Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The women's 50 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 July and 1 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.Start list

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

Results

Heats The heats were held at 10:00.Heats Results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 4 Fu Yuanhui 27.55 Q 2 6 5 Zhao Jing 27.81 Q 3 5 4 Aya Terakawa 28.05 Q 4 4 5 Mercedes Peris 28.07 Q 5 5 5 Etiene Medeiros 28.16 Q 6 4 4 Rachel Bootsma 28.28 Q 7 6 3 Georgia Davies 28.35 Q 7 6 6 Lauren Quigley 28.35 Q 9 5 2 Duane Da Rocha 28.37 Q 9 5 6 Aleksandra Urbanczyk 28.37 Q 11 6 2 Simona Baumrtová 28.38 Q, NR 12 4 9 Stephanie Au 28.39 Q, NR 13 5 3 Missy Franklin 28.44 Q, 13 6 8 Sanja Jovanović 28.44 Q 15 4 3 Emily Seebohm 28.48 Q 16 4 6 Sinead Russell 28.60 Q 17 4 8 Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir 28.62 NR 17 5 9 Anni Alitalo 28.62 Q, NR 19 4 7 Klaudia Nazieblo 28.65 20 3 7 Amit Ivry 28.75 NR 21 6 7 Belinda Hocking 28.80 22 4 2 Theodora Drakou 28.81 22 6 1 Daria Ustinova 28.81 24 6 9 Tao Li 28.90 25 4 1 Carolina Colorado Henao 29.08 25 6 0 Jessica Ashley-Cooper 29.08 27 5 0 Kimberly Buys 29.16 28 3 3 Fernanda González 29.17 29 5 8 Kim Ji-Hyun 29.18 30 4 0 Yekaterina Rudenko 29.19 31 5 1 Magdalena Kuras 29.39 32 3 6 Gisela Morales 29.42 33 5 7 Selina Hocke 29.50 34 3 4 Jeserik Pinto 29.62 35 3 1 Ekaterina Avramova 29.75 36 3 9 Barbara Caraballo 29.80 NR 37 3 2 Yulduz Kuchkarova 29.84 38 3 5 Hazal Sarıkaya 30.15 39 2 4 Caroline Puamau 30.36 40 3 0 Birita Debes 30.57 NR 41 3 8 Heather Arseth 30.61 42 2 5 Siona Huxley 31.33 43 2 2 Faye Sultan 31.36 44 2 6 Kuan Weng I 31.64 45 2 8 Evelina Afoa 31.67 46 2 3 Nadeera Jayasekera 32.33 47 2 1 Caylee Watson 32.38 48 2 0 Nur Hamizah Ahmad 33.85 49 1 5 Colleen Furgeson 34.48 50 1 4 Osisang Chilton 34.60 51 2 9 Khadidiatou Dieng 34.90 1 3 Meseret Amare 2 7 Khahliso Mpeta

Semifinals The semifinals were held at 18:12.Semifinal Results

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Mercedes Peris 27.71 Q, NR 2 4 Zhao Jing 27.87 Q 3 3 Rachel Bootsma 27.93 Q 4 6 Lauren Quigley 28.02 Q 5 2 Duane Da Rocha 28.25 6 1 Emily Seebohm 28.29 7 7 Stephanie Au 28.33 NR 8 8 Anni Alitalo 28.61 NR

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Fu Yuanhui 27.40 Q 2 5 Aya Terakawa 27.70 Q, NR 3 3 Etiene Medeiros 27.89 Q 4 6 Georgia Davies 28.05 Q 5 7 Simona Baumrtová 28.20 NR 6 2 Aleksandra Urbańczyk 28.25 7 8 Sinead Russell 28.35 8 1 Sanja Jovanović 28.60

Final The final was held at 19:14.Final Results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Zhao Jing 27.29 4 Fu Yuanhui 27.39 5 Aya Terakawa 27.53 NR 4 2 Etiene Medeiros 27.83 5 3 Mercedes Peris 27.93 6 8 Georgia Davies 27.96 7 7 Rachel Bootsma 28.05 8 1 Lauren Quigley 28.33

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