Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 2 August with the heats and the semifinals and 3 August with the final.[1]

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates2 August (heats and semifinals)
3 August (final)
Competitors77 from 71 nations
Winning time58.52
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    Great Britain
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Records edit

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

World record   Adam Peaty (GBR) 57.92 London, Great Britain 17 April 2015
Competition record   Brenton Rickard (AUS) 58.58 Rome, Italy 27 July 2009

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
2 August Heat 9 Adam Peaty   Great Britain 58.52 CR
2 August Semifinal 1 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 58.49 CR
2 August Semifinal 2 Adam Peaty   Great Britain 58.18 CR

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were held at 11:34.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 9 4 Adam Peaty   Great Britain 58.52 Q, CR
2 8 5 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 58.59 Q
3 9 2 Dmitriy Balandin   Kazakhstan 59.38 Q
4 7 4 Ross Murdoch   Great Britain 59.48 Q
5 9 5 Felipe França Silva   Brazil 59.56 Q
6 7 6 Hendrik Feldwehr   Germany 59.67 Q
7 9 0 Kirill Prigoda   Russia 59.81 Q
8 7 5 Giedrius Titenis   Lithuania 59.84 Q
9 9 1 Jake Packard   Australia 59.92 Q
10 7 3 Yasuhiro Koseki   Japan 59.93 Q
11 9 3 Cody Miller   United States 59.97 Q
12 7 7 Christian vom Lehn   Germany 1:00.01 Q
13 8 7 Nic Fink   United States 1:00.05 Q
14 7 1 Richard Funk   Canada 1:00.26 Q
14 9 6 Felipe Lima   Brazil 1:00.26 Q
16 8 6 Čaba Silađi   Serbia 1:00.35 Q
17 8 8 Damir Dugonjič   Slovenia 1:00.36
18 9 7 Glenn Snyders   New Zealand 1:00.44
19 6 4 Anton Sveinn McKee   Iceland 1:00.53
20 6 2 Vladislav Mustafin   Uzbekistan 1:00.63
21 6 7 Jorge Murillo   Colombia 1:00.67
22 8 3 Dániel Gyurta   Hungary 1:00.71
23 9 8 Tomáš Klobučník   Slovakia 1:00.77
24 8 1 Giacomo Perez d'Ortona   France 1:00.80
25 8 0 Laurent Carnol   Luxembourg 1:00.82
26 6 5 Yannick Käser    Switzerland 1:00.94
27 7 2 Li Xiang   China 1:00.96
28 8 4 Christian Sprenger   Australia 1:01.13
29 8 2 Ryo Tateishi   Japan 1:01.26
30 6 0 Matti Mattsson   Finland 1:01.44
31 7 9 Carlos Claverie   Venezuela 1:01.63
32 6 3 Erik Persson   Sweden 1:01.75
33 8 9 Marcin Stolarski   Poland 1:01.98
34 9 9 Martti Aljand   Estonia 1:01.99
35 5 5 Youssef El-Kamash   Egypt 1:02.01 NR
36 6 1 Sandeep Sejwal   India 1:02.17
37 7 8 Lorenzo Antonelli   Italy 1:02.20
38 6 8 Alex Murphy   Ireland 1:02.22
39 6 9 Demir Atasoy   Turkey 1:02.35
40 5 2 Édgar Crespo   Panama 1:02.37
41 5 4 Joshua Hall   Philippines 1:02.40
42 5 6 Azad Al-Barazi   Syria 1:02.51
43 7 0 Panagiotis Samilidis   Greece 1:02.58
44 5 7 Renato Prono   Paraguay 1:02.69
45 4 4 Wong Fu Kang   Malaysia 1:02.89
46 6 6 Petr Bartůněk   Czech Republic 1:02.90
47 5 8 Lachezar Shumkov   Bulgaria 1:03.08
48 5 3 Nikolajs Maskaļenko   Latvia 1:03.21
49 4 3 Chao Man Hou   Macau 1:03.46
50 5 1 Dustin Tynes   Bahamas 1:03.50
51 4 8 Jordy Groters   Aruba 1:03.66
52 4 1 Julian Fletcher   Bermuda 1:03.80
53 4 2 Benjamin Schulte   Guam 1:03.84
54 5 9 Mauro Castillo   Mexico 1:03.91
55 4 9 James Lawson   Zimbabwe 1:04.03
56 4 6 Amini Fonua   Tonga 1:04.28
57 4 5 Malick Fall   Senegal 1:04.30
58 4 7 Anton Zheltyakov   Azerbaijan 1:04.45
59 3 3 Arya Nasimi Shad   Iran 1:05.86
60 3 4 Jesús Flores   Honduras 1:06.14
61 3 6 Ramazan Taimatov   Kyrgyzstan 1:06.49
62 4 0 Darren Chan   Mauritius 1:06.65
63 3 0 Adriel Sanes   Virgin Islands 1:07.19
64 3 5 Julian Harding   Malta 1:07.28
65 3 7 Alexander Axiotis   Zambia 1:07.29
66 3 8 Serginni Marten   Curaçao 1:07.34
67 3 9 Nazih Nazeyek   Jordan 1:08.22
68 3 2 José Alberto Quintanilla   Bolivia 1:08.36
69 2 5 Corey Ollivierre   Grenada 1:08.39
70 5 0 Mubarak Al-Besher   United Arab Emirates 1:09.08
71 2 6 Kaito Yanai   Northern Mariana Islands 1:09.59
72 2 2 Nikolas Sylvester   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:13.12
73 2 4 Daniel Gill   Seychelles 1:14.02
74 1 4 Htut Ahnt Khaung   Myanmar 1:16.13
75 2 1 Kiran Karki     Nepal 1:18.21
76 2 8 Mocheta Makara   Lesotho 1:55.91
3 1 Markos Kalopsidiotis   Cyprus DSQ
1 3 Alhassane Fofana   Guinea DNS
1 5 Stephane Fokam   Cameroon DNS
2 3 Alassane Seydou   Niger DNS
2 7 Simanga Dlamini   Eswatini DNS

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held on 2 August at 18:35.[3]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 58.49 Q, CR
2 6 Giedrius Titenis   Lithuania 58.96 Q, NR
3 3 Hendrik Feldwehr   Germany 59.63 Q
4 5 Ross Murdoch   Great Britain 59.75 Q
5 7 Christian vom Lehn   Germany 59.88
6 2 Yasuhiro Koseki   Japan 1:00.31
7 1 Richard Funk   Canada 1:00.43
8 8 Čaba Silađi   Serbia 1:00.62

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Adam Peaty   Great Britain 58.18 Q, CR
2 5 Dmitriy Balandin   Kazakhstan 59.39 Q
3 6 Kirill Prigoda   Russia 59.60 Q, NR
4 2 Jake Packard   Australia 59.66 Q
5 7 Cody Miller   United States 59.86
6 3 Felipe França Silva   Brazil 59.89
7 1 Nic Fink   United States 1:00.14
8 8 Felipe Lima   Brazil 1:00.19

Final edit

 
Adam Peaty after his win in final

The final was held on 3 August at 17:32.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Adam Peaty   Great Britain 58.52
  5 Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa 58.59
  8 Ross Murdoch   Great Britain 59.09
4 6 Dmitriy Balandin   Kazakhstan 59.42
5 1 Jake Packard   Australia 59.44
6 3 Giedrius Titenis   Lithuania 59.56
7 2 Kirill Prigoda   Russia 59.84
8 7 Hendrik Feldwehr   Germany 1:00.16

References edit