| Event: | Women's 50m Backstroke |
| Competition: | 2010 Short Course Worlds |
| Dates: | 18 December 2010 (heats and semifinals) 19 December 2010 (final) |
| Competitors: | 73 |
| Win Value: | 26.27 |
| Gold: | Zhao Jing |
| Goldnoc: | CHN |
| Silver: | Rachel Goh |
| Silvernoc: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Mercedes Peris |
| Bronzenoc: | ESP |
| Prev: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2012 |
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The Women's 50 Backstroke event at the 10th Short Course World Swimming Championships took place 18–19 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The heats and semifinals were 18 December;[1] [2] the final was 19 December.[3]
73 swimmers swam the event.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Sanja Jovanović | align=left | 25.70 | Istanbul | 12 December 2009 | ||
| Championship record | Sanja Jovanović | align=left | 26.37 | 13 April 2008 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | WR | CR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 December 2010 | Semifinals | 26.37 | =CR | ||||
| 19 December 2010 | Final | 26.27 | CR |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 2 | 26.73 | Q | ||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 26.99 | Q | ||
| 2 | 10 | 3 | 26.99 | Q | ||
| 4 | 9 | 4 | 27.02 | Q | ||
| 5 | 10 | 5 | 27.12 | Q | ||
| 6 | 10 | 4 | 27.26 | Q | ||
| 7 | 9 | 5 | 27.27 | Q | ||
| 8 | 8 | 6 | 27.39 | Q | ||
| 8 | 8 | 1 | 27.39 | Q | ||
| 10 | 8 | 5 | 27.45 | Q | ||
| 10 | 9 | 6 | 27.45 | Q | ||
| 12 | 7 | 3 | 27.48 | Q | ||
| 13 | 9 | 3 | 27.50 | Q | ||
| 14 | 10 | 2 | 27.55 | Q | ||
| 15 | 8 | 2 | 27.62 | Q | ||
| 16 | 10 | 1 | 27.73 | Q | ||
| 17 | 10 | 6 | 27.78 | |||
| 18 | 7 | 2 | 27.90 | |||
| 19 | 7 | 6 | 27.96 | |||
| 20 | 9 | 8 | 27.98 | |||
| 21 | 8 | 3 | 28.03 | |||
| 22 | 9 | 7 | 28.09 | |||
| 23 | 7 | 1 | 28.27 | |||
| 24 | 10 | 7 | 28.31 | |||
| 25 | 8 | 8 | 28.33 | |||
| 26 | 6 | 4 | 28.36 | |||
| 27 | 5 | 6 | 28.47 | |||
| 28 | 7 | 8 | 28.57 | |||
| 29 | 7 | 4 | 28.60 | |||
| 30 | 10 | 8 | 28.61 | |||
| 31 | 6 | 1 | 28.68 | |||
| 32 | 6 | 2 | 28.84 | |||
| 33 | 6 | 8 | 28.89 | |||
| 34 | 6 | 6 | 29.01 | |||
| 34 | 9 | 1 | 29.01 | |||
| 36 | 6 | 5 | 29.03 | |||
| 37 | 8 | 7 | 29.16 | |||
| 38 | 6 | 3 | 29.19 | |||
| 39 | 5 | 4 | 29.48 | |||
| 40 | 6 | 7 | 29.62 | |||
| 41 | 7 | 7 | 29.67 | |||
| 42 | 5 | 2 | 30.08 | |||
| 43 | 5 | 3 | 30.49 | |||
| 44 | 5 | 1 | 30.56 | |||
| 45 | 4 | 3 | 30.59 | |||
| 46 | 4 | 4 | 30.74 | |||
| 47 | 5 | 8 | 30.92 | |||
| 48 | 5 | 7 | 30.98 | |||
| 49 | 4 | 5 | 31.31 | |||
| 50 | 4 | 7 | 31.44 | NR | ||
| 51 | 3 | 3 | 31.48 | |||
| 52 | 4 | 2 | 31.82 | |||
| 53 | 4 | 1 | 32.01 | |||
| 54 | 4 | 6 | 32.14 | |||
| 55 | 4 | 8 | 32.43 | |||
| 56 | 3 | 4 | 32.63 | |||
| 57 | 3 | 7 | 32.72 | |||
| 58 | 3 | 6 | 32.76 | |||
| 59 | 1 | 4 | 32.97 | |||
| 60 | 3 | 5 | 32.99 | |||
| 61 | 2 | 7 | 33.94 | |||
| 62 | 3 | 1 | 35.40 | |||
| 63 | 2 | 4 | 35.72 | |||
| 64 | 2 | 5 | 35.85 | |||
| 65 | 3 | 8 | 36.04 | |||
| 66 | 2 | 6 | 36.72 | |||
| 67 | 3 | 2 | 36.91 | |||
| 68 | 1 | 5 | 36.99 | |||
| 69 | 2 | 3 | 37.43 | |||
| 70 | 2 | 2 | 37.77 | |||
| - | 5 | 5 | DNS | |||
| - | 7 | 5 | DNS | |||
| - | 8 | 4 | DNS |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 26.37 | Q, =CR | ||
| 2 | 5 | 26.77 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 27.11 | Q | ||
| 3 | 2 | 27.17 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 27.19 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 27.48 | |||
| 6 | 7 | 27.49 | |||
| 8 | 1 | 27.54 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 26.68 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | 26.92 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | 27.09 | Q | ||
| 4 | 7 | 27.10 | Q | ||
| 5 | 8 | 27.13 | Q | ||
| 6 | 2 | 27.27 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 27.33 | |||
| 8 | 6 | 27.65 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 26.27 | CR | |||
| 5 | 26.54 | ||||
| 6 | 26.80 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | 26.91 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 27.00 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 27.01 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 27.02 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 27.67 |