The Women's 50 Backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships was swum 27 – 28 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Preliminary (morning) and Semifinal (evening) heats were on 27 July,Worlds 2005 results: Women's 50m Backstroke Prelims, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2011-01-21.Worlds 2005 results: Women's 50m Backstroke Semifinals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2011-01-21. with the event's Final heat swum during the evening session on 28 July.Worlds 2005 results: Women's 50m Backstroke Finals, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2011-01-21.

At the start of the vent, the existing World (WR) and Championships (CR) records were: WR: 28.19, Janine Pietsch (Germany) swum 25 May 2005 in Berlin, Germany; ER: 28.48, Nina Zhivanevskaya (Spain) swum 24 July 2004 in Barcelona, Spain

Results

Preliminaries Rank Heat + Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 H7 L4 GAO Chang 28.70 q 2 H7 L5 Mai Nakamura 28.92 q 3 H9 L4 Janine Pietsch 28.95 q 4 H8 L4 Giaan Rooney 28.99 q 4 H9 L5 Antje Buschschulte 28.99 q 6 H6 L4 Elizabeth Coster 29.05 q 7 H8 L1 Hannah McLean 29.06 q 8 H9 L6 Fabienne Nadarajah 29.14 q 9 H8 L5 Sophie Edington 29.22 q 10 H8 L7 Svitlana Khakhlova 29.23 q 10 H9 L3 Louise Ørnstedt 29.23 q 12 H7 L3 Hinkelien Schreuder 29.25 q 13 H7 L1 Nam-Eun Lee 29.26 q 14 H9 L1 Sanja Jovanović 29.27 q 15 H9 L7 Fabíola Molina 29.40 q 16 H7 L7 Erin Gammel 29.44 q 17 H8 L3 Hanae Ito 29.45 18 H8 L6 Jennifer Carroll 29.55 19 H9 L2 Iryna Amshennikova 29.59 20 H8 L2 Chen Yanyan 29.63 21 H7 L6 Elena Gemo 29.65 22 H7 L8 Kateryna Zubkova 29.68 23 H6 L1 Margaret Hoelzer 29.71 24 H5 L2 Anna Gostomelsky 29.79 25 H7 L2 Ilona Hlaváčková 29.97 26 H6 L7 Katarzyna Staszak 30.11 27 H9 L8 Gisela Morales 30.12 28 H5 L4 Jeri Moss 30.16 29 H8 L8 Alexandra Putra 30.28 30 H6 L8 Petra Klosova 30.34 31 H5 L3 Kiera Aitken 30.36 32 H5 L7 Hannah Wilson 30.52 33 H5 L5 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 30.55 34 H4 L4 Marilies Demal 30.70 35 H6 L3 Jane Kaljonen 30.82 36 H6 L2 Yu Yon Kim 30.96 37 H6 L5 Flavia Cazziolato 30.99 38 H6 L6 Chonlathorn Vorathamrong 31.17 39 H5 L1 Lynette Ng 31.19 40 H5 L8 Carolina Colorado Henao 31.31 41 H5 L6 Ting-Wei Lin 31.63 42 H4 L8 Lenient Obia 31.79 43 H4 L2 Danit Kama 32.17 44 H4 L6 Fatima Valderrama 32.38 45 H4 L7 Khadija Ciss 32.45 46 H4 L3 Saida Iskandarova 32.47 47 H3 L6 Nicole Marmol 32.63 48 H4 L1 Mireille Hakimeh 32.79 49 H3 L4 Cheok Mei Ma 32.93 50 H3 L8 Imane Boulaamane 33.13 50 H4 L5 Laura Rodriguez 33.13 52 H2 L6 Ellen Hight 33.22 53 H3 L2 Jonay Briedenhann 33.46 54 H3 L1 Kiran Khan 33.61 55 H2 L5 Prabha Madhavi Dharmadasa 33.73 56 H3 L7 Jessica Vieira 34.09 57 H3 L3 Weng I Kuan 34.11 58 H3 L5 Ruth Ho 34.13 59 H2 L4 Rubab Raza 34.66 60 H2 L2 Jakie Wellman 34.74 61 H1 L4 Yelena Rojkova 35.33 62 H2 L7 Mbolatiana Ramanisa 35.45 63 H2 L3 Sussie Pineda 35.46 64 H1 L3 Debra Daniel 35.97 65 H1 L5 Natasaha Ratter 37.89

Semifinals Rank Heat + Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 S2 L4 GAO Chang China 28.31 q, CR 2 S1 L5 Giaan Rooney Australia 28.78 q 3 S1 L4 Mai Nakamura Japan 28.87 q 3 S2 L2 Sophie Edington Australia 28.87 q 5 S2 L3 Antje Buschschulte Germany 28.90 q 6 S2 L5 Janine Pietsch Germany 28.93 q 7 S2 L1 Nam-Eun Lee South Korea 28.95 q 8 S2 L6 Hannah McLean New Zealand 28.99 q 9 S2 L7 Louise Ørnstedt Denmark 29.03 10 S1 L1 Sanja Jovanović Croatia 29.06 11 S1 L3 Elizabeth Coster New Zealand 29.15 12 S1 L6 Fabienne Nadarajah Austria 29.19 13 S1 L8 Erin Gammel Canada 29.35 14 S2 L8 Fabíola Molina Brazil 29.39 15 S1 L2 Svitlana Khakhlova Belarus 29.41 16 S1 L7 Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands 29.61

Final

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes Giaan Rooney Australia 28.63 GAO Chang China 28.69 Antje Buschschulte Germany 28.72 4 Mai Nakamura Japan 28.86 5 Sophie Edington Australia 28.87 6 Janine Pietsch Germany 28.88 7 Hannah McLean New Zealand 28.90 8 Nam-Eun Lee South Korea 29.35

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