The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 14 and 15 December 2024.
Records.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:
Background.
World record holder Emre Sakçı was entered in the event, but China's Qin Haiyang had won the event at all three stops of the 2024 World Cup. Qin’s fastest swim came in Shanghai, where he set a new Asian record of 25.38. He followed with a 25.76 in Incheon and a 25.47 in Singapore. Ilya Shymanovich, competing as a Neutral Athlete, recorded his season best of 25.51 at the Shanghai World Cup stop, which was his fastest swim in the event since 2021. Simone Cerasuolo of Italy, the 2022 bronze medalist, had also been under 26 seconds, having swum 25.79 earlier in the season. Kirill Prigoda, competing as a neutral athlete, entered with a 25.65 season best and a lifetime best of 25.49. Ludovico Viberti of Italy had also swam under 26 seconds with a 25.88 in October. Other swimmers included Japan's Taku Taniguchi (26.02), the Netherland's Caspar Corbeau (26.15), Australia's Joshua Yong (26.34), Germany's Lucas Matzerath and Melvin Imoudu (both 26.50), and Michael Andrew of the USA, who entered with a season best of 26.22 and a lifetime best of 25.81.
"SwimSwam" predicted Haiyang would win, Cerasuolo would come second, and Shymanovich would come third.
Results.
Heats.
The heats were started on 14 December at 10:56.
Semifinals.
The semifinals were started on 14 December at 17:57.
Final.
The final was held on 15 December at 17:55.