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

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Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Kazan 2015 - Victory Ceremony 50m backstroke W.JPG
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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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[]

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[]

Heats[]

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 Beryl 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  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  Malaysia 30.14
38 2 4  Mozambique 30.17
39 3 1  Indonesia 30.33
40 2 3  Bahamas 30.77
41 2 2 Monica Ramírez  Andorra 30.89
42 3 8  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  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  Malawi 38.81
52 1 6  Bahrain 40.40
4 2 Mimosa Jallow  Finland DSQ
4 3 Rachel Bootsma  United States DNS

Semifinals[]

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

Semifinal 1[]

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[]

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 Beryl Gastaldello  France 28.30
8 1 Aleksandra Urbańczyk  Poland 28.46

Final[]

Final heat

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Fu Yuanhui  China 27.11
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Etiene Medeiros  Brazil 27.26 AM
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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