Record #00327Sports archive
Fastest Men's 100 Metres Breaststroke (Long Course)
Britain's Adam Peaty set a 56.88-second world record in the men's 100 m breaststroke semifinal at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, becoming the first man under 57 seconds in a 50-metre pool.
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Current Record
56.88seconds
Current record value
- Holder
- Adam Peaty
- Location
- Gwangju, Republic of Korea · Gwangju, South Korea · South Korea
- Start date
- 2019-07-21
- Record status
- VerifiedView verification details ↗Report an issue
Overview
Archive NotePeaty lowered his own record by 0.22 seconds in the Gwangju semifinal on 21 July 2019, becoming the first male swimmer to break 57 seconds in this event.
World Aquatics labels his 56.88 performance WR under 50-metre pool results. His separate 55.41-second personal best in the 25-metre pool is a different short-course record and must not be mixed with the long-course comparison.
Record history
1 Milestones- 56.88 secondsAdam PeatyGwangju, Republic of KoreaCurrent Record
Sources
Evidence & ReferencesVerification basis and limitations
VerifiedThe record conclusion has sufficient verification support.
Basis: direct confirmation by an authority
World Aquatics world-record tables and athlete's official results explicitly label 56.88 s as WR for the 100 m breaststroke in a 50 m pool.
- Verification assessment
- 2026-11-04
- Last editorial review
- 2026-11-04
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