Women's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | ||||||||||
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Venue | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
Location | Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||
Dates | 17 December (heats and semifinals) 18 December (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 48 from 44 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 28.50 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2022 FINA World Swimming Championships | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
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 breaststroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 17 and 18 December 2022. [1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Alia Atkinson (JAM) | 28.56 | Budapest, Hungary | 6 October 2018 |
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Competition record | Rūta Meilutytė (LTU) | 28.81 | Doha, Qatar | 3 December 2014 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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17 December | Semifinal 2 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 28.37 | WR , CR |
The heats were started on 17 December at 12:36. [2]
The semifinals were started on 17 December at 21:07. [3]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 28.37 | Q, WR |
2 | 2 | 3 | Lilly King | United States | 28.86 | Q |
3 | 2 | 5 | Lara van Niekerk | South Africa | 29.27 | Q, AF |
4 | 1 | 4 | Tang Qianting | China | 29.28 | Q, AS |
5 | 1 | 5 | Imogen Clark | Great Britain | 29.30 | Q, NR |
6 | 2 | 6 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 29.42 | Q |
7 | 1 | 3 | Anna Elendt | Germany | 29.52 | Q, NR |
8 | 1 | 6 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 29.80 | Q |
9 | 2 | 7 | Chelsea Hodges | Australia | 29.85 | |
10 | 1 | 7 | Ida Hulkko | Finland | 29.94 | |
11 | 2 | 2 | Florine Gaspard | Belgium | 29.98 | |
12 | 1 | 2 | Reona Aoki | Japan | 30.01 | |
12 | 2 | 1 | Klara Thormalm | Sweden | 30.01 | |
14 | 1 | 8 | Macarena Ceballos | Argentina | 30.10 | |
15 | 1 | 1 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 30.21 | |
16 | 2 | 8 | Fleur Vermeiren | Belgium | 30.29 |
The final was held on 18 December at 19:49. [4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 28.50 | ||
3 | Lara van Niekerk | South Africa | 29.09 | AF | |
5 | Lilly King | United States | 29.11 | ||
4 | 6 | Tang Qianting | China | 29.22 | AS |
5 | 1 | Anna Elendt | Germany | 29.30 | NR |
6 | 2 | Imogen Clark | Great Britain | 29.47 | |
7 | 7 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 29.48 | |
8 | 8 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 29.84 |
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