Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2019.

Women's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location	Gwangju, South Korea
Dates	27 July (heats and semifinals) 28 July (final)
Competitors	56 from 51 nations
Winning time	29.84
Medalists
Lilly King   United States   Benedetta Pilato   Italy   Yuliya Yefimova   Russia

Records

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

World record	Lilly King (USA)	29.40	Budapest, Hungary	30 July 2017
Competition record	Lilly King (USA)	29.40	Budapest, Hungary	30 July 2017

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 27 July at 10:40.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Benedetta Pilato	Italy	29.98	Q, NR
2	6	4	Lilly King	United States	30.18	Q
3	5	5	Martina Carraro	Italy	30.38	Q
4	6	5	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	30.53	Q
5	5	4	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	30.63	Q
6	6	6	Jessica Hansen	Australia	30.69	Q
7	6	3	Alina Zmushka	Belarus	30.71	Q
8	4	5	Ida Hulkko	Finland	30.72	Q
9	5	3	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	30.96	Q
10	6	1	Rosey Metz	Netherlands	30.99	Q
11	6	2	Tes Schouten	Netherlands	31.03	Q
12	4	2	Anna Sztankovics	Hungary	31.13	Q
13	4	3	Anna Belousova	Russia	31.20	Q
13	5	7	Suo Ran	China	31.20	Q
15	5	8	Anna Elendt	Germany	31.24	Q
16	4	7	Fleur Vermeiren	Belgium	31.36	Q
17	5	6	Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	31.40
18	6	7	Fanny Lecluyse	Belgium	31.42
19	5	2	Jenna Laukkanen	Finland	31.48
20	6	9	Kotryna Teterevkova	Lithuania	31.53
21	4	6	Jessica Vall	Spain	31.58
21	4	9	Maria Romanjuk	Estonia	31.58
23	3	3	Jamie Yeung	Hong Kong	31.61	NR
24	4	8	Tatiana Chișca	Moldova	31.68
25	4	0	Lisa Mamie	Switzerland	31.70
26	5	9	Adelaida Pchelintseva	Kazakhstan	31.94
27	4	1	Matilde Schroder	Denmark	31.98
28	3	1	Back Su-yeon	South Korea	32.02
29	6	8	Weronika Hallmann	Poland	32.07
30	5	1	Niamh Coyne	Ireland	32.12
31	5	0	Phee Jinq En	Malaysia	32.23
32	3	4	Gülşen Samancı	Turkey	32.28
33	3	6	Jenjira Srisaard	Thailand	32.33
34	3	2	Tilka Paljk	Zambia	32.37
34	6	0	Lin Pei-wun	Chinese Taipei	32.37
36	3	5	Christie Chue	Singapore	32.39
36	3	7	Ema Rajić	Croatia	32.39
38	1	7	Jayla Pina	Cape Verde	33.52
39	3	8	Nàdia Tudó	Andorra	33.67	NR
40	3	0	Kirsten Fisher-Marsters	Cook Islands	34.44
41	2	8	Evita Leter	Suriname	34.58
42	3	9	Naima Hazell	Saint Lucia	34.79
43	2	3	Darya Semyonova	Turkmenistan	35.33
44	1	4	Chinelo Iyadi	Nigeria	35.64
45	1	6	Elodie Poo-cheong	Mauritius	36.72
46	1	3	Naomy Grand-Pierre	Haiti	37.02
47	2	4	Taeyanna Adams	Micronesia	37.13
48	2	5	Siri Arun Budcharern	Laos	40.72
49	2	0	Aaliyah Palestrini	Seychelles	40.90
50	2	1	Sylvia Caloiaro	Tanzania	42.30
51	2	6	Soukeyna Pitroipa	Burkina Faso	44.18
52	2	7	Mariama Touré	Guinea	44.35
53	1	2	Aichata Konate	Mali	49.20
54	1	5	Pilar Ndong	Equatorial Guinea	49.32
55	2	2	Safia Houssein	Djibouti	49.56
56	2	9	Odrina Kaze	Burundi	49.77
	1	1	Lina Selo	Ethiopia	DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 27 July at 20:26.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Lilly King	United States	29.84	Q
2	5	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	30.61	Q
3	6	Ida Hulkko	Finland	30.91	Q
4	3	Jessica Hansen	Australia	30.92	Q
5	7	Anna Sztankovics	Hungary	31.41
6	2	Rosey Metz	Netherlands	31.44
7	1	Suo Ran	China	31.46
8	8	Fleur Vermeiren	Belgium	31.74

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	30.12	Q
2	4	Benedetta Pilato	Italy	30.17	Q
3	5	Martina Carraro	Italy	30.23	Q
4	8	Anna Elendt	Germany	31.10	Q
5	6	Alina Zmushka	Belarus	31.11
6	2	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	31.12
7	7	Tes Schouten	Netherlands	31.31
8	1	Anna Belousova	Russia	31.56

Final

The final was held on 28 July at 20:09.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Lilly King	United States	29.84
	3	Benedetta Pilato	Italy	30.00
	5	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	30.15
4	2	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	30.34
5	6	Martina Carraro	Italy	30.49
6	1	Jessica Hansen	Australia	30.84
7	8	Anna Elendt	Germany	31.06
8	7	Ida Hulkko	Finland	31.23