2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

The women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12–13 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordJessica Hardy 28.80 Berlin 15 November 2009 Championship record Jessica Hardy 29.58 Manchester 10 April 2008

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nation Time Record 12 December Heats Rūta Meilutytė 29.56 CR 12 December Semifinals Rūta Meilutytė 29.51 CR 13 December Final Rūta Meilutytė 29.44 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Time Notes 1 6 4 29.56 Q, CR, NR 2 8 4 29.72 Q,NR 3 6 5 29.74 Q 4 8 5 30.13 Q 5 6 3 30.24 Q 6 7 3 30.25 Q 7 7 4 30.26 Q 8 8 3 30.34 Q 9 7 5 30.34 Q 10 6 8 30.81 Q 11 7 6 30.90 Q 11 8 6 30.90 Q 13 8 2 30.95 Q 14 6 6 30.98 Q 15 6 7 31.01 Q 16 2 6 31.08 Q 17 2 8 31.17 17 6 2 31.17 NR 17 8 7 31.17 20 7 7 31.38 21 7 1 31.42 22 7 0 31.52 23 2 4 31.62 24 8 8 31.70 25 6 0 31.82 26 6 1 31.87 27 8 9 31.90 28 8 1 31.93 29 5 3 32.04 30 5 4 32.05 31 8 0 32.30 32 7 8 32.47 33 6 9 32.63 NR 34 7 9 32.76 35 5 5 33.04 36 2 2 33.17 37 5 6 33.24 38 5 0 33.79 39 4 5 34.45 40 5 7 34.68 41 5 9 34.78 42 2 1 34.96 43 4 4 35.17 44 5 2 35.35 45 5 1 35.36 46 4 8 36.36 47 4 2 36.57 48 3 4 36.68 49 4 7 36.69 50 2 5 36.76 50 4 6 36.76 52 4 9 37.61 53 2 3 37.81 54 3 6 37.91 55 3 5 38.78 56 3 2 39.22 57 3 8 40.37 58 4 1 40.50 59 3 1 42.03 60 3 7 42.70 61 2 7 1 3 1 4 1 5 2 0 3 0 3 3 3 9 4 0 4 3 5 8 7 2

Swim-off

Rank Lane Name Time Notes 17 2 31.06 NR 18 8 31.12 19 3 31.16

Semifinals

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Rūta Meilutytė 29.51 Q, CR, ER 2 1 4 Alia Atkinson 29.62 Q, NR 3 2 5 Jessica Hardy 29.82 Q 4 1 5 Petra Chocová 30.05 Q 5 1 3 Rikke Møller Pedersen 30.19 Q, NR 5 2 3 Sarah Katsoulis 30.19 Q 7 2 6 Rebecca Ejdervik 30.25 Q 8 2 8 Zhao Jin 30.33 Q 9 1 6 Jennie Johansson 30.41 10 1 2 Ellyn Baumgardner 30.47 11 2 2 Valentina Artemyeva 30.65 11 2 7 Samantha Marshall 30.65 13 1 7 Beatriz Travalon 30.84 14 1 8 Ji Liping 30.88 15 2 1 Jenna Laukkanen 30.90 16 1 1 Tera van Beilen 30.99

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Rūta Meilutytė29.44 CR, ER 5 Alia Atkinson 29.67 7 Sarah Katsoulis 29.944 2 Rikke Møller Pedersen 30.00 NR5 3 Jessica Hardy 30.016 6 Petra Chocová 30.107 1 Rebecca Ejdervik 30.128 8 Zhao Jin 30.43

References

External links 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Women's 50 metre breaststroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com.