Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 24 and 25 July 2019.[1][2]

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
LocationGwangju, South Korea
Dates24 July (heats and semifinals)
25 July (final)
Competitors48 from 43 nations
Winning time27.33
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Brazil
bronze medal    Russia
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Records

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

World record   Liu Xiang (CHN) 26.98 Jakarta, Indonesia 21 August 2018
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 24 July at 10:03.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Fu Yuanhui   China 27.70 Q
2 5 5 Etiene Medeiros   Brazil 27.85 Q
3 5 7 Kira Toussaint   Netherlands 27.86 Q
4 4 4 Georgia Davies   Great Britain 27.92 Q
5 5 8 Julie Kepp Jensen   Denmark 27.95 Q
6 3 5 Olivia Smoliga   United States 27.96 Q
7 5 1 Simona Kubová   Czech Republic 28.00 Q
8 3 4 Anastasia Fesikova   Russia 28.02 Q
9 4 5 Mimosa Jallow   Finland 28.04 Q
10 3 3 Alicja Tchórz   Poland 28.14 Q
11 4 6 Kathleen Baker   United States 28.17 Q
12 3 6 Maaike de Waard   Netherlands 28.19 Q
5 3 Chen Jie   China 28.19 Q
14 4 3 Kaylee McKeown   Australia 28.23 Q
15 5 2 Caroline Pilhatsch   Austria 28.28 Q
16 5 6 Daria Vaskina   Russia 28.29 Q
17 4 2 Silvia Scalia   Italy 28.30
18 3 7 Stephanie Au   Hong Kong 28.31
19 4 1 Minna Atherton   Australia 28.32
20 3 2 Natsumi Sakai   Japan 28.41
21 3 1 Theodora Drakou   Greece 28.48
22 3 8 Im Da-sol   South Korea 28.50
23 5 0 Ingeborg Løyning   Norway 28.67
24 3 0 Katalin Burián   Hungary 28.84
25 4 0 Karolina Hájková   Slovakia 29.04
26 3 9 Louise Hansson   Sweden 29.12
27 4 9 Diana Nazarova   Kazakhstan 29.51
28 5 9 Ekaterina Avramova   Turkey 29.61
29 2 4 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir   Iceland 29.82
30 2 6 Marie Khoury   Lebanon 30.39 NR
31 2 3 Mónica Ramírez   Andorra 30.53
32 1 9 Nimia Murua   Panama 30.77
33 2 5 Maria Arrua   Paraguay 30.86
34 2 7 Xiomara Getrouw   Suriname 31.42
35 1 1 Sophia Diagne   Senegal 31.98
36 2 2 Kimberly Ince   Grenada 32.27
37 2 8 Cheang Weng Lam   Macau 33.01
38 2 0 Colleen Furgeson   Marshall Islands 33.28
39 2 1 Robyn Young   Eswatini 33.54
40 1 8 Nooran Ba-Matraf   Yemen 33.99
41 1 2 Jennifer Harding-Marlin   Saint Kitts and Nevis 34.08
42 1 7 Aika Watanabe   Northern Mariana Islands 35.04
43 2 9 Noelani Day   Tonga 35.17
44 1 4 Aishath Sausan   Maldives 35.41 NR
45 1 6 Nafissath Radji   Benin 36.01
46 1 0 Ekaterina Bordachyova   Tajikistan 37.95
47 1 3 Tayamika Chang'anamuno   Malawi 38.49
48 1 5 Shivani Bhatt   Tanzania 38.96
4 7 Mie Nielsen   Denmark DNS
4 8 Alexandra Touretski    Switzerland

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 24 July at 20:37.[4]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Etiene Medeiros   Brazil 27.69 Q
2 5 Georgia Davies   Great Britain 27.72 Q
3 1 Kaylee McKeown   Australia 27.73 Q
4 3 Olivia Smoliga   United States 27.76 Q
5 8 Daria Vaskina   Russia 27.79 Q
6 6 Anastasia Fesikova   Russia 28.01
7 7 Maaike de Waard   Netherlands 28.04
8 2 Alicja Tchórz   Poland 28.18

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Kathleen Baker   United States 27.62 Q
2 8 Caroline Pilhatsch   Austria 27.77 Q, NR
3 5 Kira Toussaint   Netherlands 27.78 Q
4 4 Fu Yuanhui   China 27.84
5 6 Simona Kubová   Czech Republic 27.91
6 1 Chen Jie   China 28.07
7 2 Mimosa Jallow   Finland 28.10
8 3 Julie Kepp Jensen   Denmark 28.24

Final

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The final was held on 25 July at 20:37.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  2 Olivia Smoliga   United States 27.33 NR
  5 Etiene Medeiros   Brazil 27.44
  8 Daria Vaskina   Russia 27.51
4 3 Georgia Davies   Great Britain 27.65
6 Kaylee McKeown   Australia
6 4 Kathleen Baker   United States 27.69
7 7 Caroline Pilhatsch   Austria 27.78
8 1 Kira Toussaint   Netherlands 27.85

References

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