2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 14 and 15 December 2018.

Women's 50 metre backstroke at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates	14 December (heats and semifinals) 15 December (final)
Competitors	57
Winning time	25.88
Medalists
Olivia Smoliga   United States   Caroline Pilhatsch   Austria   Holly Barratt   Australia

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record Championship record	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	25.67	Doha	7 December 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 14 December at 9:38.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	26.13	Q
2	5	6	Fu Yuanhui	China	26.26	Q
3	6	3	Olivia Smoliga	United States	26.41	Q
4	3	4	Maaike de Waard	Netherlands	26.48	Q
5	5	7	Caroline Pilhatsch	Austria	26.51	Q
6	4	3	Miyuki Takemura	Japan	26.53	Q
7	4	5	Georgia Davies	Great Britain	26.56	Q
7	6	2	Holly Barratt	Australia	26.56	Q
9	5	2	Mathilde Cini	France	26.57	Q
10	5	3	Simona Kubová	Czech Republic	26.58	Q
11	4	6	Mimosa Jallow	Finland	26.60	Q
12	5	5	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	26.63	Q
13	6	1	Anastasia Fesikova	Russia	26.70	Q
14	6	5	Alicja Tchórz	Poland	26.74	Q
15	6	6	Kathleen Baker	United States	26.77	Q
16	4	4	Emily Seebohm	Australia	26.81	Q
17	3	6	Karolína Hájková	Slovakia	27.13
18	4	2	Liu Xiang	China	27.21
18	5	0	Andrea Berrino	Argentina	27.21
20	4	0	Laura Riedemann	Germany	27.22
21	3	2	Ingrid Wilm	Canada	27.25
22	3	5	Isabella Arcila	Colombia	27.26
23	5	8	Anastasiya Shkurdai	Belarus	27.40
24	6	7	Emi Moronuki	Japan	27.50
25	4	1	Hanna Rosvall	Sweden	27.54
26	5	1	Stephanie Au	Hong Kong	27.57
27	5	9	Carlotta Zofkova	Italy	27.62
28	6	9	Seraina Sturzenegger	Switzerland	27.64
29	4	8	Ekaterina Avramova	Turkey	27.81
30	3	3	Jeserik Pinto	Venezuela	27.99	NR
30	4	9	Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir	Iceland	27.99
32	6	0	Paige Flynn	New Zealand	28.20
33	3	7	Hiba Fahsi	Morocco	29.22	NR
34	3	1	Nimia Murua	Panama	30.34
35	3	8	Guiliana Dudok	Uruguay	30.74
36	3	9	Kimberly Ince	Grenada	31.38
37	1	1	Britheny Joassaint	Haiti	31.48	NR
38	3	0	Eda Zeqiri	Kosovo	31.55
39	2	0	Therese Soukup	Seychelles	31.97
40	2	4	Jannat Bique	Mozambique	32.05
41	2	3	Annie Hepler	Marshall Islands	33.19
42	1	6	Naima Akter	Bangladesh	33.86
42	2	6	Roylin Akiwo	Palau	33.86
44	2	8	Daniela Costa	Angola	34.01
45	2	5	Ada Thioune	Senegal	34.32
46	1	7	Fatema Almahmeed	Brunei	34.35
47	1	5	Noelani Day	Tonga	34.45
48	1	3	Danielle George	Guyana	34.74
49	2	2	Kayla Temba	Tanzania	36.48
50	2	9	Ina Gadama	Malawi	42.87
51	1	2	Kanu Isha	Sierra Leone	48.97
52	2	1	R.B.A.Ibrahim	Sudan	49.06
	1	4	Bopha Sam	Cambodia	DNS
	4	7	Elena Di Liddo	Italy	DNS
	6	4	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	DNS
	6	8	Jenna Laukkanen	Finland	DNS
	2	7	Evalyn Tome	Solomon Islands	DSQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 14 December at 20:15.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Miyuki Takemura	Japan	26.31	Q
2	4	Fu Yuanhui	China	26.33	Q
3	1	Alicja Tchórz	Poland	26.36	Q
4	6	Holly Barratt	Australia	26.38	Q
5	7	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	26.54	QSO
6	2	Simona Kubová	Czech Republic	26.60
7	5	Maaike de Waard	Netherlands	26.74
8	8	Emily Seebohm	Australia	26.93

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Olivia Smoliga	United States	26.06	Q
2	3	Caroline Pilhatsch	Austria	26.21	Q
3	6	Georgia Davies	Great Britain	26.28	Q
4	2	Mathilde Cini	France	26.54	QSO
5	7	Mimosa Jallow	Finland	26.74
6	1	Anastasia Fesikova	Russia	26.76
6	8	Kathleen Baker	United States	26.76
8	4	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	26.91

Final

The final was held on 15 December at 20:10.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Olivia Smoliga	United States	25.88	NR
	5	Caroline Pilhatsch	Austria	25.99	NR
	1	Holly Barratt	Australia	26.04
4	2	Fu Yuanhui	China	26.06
5	8	Mathilde Cini	France	26.17
6	6	Miyuki Takemura	Japan	26.30
7	3	Georgia Davies	Great Britain	26.31
8	7	Alicja Tchórz	Poland	26.42