The Women's 50 Backstroke event at the 10th Short Course World Swimming Championships took place 18–19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The heats and semifinals were 18 December; the final was 19 December.

73 swimmers swam the event.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordSanja Jovanović 25.70 Istanbul 12 December 2009 Championship record Sanja Jovanović 26.37 Manchester 13 April 2008

The following records were established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeWRCR 18 December 2010 Semifinals Zhao Jing 26.37 =CR 19 December 2010 Final Zhao Jing 26.27 CR

Results

Heats Rank Heat Lane Name Time Notes 1 9 2 26.73 Q 2 1 3 26.99 Q 2 10 3 26.99 Q 4 9 4 27.02 Q 5 10 5 27.12 Q 6 10 4 27.26 Q 7 9 5 27.27 Q 8 8 6 27.39 Q 8 8 1 27.39 Q 10 8 5 27.45 Q 10 9 6 27.45 Q 12 7 3 27.48 Q 13 9 3 27.50 Q 14 10 2 27.55 Q 15 8 2 27.62 Q 16 10 1 27.73 Q 17 10 6 27.78 18 7 2 27.90 19 7 6 27.96 20 9 8 27.98 21 8 3 28.03 22 9 7 28.09 23 7 1 28.27 24 10 7 28.31 25 8 8 28.33 26 6 4 28.36 27 5 6 28.47 28 7 8 28.57 29 7 4 28.60 30 10 8 28.61 31 6 1 28.68 32 6 2 28.84 33 6 8 28.89 34 6 6 29.01 34 9 1 29.01 36 6 5 29.03 37 8 7 29.16 38 6 3 29.19 39 5 4 29.48 40 6 7 29.62 41 7 7 29.67 42 5 2 30.08 43 5 3 30.49 44 5 1 30.56 45 4 3 30.59 46 4 4 30.74 47 5 8 30.92 48 5 7 30.98 49 4 5 31.31 50 4 7 31.44 NR 51 3 3 31.48 52 4 2 31.82 53 4 1 32.01 54 4 6 32.14 55 4 8 32.43 56 3 4 32.63 57 3 7 32.72 58 3 6 32.76 59 1 4 32.97 60 3 5 32.99 61 2 7 33.94 62 3 1 35.40 63 2 4 35.72 64 2 5 35.85 65 3 8 36.04 66 2 6 36.72 67 3 2 36.91 68 1 5 36.99 69 2 3 37.43 70 2 2 37.77 - 5 5 DNS - 7 5 DNS - 8 4 DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Time Notes 1 4 26.37 Q, =CR 2 5 26.77 Q 3 3 27.11 Q 3 2 27.17 5 6 27.19 6 8 27.48 6 7 27.49 8 1 27.54

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Time Notes 1 4 26.68 Q 2 5 26.92 Q 3 3 27.09 Q 4 7 27.10 Q 5 8 27.13 Q 6 2 27.27 7 1 27.33 8 6 27.65

Final

Rank Lane Name Time Notes 4 26.27 CR 5 26.54 6 26.80 4 7 26.91 5 1 27.00 6 2 27.01 7 3 27.02 8 8 27.67

References

External links 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Women's 50 m backstroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2010-12-16.