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World record progression 50 metres breaststroke
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Main article: List of world records in swimming
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
Short course
Women
Long course
Short course
All-time top 25
| *- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 50 m breaststroke times* |
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Men long course
- Correct as of January 2026
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 25.95 | Adam Peaty | 25 July 2017 | Budapest | |||||
| 2 | 25.99 | Peaty #2 | 26 July 2017 | Budapest | ||||||
| 3 | 26.06 | Peaty #3 | 24 July 2019 | Gwangju | title=18th FINA World Championships - Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results | url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070103EB04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf | website=Omega Timing | access-date=24 July 2019 | date=7 May 2025}} | |
| 4 | 26.09 | Peaty #4 | 8 August 2018 | Glasgow | ||||||
| 5 | 26.10 | Peaty #5 | 25 July 2017 | Budapest | ||||||
| 6 | 26.11 | Peaty #6 | 23 July 2019 | Gwangju | title=18th FINA World Championships - Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals Results | url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070103EB02FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf | website=Omega Timing | access-date=23 July 2019 | date=7 May 2025}} | |
| 2 | 7 | 26.20 | Qin Haiyang | 25 July 2023 | Fukuoka | |||||
| 8 | 26.21 | Peaty #7 | 22 May 2021 | Budapest | ||||||
| 9 | 26.23 | Peaty #8 | 7 August 2018 | Glasgow | ||||||
| 10 | 26.25 | Qin #2 | 29 September 2023 | Hangzhou | ||||||
| Qin #3 | 12 December 2023 | Jinan | ||||||||
| 3 | 12 | 26.27 | Ludovico Viberti | 27 June 2025 | Rome | |||||
| 13 | 26.28 | Peaty #9 | 23 July 2019 | Gwangju | ||||||
| 4 | 13 | 26.28 | Ilya Shymanovich | 6 April 2023 | Brest | |||||
| 15 | 26.29 | Qin #4 | 26 July 2023 | Fukuoka | ||||||
| Qin #5 | 7 October 2023 | Berlin | ||||||||
| 17 | 26.30 | Qin #6 | 7 October 2023 | Berlin | ||||||
| Qin #7 | 21 October 2023 | Budapest | ||||||||
| 19 | 26.32 | Shymanovich #2 | 20 April 2023 | Kazan | ||||||
| 5 | 19 | 26.32 | Samuel Williamson | 14 February 2024 | Doha | |||||
| 6 | 21 | 26.33 | Felipe Lima | 9 June 2019 | Monaco | |||||
| Nicolò Martinenghi | 16 August 2022 | Rome | ||||||||
| 23 | 26.34 | Peaty #10 | 21 May 2021 | Budapest | ||||||
| Qin #8 | 25 July 2023 | Fukuoka | ||||||||
| 25 | 26.35 | Qin #9 | 29 September 2023 | Jinan | ||||||
| 8 | 26.42 | João Gomes Júnior | 21 April 2019 | Rio de Janeiro | ||||||
| Simone Cerasuolo | 29 July 2025 | Singapore | title=2025 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results | url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011900010103EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf | work=Omega Timing | date=29 July 2025 | access-date=29 July 2025}} | |||
| 10 | 26.45 | Nic Fink | 21 June 2022 | Budapest | ||||||
| 11 | 26.46 | Ivan Kozhakin | 17 April 2025 | Kazan | ||||||
| 12 | 26.52 | Michael Andrew | 28 April 2022 | Greensboro | ||||||
| 13 | 26.54 | Cameron van der Burgh | 25 July 2017 | Budapest | ||||||
| 14 | 26.57 | Van Mathias | 15 January 2026 | Austin | ||||||
| 15 | 26.61 | Sun Jiajun | 6 May 2023 | Hangzhou | ||||||
| 16 | 26.62 | Melvin Imoudu | 27 April 2024 | Berlin | ||||||
| Kirill Prigoda | 30 July 2025 | Singapore | title=2025 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results | url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011900010103EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf | work=Omega Timing | date=30 July 2025 | access-date=30 July 2025}} | |||
| 18 | 26.64 | Chris Smith | 11 December 2025 | Pretoria | ||||||
| 19 | 26.65 | Taku Taniguchi | 29 July 2025 | Singapore | ||||||
| 20 | 26.66 | Andrey Nikolaev | 29 April 2022 | Kazan | ||||||
| 21 | 26.70 | Damir Dugonjič | 4 August 2015 | Kazan | ||||||
| Fabio Scozzoli | 23 July 2019 | Gwangju | ||||||||
| 23 | 26.71 | Koen de Groot | 29 July 2025 | Singapore | ||||||
| 24 | 26.72 | Luka Mladenovic | 26 June 2025 | Šamorín | ||||||
| Michael Houlie | 4 December 2025 | Austin |
Men short course
- Correct as of December 2025
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 24.95 | Emre Sakçı | 27 December 2021 | Gaziantep | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 25.25 | Cameron van der Burgh | 14 November 2009 | Berlin | |||||
| Ilya Shymanovich | 7 November 2021 | Kazan | ||||||||
| 4 | 25.29 | Sakçı #2 | 5 November 2020 | Budapest | ||||||
| 4 | 5 | 25.37 | Nicolò Martinenghi | 6 November 2021 | Kazan | |||||
| 6 | 25.38 | Sakçı #3 | 6 November 2021 | Kazan | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | 25.38 | Nic Fink | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne | |||||
| Qin Haiyang | 19 October 2024 | Shanghai | ||||||||
| 9 | 25.39 | Shymanovich #2 | 18 December 2020 | Brest | ||||||
| Sakçı #4 | 7 November 2021 | Kazan | ||||||||
| 11 | 25.41 | van der Burgh #2 | 16 December 2018 | Hangzhou | ||||||
| 7 | 11 | 25.41 | Adam Peaty | 22 November 2020 | Budapest | |||||
| 11 | 25.41 | Shymanovich #3 | 18 December 2020 | Brest | ||||||
| Shymanovich #4 | 2 September 2021 | Naples | ||||||||
| 15 | 25.42 | Martinenghi #2 | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne | ||||||
| Qin #2 | 15 December 2024 | Budapest | title=Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results | url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800080103EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf | publisher=Omega Timing | date=14 December 2024 | access-date=29 December 2024}} | |||
| 17 | 25.43 | van der Burgh #3 | 8 August 2009 | Pietermaritzburg | ||||||
| Sakçı #5 | 9 November 2020 | Budapest | ||||||||
| Shymanovich #5 | 6 November 2021 | Kazan | ||||||||
| 8 | 20 | 25.45 | Roland Schoeman | 14 November 2009 | Berlin | |||||
| 21 | 25.47 | Shymanovich #6 | 25 November 2021 | Eindhoven | ||||||
| Qin #3 | 1 November 2024 | Singapore | ||||||||
| 23 | 25.48 | Peaty #2 | 15 November 2020 | Budapest | ||||||
| Shymanovich #7 | 21 November 2020 | Budapest | ||||||||
| 9 | 23 | 25.48 | Kirill Prigoda | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | |||||
| 10 | 25.51 | Vladimir Morozov | 4 December 2019 | Glasgow | ||||||
| 11 | 25.52 | Caspar Corbeau | 18 October 2025 | Westmont | title=2025 World Aquatics Cup (Westmont) - Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results | url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011900070103EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf | work=Omega Timing | date=18 October 2025 | access-date=19 October 2025}} | |
| Simone Cerasuolo | 6 December 2025 | Lublin | ||||||||
| 13 | 25.61 | Oleg Kostin | 19 December 2024 | Saint Petersburg | ||||||
| 14 | 25.62 | Fabio Scozzoli | 13 December 2017 | Copenhagen | ||||||
| 13 December 2017 | Copenhagen | |||||||||
| 15 | 25.63 | Felipe França Silva | 7 December 2014 | Doha | ||||||
| 16 | 25.66 | Chris Smith | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | ||||||
| 17 | 25.69 | Michael Houlie | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | ||||||
| 18 | 25.71 | Ludovico Viberti | 15 December 2024 | Budapest | ||||||
| 19 | 25.72 | Sun Jiajun | 28 September 2024 | Wuhan | ||||||
| 20 | 25.75 | Finlay Brooks | 18 October 2025 | Westmont | ||||||
| 21 | 25.80 | Felipe Lima | 16 December 2018 | Hangzhou | ||||||
| João Gomes Júnior | 21 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | ||||||||
| Yan Zibei | 17 December 2022 | Melbourne | title=16th FINA World Championships (25m) - Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals Results | url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030103EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf | work=Omega Timing | date=17 December 2022 | access-date=26 December 2022}} | |||
| 24 | 25.81 | Michael Andrew | 17 December 2022 | Melbourne | ||||||
| 25 | 25.84 | Arno Kamminga | 4 December 2019 | Glasgow |
Women long course
- Correct as of November 2025
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 29.16 | Rūta Meilutytė | 30 July 2023 | Fukuoka | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 29.30 | Benedetta Pilato | 22 May 2021 | Budapest | |||||
| 2 | 29.30 | Meilutytė #2 | 29 July 2023 | Fukuoka | ||||||
| 4 | 29.35 | Pilato #2 | 23 May 2021 | Budapest | title=2020 European Championships - Women's 50m Breaststroke Finals Results | url=http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMW50MBR-------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf | publisher=microplustiming.com | date=23 May 2021 | accessdate=13 June 2021}} | |
| 3 | 5 | 29.40 | Lilly King | 30 July 2017 | Budapest | |||||
| 5 | 29.40 | Meilutytė #3 | 18 February 2024 | Doha | ||||||
| 7 | 29.42 | Meilutytė #4 | 17 February 2024 | Doha | ||||||
| 8 | 29.44 | Meilutytė #5 | 16 August 2022 | Rome | ||||||
| 9 | 29.48 | Meilutytė #6 | 3 August 2013 | Barcelona | ||||||
| 10 | 29.50 | Pilato #3 | 22 May 2021 | Budapest | ||||||
| 4 | 11 | 29.51 | Tang Qianting | 18 February 2024 | Doha | |||||
| 5 | 12 | 29.52 | Yulia Yefimova | 4 August 2013 | Barcelona | |||||
| 13 | 29.54 | Meilutytė #7 | 2 August 2025 | Singapore | ||||||
| 14 | 29.55 | Meilutytė #8 | 3 August 2025 | Singapore | ||||||
| 15 | 29.56 | Meilutytė #9 | 8 October 2023 | Berlin | ||||||
| 16 | 29.57 | Yefimova #2 | 30 July 2017 | Budapest | ||||||
| 17 | 29.58 | Pilato #4 | 13 April 2022 | Riccione | ||||||
| Pilato #5 | 30 November 2023 | Riccione | ||||||||
| 19 | 29.59 | Meilutytė #10 | 4 August 2013 | Barcelona | ||||||
| Meilutytė #11 | 17 August 2022 | Rome | ||||||||
| Pilato #6 | 9 March 2024 | Riccione | ||||||||
| 22 | 29.60 | King #2 | 29 July 2017 | Budapest | ||||||
| Pilato #7 | 29 July 2023 | Fukuoka | ||||||||
| 24 | 29.61 | Pilato #8 | 18 December 2020 | Riccione | ||||||
| 25 | 29.62 | King #3 | 10 June 2018 | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Pilato #9 | 3 April 2021 | Riccione | ||||||||
| 6 | 29.71 | Molly Hannis | 13 January 2018 | Austin | ||||||
| 7 | 29.72 | Lara van Niekerk | 6 April 2022 | Gqeberha | ||||||
| 8 | 29.80 | Jessica Hardy | 7 August 2009 | Federal Way | ||||||
| 4 August 2013 | Barcelona | |||||||||
| 9 | 29.81 | Lydia Jacoby | 29 June 2023 | Indianapolis | ||||||
| 10 | 29.83 | Eneli Jefimova | 21 April 2025 | Helsinki | ||||||
| 11 | 29.86 | Arianna Castiglioni | 28 May 2022 | Naples | ||||||
| 12 | 29.95 | Breeja Larson | 4 August 2013 | Barcelona | ||||||
| 13 | 29.99 | Katie Meili | 30 July 2017 | Budapest | ||||||
| 14 | 30.02 | Imogen Clark | 30 July 2022 | Birmingham | title=Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results | url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-30/SWMW50MBR-------------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf | work=Microplus Informatica | date=30 July 2022 | accessdate=10 August 2022}} | |
| Anita Bottazzo | 29 July 2023 | Fukuoka | ||||||||
| 16 | 30.05 | Jennie Johansson | 9 August 2015 | Kazan | title=16th FINA World Championships - Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results | url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00010F020001021D02FFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf | publisher=Omega Timing | date=9 August 2015 | access-date=21 April 2025}} | |
| Chelsea Hodges | 30 July 2022 | Birmingham | ||||||||
| McKenzie Siroky | 7 June 2025 | Indianapolis | ||||||||
| 19 | 30.09 | Tatjana Smith | 9 April 2024 | Gqeberha | ||||||
| 20 | 30.10 | Anna Elendt | 26 May 2022 | Barcelona | ||||||
| Satomi Suzuki | 8 October 2023 | Shizuoka | ||||||||
| 22 | 30.11 | Rebecca Soni | 2 August 2009 | Rome | ||||||
| Alia Atkinson | 9 August 2015 | Kazan | ||||||||
| Yang Chang | 17 November 2025 | Shenzhen | ||||||||
| 25 | 30.16 | Sarah Katsoulis | 2 August 2009 | Rome |
Women short course
- Correct as of December 2025
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 28.37 | Rūta Meilutytė | 17 December 2022 | Melbourne | |||||
| 2 | 28.39 | Meilutytė #2 | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | ||||||
| 3 | 28.50 | Meilutytė #3 | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne | title=16th FINA World Championships (25m) - Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results | url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030203EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf | publisher=Omega Timing | date=18 December 2022 | access-date=25 December 2022}} | |
| 4 | 28.54 | Meilutytė #4 | 15 December 2024 | Budapest | title=2024 World Aquatics Championships (25m) - Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results | url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800080203EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf | publisher=Omega Timing | date=15 December 2024 | access-date=9 May 2025}} | |
| 2 | 5 | 28.56 | Alia Atkinson | 6 October 2018 | Budapest | |||||
| 6 | 28.60 | Meilutytė #5 | 23 October 2022 | Berlin | ||||||
| 7 | 28.64 | Atkinson #2 | 26 October 2016 | Tokyo | ||||||
| 8 | 28.70 | Meilutytė #6 | 5 November 2022 | Indianapolis | ||||||
| 3 | 9 | 28.71 | Yulia Yefimova | 10 November 2013 | Tokyo | |||||
| 4 | 10 | 28.76 | Tang Qianting | 20 October 2024 | Shanghai | |||||
| 5 | 11 | 28.77 | Lilly King | 21 November 2020 | Budapest | |||||
| 6 | 12 | 28.80 | Jessica Hardy | 14 November 2009 | Berlin | |||||
| 13 | 28.81 | Meilutytė #7 | 3 December 2014 | Doha | ||||||
| 7 | 13 | 28.81 | Benedetta Pilato | 21 November 2020 | Budapest | |||||
| Eneli Jefimova | 7 December 2025 | Lublin | title=2025 European Championships (25m) - Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results | url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000119000A0203EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf | work=Omega Timing | date=7 December 2025 | access-date=8 December 2025}} | |||
| 16 | 28.82 | Tang #2 | 29 September 2024 | Wuhan | ||||||
| 17 | 28.84 | Meilutytė #8 | 4 December 2014 | Doha | ||||||
| Atkinson #3 | 12 August 2017 | Eindhoven | ||||||||
| 19 | 28.86 | King #2 | 16 October 2020 | Budapest | title=2020 International Swimming League (Match 1) - Women's 50m Breaststroke Results | url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011402030203EB04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf | publisher=Omega Timing | date=16 October 2020 | access-date=10 May 2025}} | |
| Pilato #2 | 14 November 2020 | Budapest | ||||||||
| King #3 | 17 December 2022 | Melbourne | ||||||||
| Pilato #3 | 10 December 2023 | Otopeni | ||||||||
| Tang #3 | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | ||||||||
| Tang #4 | 15 December 2024 | Budapest | ||||||||
| 25 | 28.87 | Tang #5 | 2 November 2024 | Singapore | ||||||
| 9 | 29.04 | Molly Hannis | 16 October 2020 | Budapest | ||||||
| 10 | 29.09 | Arianna Castiglioni | 25 September 2021 | Naples | ||||||
| Lara van Niekerk | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne | ||||||||
| 12 | 29.17 | Imogen Clark | 16 December 2023 | Sheffield | ||||||
| 13 | 29.22 | Dominika Sztandera | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | ||||||
| 14 | 29.30 | Anna Elendt | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne | ||||||
| 15 | 29.31 | Jasmine Nocentini | 9 December 2023 | Otopeni | ||||||
| 16 | 29.33 | Ida Hulkko | 5 November 2020 | Budapest | ||||||
| 17 | 29.34 | Anastasia Gorbenko | 17 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | ||||||
| Nika Godun | 17 November 2021 | Kazan | ||||||||
| Florine Gaspard | 7 December 2025 | Lublin | ||||||||
| 20 | 29.37 | Katie Meili | 31 August 2016 | Berlin | ||||||
| 21 | 29.44 | Veera Kivirinta | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | ||||||
| 22 | 29.49 | Alina Zmushka | 21 November 2022 | Kazan | ||||||
| 23 | 29.50 | Sarah Katsoulis | 22 November 2009 | Singapore | ||||||
| 24 | 29.51 | Martina Carraro | 18 October 2020 | Budapest | ||||||
| 25 | 29.53 | Sophie Hansson | 18 November 2023 | Sheffield |
Notes
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- Women's SCM: [http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2002/stockholm2002/50-BREA-W-CLAS-FINAL-SER.pdf Results] from January 2002 show [[Emma Igelström]] as holding the World Record at 30.43.
- Women's SCM: [http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2002/moscow2002/50-BREA-W-CL-DEMI-TOTDET.pdf 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.
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