The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 24 July. The heats and semifinals took place 23 July, with the final being held on 24 July.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 28.25 Berlin, Germany 17 June 2000Championship recordNew event The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord 23 July Heat 4 Haley Cope 28.60 CR 23 July Semifinal 1 Natalie Coughlin 28.49 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Haley Cope 28.60 Q, CR 2 Antje Buschschulte 28.62 Q 3 Sandra Völker 28.72 Q 4 Natalie Coughlin 28.77 Q 5 Nina Zhivanevskaya 28.93 Q 6 Mai Nakamura 29.00 Q 7 Diana Mocanu 29.21 Q 8 Dyana Calub 29.24 Q 9 Hinkelien Schreuder 29.29 Q 10 Hanae Ito 29.31 Q 11 Anu Koivisto 29.38 Q 12 Aliaksandra Herasimenia 29.44 Q 13 Giaan Rooney 29.46 Q 14 Michelle Lischinsky 29.47 Q 15 Dominique Diezi 29.48 Q 16 Sarah Price 29.49 Q 17 Ilona Hlaváčková 29.67 17 Shim Min-Ji 29.67 19 Zhan Shu 29.89 20 Louise Ørnstedt 29.92 21 Jennifer Carroll 30.02 22 Ekaterina Kibalo 30.04 23 Maria Santos 30.29 24 Alenka Kejžar 30.40 25 Anna Gostomelsky 30.56 26 Urska Slapsak 30.89 27 Alessandra Cappa 30.95 28 Yang Chin-Kuei 31.40 29 Deirdre Hughes 31.41 30 Saida Iskandarova 31.60 31 Kuan Chia-Hsien 31.89 32 Ayeisha Collymore   31.90 33 Jacqueline Lim 32.39 34 Valeria Silva 32.42 35 Khadija Ciss 32.60 36 Denyse Tan 32.70 37 Nicole Hayes   32.93 38 Reshma Millet 32.97 39 Perla Martinez 33.02 40 Xenavee Pangelinan 33.20 41 Weng Tong Cheong 34.13 42 Monika Bakale 34.82 43 Miriam Nakolo 38.01 44 Lasm Quissoh Genevieve Meledje 38.23

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Natalie Coughlin 28.49 Q, CR 2 Sandra Völker 28.51 Q 3 Antje Buschschulte 28.66 Q 4 Dyana Calub 28.74 Q 5 Haley Cope 28.78 Q 6 Nina Zhivanevskaya 28.83 Q 7 Diana Mocanu 29.19 Q 8 Hinkelien Schreuder 29.22 Q 9 Hanae Ito 29.23 10 Giaan Rooney 29.28s 11 Mai Nakamura 29.30 12 Anu Koivisto 29.41 13 Dominique Diezi 29.48 14 Aliaksandra Herasimenia 29.50 15 Michelle Lischinsky 29.52 16 Sarah Price 29.57

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Haley Cope 28.51 Antje Buschschulte 28.53 Natalie Coughlin 28.54 4 Sandra Völker 28.62 5 Diana Mocanu 28.86 6 Dyana Calub 28.89 7 Nina Zhivanevskaya 28.90 8 Hinkelien Schreuder 28.99

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