Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

Women's 50 metre backstroke at the Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Aspire Dome
Location	Doha, Qatar
Dates	14 February (heats and semifinals) 15 February (final)
Competitors	55 from 51 nations
Winning time	27.43
Medalists
Claire Curzan    United States   Iona Anderson    Australia   Ingrid Wilm    Canada
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The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 14 and 15 February 2024. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. ^[3]

World record	Kaylee McKeown  (AUS)	26.86	Budapest, Hungary	20 October 2023
Competition record	Zhao Jing  (CHN)	27.06	Rome, Italy	30 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 14 February at 09:32. ^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Ingrid Wilm	Canada	27.81	Q
2	6	4	Lauren Cox	Great Britain	27.89	Q
3	6	2	Claire Curzan	United States	27.99	Q
4	5	3	Iona Anderson	Australia	28.02	Q
5	6	5	Theodora Drakou	Greece	28.09	Q
6	4	4	Adela Piskorska	Poland	28.16	Q
7	5	7	Stephanie Au	Hong Kong	28.27	Q
8	5	6	Costanza Cocconcelli	Italy	28.28	Q
9	4	3	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	28.33	Q
10	5	8	Emma Harvey	Bermuda	28.34	Q, NR
11	4	5	Jaclyn Barclay	Australia	28.36	Q
12	6	8	Tayla Jonker	South Africa	28.37	Q, NR
13	5	2	Louise Hansson	Sweden	28.38	Q
14	5	5	Maaike de Waard	Netherlands	28.39	Q
15	4	6	Paulina Peda	Poland	28.42	Q
16	6	6	Kathleen Dawson	Great Britain	28.46	Q
17	6	0	Barbora Janíčková	Czech Republic	28.65
18	4	2	Chen Jie	China	28.67
19	4	7	Carmen Weiler	Spain	28.68
20	6	7	Andrea Berrino	Argentina	28.70
21	6	1	Tayde Sansores	Mexico	28.76
22	3	7	Teresa Ivan	Slovakia	28.90
23	5	9	Kim Seung-won	South Korea	28.96
24	6	3	Roos Vanotterdijk	Belgium	28.98
25	6	9	Nina Stanisavljević	Serbia	29.00
26	3	4	Maria Godden	Ireland	29.13
27	5	1	Camila Rebelo	Portugal	29.19
28	4	9	Saovanee Boonamphai	Thailand	29.22
29	4	0	Levenia Sim	Singapore	29.35
30	4	1	Xeniya Ignatova	Kazakhstan	29.40
31	4	8	Fanny Teijonsalo	Finland	29.41
32	3	8	Donata Katai	Zimbabwe	29.52
33	3	3	Anastasiya Shkurdai		29.58
34	3	9	Mia Phiri	Zambia	29.61
35	5	0	Masniari Wolf	Indonesia	29.80
36	3	5	Patricija Geriksonaitė	Lithuania	29.88
37	3	6	Abril Aunchayna	Uruguay	30.21
38	3	1	Suvana Chetana	India	30.23
39	3	0	Ariuntamir Enkh-Amgalan	Mongolia	30.32
40	2	4	Jessica Humphrey	Namibia	30.43
41	2	5	Eda Zeqiri	Kosovo	30.69
42	2	3	Gaurika Singh	Nepal	30.80	NR
43	3	2	Wu Yi-en	Chinese Taipei	31.11
44	2	6	Chanchakriya Kheun	Cambodia	31.18
45	1	1	Aaliyah Palestrini	Seychelles	32.07
46	2	8	Carolann Faeamani	Tonga	32.13
47	2	7	Denise Donelli	Mozambique	32.21
48	2	2	Noor Yusuf	Bahrain	32.39
49	1	7	Maleek Almukthar	Libya	32.41
50	2	1	Idealy Tendrinavalona	Madagascar	32.44
51	2	0	Jennifer Harding-Marlin	Saint Kitts and Nevis	35.29
52	2	9	Tayamika Changanamuno	Malawi	36.40
53	1	5	Kamila Ibrahim	Comoros	40.21
54	1	4	Aïchata Diabaté	Mali	52.22
55	1	6	Assita Diarra	Ivory Coast	58.14
	1	2	Hearmela Melke	Eritrea	Did not start
	1	3	Yaba Kamara	Sierra Leone

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 14 February at 19:36. ^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	5	Iona Anderson	Australia	27.51	Q
2	1	4	Lauren Cox	Great Britain	27.55	Q
3	2	5	Claire Curzan	United States	27.65	Q
4	2	4	Ingrid Wilm	Canada	27.68	Q
5	2	3	Theodora Drakou	Greece	28.00	Q
6	1	3	Adela Piskorska	Poland	28.06	Q
7	2	1	Louise Hansson	Sweden	28.13	Q
7	2	2	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	28.13	Q
9	1	1	Maaike de Waard	Netherlands	28.14
9	1	6	Costanza Cocconcelli	Italy	28.14
11	2	7	Jaclyn Barclay	Australia	28.17
12	1	8	Kathleen Dawson	Great Britain	28.22
13	2	8	Paulina Peda	Poland	28.33
14	1	2	Emma Harvey	Bermuda	28.47
15	1	7	Tayla Jonker	South Africa	28.48
15	2	6	Stephanie Au	Hong Kong	28.48

Swim-off

The swim-off was started on 14 February at 21:14. ^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Maaike de Waard	Netherlands	27.89
2	5	Costanza Cocconcelli	Italy	28.24

Final

The final was held on 15 February at 19:36. ^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Claire Curzan	United States	27.43
	4	Iona Anderson	Australia	27.45
	6	Ingrid Wilm	Canada	27.61
4	5	Lauren Cox	Great Britain	27.65
5	2	Theodora Drakou	Greece	27.84	NR
6	7	Adela Piskorska	Poland	28.09
7	8	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	28.18
8	1	Louise Hansson	Sweden	28.32

References

1. "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
2. "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
3. "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
4. "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 14 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
5. "semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 14 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
6. "Swim-off results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 14 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
7. "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 11 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.