Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke
Appearance
Women's 50 metre backstroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 5 August (heats and semifinals) 6 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 53 from 48 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 27.11 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2015 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
3 m | mixed | |
10 m | men | women |
10 m | mixed | |
High diving | ||
20 m | women | |
27 m | men | |
Open water swimming | ||
Single | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Team | ||
5 km | mixed | |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×100 m | mixed | |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×100 m | mixed | |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Technical | mixed | |
Free | women | |
Free | mixed | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 5 August with the heats and the semifinals and 6 August with the final.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Zhao Jing (CHN) | 27.06 | Rome, Italy | 30 July 2009 |
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Competition record | Zhao Jing (CHN) | 27.06 | Rome, Italy | 30 July 2009 |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The heats were held on 5 August at 09:30.[2]
Semifinals
[edit]The semifinals were held at 17:42.[3]
Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | 27.41 | Q |
2 | 5 | Liu Xiang | China | 27.67 | Q |
3 | 6 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 27.83 | Q |
4 | 3 | Lauren Quigley | Great Britain | 27.88 | Q |
5 | 7 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.01 | Q, NR |
6 | 2 | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 28.11 | |
7 | 8 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 28.39 | |
8 | 1 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 28.59 |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Fu Yuanhui | China | 27.18 | Q |
2 | 3 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 27.63 | Q, NR |
3 | 5 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 27.70 | Q |
4 | 8 | Mathilde Cini | France | 28.16 | |
5 | 7 | Elena Gemo | Italy | 28.21 | |
6 | 2 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 28.28 | |
7 | 6 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 28.30 | |
8 | 1 | Aleksandra Urbańczyk | Poland | 28.46 |
Final
[edit]The final was held at 18:49.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Fu Yuanhui | China | 27.11 | ||
5 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | 27.26 | AM | |
6 | Liu Xiang | China | 27.58 | ||
4 | 2 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 27.66 | |
5 | 3 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 27.73 | |
6 | 7 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 27.92 | |
7 | 1 | Lauren Quigley | Great Britain | 27.99 | |
8 | 8 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.17 |