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

The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place on15–16 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 recordSanja Jovanović 25.70 Istanbul 12 December 2009 Championship record Zhao Jing 26.27 Dubai 19 December 2010

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nation Time Record 15 December Semifinals Zhao Jing 26.11 CR 16 December Final Zhao Jing 25.95 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Time Notes 1 1 7 26.69 Q 2 1 6 26.75 Q, NR 3 7 4 26.86 Q 4 5 5 26.95 Q 5 6 4 27.01 Q 6 7 5 27.07 Q 7 7 6 27.21 Q 8 1 3 27.27 Q 9 6 5 27.30 Q 10 7 3 27.31 Q 11 6 3 27.36 Q 12 7 2 27.45 Q 13 5 4 27.48 Q 14 5 9 27.51 Q, NR 15 6 2 27.52 Q 16 6 6 27.56 Q 17 5 3 27.62 18 7 1 27.76 19 6 8 27.82 NR 20 5 1 27.84 21 4 5 27.94 22 5 2 28.13 23 7 7 28.29 24 5 7 28.45 25 6 0 28.47 26 5 6 28.51 26 5 0 28.51 NR 28 6 1 28.58 29 7 0 28.74 30 1 5 29.00 31 7 9 29.08 32 4 3 29.16 33 6 7 29.22 34 4 4 29.43 35 4 2 29.47 36 4 6 29.53 37 4 7 29.55 38 5 8 29.68 39 3 5 30.54 40 3 4 30.64 41 4 9 30.88 42 4 0 30.93 NR 43 4 1 31.01 44 3 6 31.04 NR 45 3 8 31.22 46 4 8 31.29 47 3 3 31.32 48 3 2 31.89 NR 49 3 7 32.02 NR 50 3 1 32.27 51 2 8 32.51 52 2 9 33.20 53 2 3 33.52 54 3 9 33.64 55 3 0 34.97 56 2 5 36.77 57 2 7 37.33 58 2 6 37.74 59 2 2 38.02 60 2 1 40.94 2 0 1 2 1 4 2 4 6 9 7 8

Semifinals

16 swimmers participated in 2 heats.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Zhao Jing 26.11 Q, CR 2 1 5 Aleksandra Urbanczyk 26.56 Q, NR 3 1 4 Olivia Smoliga 26.57 Q, NR 4 2 3 Simona Baumrtová 26.68 Q, =NR 5 1 3 Georgia Davies 26.84 Q, NR 6 2 6 Grace Loh 26.85 Q 7 2 5 Rachel Goh 26.95 Q 8 2 8 Fabíola Molina 27.01 Q 9 2 7 Mie Nielsen 27.07 NR 10 2 2 Etiene Medeiros 27.13 11 1 6 Elizabeth Simmonds 27.28 12 2 1 Sanja Jovanović 27.31 13 1 7 Zhou Yanxin 27.38 14 1 2 Arianna Barbieri 27.42 15 1 1 Carolina Colorado Henao 27.45 NR 16 1 8 Kira Toussaint 27.61

Final

The final was held at 19:06.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Zhao Jing 25.95 CR 3 Olivia Smoliga 26.13 NR 5 Aleksandra Urbanczyk 26.50 NR4 2 Georgia Davies 26.56 NR5 6 Simona Baumrtová 26.61 NR6 1 Rachel Goh 26.91 7 8 Fabíola Molina 26.97 8 7 Grace Loh 27.45

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