Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates26 July (heats and semifinals)
27 July (final)
Competitors61 from 54 nations
Winning time27.08
Medalists
gold medal Kaylee McKeown   Australia
silver medal Regan Smith   United States
bronze medal Lauren Cox   Great Britain
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The women's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2023.[1][2][3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[4]

World record  Liu Xiang (CHN) 26.98 Jakarta, Indonesia 21 August 2018
Competition record  Zhao Jing (CHN) 27.06 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 26 July at 10:32.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Regan Smith  United States 27.31 Q
2 5 4 Kylie Masse  Canada 27.48 Q
3 7 4 Katharine Berkoff  United States 27.56 Q
4 6 5 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 27.60 Q
5 7 2 Mary-Ambre Moluh  France 27.69 Q
6 5 5 Ingrid Wilm  Canada 27.75 Q
7 6 3 Wan Letian  China 27.84 Q
7 7 1 Miki Takahashi  Japan 27.84 Q
9 6 6 Wang Xueer  China 27.89 Q
10 5 3 Maaike de Waard  Netherlands 27.91 Q
11 7 6 Lauren Cox  Great Britain 27.98 Q
12 7 5 Analia Pigrée  France 28.01 Q
13 5 1 Danielle Hill  Ireland 28.03 Q
14 6 2 Simona Kubová  Czech Republic 28.14 Q
15 6 7 Theodora Drakou  Greece 28.20 Q
16 5 9 Andrea Berrino  Argentina 28.24 Q
17 5 8 Lora Komoróczy  Hungary 28.29
18 7 7 Adela Piskorska  Poland 28.35
19 5 0 Lee Eun-ji  South Korea 28.40
19 6 1 Paulina Peda  Poland 28.40
21 5 6 Kira Toussaint  Netherlands 28.41
22 6 0 Louise Hansson  Sweden 28.42
23 6 8 Costanza Cocconcelli  Italy 28.51
24 7 9 Carmen Weiler Sastre  Spain 28.59
25 7 0 Margherita Panziera  Italy 28.61
26 4 4 Ingeborg Løyning  Norway 28.62
27 6 9 Stephanie Au  Hong Kong 28.63
28 4 2 Camila Rebelo  Portugal 28.65
29 5 7 Roos Vanotterdijk  Belgium 28.69
30 7 8 Julie Kepp Jensen  Denmark 28.77
31 4 7 Emma Harvey  Bermuda 28.79
32 4 6 Tayde Sansores  Mexico 28.91
33 4 5 Nina Kost   Switzerland 29.00
34 4 3 Julia Góes  Brazil 29.09
35 4 0 Xeniya Ignatova  Kazakhstan 29.25
36 3 4 Wu Yi-en  Chinese Taipei 29.28
37 4 8 Milla Drakopoulos  South Africa 29.31
38 4 1 Saovanee Boonamphai  Thailand 29.46
39 3 2 Elisabeth Erlendsdóttir  Faroe Islands 29.94
40 4 9 Abril Aunchayna  Uruguay 30.04
41 3 5 Alexia Sotomayor  Peru 30.12
42 2 9 Mia Phiri  Zambia 30.17 NR
43 3 6 Donata Katai  Zimbabwe 30.21
44 3 3 Mia Blaževska Eminova  North Macedonia 30.41
45 3 1 Eda Zeqiri  Kosovo 30.96
46 3 7 Marie Khoury  Lebanon 31.14
47 1 6 Gaurika Singh    Nepal 31.44
48 3 8 Nubia Adjei  Ghana 31.61
49 3 0 Chanchakriya Kheum  Cambodia 31.90
50 2 4 Denise Donelli  Mozambique 32.39
51 2 8 Idealy Tendrinavalona  Madagascar 32.41
52 2 7 Cheang Weng Lam  Macau 32.48
53 3 9 Ariuntamir Enkh-Amgalan  Mongolia 32.54
54 2 0 Shoko Litulumar  Northern Mariana Islands 34.25
55 1 4 Ria Save  Tanzania 34.71
56 2 1 Kayla Hepler  Marshall Islands 34.73
57 2 5 Hamna Ahmed  Maldives 35.11
58 2 6 Noelani Malia Day  Tonga 35.37
59 2 3 Nafissath Radji  Benin 35.40
60 2 2 Tayamika Chang'Anamuno  Malawi 36.03
61 1 3 Rana Saadeldin  Sudan 36.32 NR
1 5 Ruth Turay  Sierra Leone Did not start
5 2 Anastasia Gorbenko  Israel
7 3 Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 26 July at 20:36.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Regan Smith  United States 27.10 Q, AM
2 1 5 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 27.26 Q
3 2 7 Lauren Cox  Great Britain 27.29 Q
4 1 4 Kylie Masse  Canada 27.49 Q
4 2 5 Katharine Berkoff  United States 27.49 Q
6 1 7 Analia Pigrée  France 27.70 Q
7 1 3 Ingrid Wilm  Canada 27.71 Q
8 2 2 Wang Xueer  China 27.74
8 2 6 Wan Letian  China 27.74
10 2 3 Mary-Ambre Moluh  France 27.82
11 2 8 Theodora Drakou  Greece 27.87 NR
12 1 2 Maaike de Waard  Netherlands 28.03
13 2 1 Danielle Hill  Ireland 28.10
14 1 6 Miki Takahashi  Japan 28.13
15 1 1 Simona Kubová  Czech Republic 28.16
16 1 8 Andrea Berrino  Argentina 28.34

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 26 July at 22:14.[7]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Wang Xueer  China 27.78 Q
2 5 Wan Letian  China 27.90

Final

The final was held on 27 July at 20:36.[8]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 27.08 OC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Regan Smith  United States 27.11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Lauren Cox  Great Britain 27.20
4 3 Kylie Masse  Canada 27.28
5 2 Katharine Berkoff  United States 27.38
6 1 Ingrid Wilm  Canada 27.41
7 8 Wang Xueer  China 27.99
8 7 Analia Pigrée  France 28.04

References

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Swim-off results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2023.