World record progression 50 metres breaststroke


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

All-time top 25

Men long course

  • Correct as of January 2026
TimeAthleteNationDatePlace
1125.95Adam Peaty25 July 2017Budapest
225.99Peaty #226 July 2017Budapest
326.06Peaty #324 July 2019Gwangju
426.09Peaty #48 August 2018Glasgow
526.10Peaty #525 July 2017Budapest
626.11Peaty #623 July 2019Gwangju
2726.20Qin Haiyang25 July 2023Fukuoka
826.21Peaty #722 May 2021Budapest
926.23Peaty #87 August 2018Glasgow
1026.25Qin #229 September 2023Hangzhou
1026.25Qin #312 December 2023Jinan
31226.27Ludovico Viberti27 June 2025Rome
1326.28Peaty #923 July 2019Gwangju
41326.28Ilya Shymanovich6 April 2023Brest
1526.29Qin #426 July 2023Fukuoka
1526.29Qin #57 October 2023Berlin
1726.30Qin #67 October 2023Berlin
1726.30Qin #721 October 2023Budapest
1926.32Shymanovich #220 April 2023Kazan
51926.32Samuel Williamson14 February 2024Doha
62126.33Felipe Lima9 June 2019Monaco
62126.33Nicolò Martinenghi16 August 2022Rome
2326.34Peaty #1021 May 2021Budapest
2326.34Qin #825 July 2023Fukuoka
2526.35Qin #929 September 2023Jinan
826.42João Gomes Júnior21 April 2019Rio de Janeiro
826.42Simone Cerasuolo29 July 2025Singapore
1026.45Nic Fink21 June 2022Budapest
1126.46Ivan Kozhakin17 April 2025Kazan
1226.52Michael Andrew28 April 2022Greensboro
1326.54Cameron van der Burgh25 July 2017Budapest
1426.57Van Mathias15 January 2026Austin
1526.61Sun Jiajun6 May 2023Hangzhou
1626.62Melvin Imoudu27 April 2024Berlin
1626.62Kirill Prigoda30 July 2025Singapore
1826.64Chris Smith11 December 2025Pretoria
1926.65Taku Taniguchi29 July 2025Singapore
2026.66Andrey Nikolaev29 April 2022Kazan
2126.70Damir Dugonjič4 August 2015Kazan
2126.70Fabio Scozzoli23 July 2019Gwangju
2326.71Koen de Groot29 July 2025Singapore
2426.72Luka Mladenovic26 June 2025Šamorín
2426.72Michael Houlie4 December 2025Austin

Men short course

  • Correct as of December 2025
TimeAthleteNationDatePlace
1124.95Emre Sakçı27 December 2021Gaziantep
2225.25Cameron van der Burgh14 November 2009Berlin
2225.25Ilya Shymanovich7 November 2021Kazan
425.29Sakçı #25 November 2020Budapest
4525.37Nicolò Martinenghi6 November 2021Kazan
625.38Sakçı #36 November 2021Kazan
5625.38Nic Fink18 December 2022Melbourne
5625.38Qin Haiyang19 October 2024Shanghai
925.39Shymanovich #218 December 2020Brest
925.39Sakçı #47 November 2021Kazan
1125.41van der Burgh #216 December 2018Hangzhou
71125.41Adam Peaty22 November 2020Budapest
1125.41Shymanovich #318 December 2020Brest
1125.41Shymanovich #42 September 2021Naples
1525.42Martinenghi #218 December 2022Melbourne
1525.42Qin #215 December 2024Budapest
1725.43van der Burgh #38 August 2009Pietermaritzburg
1725.43Sakçı #59 November 2020Budapest
1725.43Shymanovich #56 November 2021Kazan
82025.45Roland Schoeman14 November 2009Berlin
2125.47Shymanovich #625 November 2021Eindhoven
2125.47Qin #31 November 2024Singapore
2325.48Peaty #215 November 2020Budapest
2325.48Shymanovich #721 November 2020Budapest
92325.48Kirill Prigoda14 December 2024Budapest
1025.51Vladimir Morozov4 December 2019Glasgow
1125.52Caspar Corbeau18 October 2025Westmont
1125.52Simone Cerasuolo6 December 2025Lublin
1325.61Oleg Kostin19 December 2024Saint Petersburg
1425.62Fabio Scozzoli13 December 2017Copenhagen
1425.62Fabio Scozzoli13 December 2017Copenhagen
1525.63Felipe França Silva7 December 2014Doha
1625.66Chris Smith14 December 2024Budapest
1725.69Michael Houlie14 December 2024Budapest
1825.71Ludovico Viberti15 December 2024Budapest
1925.72Sun Jiajun28 September 2024Wuhan
2025.75Finlay Brooks18 October 2025Westmont
2125.80Felipe Lima16 December 2018Hangzhou
2125.80João Gomes Júnior21 December 2021Abu Dhabi
2125.80Yan Zibei17 December 2022Melbourne
2425.81Michael Andrew17 December 2022Melbourne
2525.84Arno Kamminga4 December 2019Glasgow

Women long course

  • Correct as of November 2025
TimeAthleteNationDatePlace
1129.16Rūta Meilutytė30 July 2023Fukuoka
2229.30Benedetta Pilato22 May 2021Budapest
229.30Meilutytė #229 July 2023Fukuoka
429.35Pilato #223 May 2021Budapest
3529.40Lilly King30 July 2017Budapest
529.40Meilutytė #318 February 2024Doha
729.42Meilutytė #417 February 2024Doha
829.44Meilutytė #516 August 2022Rome
929.48Meilutytė #63 August 2013Barcelona
1029.50Pilato #322 May 2021Budapest
41129.51Tang Qianting18 February 2024Doha
51229.52Yulia Yefimova4 August 2013Barcelona
1329.54Meilutytė #72 August 2025Singapore
1429.55Meilutytė #83 August 2025Singapore
1529.56Meilutytė #98 October 2023Berlin
1629.57Yefimova #230 July 2017Budapest
1729.58Pilato #413 April 2022Riccione
1729.58Pilato #530 November 2023Riccione
1929.59Meilutytė #104 August 2013Barcelona
1929.59Meilutytė #1117 August 2022Rome
1929.59Pilato #69 March 2024Riccione
2229.60King #229 July 2017Budapest
2229.60Pilato #729 July 2023Fukuoka
2429.61Pilato #818 December 2020Riccione
2529.62King #310 June 2018Santa Clara
2529.62Pilato #93 April 2021Riccione
629.71Molly Hannis13 January 2018Austin
729.72Lara van Niekerk6 April 2022Gqeberha
829.80Jessica Hardy7 August 2009Federal Way
829.80Jessica Hardy4 August 2013Barcelona
929.81Lydia Jacoby29 June 2023Indianapolis
1029.83Eneli Jefimova21 April 2025Helsinki
1129.86Arianna Castiglioni28 May 2022Naples
1229.95Breeja Larson4 August 2013Barcelona
1329.99Katie Meili30 July 2017Budapest
1430.02Imogen Clark30 July 2022Birmingham
1430.02Anita Bottazzo29 July 2023Fukuoka
1630.05Jennie Johansson9 August 2015Kazan
1630.05Chelsea Hodges30 July 2022Birmingham
1630.05McKenzie Siroky7 June 2025Indianapolis
1930.09Tatjana Smith9 April 2024Gqeberha
2030.10Anna Elendt26 May 2022Barcelona
2030.10Satomi Suzuki8 October 2023Shizuoka
2230.11Rebecca Soni2 August 2009Rome
2230.11Alia Atkinson9 August 2015Kazan
2230.11Yang Chang17 November 2025Shenzhen
2530.16Sarah Katsoulis2 August 2009Rome

Women short course

  • Correct as of December 2025
TimeAthleteNationDatePlace
1128.37Rūta Meilutytė17 December 2022Melbourne
228.39Meilutytė #214 December 2024Budapest
328.50Meilutytė #318 December 2022Melbourne
428.54Meilutytė #415 December 2024Budapest
2528.56Alia Atkinson6 October 2018Budapest
628.60Meilutytė #523 October 2022Berlin
728.64Atkinson #226 October 2016Tokyo
828.70Meilutytė #65 November 2022Indianapolis
3928.71Yulia Yefimova10 November 2013Tokyo
41028.76Tang Qianting20 October 2024Shanghai
51128.77Lilly King21 November 2020Budapest
61228.80Jessica Hardy14 November 2009Berlin
1328.81Meilutytė #73 December 2014Doha
71328.81Benedetta Pilato21 November 2020Budapest
71328.81Eneli Jefimova7 December 2025Lublin
1628.82Tang #229 September 2024Wuhan
1728.84Meilutytė #84 December 2014Doha
1728.84Atkinson #312 August 2017Eindhoven
1928.86King #216 October 2020Budapest
1928.86Pilato #214 November 2020Budapest
1928.86King #317 December 2022Melbourne
1928.86Pilato #310 December 2023Otopeni
1928.86Tang #314 December 2024Budapest
1928.86Tang #415 December 2024Budapest
2528.87Tang #52 November 2024Singapore
929.04Molly Hannis16 October 2020Budapest
1029.09Arianna Castiglioni25 September 2021Naples
1029.09Lara van Niekerk18 December 2022Melbourne
1229.17Imogen Clark16 December 2023Sheffield
1329.22Dominika Sztandera14 December 2024Budapest
1429.30Anna Elendt18 December 2022Melbourne
1529.31Jasmine Nocentini9 December 2023Otopeni
1629.33Ida Hulkko5 November 2020Budapest
1729.34Anastasia Gorbenko17 December 2021Abu Dhabi
1729.34Nika Godun17 November 2021Kazan
1729.34Florine Gaspard7 December 2025Lublin
2029.37Katie Meili31 August 2016Berlin
2129.44Veera Kivirinta14 December 2024Budapest
2229.49Alina Zmushka21 November 2022Kazan
2329.50Sarah Katsoulis22 November 2009Singapore
2429.51Martina Carraro18 October 2020Budapest
2529.53Sophie Hansson18 November 2023Sheffield