2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 50m Breaststroke
Competition:	2010 Short Course Worlds
Dates:	15 December 2010 (heats and semifinals) 16 December 2010 (final)
Competitors:	64
Win Value:	29.83
Gold:	Rebecca Soni
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Leiston Pickett
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Zhao Jin
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	2008
Next:	2012

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The Women's 50 Breaststroke at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 15–16 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The heats and semifinals were swum 15 December;^[1] ^[2] the final on 16 December.^[3]

64 swimmers swam the race. At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:

WR: 28.80, Jessica Hardy, (Berlin, Germany, 15 November 2009)
CR: 29.58, Jessica Hardy, (Manchester 2008)

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	5	30.10	Q
2	6	4	30.11	Q
3	6	3	30.30	Q
4	8	5	30.36	Q
5	6	2	30.41	Q
6	5	2	30.44	Q
7	6	6	30.50	Q
8	7	5	30.57	Q
9	8	6	30.58	Q
10	1	8	30.73	Q
11	7	4	30.79	Q
12	8	8	30.97	Q
13	8	3	31.08	Q
14	8	2	31.14	Q
15	7	2	31.18	Q
16	7	3	31.30	Q
17	7	8	31.38
18	7	1	31.52
19	6	1	31.58
20	8	4	31.61
21	8	7	31.62
22	7	6	31.63
23	6	7	31.67
24	4	2	31.85
25	8	1	31.86
26	5	6	31.94
27	5	5	31.96
28	5	3	31.97
29	5	1	32.01
30	6	8	32.08
31	7	7	32.10
32	4	3	32.27
32	5	7	32.27
34	4	5	32.34
35	5	4	32.37
36	4	1	32.67
37	4	4	32.81
38	4	7	32.90
39	5	8	33.83
40	3	4	33.85
41	3	5	34.57
42	3	3	34.94
43	1	7	35.08
44	4	8	35.11
45	3	8	35.21	NR
46	3	7	35.25
47	3	1	35.32
48	3	2	35.76
49	2	4	36.51
50	3	6	36.70
51	4	6	36.89
52	2	5	37.52
53	2	1	38.13
54	2	7	38.25
55	2	2	38.28
56	2	6	38.60
57	2	3	39.03
58	2	8	39.82
59	1	6	40.67
60	1	2	42.51
61	1	4	42.62
-	1	1	DNS
-	1	3	DSQ
-	1	5	DSQ

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	30.00	Q
2	3	30.19	Q
3	2	30.44	Q
4	6	30.56
5	5	30.61
6	1	30.71
7	7	30.82
8	8	31.11

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	29.96	Q
2	5	29.98	Q
3	4	30.16	Q
4	2	30.39	Q
5	6	30.46	Q
6	7	30.56
7	1	30.65
8	8	30.98

Final

Rank	Lane	Time
	3	29.83
	5	29.84
	4	29.90
4	6	29.99
5	7	30.19
6	2	30.22
7	1	30.26
8	8	30.34

Notes and References

Web site: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 m breaststroke (heats) . Omega Timing . 2010-12-15 .
Web site: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 m breaststroke (semifinals). Omega Timing. 2010-12-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20110124172459/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2010/WSC_DUBAI/C74A_ResSummary_202_Semifinals_Women_50_Breast.pdf. 24 January 2011. dead.
Web site: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 m breaststroke (final). Omega Timing. 2010-12-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110124191500/http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2010/WSC_DUBAI/C73A1_Res1Heat_102_Finals_1_Women_50_Breast.pdf. 24 January 2011. dead.