The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 14 and 15 December 2018.

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 started on 14 December at 9:38.Heats results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 4 Etiene Medeiros 26.13 Q 2 5 6 Fu Yuanhui 26.26 Q 3 6 3 Olivia Smoliga 26.41 Q 4 3 4 Maaike de Waard 26.48 Q 5 5 7 Caroline Pilhatsch 26.51 Q 6 4 3 Miyuki Takemura 26.53 Q 7 4 5 Georgia Davies 26.56 Q 7 6 2 Holly Barratt 26.56 Q 9 5 2 Mathilde Cini 26.57 Q 10 5 3 Simona Kubová 26.58 Q 11 4 6 Mimosa Jallow 26.60 Q 12 5 5 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 26.63 Q 13 6 1 Anastasia Fesikova 26.70 Q 14 6 5 Alicja Tchórz 26.74 Q 15 6 6 Kathleen Baker 26.77 Q 16 4 4 Emily Seebohm 26.81 Q 17 3 6 Karolína Hájková 27.13 18 4 2 Liu Xiang 27.21 18 5 0 Andrea Berrino 27.21 20 4 0 Laura Riedemann 27.22 21 3 2 Ingrid Wilm 27.25 22 3 5 Isabella Arcila 27.26 23 5 8 Anastasiya Shkurdai 27.40 24 6 7 Emi Moronuki 27.50 25 4 1 Hanna Rosvall 27.54 26 5 1 Stephanie Au 27.57 27 5 9 Carlotta Zofkova 27.62 28 6 9 Seraina Sturzenegger 27.64 29 4 8 Ekaterina Avramova 27.81 30 3 3 Jeserik Pinto 27.99 NR 30 4 9 Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir 27.99 32 6 0 Paige Flynn 28.20 33 3 7 Hiba Fahsi 29.22 NR 34 3 1 Nimia Murua 30.34 35 3 8 Guiliana Dudok 30.74 36 3 9 Kimberly Ince 31.38 37 1 1 Britheny Joassaint 31.48 NR 38 3 0 Eda Zeqiri 31.55 39 2 0 Therese Soukup 31.97 40 2 4 Jannat Bique 32.05 41 2 3 Annie Hepler 33.19 42 1 6 Naima Akter 33.86 42 2 6 Roylin Akiwo 33.86 44 2 8 Daniela Costa 34.01 45 2 5 Ada Thioune 34.32 46 1 7 Fatema Almahmeed 34.35 47 1 5 Noelani Day 34.45 48 1 3 Danielle George 34.74 49 2 2 Kayla Temba 36.48 50 2 9 Ina Gadama 42.87 51 1 2 Kanu Isha 48.97 52 2 1 R.B.A.Ibrahim 49.06 1 4 Bopha Sam DNS 4 7 Elena Di Liddo DNS 6 4 Katinka Hosszú DNS 6 8 Jenna Laukkanen DNS 2 7 Evalyn Tome DSQ

Semifinals The semifinals were started on 14 December at 20:15.Semifinals results

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Miyuki Takemura 26.31 Q 2 4 Fu Yuanhui 26.33 Q 3 1 Alicja Tchórz 26.36 Q 4 6 Holly Barratt 26.38 Q 5 7 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 26.54 6 2 Simona Kubová 26.60 7 5 Maaike de Waard 26.74 8 8 Emily Seebohm 26.93

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Olivia Smoliga 26.06 Q 2 3 Caroline Pilhatsch 26.21 Q 3 6 Georgia Davies 26.28 Q 4 2 Mathilde Cini 26.54 5 7 Mimosa Jallow 26.74 6 1 Anastasia Fesikova 26.76 6 8 Kathleen Baker 26.76 8 4 Etiene Medeiros 26.91

Final The final was held on 15 December at 20:10.Final results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Olivia Smoliga 25.88 NR 5 Caroline Pilhatsch 25.99 NR 1 Holly Barratt 26.04 4 2 Fu Yuanhui 26.06 5 8 Mathilde Cini 26.17 6 6 Miyuki Takemura 26.30 7 3 Georgia Davies 26.31 8 7 Alicja Tchórz 26.42

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