Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The women's 50 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 July and 1 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2]

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
VenuePalau Sant Jordi
DatesJuly 31, 2013 (heats &
semifinals)
August 1, 2013 (final)
Competitors51 from 45 nations
Winning time27.29
Medalists
    China
    China
    Japan

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

World record  Zhao Jing (CHN)27.06Rome, Italy30 July 2009[3][4]
Competition record  Zhao Jing (CHN)27.06Rome, Italy30 July 2009[3][4]

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:00.[5]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164Fu Yuanhui China27.55Q
265Zhao Jing China27.81Q
354Aya Terakawa Japan28.05Q
445Mercedes Peris Spain28.07Q
555Etiene Medeiros Brazil28.16Q
644Rachel Bootsma United States28.28Q
763Georgia Davies Great Britain28.35Q
766Lauren Quigley Great Britain28.35Q
952Duane Da Rocha Spain28.37Q
956Aleksandra Urbanczyk Poland28.37Q
1162Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic28.38Q, NR
1249Stephanie Au Hong Kong28.39Q, NR
1353Missy Franklin United States28.44Q, WD
1368Sanja Jovanović Croatia28.44Q
1543Emily Seebohm Australia28.48Q
1646Sinead Russell Canada28.60Q
1748Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir Iceland28.62NR
1759Anni Alitalo Finland28.62Q, NR
1947Klaudia Nazieblo Poland28.65
2037Amit Ivry Israel28.75NR
2167Belinda Hocking Australia28.80
2242Theodora Drakou Greece28.81
2261Daria Ustinova Russia28.81
2469Tao Li Singapore28.90
2541Carolina Colorado Henao Colombia29.08
2560Jessica Ashley-Cooper South Africa29.08
2750Kimberly Buys Belgium29.16
2833Fernanda González Mexico29.17
2958Kim Ji-Hyun South Korea29.18
3040Yekaterina Rudenko Kazakhstan29.19
3151Magdalena Kuras Sweden29.39
3236Gisela Morales Guatemala29.42
3357Selina Hocke Germany29.50
3434Jeserik Pinto Venezuela29.62
3531Ekaterina Avramova Bulgaria29.75
3639Barbara Caraballo Puerto Rico29.80NR
3732Yulduz Kuchkarova Uzbekistan29.84
3835Hazal Sarıkaya Turkey30.15
3924Caroline Puamau Fiji30.36
4030Birita Debes Faroe Islands30.57NR
4138Heather Arseth Mauritius30.61
4225Siona Huxley Saint Lucia31.33
4322Faye Sultan Kuwait31.36
4426Kuan Weng I Macau31.64
4528Evelina Afoa Samoa31.67
4623Nadeera Jayasekera Sri Lanka32.33
4721Caylee Watson U.S. Virgin Islands32.38
4820Nur Hamizah Ahmad Brunei33.85
4915Collen Furgeson Marshall Islands34.48
5014Osisang Chilton Palau34.60
5129Khadidiatou Dieng Senegal34.90
13Meseret Amare EthiopiaDNS
27Khahliso Mpeta LesothoDNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:12.[6]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Mercedes Peris Spain27.71Q, NR
24Zhao Jing China27.87Q
33Rachel Bootsma United States27.93Q
46Lauren Quigley Great Britain28.02Q
52Duane Da Rocha Spain28.25
61Emily Seebohm Australia28.29
77Stephanie Au Hong Kong28.33NR
88Anni Alitalo Finland28.61NR

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Fu Yuanhui China27.40Q
25Aya Terakawa Japan27.70Q, NR
33Etiene Medeiros Brazil27.89Q
46Georgia Davies Great Britain28.05Q
57Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic28.20NR
62Aleksandra Urbańczyk Poland28.25
78Sinead Russell Canada28.35
81Sanja Jovanović Croatia28.60

Final

The final was held at 19:14.[7]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
6Zhao Jing China27.29
4Fu Yuanhui China27.39
5Aya Terakawa Japan27.53NR
42Etiene Medeiros Brazil27.83
53Mercedes Peris Spain27.93
68Georgia Davies Great Britain27.96
77Rachel Bootsma United States28.05
81Lauren Quigley Great Britain28.33

References

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