2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre backstroke
Competition:	2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates:	14 December (heats and semifinals) 15 December (final)
Competitors:	57
Win Value:	25.88
Gold:	Olivia Smoliga
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Caroline Pilhatsch
Silvernoc:	AUT
Bronze:	Holly Barratt
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 14 and 15 December 2018.^[1]

Records

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

The heats were started on 14 December at 9:38.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	4	26.13	Q
2	5	6	26.26	Q
3	6	3	26.41	Q
4	3	4	26.48	Q
5	5	7	26.51	Q
6	4	3	26.53	Q
7	4	5	26.56	Q
7	6	2	26.56	Q
9	5	2	26.57	Q
10	5	3	26.58	Q
11	4	6	26.60	Q
12	5	5	26.63	Q
13	6	1	26.70	Q
14	6	5	26.74	Q
15	6	6	26.77	Q
16	4	4	26.81	Q
17	3	6	27.13
18	4	2	27.21
18	5	0	27.21
20	4	0	27.22
21	3	2	27.25
22	3	5	27.26
23	5	8	27.40
24	6	7	27.50
25	4	1	27.54
26	5	1	27.57
27	5	9	27.62
28	6	9	27.64
29	4	8	27.81
30	3	3	27.99	NR
30	4	9	27.99
32	6	0	28.20
33	3	7	29.22	NR
34	3	1	30.34
35	3	8	30.74
36	3	9	31.38
37	1	1	31.48	NR
38	3	0	31.55
39	2	0	31.97
40	2	4	32.05
41	2	3	33.19
42	1	6	33.86
42	2	6	33.86
44	2	8	34.01
45	2	5	34.32
46	1	7	34.35
47	1	5	34.45
48	1	3	34.74
49	2	2	36.48
50	2	9	42.87
51	1	2	48.97
52	2	1	49.06
	1	4	DNS
	4	7	DNS
	6	4	DNS
	6	8	DNS
	2	7	DSQ

The semifinals were started on 14 December at 20:15.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	26.31	Q
2	4	26.33	Q
3	1	26.36	Q
4	6	26.38	Q
5	7	26.54
6	2	26.60
7	5	26.74
8	8	26.93

The final was held on 15 December at 20:10.^[4]