Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The Men's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 21 and 22 July 2019.[1][2] Adam Peaty broke the world record with a time of 56.88 in the semi-final, the first man to swim under 57 seconds in this event,[3] and went on to win in the final.[4]

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
LocationGwangju, South Korea
Dates21 July (heats and semifinals)
22 July (final)
Competitors87 from 80 nations
Winning time57.14
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    China
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Records

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

World record  Adam Peaty (GBR)57.10Glasgow, United Kingdom4 August 2018
Competition record  Adam Peaty (GBR)57.47Budapest, Hungary24 July 2017

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
21 JulySemifinalAdam Peaty  Great Britain56.88WR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 21 July at 11:54.[5]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
194Adam Peaty  Great Britain57.59Q
284Ilya Shymanovich  Belarus58.87Q
395Yasuhiro Koseki  Japan58.91Q
485Yan Zibei  China59.13Q
574James Wilby  Great Britain59.15Q
691Matthew Wilson  Australia59.17Q
797João Gomes Júnior  Brazil59.25Q
896Andrew Wilson  United States59.26Q
993Anton Chupkov  Russia59.31Q
1086Kirill Prigoda  Russia59.32Q
1183Arno Kamminga  Netherlands59.39Q
1281Wang Lizhuo  China59.44Q
1382Dmitriy Balandin  Kazakhstan59.56Q
1476Nicolò Martinenghi  Italy59.58Q
1575Fabio Scozzoli  Italy59.61Q
1677Andrius Šidlauskas  Lithuania59.75Q
1788Darragh Greene  Ireland59.82NR
1887Felipe Lima  Brazil1:00.00
1992Michael Andrew  United States1:00.04
2071Fabian Schwingenschlögl  Germany1:00.12
2198Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania1:00.20
2272Berkay-Ömer Öğretir  Turkey1:00.26
2373Tobias Bjerg  Denmark1:00.29
2470Anton Sveinn McKee  Iceland1:00.32NR
2579Martin Allikvee  Estonia1:00.60
2689Erik Persson  Sweden1:00.66
2780Richard Funk  Canada1:00.73
2852Denis Petrashov  Kyrgyzstan1:00.94NR
2968Nikola Obrovac  Croatia1:01.18NR
2990Michael Houlie  South Africa1:01.18
3166Youssef El-Kamash  Egypt1:01.24
3178Moon Jae-kwon  South Korea1:01.24
3399Jorge Murillo  Colombia1:01.45
3469Jan Kałusowski  Poland1:01.49
3564Tomáš Klobučník  Slovakia1:01.65
3665Valentin Bayer  Austria1:01.68
3756Itay Goldfaden  Israel1:01.69
3862Yannick Käser   Switzerland1:01.85
3953Peter John Stevens  Slovenia1:01.90
4050Lyubomir Epitropov  Bulgaria1:02.04
4159Chao Man Hou  Macau1:02.14NR
4267Chen Chih-ming  Chinese Taipei1:02.18
4345Martin Melconian  Uruguay1:02.21NR
4455Renato Prono  Paraguay1:02.28
4551Miguel Chávez  Mexico1:02.37
4660Dávid Horváth  Hungary1:02.38
4763Vladislav Mustafin  Uzbekistan1:02.48
4854Édgar Crespo  Panama1:02.62
4957Lionel Khoo  Singapore1:02.66
5046Amro Al-Wir  Jordan1:02.75NR
5144James Deiparine  Philippines1:02.84
5258S.P. Likhith  India1:02.90
5349Adriel Sanes  Virgin Islands1:02.91NR
5443Taichi Vakasama  Fiji1:03.18
5547Daniils Bobrovs  Latvia1:03.32
5661Mykyta Koptyelov  Ukraine1:03.47
5748Julio Horrego  Honduras1:03.55
5842Izaak Bastian  Bahamas1:03.60
5940Sebastien Kouma  Mali1:04.03
6033Adrian Robinson  Botswana1:04.26NR
6117Benjamin Schulte  Guam1:04.40
6238Ryan Maskelyne  Papua New Guinea1:04.44
6341Fausto Huerta  Dominican Republic1:04.65
6434Yu Hin Michael Ng  Hong Kong1:04.66
6536Tasi Limtiaco  Federated States of Micronesia1:05.10
6637Ronan Wantenaar  Namibia1:05.17
6739Micah Masei  American Samoa1:05.24
6831Liam Davis  Zimbabwe1:05.39
6930Giacomo Casadei  San Marino1:05.96NR
7012Rashed Al-Tarmoom  Kuwait1:06.35
7122Rainier Rafaela  Curaçao1:06.41
7232Arnoldo Herrera  Costa Rica1:06.42
7335Santiago Cavanagh  Bolivia1:06.44
7411Muhammad Isa Ahmad  Brunei1:06.51
7516Jonathan Raharvel  Madagascar1:06.53
7626Malcolm Richardson  Cook Islands1:06.64
7725Filipe Gomes  Malawi1:07.51
7824Mohammad Islam  Bangladesh1:07.74
7923Günsennorovyn Zandanbal  Mongolia1:07.92
8021Alex Joachim  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1:08.14
8115Amini Fonua  Tonga1:08.32
8227Abobakr Abass  Sudan1:09.34
8320Kumaren Naidu  Zambia1:10.13
8428Shuvam Shrestha    Nepal1:11.74
8513Yaya Yeressa  Guinea1:19.66
8614Lennosuke Suzuki  Northern Mariana Islands1:20.97
8729Gildas Koumondji  Benin1:26.57

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 July at 20:51.[6]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Yan Zibei  China58.67Q, AS
26Andrew Wilson  United States58.95Q
32Kirill Prigoda  Russia59.21Q
43Matthew Wilson  Australia59.26
54Ilya Shymanovich  Belarus59.38
68Andrius Šidlauskas  Lithuania59.66
77Wang Lizhuo  China59.79
1Nicolò Martinenghi  ItalyDSQ

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Adam Peaty  Great Britain56.88Q, WR
23James Wilby  Great Britain58.83Q
35Yasuhiro Koseki  Japan58.89Q
41Dmitriy Balandin  Kazakhstan59.03Q, NR
52Anton Chupkov  Russia59.15Q
68Fabio Scozzoli  Italy59.22
76João Gomes Júnior  Brazil59.32
87Arno Kamminga  Netherlands59.49

Final

The final was held on 22 July at 20:02.[7]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Adam Peaty  Great Britain57.14
3James Wilby  Great Britain58.46
5Yan Zibei  China58.63AS
46Yasuhiro Koseki  Japan58.93
58Kirill Prigoda  Russia59.09
62Andrew Wilson  United States59.11
77Dmitriy Balandin  Kazakhstan59.14
81Anton Chupkov  Russia59.19

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