The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 Asian Games

2010 Asian Games

The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990...

 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

China at the 2010 Asian Games

China participated and hosted the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou on 12 November – 27 November 2010.-Medalists:- Aquatics – Diving:MenWomen- Aquatics – Swimming:Men30 swimmersWomen22 swimmers...

 won the gold medal, asian record holder Kosuke Kitajima

Kosuke Kitajima

is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:...

 only finished with fourth place.

Records

World record
26.67	Cameron van der Burgh Cameron van der Burgh Cameron van der Burgh is a South African swimmer.He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and the youngest at the age of 20. He trains with Dirk Lange and is based in Pretoria. He has represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won numerous World Championship medals...	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	29 July 2009
Asian record
27.30	Kosuke Kitajima Kosuke Kitajima is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:...	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...	13 April 2010

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	6	Li Xiayan		27.85
2	4	5	Mohammad Alirezaei Mohammad Alirezaei Mohammad Alirezaei Dizicheh is an Iranian breaststroke swimmer.By qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics, Alirezaei became the first Iranian ever to qualify for an Olympic swimming event without using wildcard. However, according to team officials, Alirezaei fell ill before his event, and was...		27.95
3	3	4	Ryo Tateishi		28.20
4	4	4	Vladislav Polyakov Vladislav Polyakov Vlad Polyakov is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Kazakhstan. He swam for his native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....		28.23
5	5	4	Kosuke Kitajima Kosuke Kitajima is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:...		28.38
6	3	3	Wong Chun Yan		28.50
7	3	5	Xie Zhi		28.68
8	4	3	Nicko Biondi Ricardo		28.77
9	3	6	Choi Kyu-Woong		28.85
10	5	7	Lim Xin En Andrew		28.93
11	4	7	Sandeep Sejwal Sandeep Sejwal Sandeep Sejwal , is an Indian swimmer. He contested in the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to reach the finals in both events.-Career:...		28.96
12	5	3	Yevgeniy Ryzhkov Yevgeniy Ryzhkov Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Ryzhkov is a Kazakhstani swimmer, who won the bronze medal over 200 m breaststroke at the 2006 Short Course World Championships.-Achievements:*2006 FINA Short Course World Championships - bronze medal...		28.99
13	5	5	Indra Gunawan		29.03
14	5	2	Khoo Chien Yin Lionel		29.34
15	3	2	Vorrawuti Aumpiwan		29.36
16	3	7	Chen Cho-Yi		29.38
17	4	6	Nguyen Huu Viet		29.45
18	4	8	Dimitrii Aleksandrov		29.53
19	3	1	Yap See Tuan		29.81
20	4	1	Loai Abdulwahid Tashkandi		29.89
21	4	2	Chan Wing Lim Eric		29.92
22	5	1	Dmitriy Shvetsov		30.03
23	2	4	Mubarak Mohamed Al Besher		30.25
24	5	8	Soroush Khajegi		30.54
25	2	3	Md.kamal Hossain		31.16
26	3	8	Chou Kit		31.44
27	2	6	Mohamed Jassim		31.48
28	1	3	Ahmed Atari		31.87
29	2	7	Rami Ahmad Fetyani		31.94
30	2	5	Hemra Snurmyradov		32.13
31	2	2	Ye Myint Hane Hane		32.97
32	1	5	Hem Thonponloeu		33.16
33	1	4	Byambasuren Erdenebileg		34.37
34	2	1	Inayath Hassan		38.40

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Xie Zhi		27.80
	3	Ryo Tateishi		27.86
	4	Li Xiayan		27.89
4	5	Mohammad Alirezaei Mohammad Alirezaei Mohammad Alirezaei Dizicheh is an Iranian breaststroke swimmer.By qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics, Alirezaei became the first Iranian ever to qualify for an Olympic swimming event without using wildcard. However, according to team officials, Alirezaei fell ill before his event, and was...		28.15
5	2	Kosuke Kitajima Kosuke Kitajima is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:...		28.15
6	6	Vladislav Polyakov Vladislav Polyakov Vlad Polyakov is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Kazakhstan. He swam for his native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....		28.15
7	7	Wong Chun Yan		28.53
8	8	Nicko Ricardo		28.73

External links

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