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This is a listing of the history of the World Record for the 50 backstroke swimming event. Swimming World Records are maintained by FINA, the international sports federation which oversees the sport. World Records are recognized only in meter-courses: long course (50m) and short course (25m). Like the other 50s of stroke, World Record status/monitoring for this event first began in the 1990s.
This article includes the world record progression for the 4×100 metres medley relay, and it shows the chronological history of world record times in that competitive swimming event. The 4×100 metres medley relay is a medley race in which each of four swimmers on a team swims a 100-metre leg of the relay, each swimming a different stroke, in the following sequence:
- Backstroke ;
- Breaststroke;
- Butterfly;
- Freestyle.
Katinka Hosszú is a Hungarian competitive swimmer specialized in individual medley events. She is a three-time Olympic champion and a nine-time long-course world champion. She is owner of a Budapest based swim school and swim club called Iron Swim Budapest, and co-owner and captain of Team Iron, founding member of the International Swimming League.
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water. Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle.
Janine Pietsch is a German backstroke swimmer. In the course of her career, she competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, won two gold medals on the short course at the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships, and four European gold medals.
Melissa Jeanette Franklin Johnson is an American former competition swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She formerly held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke. As a member of the U.S. national swim team, she also held the world records in the 4×100-meter medley relay.
The swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.
Jennifer Carroll is a Canadian swimmer.
Regan Smith is an American swimmer. She is the current world record holder of both the women's 100- and 200-meter backstroke. She has a third world record as a part of the USA women’s 4 x 100 Medley Relay.
Anastasia Gorbenko is an Israeli swimmer. She competes in the 100 m backstroke, 100 m breaststroke, 100 m freestyle, 200 m backstroke, 200 m breaststroke, 200 m medley, 50 m backstroke, 4x100 m freestyle, 4x100 m medley, 4x100m freestyle mixed, and 4x200m freestyle.
Daria Andreyevna Vaskina is a Russian swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
Sophia Catherine Diagne is a Senegalese swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, she also represented Senegal at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. She competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke, women's 50 metre butterfly and women's 50 metre freestyle events.
Lena Grabowski is an Austrian swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
Nathania van Niekerk is a South African swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships and she did not advance to the semi-finals.
Mariella Venter is a South African competitive swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. She competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
References
- ↑ "Paraguay Releases Roster For 2014 South American Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ↑ "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Women's 50m Backstroke start list" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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