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 | ||||||||||
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Dates | July 27, 2011 (heats and semifinals) July 28, 2011 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 57 from 48 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 27.79 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record Championship record |
Zhao Jing | China | 27.06 | Rome | July 30, 2009 |
Results
editHeats
edit57 swimmers participated in 8 heats.[1]
Semifinals
editThe semifinals were held at 18:13.[2]
Semifinal 1
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Mercedes Peris | Spain | 27.93 | Q |
2 | 7 | Julia Wilkinson | Canada | 28.10 | Q |
3 | 3 | Missy Franklin | United States | 28.14 | Q |
4 | 5 | Aya Terakawa | Japan | 28.16 | Q |
5 | 6 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 28.19 | Q |
6 | 4 | Zhou Yanxin | China | 28.44 | |
7 | 1 | Kseniya Moskvina | Russia | 28.75 | |
8 | 8 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 28.83 |
Semifinal 2
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia | 27.88 | Q |
2 | 6 | Aleksandra Gerasimenya | Belarus | 27.93 | Q |
3 | 5 | Gao Chang | China | 28.05 | Q |
4 | 7 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 28.25 | NR |
5 | 2 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 28.26 | |
6 | 1 | Ekaterina Avramova | Bulgaria | 28.64 | NR |
7 | 8 | Gemma Spofforth | Great Britain | 28.75 | |
8 | 3 | Elizabeth Pelton | United States | 28.85 |
Final
editThe final was held at 19:17.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia | 27.79 | ||
1 | Aya Terakawa | Japan | 27.93 | ||
7 | Missy Franklin | United States | 28.01 | ||
4 | 6 | Gao Chang | China | 28.06 | |
5 | 8 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 28.07 | |
6 | 2 | Julia Wilkinson | Canada | 28.09 | |
6 | 3 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | Belarus | 28.09 | |
8 | 5 | Mercedes Peris Minguet | Spain | 28.42 |
References
edit- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-27.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-27.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-28.[permanent dead link]
External links
edit- 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre backstroke start list[permanent dead link], from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.