Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

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]

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates5 August (heats and semifinals)
6 August (final)
Competitors53 from 48 nations
Winning time27.11
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    Brazil
bronze medal    China
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Records

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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
Competition record   Zhao Jing (CHN) 27.06 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held on 5 August at 09:30.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Fu Yuanhui   China 27.66 Q
2 6 4 Etiene Medeiros   Brazil 27.74 Q
3 5 4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 27.75 Q
4 5 5 Liu Xiang   China 27.79 Q
5 4 5 Mie Nielsen   Denmark 27.89 Q
6 6 5 Lauren Quigley   Great Britain 27.94 Q
7 4 6 Béryl Gastaldello   France 28.02 Q, NR
7 6 3 Madison Wilson   Australia 28.02 Q
9 5 6 Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe 28.15 Q
9 6 2 Anastasia Fesikova   Russia 28.15 Q
11 6 6 Elena Gemo   Italy 28.18 Q
12 6 0 Theodora Drakou   Greece 28.35 Q
13 4 7 Aleksandra Urbańczyk   Poland 28.36 Q
14 6 8 Sanja Jovanović   Croatia 28.40 Q
15 6 1 Mathilde Cini   France 28.46 Q
16 5 2 Daria Ustinova   Russia 28.52 Q
17 5 8 Sviatlana Khakhlova   Belarus 28.62
18 5 0 Katarína Listopadová   Slovakia 28.63
19 5 9 Dominique Bouchard   Canada 28.66
20 5 3 Yekaterina Rudenko   Kazakhstan 28.67
20 5 1 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic 28.67
22 6 9 Stephanie Au   Hong Kong 28.70
23 4 0 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir   Iceland 28.75
24 5 7 Park Han-byeol   South Korea 28.85
25 6 7 Maaike de Waard   Netherlands 28.86
26 4 1 Alicja Tchórz   Poland 28.87
27 3 5 Gisela Morales   Guatemala 28.94
28 4 8 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 28.97
29 4 9 Bobbie Gichard   New Zealand 29.15
30 3 4 Magdalena Kuras   Sweden 29.33
31 2 5 Naomi Ruele   Botswana 29.36
32 3 6 Yulduz Kuchkarova   Uzbekistan 29.37
33 3 3 Amit Ivry   Israel 29.50
34 3 2 Ekaterina Avramova   Turkey 29.60
35 3 0 Carolina Colorado Henao   Colombia 29.61
36 3 7 Sigrid Sepp   Estonia 29.95
37 3 9 Chan Caroline Zi Xin   Malaysia 30.14
38 2 4 Jessika Cossa   Mozambique 30.17
39 3 1 Anak Ratih   Indonesia 30.33
40 2 3 Ariel Weech   Bahamas 30.77
41 2 2 Monica Ramírez   Andorra 30.89
42 3 8 Andrea García   Mexico 30.94
43 2 7 Evelina Afoa   Samoa 31.74
44 2 6 Lauren Hew   Cayman Islands 32.33
45 2 1 Colleen Furgeson   Marshall Islands 33.04
46 2 0 Rita Zeqiri   Kosovo 33.65
47 2 8 Rahaf Baqleh   Jordan 33.67
48 2 9 Debra Daniel   Federated States of Micronesia 33.75
49 1 4 Yesui Bayar   Mongolia 35.44
50 1 5 Anastasiya Tyurina   Tajikistan 38.48
51 1 3 Tayamika Chang'Anamuno   Malawi 38.81
52 1 6 Fatema Abdulmohsen   Bahrain 40.40
4 2 Mimosa Jallow   Finland DSQ
4 3 Rachel Bootsma   United States DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held at 17:42.[3]

Semifinal 1

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Start of first semifinal
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
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

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Second semifinal
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
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

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Final heat

The final was held at 18:49.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  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

References

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