World’s Fastest 50m Breaststroke – Men’s Long Course
World Record: Adam Peaty, Great Britain, 25.95 – 25 July 2017, World Championships
World Junior Record: Nicolò Martinenghi, Italy, 26.97, 4 April 2017, Italian Championships
Commonwealth Record: Adam Peaty, Great Britain, 25.95 – 25 July 2017, World Championships
Top 10 All-Time Performers:
- Adam Peaty 25.95
- Haiyang Qin 26.20
- Ilya Shymanovich 26.28
- Samuel Williamson 26.32
- Nicolo Martinenghi 26.33, Felipe Lima 26.33
- Joao Gomes Junior 26.42
- Nic Fink 26.45
- Ivan Kozhakin 26.46
- Michael Andrews 26.52
- Cameron Van Der Burgh 26.54
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The chart below compares the World’s Fastest 50m Breaststroke – Men’s Long Course swimmers. Swimmers and coaches can looks at the individual Splits, Stroke Counts and the first 50m split compared to swimmers 50m PB. All swim data has been collected from our team reviewing race footage where possible Adam Peaty’s 50m Breaststroke World Record swim to view.
Here is the list of the Men’s 100m Breaststroke and Men’s 200m Breaststroke Long Course for comparison.
| Men's 50m Breaststroke - Long Course | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Peaty | Qin Haiyang | Ilya Shymanovich | Nicolo Martinenghi | Felipe Lima | Joao Gomes Junior | Nic Fink | Samual Williamson | Michael Andrews | Cameron Van Der Burgh | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in 191cm | 6 ft 183cm | 6 ft 4 in 194cm | 6 ft 2 in 187cm | 6 ft 3 in 190cm | 6 ft 3 in 190cm | 6ft 3in 190cm | 6 ft 6in 198cm | 6 ft 1 in 185cm | ||||
| Weight: | 190 Ib 86kg | 165lb 75kg | 194 Ib 88kg | 207 Ib 94kg | 205 Ib 93kg | 196 Ib 89kg | 186lb 84kg | 205lb 93kg | 187 Ib 85kg | ||||
| Country: | GBR | CHN | BLR | ITA | BRA | BRA | USA | AUS | USA | RSA | |||
| DOB: | 1994-12-28 | 1999-05-17 | 1994-08-02 | 1999-08-01 | 1985-04-05 | 1986-01-21 | 1993-07-03 | 1997-12-19 | 1999-04-18 | 1988-05-25 | |||
| Meet: | 17th FINA World Championships 2017 | World Aquatics Championships - Fukuoka 2023 | Belarus National Championships (50m) 2023 | Italian National Championships (25m) | Mare Nostrum - 37th Meeting International de Natation de Monte Carlo 2019 | Maria Lenk/ Brazil Trophy | 2022 World Championships | 2023 Japan Open | 2022 USA World Trials | 17th FINA World Championships 2017 | |||
| Strokes | 24 | 24 | 26? | 21 | 22 | 22 | |||||||
| Total Time: | 25.95 | 26.20 | 26.28 | 26.33 | 26.33 | 26.42 | 26.45 | 26.51 | 26.52 | 26.54 | |||
Note: World’s Fastest 50m Breaststroke – Men’s Long Course Update April 2024
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