2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 50m Breaststroke
Competition:	2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates:	12 December (heats and semifinals) 13 December (final)
Win Value:	29.44
Gold:	Rūta Meilutytė
Goldnoc:	LTU
Silver:	Alia Atkinson
Silvernoc:	JAM
Bronze:	Sarah Katsoulis
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2010
Next:	2014

The women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12–13 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Jessica Hardy		align=left	28.80		15 November 2009
Championship record	Jessica Hardy		align=left	29.58		10 April 2008

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Time	Record
12 December	Heats		29.56	CR
12 December	Semifinals	Rūta Meilutytė	29.51	CR
13 December	Final	Rūta Meilutytė	29.44	CR

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	4	29.56	Q, CR, NR
2	8	4	29.72	Q,NR
3	6	5	29.74	Q
4	8	5	30.13	Q
5	6	3	30.24	Q
6	7	3	30.25	Q
7	7	4	30.26	Q
8	8	3	30.34	Q
9	7	5	30.34	Q
10	6	8	30.81	Q
11	7	6	30.90	Q
11	8	6	30.90	Q
13	8	2	30.95	Q
14	6	6	30.98	Q
15	6	7	31.01	Q
16	2	6	31.08	Q
17	2	8	31.17
17	6	2	31.17	NR
17	8	7	31.17
20	7	7	31.38
21	7	1	31.42
22	7	0	31.52
23	2	4	31.62
24	8	8	31.70
25	6	0	31.82
26	6	1	31.87
27	8	9	31.90
28	8	1	31.93
29	5	3	32.04
30	5	4	32.05
31	8	0	32.30
32	7	8	32.47
33	6	9	32.63	NR^[2]
34	7	9	32.76
35	5	5	33.04
36	2	2	33.17
37	5	6	33.24
38	5	0	33.79
39	4	5	34.45
40	5	7	34.68
41	5	9	34.78
42	2	1	34.96
43	4	4	35.17
44	5	2	35.35
45	5	1	35.36
46	4	8	36.36
47	4	2	36.57
48	3	4	36.68
49	4	7	36.69
50	2	5	36.76
50	4	6	36.76
52	4	9	37.61
53	2	3	37.81
54	3	6	37.91
55	3	5	38.78
56	3	2	39.22
57	3	8	40.37
58	4	1	40.50
59	3	1	42.03
60	3	7	42.70
61	2	7
	1	3
	1	4
	1	5
	2	0
	3	0
	3	3
	3	9
	4	0
	4	3
	5	8
	7	2

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
17	2	31.06	NR
18	8	31.12
19	3	31.16

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Rūta Meilutytė	29.51	Q, CR, ER
2	1	4	Alia Atkinson	29.62	Q, NR
3	2	5	Jessica Hardy	29.82	Q
4	1	5	Petra Chocová	30.05	Q
5	1	3	Rikke Møller Pedersen	30.19	Q, NR
5	2	3	Sarah Katsoulis	30.19	Q
7	2	6	Rebecca Ejdervik	30.25	Q
8	2	8	Zhao Jin	30.33	Q
9	1	6	Jennie Johansson	30.41
10	1	2	Ellyn Baumgardner	30.47
11	2	2	Valentina Artemyeva	30.65
11	2	7	Samantha Marshall	30.65
13	1	7	Beatriz Travalon	30.84
14	1	8	Ji Liping	30.88
15	2	1	Jenna Laukkanen	30.90
16	1	1	Tera van Beilen	30.99

Web site: 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke (heats). Omega Timing. 2012-12-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20121216015630/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010D01021D00FFFFFFFFFFFF02. 2012-12-16. dead.
50 metre breaststroke record. List of Singaporean National Women's Short Course Swimming Records. 2. Singapore Swimming Association. 2 August 2014. 12 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141112120345/http://www.swimming.org.sg/Assets/Singapore+Swimming+Association+Digital+Assets/Swimming/Records/National+Women$!27s+Open+Records+(SCM).pdf. 2014-11-12. dead.
Web site: 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke (swim-off). Omega Timing. 2012-12-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20130323083911/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010D01021D03FFFFFFFFFFFF02. 2013-03-23. dead.
Web site: 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke (semifinals). Omega Timing. 2012-12-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20121214203040/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010D01021D01FFFFFFFFFFFF02. 2012-12-14. dead.
Web site: 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke (final). Omega Timing. 2012-12-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20121218100825/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010D01021D02FFFFFFFFFFFF02. 2012-12-18. dead.