Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place on July 27 with the heats and the semifinals and July 28 with the final.

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 27, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 28, 2011 (final)
Competitors57 from 48 nations
Winning time27.79
Medalists
    Russia
    Japan
    United States

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
Championship record
Zhao Jing China27.06RomeJuly 30, 2009

Results

Heats

57 swimmers participated in 8 heats.[1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164Anastasia Zuyeva Russia28.20Q
267Zhou Yanxin China28.24Q
384Gao Chang China28.27Q
485Aya Terakawa Japan28.34Q
578Elizabeth Pelton United States28.35Q
682Missy Franklin United States28.37Q
774Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus28.38Q
875Emily Seebohm Australia28.39Q
886Georgia Davies Great Britain28.39Q
1062Theodora Drakou Greece28.46Q, NR
1065Mercedes Peris Spain28.46Q
1273Julia Wilkinson Canada28.62Q
1368Ekaterina Avramova Bulgaria28.66Q, NR
1488Kseniya Moskvina Russia28.71Q
1583Gemma Spofforth Great Britain28.79Q
1666Jenny Mensing Germany28.84Q
1771Sinead Russell Canada28.87
1834Mie Nielsen Denmark28.89
1963Shiho Sakai Japan28.89
2076Belinda Hocking Australia28.92
2153Daryna Zevina Ukraine28.99
2256Sanja Jovanović Croatia29.03
2257Karin Prinsloo South Africa29.03
2477Elena Gemo Italy29.12
2572Etiene Medeiros Brazil29.16
2687Alina Vats Ukraine29.24
2746Isabella Arcila Colombia29.27
2852Fabienne Nadarajah Austria29.29
2861Sviatlana Khakhlova Belarus29.29
3054Simona Baumrtova Czech Republic29.37
3148Anni Alitalo Finland29.39
3255Tao Li Singapore29.40
3381Maria Gonzalez Ramirez Mexico29.45
3444Alicja Tchorz Poland29.50
3551Ingibjoerg Kristi Jonsdottir Iceland29.66
3658Hazal Sarikaya Turkey29.71
3733Cecilia Bertoncello Argentina29.73
3845Yekaterina Rudenko Kazakhstan29.76
3941Kiera Aitken Bermuda29.78
4043Lau Yin Yan Hong Kong29.79
4147Sophia Batchelor New Zealand29.90
4242Alana Dillette Bahamas29.97
4335Kah Chan Malaysia30.22
4432Anna Volchkov Israel30.59
4536Monica Ramirez Abella Andorra30.66
4637Sylvia Bruhnlehner Kenya32.09
4724Jessika Cossa Mozambique32.29
4838Anahit Barseghyan Armenia32.49
4931Nicola Muscat Malta32.62
5025Jade Ashleigh Howard Zambia32.91
5123Kiran Khan Pakistan33.18
5226Angelique Trinquier Monaco33.19
5322Mareme Faye Senegal33.43
5427Vitiny Hemthon Cambodia36.57
5513Faleumata Samassekou Mali37.79
5614Gebremedhin Yanet Seyoum Ethiopia38.06
5715Antoinette Guedia Mouafo Cameroon39.02

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:13.[2]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Mercedes Peris Spain27.93Q
27Julia Wilkinson Canada28.10Q
33Missy Franklin United States28.14Q
45Aya Terakawa Japan28.16Q
56Emily Seebohm Australia28.19Q
64Zhou Yanxin China28.44
71Kseniya Moskvina Russia28.75
88Jenny Mensing Germany28.83

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Anastasia Zuyeva Russia27.88Q
26Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus27.93Q
35Gao Chang China28.05Q
47Theodora Drakou Greece28.25NR
52Georgia Davies Great Britain28.26
61Ekaterina Avramova Bulgaria28.64NR
78Gemma Spofforth Great Britain28.75
83Elizabeth Pelton United States28.85

Final

The final was held at 19:17.[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Anastasia Zuyeva Russia27.79
1Aya Terakawa Japan27.93
7Missy Franklin United States28.01
46Gao Chang China28.06
58Emily Seebohm Australia28.07
62Julia Wilkinson Canada28.09
63Aliaksandra Herasimenia Belarus28.09
85Mercedes Peris Minguet Spain28.42

References

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