2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre backstroke
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	19 December (heats and semifinals) 20 December (final)
Competitors:	55
Nations:	51
Win Value:	25.27
Gold:	Maggie Mac Neil
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Kylie Masse
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Louise Hansson
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 19 and 20 December 2021.^[1]

Records

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

The following new records were set during this competition:

The heats were started on 19 December at 09:36.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	4	25.98	Q
2	6	5	26.27	Q
3	5	4	26.30	Q
3	7	4	26.30	Q
5	7	3	26.39	Q
5	7	5	26.39	Q
7	5	3	26.44	Q
8	6	3	26.50	Q
9	7	2	26.52	Q
10	5	6	26.77	Q
11	7	6	26.84	Q
12	6	1	27.15	Q
13	5	2	27.17	Q
13	7	9	27.17	Q
15	5	5	27.25	Q
16	6	2	27.26	Q
17	7	7	27.35
18	5	1	27.45
18	5	7	27.45	=NR
20	6	7	27.50
21	5	9	27.62	NR
22	5	8	27.87
23	7	8	28.00
24	7	1	28.44
25	6	0	29.13	NR
26	4	7	29.16	NR
27	6	9	29.45
28	1	5	29.58
29	4	3	29.76	NR
30	4	4	30.09
31	4	1	30.30
32	4	6	30.34
33	4	0	30.37
34	4	8	30.60
35	4	5	30.64
36	3	4	30.92
37	2	6	31.08
38	4	9	31.34
39	3	2	31.35
40	3	5	31.37
41	3	6	32.00
42	1	3	32.04
43	2	1	32.17
44	3	3	32.33
45	2	8	32.70
46	3	9	32.78
47	3	1	32.91
48	3	7	33.57
49	3	0	33.75
50	2	2	33.85
51	2	7	33.95
52	2	3	34.11
53	2	4	41.78
54	2	5	44.23
55	1	4	44.36
	3	8
	4	2
	5	0
	6	6
	6	8
	7	0

The semifinals were started on 19 December at 19:19.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	4	25.83	Q, NR
2	2	5	25.84	Q, =NR
3	2	4	25.92	Q
4	2	3	25.97	Q
5	1	3	26.07	Q
6	2	8	26.25	Q
7	1	2	26.29	Q
8	2	7	26.38	Q
9	2	2	26.39
10	1	5	26.43
11	1	6	26.46
12	2	6	26.53
13	1	1	26.86
14	2	1	26.88
15	1	7	27.00
16	1	8	27.20

The final was held on 20 December at 19:12.^[4]