36 Q
3 7 5 Damir Dugonjič  Slovenia 27.47 Q
4 7 6 Mark Gangloff  United States 27.49 Q
5 6 6 Alexander Dale Oen  Norway 27.51 Q, NR
6 6 2 Glenn Snyders  New Zealand 27.52 Q, NR
7 7 4 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 27.58 Q
8 5 4 Hendrik Feldwehr  Germany 27.67 Q
9 6 3 Dragos Agache  Romania 27.75 Q
10 6 5 Fabio Scozzoli  Italy 27.84 Q
10 7 7 Aleksandr Triznov  Russia 27.84 Q
12 4 6 Petr Bartůněk  Czech Republic 27.86 Q
13 5 5 Brenton Rickard  Australia 27.89 Q
14 6 7 Csaba Szilágyi  Serbia 27.93 Q
15 7 3 Lennart Stekelenburg  Netherlands 27.95 Q
16 7 8 Vladislav Polyakov  Kazakhstan 28.00 Q
17 5 2 Ryo Tateishi  Japan 28.01
18 5 6 Barry Murphy  Ireland 28.13
19 4 4 Gu Biaorong  China 28.14
20 6 1 Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania 28.14
21 4 7 Edgar Crespo  Panama 28.15
22 5 1 Mohammad Alirezaei  Iran 28.18
23 7 2 Andrew Dickens  Canada 28.19
24 4 1 Rodion Davelaar  Netherlands Antilles 28.21
25 3 4 Amini Fonua  Tonga 28.23
26 4 8 Nabil Kebbab  Algeria 28.25 NR
27 6 8 Malick Fall  Senegal 28.33
28 4 5 Dawid Szulich  Poland 28.34
29 4 3 Filipp Provorkov  Estonia 28.39
30 4 2 Jakob Dorch  Sweden 28.42
31 7 1 Valerii Dymo  Ukraine 28.44
32 5 8 Iisakki Ratilainen  Finland 28.58
33 3 5 Laurent Carnol  Luxembourg 28.63 NR
34 5 7 Indra Gunawan  Indonesia 28.81
35 3 6 Tomas Klobucnik  Slovakia 28.95
36 3 7 Julian Fletcher  Bermuda 29.11
37 3 3 Diego Santander  Chile 29.85
38 2 4 Mubarak Al-Besher  United Arab Emirates 30.02
39 3 1 Andrea Agius  Malta 30.47
40 3 2 Shajahan Ali  Bangladesh 30.88
41 2 7 Mamadou Fofana  Mali 32.03
42 2 2 Ponloeu Hem Thon  Cambodia 33.48
43 2 1 Fdingue Ekane  Cameroon 34.34
44 2 6 Ganzi Semu Mugula  Uganda 34.38
45 2 3 Ruslan Oliftaev  Tajikistan 37.56
46 3 8 Abdoulrahman Mohamed Osman  Djibouti 37.60
47 1 3 Yao Messa Roger Amegbeto  Togo 41.43
48 1 4 Mohamed Mamaiv Sani  Niger 41.86
49 2 5 Iourhanta Mohamed Osman  Djibouti 43.37
50 2 8 Razak Marafa  Niger 47.58
1 5 Mohamed Camara  Guinea DSQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:19.[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Fabio Scozzoli  Italy 27.37 Q
2 6 Hendrik Feldwehr  Germany 27.53 Q
3 5 Mark Gangloff  United States 27.57 Q
4 3 Glenn Snyders  New Zealand 27.64
5 4 Matjaž Markič  Slovenia 27.71
6 8 Vladislav Polyakov  Kazakhstan 27.81
7 7 Petr Bartůněk  Czech Republic 27.87
8 1 Csaba Szilágyi  Serbia 27.89

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 26.90 Q
2 4 Felipe França Silva  Brazil 26.95 Q
3 3 Alexander Dale Oen  Norway 27.33 Q, NR
4 5 Damir Dugonjič  Slovenia 27.51 Q
4 8 Lennart Stekelenburg  Netherlands 27.51 Q
6 2 Dragos Agache  Romania 27.71
7 7 Aleksandr Triznov  Russia 27.73
8 1 Brenton Rickard  Australia 27.80

Final

The final was held at 19:37.[3] Video replay shows Felipe França Silva using an illegal dolphin kick at the finish; however the official on deck did not see it and so the results stand.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 Felipe França Silva  Brazil 27.01
6 Fabio Scozzoli  Italy 27.17 NR
4 Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa 27.19
4 1 Hendrik Feldwehr  Germany 27.41
5 3 Alexander Dale Oen  Norway 27.43
6 8 Mark Gangloff  United States 27.58
7 7 Lennart Stekelenburg  Netherlands 27.65
8 2 Damir Dugonjič  Slovenia 28.00

References

  1. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke (heats)". Omega Timing. http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C74A_Results%20%28Summary%20-%20Individual%29_14_Men_50_Breast.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-26. 
  2. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke (semifinals)". Omega Timing. http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C74A_Results%20%28Summary%20-%20Individual%29_214_Men_50_Breast.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-26. 
  3. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke (final)". Omega Timing. http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73A1_Results%20%28One%20Heat%20-%20Individual%29_114_Heat1_Men_50_Breast.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-27. 
  4. ^ "Did swimmer cheat his way to gold at World Championships?". Universal Sports. http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/blogs/blog=splashed/postid=545412.html. Retrieved 2011-07-28. 

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