2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre backstroke
Event in the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships
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The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place on15–16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.
Dates15 December (heats and semifinals)
16 December (final)
16 December (final)
Winningtime25.95
| Women's 50m Backstroke at the 2012 Short Course Worlds | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 15 December (heats and semifinals) 16 December (final) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 25.95 | |||||||||
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 7 |  Zhao Jing (CHN) | 26.69 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 6 |  Olivia Smoliga (USA) | 26.75 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 7 | 4 |  Rachel Goh (AUS) | 26.86 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 |  Aleksandra Urbanczyk (POL) | 26.95 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 4 |  Simona Baumrtová (CZE) | 27.01 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 5 |  Georgia Davies (GBR) | 27.07 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 6 | Grace Loh (AUS) | 27.21 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Elizabeth Simmonds (GBR) | 27.27 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 5 |  Etiene Medeiros (BRA) | 27.30 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 3 |  Arianna Barbieri (ITA) | 27.31 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 3 |  Mie Nielsen (DEN) | 27.36 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Zhou Yanxin (CHN) | 27.45 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 4 |  Sanja Jovanović (CRO) | 27.48 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 9 |  Carolina Colorado Henao (COL) | 27.51 | Q, NR |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Fabíola Molina (BRA) | 27.52 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 6 |  Kira Toussaint (NED) | 27.56 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 3 |  Noriko Inada (JPN) | 27.62 | |
| 18 | 7 | 1 |  Duane Da Rocha (ESP) | 27.76 | |
| 19 | 6 | 8 |  Gizem Çam (TUR) | 27.82 | NR |
| 20 | 5 | 1 |  Jessica Ashley-Cooper (RSA) | 27.84 | |
| 21 | 4 | 5 | Megan Romano (USA) | 27.94 | |
| 22 | 5 | 2 |  Fabienne Nadarajah (AUT) | 28.13 | |
| 23 | 7 | 7 |  Fernanda González (MEX) | 28.29 | |
| 24 | 5 | 7 |  Polina Lapshina (RUS) | 28.45 | |
| 25 | 6 | 0 |  Evelyn Verrasztó (HUN) | 28.47 | |
| 26 | 5 | 6 |  Michelle Coleman (SWE) | 28.51 | |
| 26 | 5 | 0 |  Birita Debes (FRO) | 28.51 | NR |
| 28 | 6 | 1 | Hazal Sarıkaya (TUR) | 28.58 | |
| 29 | 7 | 0 |  Lynette Ng (SIN) | 28.74 | |
| 30 | 1 | 5 |  Yekaterina Rudenko (KAZ) | 29.00 | |
| 31 | 7 | 9 |  Sarah Rolko (LUX) | 29.08 | |
| 32 | 4 | 3 | Marie Kamimura (JPN) | 29.16 | |
| 33 | 6 | 7 |  Theodora Drakou (GRE) | 29.22 | |
| 34 | 4 | 4 |  Kätlin Sepp (EST) | 29.43 | |
| 35 | 4 | 2 |  Araya Wongvat (THA) | 29.47 | |
| 36 | 4 | 6 |  Vong Erica Man Wai (MAC) | 29.53 | |
| 37 | 4 | 7 |  Caroline Pickering Puamau (FIJ) | 29.55 | |
| 38 | 5 | 8 |  Nguyen Thi Anh Vien (VIE) | 29.68 | |
| 39 | 3 | 5 |  Mónica Ramírez (AND) | 30.54 | |
| 40 | 3 | 4 |  Jade Howard (ZAM) | 30.64 | |
| 41 | 4 | 9 |  Dalia Tórrez Zamora (NCA) | 30.88 | |
| 42 | 4 | 0 |  Anahit Barseghyan (ARM) | 30.93 | NR |
| 43 | 4 | 1 | Kuan Weng I (MAC) | 31.01 | |
| 44 | 3 | 6 |  Field Anita Zahra (KEN) | 31.04 | NR |
| 45 | 3 | 8 |  Naomi Ruele (BOT) | 31.22 | |
| 46 | 4 | 8 |  Yessy Yosaputra (INA) | 31.29 | |
| 47 | 3 | 3 | Lanoe Talisa Erwan (KEN) | 31.32 | |
| 48 | 3 | 2 |  Kiran Khan (PAK) | 31.89 | NR |
| 49 | 3 | 7 |  Nur Hamizah Ahmad (BRU) | 32.02 | NR |
| 50 | 3 | 1 |  Tegan McCarthy (PNG) | 32.27 | |
| 51 | 2 | 8 |  Estellah Fils Rabetsara (MAD) | 32.51 | |
| 52 | 2 | 9 |  K. Zin Win (MYA) | 33.20 | |
| 53 | 2 | 3 |  Patricia Cani (ALB) | 33.52 | |
| 54 | 3 | 9 |  Monica Saili (SAM) | 33.64 | |
| 55 | 3 | 0 |  Ann-Marie Hepler (MHL) | 34.97 | |
| 56 | 2 | 5 | Mahnoor Maqsood (PAK) | 36.77 | |
| 57 | 2 | 7 |  Roylin Melatik Akiwo (PLW) | 37.33 | |
| 58 | 2 | 6 |  Shne Joachim (VIN) | 37.74 | |
| 59 | 2 | 2 | Angela Kendrick (MHL) | 38.02 | |
| 60 | 2 | 1 |  Sara Al Flaij (BHR) | 40.94 | |
| 2 | 0 |  Mariam Foum (TAN) | DSQ | ||
| 1 | 2 |  E. Torrellas Valecillos (VEN) | DNS | ||
| 1 | 4 | Jeserik Pinto (VEN) | DNS | ||
| 2 | 4 |  Ophelia Swayne (GHA) | DNS | ||
| 6 | 9 | Karin Prinsloo (RSA) | DNS | ||
| 7 | 8 |  Chantal van Landeghem (CAN) | DNS |
Semifinals
16 swimmers participated in 2 heats.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Zhao Jing | China | 26.11 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk | Poland | 26.56 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Olivia Smoliga | United States | 26.57 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 26.68 | Q, =NR |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 26.84 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Grace Loh | Australia | 26.85 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Rachel Goh | Australia | 26.95 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 8 | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 27.01 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 27.07 | NR |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | 27.13 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Elizabeth Simmonds | Great Britain | 27.28 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Sanja Jovanović | Croatia | 27.31 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Zhou Yanxin | China | 27.38 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Arianna Barbieri | Italy | 27.42 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Carolina Colorado Henao | Colombia | 27.45 | NR |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 27.61 |
Final
The final was held at 19:06.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Zhao Jing | China | 25.95 | CR |
 | 3 | Olivia Smoliga |  United States | 26.13 | NR |
 | 5 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk | Poland | 26.50 | NR |
| 4 | 2 | Georgia Davies |  United Kingdom | 26.56 | NR |
| 5 | 6 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 26.61 | NR |
| 6 | 1 | Rachel Goh | Australia | 26.91 | |
| 7 | 8 | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 26.97 | |
| 8 | 7 | Grace Loh | Australia | 27.45 |