Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

Men's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue	Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date	14 November 2010
Competitors	34 from 26 nations
Winning time	27.80 GR
Medalists
Xie Zhi    China   Ryo Tateishi    Japan   Li Xiayan    China

Main article: Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games

The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 14 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 34 competitors from 26 countries who took part in this event. Five heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals.

Xie Zhi from China won the gold medal, Asian record holder Kosuke Kitajima only finished with fourth place.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
Sunday, 14 November 2010	10:00	Heats
	18:59	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Cameron van der Burgh (RSA)	26.67	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009
Asian Record	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	27.30	Tokyo, Japan	13 April 2010
Games Record	Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ)	28.29	Doha, Qatar	3 December 2006

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	5	Li Xiayan (CHN)	27.85	GR
2	4	Mohammad Alirezaei (IRI)	27.95
3	3	Ryo Tateishi (JPN)	28.20
4	4	Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ)	28.23
5	5	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	28.38
6	3	Wong Chun Yan (HKG)	28.50
7	3	Xie Zhi (CHN)	28.68
8	4	Nicko Biondi (INA)	28.77
9	3	Choi Kyu-woong (KOR)	28.85
10	5	Andrew Lim (SIN)	28.93
11	4	Sandeep Sejwal (IND)	28.96
12	5	Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ)	28.99
13	5	Indra Gunawan (INA)	29.03
14	5	Lionel Khoo (SIN)	29.34
15	3	Vorrawuti Aumpiwan (THA)	29.36
16	3	Chen Cho-yi (TPE)	29.38
17	4	Nguyễn Hữu Việt (VIE)	29.45
18	4	Dmitrii Aleksandrov (KGZ)	29.53
19	3	Yap See Tuan (MAS)	29.81
20	4	Loai Tashkandi (KSA)	29.89
21	4	Eric Chan (HKG)	29.92
22	5	Dmitriy Shvetsov (UZB)	30.03
23	2	Mubarak Al-Besher (UAE)	30.25
24	5	Soroush Khajegi (IRI)	30.54
25	2	Kamal Hossain (BAN)	31.16
26	3	Chou Kit (MAC)	31.44
27	2	Omar Yusuf (BRN)	31.48
28	1	Ahmed Atari (QAT)	31.87
29	2	Rami Fetyani (KSA)	31.94
30	2	Hemra Nurmyradow (TKM)	32.13
31	2	Ye Myint Hane (MYA)	32.97
32	1	Hem Thon Ponleu (CAM)	33.16
33	1	Erdenebilegiin Byambasüren (MGL)	34.37
34	2	Inayath Hassan (MDV)	38.40

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Xie Zhi (CHN)	27.80	GR
	Ryo Tateishi (JPN)	27.86
	Li Xiayan (CHN)	27.89
4	Mohammad Alirezaei (IRI)	28.15
4	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	28.15
4	Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ)	28.15
7	Wong Chun Yan (HKG)	28.53
8	Nicko Biondi (INA)	28.73

References

• 16th Asian Games Results

External links

• Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Official Website
• Men's 50m Breaststroke Ev.No.11 Final Official Website