*** Welcome to piglix ***

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 November 14, 2010 (2010-11-14)
Competitors 34 from 26 nations
Medalists
Gold medal    China
Silver medal    Japan
Bronze medal    China
2006 2014

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.

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

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


...
Wikipedia

...