The Women's 50 Breaststroke event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 30 – 31 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Preliminary and Semifinal heats were swum on 30 July with the heats being held in the morning sessionWorlds 2005 results: Women's 50m Breaststroke Prelims, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); retrieved 2010-02-06. and the semifinals being held in the evening session.Worlds 2005 results: Women's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); retrieved 2010-02-06. The final was held on 31 July.Worlds 2005 results: Women's 50m Breaststroke Finals , from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); retrieved 2010-02-06.

At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championships (CR) records were: WR: 30.57, Zoë Baker (Great Britain) swum 30 July 2002 in Manchester, UK CR: 30.64, LUO Xuejuan (China) swum 26 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain

Results

Preliminary heats Rank Heat + Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 H7 L4 Jade Edmistone 30.79 q 2 H6 L4 Brooke Hanson 30.99 q 3 H6 L3 Jessica Hardy 31.13 q 4 H7 L5 Zoë Baker 31.30 q 5 H6 L5 Kate Haywood 31.66 q 6 H5 L5 Tara Kirk 31.71 q 7 H7 L3 Janne Schaefer 32.00 q 8 H5 L4 LUO Xuejuan 32.08 q 9 H7 L6 Ekaterina Kormatcheva 32.14 q 10 H5 L3 Beata Kaminska 32.15 q 11 H6 L8 Suzaan van Biljon 32.19 q 12 H7 L7 Eeva Saarinen 32.28 q 13 H5 L6 Elena Bogomazova 32.35 q 14 H7 L2 Rebecca Ejdervik 32.43 q 15 H6 L6 Moniek Nijhuis 32.62 q 16 H5 L2 Mirna Jukić 32.71 q 17 H5 L7 Ina Kapishina 32.79 18 H4 L4 Diana Gomes 33.00 18 H6 L2 Sayaka Nakamura 33.00 20 H4 L8 Su Yeon Back 33.01 20 H5 L8 Petra Chocová 33.01 22 H6 L1 Katarzyna Dulian 33.03 23 H5 L1 Annabelle Carey 33.04 24 H4 L3 Alia Atkinson 33.26 25 H7 L8 Chenfei Ma 33.29 26 H4 L7 Seul-Ki Jung 33.38 27 H7 L1 Angeliki Exarchou 33.59 28 H3 L4 Kathleen Stoody 33.74 29 H3 L5 Marina Kuč 33.76 29 H4 L6 Yu-Chia Tong 33.76 31 H4 L1 Louise Jansen 33.86 32 H3 L3 Megumi Taneda 33.97 33 H4 L2 Tamara Sambrailo 33.98 34 H3 L6 Valeria Silva 34.14 35 H3 L2 Nicolette Teo 34.42 36 H3 L7 Ting-Wei Lin 34.56 37 H3 L1 Dannielle Van Zijl 35.36 38 H3 L8 Qiyu Sandy Mo 35.75 39 H2 L5 Alexis Jordan 35.87 40 H2 L2 Samantha Fajardo 36.15 41 H2 L7 Ellen Hight 37.03 42 H2 L6 Mayumi Raheem 37.04 43 H2 L3 Sin Ian Lei 37.14 44 H2 L1 Katerine Moreno 38.15 45 H2 L4 Blessing Forcados 38.75 46 H1 L6 Sana Wahid 40.18 47 H2 L8 Natasaha Ratter 41.69 48 H1 L3 Pamela Girimbabazi Rugabira 46.38 -- -- Ayele Sika Ornella Pamela Dossavi DNS -- -- Eliane Droubry Dohi DNS -- -- Christin Petelski DNS -- -- Rebeca Gusmão DNS

Semifinals Rank Heat + Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 S2 L4 Jade Edmistone Australia 30.61 q, CR 2 S2 L5 Jessica Hardy USA 31.10 q 3 S1 L4 Brooke Hanson Australia 31.15 q 4 S1 L3 Tara Kirk USA 31.26 q 5 S2 L3 Kate Haywood Great Britain 31.41 q 6 S1 L6 LUO Xuejuan China 31.45 q 7 S1 L5 Zoë Baker New Zealand 31.58 q 8 S2 L6 Janne Schaefer Germany 31.76 q 9 S2 L2 Ekaterina Kormatcheva Russia 31.99 10 S1 L2 Beata Kaminska Poland 32.12 11 S2 L1 Elena Bogomazova Russia 32.35 12 S1 L1 Rebecca Ejdervik Sweden 32.36 13 S2 L8 Moniek Nijhuis Netherlands 32.61 14 S1 L8 Mirna Jukić Austria 32.67 14 S2 L7 Suzaan van Biljon South Africa 32.67 16 S1 L7 Eeva Saarinen Finland 32.73

Final Place Swimmer National Time Notes Jade Edmistone Australia 30.45 WR Jessica Hardy USA 30.85 Brooke Hanson Australia 30.89 4 Tara Kirk USA 31.38 5 Zoë Baker New Zealand 31.43 6 Kate Haywood Great Britain 31.49 7 LUO Xuejuan China 31.50 8 Janne Schaefer Germany 32.45

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