The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 9 and 10 December 2016.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordChampionship recordEtiene Medeiros25.67Doha7 December 2014

Results Heats The heats were held at 09:44.Heats results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 9 0 Ali DeLoof 26.25 Q 2 8 4 Emily Seebohm 26.43 Q 3 7 4 Etiene Medeiros 26.48 Q 4 8 6 Kylie Masse 26.57 Q, NR5 8 5 Daryna Zevina 26.63 Q 8 7 Kira Toussaint Q 7 9 4 Katinka Hosszú 26.70 Q 8 9 5 Georgia Davies 26.74 Q 9 7 3 Mie Nielsen 26.75 Q 10 6 2 Isabella Arcila 26.76 Q, NR 11 9 3 Mariia Kameneva 26.82 Q 12 8 2 Kathleen Dawson 26.84 Q 13 7 5 Maaike de Waard 26.87 Q 14 7 6 Simona Baumrtová 26.93 Q 15 7 1 Silvia Di Pietro 26.95 Q 16 9 7 Wang Xueer 27.01 Q 17 7 7 Andrea Berrino 27.03 NR 18 8 3 Minna Atherton 27.14 19 9 2 Liu Xiang 27.20 20 7 2 Emi Moronuki 27.22 21 9 6 Mélanie Henique 27.37 22 7 9 Eygló Gústafsdóttir 27.44 23 6 6 Clara Smiddy 27.47 9 1 Silvia Scalia 25 9 8 Julie Kepp Jensen 27.51 26 8 1 Mathilde Cini 27.71 27 8 0 Ida Lindborg 27.77 28 6 5 Hilary Caldwell 27.80 8 8 Caroline Pilhatsch 30 6 8 Tayla Lovemore 27.82 31 6 0 Naomi Ruele 27.94 NR 32 6 4 Mariella Venter 27.95 33 7 0 Miki Takahashi 28.01 34 6 7 Wong Toto Kwan To 28.05 7 8 Hanna Rosvall 36 6 3 Karolína Hájková 28.59 6 9 Lushavel Stickland NR 38 5 2 Amel Melih 28.62 NR 39 5 5 Natthanan Junkrajang 28.76 40 4 4 Celina Marquez 28.81 NR 5 0 Ugne Mazutaityte 42 4 2 Lauren Hew 28.86 NR 43 5 9 Kimiko Raheem 28.89 NR 44 4 5 Caylee Watson 28.92 NR 45 5 4 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 29.07 46 5 3 Maana Patel 29.19 NR 47 5 7 Sylvia Brunlehner 29.20 NR 48 6 1 Alexus Laird 29.39 49 4 3 Hoong En Qi 29.72 50 4 7 Jade Howard 29.79 NR 51 5 1 Karen Vilorio 29.81 NR 52 5 8 Gabriela Ņikitina 29.98 53 4 6 Mónica Ramírez 30.17 54 1 7 Anastasia Bogdanovski 30.22 NR 55 4 9 Maria Arrua 30.50 56 3 5 Jennifer Rizkallah 30.60 57 3 6 Izzy Joachim 30.73 NR 58 3 2 Jamaris Washshah 30.83 59 4 0 Danielle Titus 30.86 60 4 1 Estellah Fils Rabetsara 30.96 NR 61 3 4 Alma Castillo 31.01 62 2 1 Colleen Furgeson 31.13 NR 63 3 3 Alison Jackson 31.25 64 2 6 Lea Ricart Martinez 31.74 65 3 0 Bisma Khan 31.91 66 3 1 Shanice Paraka 32.22 67 2 5 Gabriela Hernandez 32.28 68 2 7 Sonia Tumiotto 32.44 NR 69 3 7 Rahaf Baqleh 32.49 70 2 3 Tiareth Cijntje 32.57 NR 71 3 9 Flaka Pruthi 32.66 72 2 4 Gabby Gittens 32.78 NR 73 2 8 Annie Hepler 32.92 74 3 8 Alesia Neziri 33.37 NR 75 2 2 Dara Al-Bakry 33.67 76 1 6 Robyn Young 33.96 NR 77 2 0 Ammara Pinto 34.03 78 2 9 Aishath Sausan 34.29 NR 79 1 4 Tilali Scanlan 34.70 NR 80 1 5 Tayamika Chang'anamuno 38.34 81 1 2 Calina Panuve 40.06 1 3 Kokoe Vanessa Ahyee 4 8 Cheyenne Rova 5 6 Felicity Passon 8 9 Yekaterina Rudenko 9 9 Fanny Teijonsalo

Semifinals The semifinals were held at 19:43.Semifinals results

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Emily Seebohm 26.33 Q 2 5 Kylie Masse 26.34 Q, NR 3 7 Kathleen Dawson 26.44 Q4 3 Kira Toussaint 26.52 6 Georgia Davies 6 2 Isabella Arcila 26.72 NR 7 1 Simona Baumrtová 26.90 8 8 Wang Xueer 27.20

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Etiene Medeiros 26.00 Q 2 4 Ali DeLoof 26.12 Q 3 7 Mariia Kameneva 26.29 Q 4 6 Katinka Hosszú 26.37 Q 5 3 Daryna Zevina 26.45 Q 6 2 Mie Nielsen 26.65 7 1 Maaike de Waard 26.70 8 8 Silvia Di Pietro 27.21

Final The final was held at 19:38.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Etiene Medeiros 25.82 7 Katinka Hosszú 25.99 5 Ali DeLoof 26.14 4 3 Mariia Kameneva 26.15 NR 5 6 Emily Seebohm 26.16 6 8 Daryna Zevina 26.40 7 1 Kathleen Dawson 26.42 8 2 Kylie Masse 26.46

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