2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre backstroke
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| Women's 50 metre backstroke2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 6 December (heats and semifinals) 7 December (final) |
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| Competitors | 69 from 52 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 25.67 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2014 FINA Short Course Worlds Doha |
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×50 m | men | women |
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×50 m | men | women |
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Mixed relay | ||
| 4×50 m | freestyle | medley |
The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 6 December with the heats and the semifinals and 7 December with the final.[1]
Contents
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Sanja Jovanović |  Croatia |
25.70 | Istanbul | 12 December 2009 |
| Championship record | Zhao Jing |  China |
25.95 | Istanbul | 16 December 2012 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 December | Semifinals | Emily Seebohm |  Australia |
25.87 | CR |
| 6 December | Final | Etiene Medeiros |  Brazil |
25.67 | WR, CR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 09:38.[2]
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 18:15.[3]
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Felicia Lee |  United States |
26.22 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú |  Hungary |
26.38 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Simona Baumrtová |  Czech Republic |
26.44 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Shiho Sakai |  Japan |
26.71 | |
| 5 | 7 | Amy Bilquist | United States |
26.78 | |
| 6 | 2 | Mie Nielsen |  Denmark |
26.85 | |
| 7 | 1 | Yekaterina Rudenko |  Kazakhstan |
27.34 | |
| 8 | 8 | Michelle Coleman |  Sweden |
27.65 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia |
25.87 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 2 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil |
25.99 | Q, AM |
| 3 | 3 | Daryna Zevina |  Ukraine |
26.20 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Georgia Davies |  Great Britain |
26.22 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk |  Poland |
26.36 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Madison Wilson | Australia |
26.65 | |
| 7 | 8 | Arianna Barbieri |  Italy |
27.01 | |
| 8 | 1 | Stephanie Au |  Hong Kong |
27.04 |
Final
The final was held at 18:11.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil |
25.67 | WR |
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4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia |
25.83 | OC |
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1 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary |
25.96 | |
| 4 | 3 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine |
25.99 | |
| 5 | 6 | Felicia Lee | United States |
26.16 | |
| 6 | 7 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk | Poland |
26.37 | |
| 7 | 2 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain |
26.38 | |
| 7 | 8 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic |
26.38 |
