Swimming at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke

Swimming – Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games
Swimming – Women's 50 metre backstroke ; at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games
Venue	OCBC Aquatic Centre
Date	8 June 2015
Competitors	10 from 7 nations
Medalists
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The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming event at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games was held on 8 June at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in Kallang, Singapore.^[1]

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing Asian and Games records were as follows:

Asian record	Zhao Jing (CHN)	27.06	Rome, Italy	30 July 2009
Games record	(SIN)	29.37	Palembang, Indonesia	14 November 2011

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
8 June	Heat 2	Tao Li	Singapore (SIN)	29.14	GR
8 June	Final	Tao Li	Singapore (SIN)	28.90	GR

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	GR	Games record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

The heats were held on 8 June.

Heat 1 was held on 8 June.

Rank	Lane	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	4	(SIN)	29.58	Q
2	3	(INA)	29.73	Q
3	5	(MAS)	30.15	Q
4	6	Roxanne Ashley Yu (PHI)	31.04
5	2	(CAM)	35.97

Heat 2 was held on 8 June.

Rank	Lane	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	5	Tao Li (SIN)	29.14	Q, GR
2	4	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên (VIE)	29.92	Q
3	3	(THA)	30.42	Q
4	6	(INA)	30.57	Q
5	2	(PHI)	30.67	Q

The final was held on 8 June.

Rank	Lane	Athletes	Time	Notes
	4	Tao Li (SIN)	28.90	GR
	5	(SIN)	29.36
	6	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên (VIE)	29.40
4	3	(INA)	29.48	NR
5	2	(MAS)	29.85
6	7	(THA)	30.26
7	8	(PHI)	30.29
8	1	(INA)	30.59

^ "Number of Athletes - Women's 50m Backstroke". seagames2015.com. 2015 Southeast Asian Games Singapore. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}