ROME – Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa reclaimed the men's 50 metres breaststroke world record in the semi-finals of the World championships in Rome on Tuesday.

Van der Burgh swam 27.16 seconds to snatch the record back off Brazilian Felipe Alves Franca da Silva, who swam 26.89 in rio de Janeiro in May.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
26.74 Cameron van der Burgh RSA Rome 28.07.09
26.89 Felipe Alves Franca da Silva BRA Rio de Janeiro 09.05.09
27.06 Cameron van der Burgh RSA Durban 18.04.09
27.18 Oleg Lisogor UKR Berlin 02.08.02
27.39 Ed Moses USA Austin 31.03.01
27.49 Anthony Robinson USA 29.03.01
27.61 Alexander Dzhaburiya UKR 27.04.96

In the first semifinal Matjaz Markic of Slovenia set a new European standard of 27.16.

Few minutes later, in the second of the two races Germany’s Hendrik Feldwehr bettered the new mark touching in 26.83.

European record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
26.83 Hendrik Feldwehr GER Rome 28.07.09
27.16 Matjaz Markic SLO Rome 28.07.09
27.18 Oleg Lisogor UKR Berlin 02.08.02
27.51 James Gibson GBR Manchester 13.04.02
27.52 Oleg Lisogor UKR Fukuoka 29.07.01
27.59 Mark Warnecke GER Fukuoka 28.07.01
27.61 Alexander Dzhaburiya UKR Kharkov 27.04.96

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Franca breaks World 50 breast record
May 9, 2009