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

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates 2 August (heats and semifinals)
3 August (final)
Competitors 77 from 71 nations
Winning time 58.52
Medalists
gold medal  Adam Peaty   Great Britain
silver medal  Cameron van der Burgh   South Africa
bronze medal  Ross Murdoch   Great Britain

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.

Records

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

Heats

The heats were held at 11:34.

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

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

Semifinal 1

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

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

Adam Peaty after his win in final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Adam Peaty Great Britain 58.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Cameron van der Burgh South Africa 58.59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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