The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 and 11 December 2016.

[1] Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The heats were held at 11:51.

[2] The semifinals were held at 19:30.

[3] The final was held at 19:50[4]