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
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    Japan
bronze medal    United States
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Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
Championship record
Zhao Jing   China 27.06 Rome July 30, 2009

Results

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Heats

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57 swimmers participated in 8 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia 28.20 Q
2 6 7 Zhou Yanxin   China 28.24 Q
3 8 4 Gao Chang   China 28.27 Q
4 8 5 Aya Terakawa   Japan 28.34 Q
5 7 8 Elizabeth Pelton   United States 28.35 Q
6 8 2 Missy Franklin   United States 28.37 Q
7 7 4 Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 28.38 Q
8 7 5 Emily Seebohm   Australia 28.39 Q
8 8 6 Georgia Davies   Great Britain 28.39 Q
10 6 2 Theodora Drakou   Greece 28.46 Q, NR
10 6 5 Mercedes Peris   Spain 28.46 Q
12 7 3 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 28.62 Q
13 6 8 Ekaterina Avramova   Bulgaria 28.66 Q, NR
14 8 8 Kseniya Moskvina   Russia 28.71 Q
15 8 3 Gemma Spofforth   Great Britain 28.79 Q
16 6 6 Jenny Mensing   Germany 28.84 Q
17 7 1 Sinead Russell   Canada 28.87
18 3 4 Mie Nielsen   Denmark 28.89
19 6 3 Shiho Sakai   Japan 28.89
20 7 6 Belinda Hocking   Australia 28.92
21 5 3 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 28.99
22 5 6 Sanja Jovanović   Croatia 29.03
22 5 7 Karin Prinsloo   South Africa 29.03
24 7 7 Elena Gemo   Italy 29.12
25 7 2 Etiene Medeiros   Brazil 29.16
26 8 7 Alina Vats   Ukraine 29.24
27 4 6 Isabella Arcila   Colombia 29.27
28 5 2 Fabienne Nadarajah   Austria 29.29
28 6 1 Sviatlana Khakhlova   Belarus 29.29
30 5 4 Simona Baumrtova   Czech Republic 29.37
31 4 8 Anni Alitalo   Finland 29.39
32 5 5 Tao Li   Singapore 29.40
33 8 1 Maria Gonzalez Ramirez   Mexico 29.45
34 4 4 Alicja Tchorz   Poland 29.50
35 5 1 Ingibjoerg Kristi Jonsdottir   Iceland 29.66
36 5 8 Hazal Sarikaya   Turkey 29.71
37 3 3 Cecilia Bertoncello   Argentina 29.73
38 4 5 Yekaterina Rudenko   Kazakhstan 29.76
39 4 1 Kiera Aitken   Bermuda 29.78
40 4 3 Lau Yin Yan   Hong Kong 29.79
41 4 7 Sophia Batchelor   New Zealand 29.90
42 4 2 Alana Dillette   Bahamas 29.97
43 3 5 Kah Chan   Malaysia 30.22
44 3 2 Anna Volchkov   Israel 30.59
45 3 6 Monica Ramirez Abella   Andorra 30.66
46 3 7 Sylvia Bruhnlehner   Kenya 32.09
47 2 4 Jessika Cossa   Mozambique 32.29
48 3 8 Anahit Barseghyan   Armenia 32.49
49 3 1 Nicola Muscat   Malta 32.62
50 2 5 Jade Ashleigh Howard   Zambia 32.91
51 2 3 Kiran Khan   Pakistan 33.18
52 2 6 Angelique Trinquier   Monaco 33.19
53 2 2 Mareme Faye   Senegal 33.43
54 2 7 Vitiny Hemthon   Cambodia 36.57
55 1 3 Faleumata Samassekou   Mali 37.79
56 1 4 Gebremedhin Yanet Seyoum   Ethiopia 38.06
57 1 5 Antoinette Guedia Mouafo   Cameroon 39.02

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
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

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
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

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  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

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  1. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-27.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-27.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-28.[permanent dead link]
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