World record progression 50 metres breaststroke

Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m Long and Short Course Butterfly-Backstroke-Breaststroke-Freestyle

World records in the 50-metre breaststroke competitive swimming event are recorded for men and women in 50-metre pools (long course) and 25-metre pools (short course).

Men

Long course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
WBT	27.61	†	Dzhaburiya, AlexanderAlexander Dzhaburiya	Ukraine	27 April 1996	Ukraine Olympic Trials	Kharkov, Ukraine
1	27.49		Robinson, AnthonyAnthony Robinson	United States	29 March 2001	USA Nationals & World Championship Trials	Austin, United States
2	27.39	tt	Moses, EdEd Moses	United States	31 March 2001	USA Nationals & World Championship Trials	Austin, United States
3	27.18		Lisogor, OlegOleg Lisogor	Ukraine	2 August 2002	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	[1]
4	27.06	sf	Burgh, Cameron van derCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	18 April 2009	South African Championships	Durban, South Africa	[2]
5	26.89	sf	França, FelipeFelipe França	Brazil	8 May 2009	Brazil Championships (Maria Lenk)	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[3]
6	26.74	sf	Burgh, Cameron van derCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	28 July 2009	World Aquatics Championships	Rome, Italy
7	26.67		Burgh, Cameron van derCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	29 July 2009	World Aquatics Championships	Rome, Italy
8	26.62	sf, # [4]	Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty	Great Britain	18 August 2014	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	[5]
8=	26.62	h	van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	4 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[6]
9	26.42	sf	Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty	Great Britain	4 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[7]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	27.00		Warnecke, MarkMark Warnecke	Germany	18 Feb 1995	World Cup	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
2	26.97		Warnecke, MarkMark Warnecke	Germany	8 Feb 1997	World Cup	Paris, France
2=	26.97		Warnecke, MarkMark Warnecke	Germany	21 Jan 1998	World Cup	Sydney, Australia
2=	26.97		Warnecke, MarkMark Warnecke	Germany	28 Nov 1998	World Cup	Paris, France
3	26.70		Warnecke, MarkMark Warnecke	Germany	11 Dec 1998	European Championships	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[8]
4	26.28		Moses, EdEd Moses	United States	22 Jan 2002	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[9]
5	26.20		Lisogor, OlegOleg Lisogor	Ukraine	26 Jan 2002	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[10]
6	26.17		Lisogor, OlegOleg Lisogor	Ukraine	21 Jan 2006	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[11]
7	26.08		van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	8 Nov 2008	World Cup	Moscow, Russia	[12]
8	25.94		van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	11 Nov 2008	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[13]
9	25.43		van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	8 Aug 2008	South African Championships	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa	[14]
10	25.25		van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	South Africa	14 Nov 2009	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[15]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Women

Long course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
WBT	30.95	†	Heyns, PenelopePenelope Heyns	South Africa	1 Aug 1998	Goodwill Games	New York, NY, United States
1	30.83	(tt)	Heyns, PenelopePenelope Heyns	South Africa	29 Aug 1999	Pan Pacific Championships	Sydney, Australia
2	30.57	(sf)	Baker, ZoeZoe Baker	Great Britain	30 Jul 2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom
3	30.45		Edmistone, JadeJade Edmistone	Australia	31 Jul 2005	World Championships	Montreal, Canada
4	30.31	(h)	Edmistone, JadeJade Edmistone	Australia	30 Jan 2006	AUS Nationals & Commonwealth Games Trials	Melbourne, Australia	[16]
5	30.23		Reason, AmandaAmanda Reason	Canada	8 Jul 2009	CAN World Championship Trials	Montreal, Canada	[17]
6	30.09		Yefimova, YuliyaYuliya Yefimova	Russia	2 Aug 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[18]
7	29.95	(tt)	Hardy, JessicaJessica Hardy	United States	6 Aug 2009	US Open Time Trials	Federal Way, United States	[19]
8	29.80	(†)	Hardy, JessicaJessica Hardy	United States	7 Aug 2009	US Open Time Trials	Federal Way, United States	[20]
9	29.78	(h)	Yefimova, YuliyaYuliya Yefimova	Russia	3 Aug 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[21]
10	29.48	(sf)	Meilutytė, RūtaRūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	3 Aug 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[21]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course

#	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	31.11		Han Xue	China	7 Jan 1996	World Cup	Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2	30.98		Han Xue	China	11 Jan 1996	World Cup	Beijing, China
3	30.88		Han Xue	China	29 Jan 1997	World Cup	Glasgow, United Kingdom
4	30.77		Han Xue	China	2 Feb 1997	World Cup	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
5	30.60	(tt)	Heyns, PenelopePenelope Heyns	South Africa	26 Sep 1999	South African Championships	Durban, South Africa	[22]
6=	30.56		Li Wei	China	3 Dec 2001	World Cup	Shanghai, China	[23]
6=	30.56		Luo Xuejuan	China	3 Dec 2001	World Cup	Shanghai, China	[23]
6=	30.56		Igelström, EmmaEmma Igelström	Sweden	13 Dec 2001	European Championships	Antwerp, Belgium
7	30.53		Baker, ZoeZoe Baker	Great Britain	4 Jan 2002	South African Championships	Durban, South Africa
8	30.51		Baker, ZoeZoe Baker	Great Britain	15 Jan 2002	World Cup	Imperia, Italy
9	30.47		Luo Xuejuan	China	17 Jan 2002	World Cup	Paris, France	[24]
10	30.43		Igelström, EmmaEmma Igelström	Sweden	23 Jan 2002	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[25]
11	30.31		Baker, ZoeZoe Baker	Great Britain	27 Jan 2002	World Cup	Berlin, Germany
12	30.24		Igelström, EmmaEmma Igelström	Sweden	14 Mar 2002	Swedish Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	[26]
13	29.96		Igelström, EmmaEmma Igelström	Sweden	2 Apr 2002	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[27]
14	29.90		Edmistone, JadeJade Edmistone	Australia	26 Sep 2004	Australian Championships	Brisbane, Australia	[28]
15	29.58		Hardy, JessicaJessica Hardy	United States	10 Apr 2008	World Championships	Manchester, United Kingdom	[29]
16	29.45		Hardy, JessicaJessica Hardy	United States	17 Oct 2009	World Cup	Durban, South Africa
17	29.36		Hardy, JessicaJessica Hardy	United States	7 Nov 2009	World Cup	Moscow, Russia
18	28.96	(h)	Hardy, JessicaJessica Hardy	United States	11 Nov 2009	World Cup	Stockholm, Sweden	[30]
19	28.80		Hardy, JessicaJessica Hardy	United States	14 Nov 2009	World Cup	Berlin, Germany	[31]
–	28.71 (invalidated)[32][33]		Yefimova, YuliaYulia Yefimova	Russia	10 Nov 2013	World Cup	Tokyo, Japan	[34]
20	28.64		Atkinson, AliaAlia Atkinson	Jamaica	26 Oct 2016	World Cup	Tokyo, Japan	[35]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by FINA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

References

• "Olympic and World Records". IOC. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
• (Dutch) Zwemkroniek
• (Italian) Agenda Diana

1. "Second gold for Ukrainian Lisogor". Dawn. 2002-08-03. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
2. Lord, Craig (2009-04-18). "VD Burgh: WR Of 27.06 In 50 Breaststroke". swimnews.com. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
3. "Felipe França: WR Of 26.89 In 50 Breaststroke". bestswimming.com.br. 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
4. unratified due to no epo control
5. "Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinal Results" (PDF). Microplus Informatica. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
6. "Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
7. "Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinal Results". Omega Timing. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
8. Men's SCM: Results from prelims of when Ed Moses bettered this mark show 26.70 by Mark Warnecke as the previous record.
9. Men's SCM: Results from prelims of when Oleg Lisogor bettered this mark show 26.28 by Ed Moses as the previous record. Results from the Stockholm meet where Moses swam the time also confirm.
10. Men's SCM: 26.20 results.
11. Lord, Craig (2006-01-21). "A night of records for Lisogor and Marshall". swimnews.com. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
12. "FINA / ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008: Men's 50m Breaststroke Final" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
13. "FINA / ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008: Men's 50m Breaststroke Final" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
14. "South African Short Course Championships: Flash! Cameron van der Burgh Sets Two World Records, Roland Schoeman Lowers One". SwimmingWorld Magazine. 2009-08-08. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
15. Lord, Craig (2009-11-14). "Berlin, Day 1: Fourth FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2009 leg starts with six WR". Fina. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
16. Saltau, Chloe (2006-01-31). "Edmistone claims world record, despite the wobbles". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
17. "Canadian Reason sets new breaststroke world record". Canwest News Service. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
18. Results: 2009 Worlds Women's 50m Breast Final, published by OmegaTiming.com, official timer for the 2009 Worlds, on 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2009-08-07
19. Hardy breaks world record in 50m breast, published by USA Swimming on 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-08-07
20. American Jessica Hardy sets 100 breast world mark, published by the Associated Press on 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-08-08
21. Video world record Barcelona
22. Women's SCM: Prelim results from the 2001 World Cup meet in Shanghai where Luo Xuejuan and Li Wei tied in a new World Record, indicate that the record they broke was 30.60 by Penny Heyns on this date.
23. Women's SCM: Luo Xuejuan and Li Wei tied to win the 2001 World Cup meet in Shanghai, China, in World Record time; results here.
24. Women's SCM: Results from January 2002 show Luo Xuejuan as holding the World Record at 30.47.
25. Women's SCM: Results from January 2002 show Emma Igelström as holding the World Record at 30.43.
26. Women's SCM: Results from the semifinals of the 2002 Short Course Worlds, where Emma Igelström set the record at 29.96, shows the previous mark as 30.24.
27. Women's SCM: The meet results showing Emma Igelström's 29.96 setting the record at 29.96 is online here.
28. Women's SCM: Jade Edmistone's 29.90 is the time Jessica Hardy bettered to set the World Record, per the event's result from Hardy's swim at the 2008 Short Course Worlds.
29. "Hardy sets 50 breaststroke world record at short-course worlds in Speedo suit". The International Herald Tribune. 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
30. "Results Women's 50m Breaststroke" (PDF). OmegaTiming.com. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
31. "Results Women's 50m Breaststroke" (PDF). OmegaTiming.com. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
32. unratified due to doping violation
33. 16 Monate Sperre für Doppel-Weltmeisterin Julia Efimova Swim, 13. Mai 2014, abgerufen am 29. Oktober 2014.
34. "Omega Timing - Results - FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 Tokyo 7/8 Tokyo Japan 11/9/2013 - 11/10/2013". OMEGA Timing. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
35. "Results Women's 50m Breaststroke Final". OmegaTiming.com. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.