Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke

Women's 50 metre backstroke at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Venue	Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool
Dates	June 21, 2013
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	28.48
Medalists
Sanja Jovanović    Croatia   Theodora Drakou    Greece   Arianna Barbieri    Italy

The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool. ^[1] Italy's Elena Gemo was the defending champion.

The race consisted of one length of the pool in backstroke.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
Friday, 21 June 2013	09:30	Heats
	18:00	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record	Zhao Jing  (CHN)	27.06	Rome, Italy	July 30, 2009
Mediterranean Games record	Elena Gemo  (ITA)	28.60	Pescara, Italy	June 27, 2009

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

^{[2] [3]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Theodora Drakou  (GRE)	28.87	Q
2	1	4	Arianna Barbieri  (ITA)	29.04	Q
3	2	4	Sanja Jovanović  (CRO)	29.14	Q
4	2	6	Mathilde Cini  (FRA)	29.45	Q
5	2	3	Hazal Sarikaya  (TUR)	29.65	Q
6	1	3	Béryl Gastaldello  (FRA)	29.70	Q
7	1	5	Elena Gemo  (ITA)	29.75	Q
8	2	2	Lidón Muñoz  (ESP)	29.81	Q
9	2	7	Lucija Kous  (SLO)	29.95
10	1	6	Gizem Çam  (TUR)	30.13
11	1	2	Aspasia Petradaki  (GRE)	30.18
12	1	7	Amel Melih  (ALG)	30.97
13	2	1	Anxhela Kashari  (ALB)	34.11

Final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Notes
	3	Sanja Jovanović  (CRO)	28.48	GR
	4	Theodora Drakou  (GRE)	28.66
	5	Arianna Barbieri  (ITA)	28.74
4	7	Béryl Gastaldello  (FRA)	28.92
5	6	Mathilde Cini  (FRA)	29.09
6	1	Elena Gemo  (ITA)	29.16
7	8	Lidón Muñoz  (ESP)	29.66
8	2	Hazal Sarikaya  (TUR)	29.68

References

1. "Sessions". Mersin 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
2. Swimming - Women's 50m Backstroke Heat 1 (Startlist)
3. Swimming - Women's 50m Backstroke Heat 2 (Startlist) Archived 2013-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
4. Swimming - Women's 50m Backstroke Final (Official) Archived 2013-06-24 at the Wayback Machine