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

Event:	Women's 50 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	16 December (heats and semifinals) 17 December (final)
Competitors:	64
Nations:	59
Win Value:	29.34
Gold:	Anastasia Gorbenko
Goldnoc:	ISR
Silver:	Benedetta Pilato
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Sophie Hansson
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 and 17 December 2021.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 16 December at 10:41.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	4			29.55	Q
2	7	3			29.57	Q, NR
3	8	4			29.73	Q
3	8	5			29.73	Q
5	7	6			29.90	Q
6	8	6			30.02	Q
7	7	5			30.08	Q
8	6	6			30.11	Q
9	7	2			30.16	Q
9	8	8			30.16	Q
11	7	1			30.17	Q, NR
11	8	3			30.17	Q
13	6	5			30.32	Q
14	8	2			30.39	Q
15	7	7			30.41	Q
16	6	3			30.45
16	6	7			30.45
18	6	9			30.53	NR
19	6	8			30.56
20	6	2			30.61
21	8	0			30.67
22	8	1			30.73
23	8	7			30.75
24	6	1			30.82
25	5	6			30.98	NR
26	7	8			31.12
27	5	3			31.33
28	5	1			31.38	NR
28	5	8			31.38
30	6	0			31.39
31	5	7			31.52	NR
32	5	4			31.65
33	5	5			31.73
34	7	9			31.82
35	5	0			31.89
36	4	4			32.08	NR
37	5	9			32.39	NR
38	4	6			32.79	NR
39	4	1			32.93	NR
40	4	2			33.13
41	4	5			33.35
42	4	0			33.95
43	2	5			34.00	NR
44	4	8			34.07	NR
45	4	7			34.11
45	4	9			34.11
47	2	3			35.42
48	3	5			36.11
49	3	3			37.13
50	2	8			39.91
51	2	1			42.71
52	3	6			43.34
53	3	1			45.35
54	1	5			47.37
55	2	6			49.61
56	2	0			50.47
57	3	0			54.64
	1	4
	3	4
	3	8
	5	2
	6	4
	7	0
	8	9
	1	3
	2	2
	2	4
	2	7
	3	2
	3	7
	3	9
	4	3

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 16 December at 12:42.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			30.11	Q
2	5			30.33

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 16 December at 18:21.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	1			29.42	Q
2	1	5			29.62	Q
3	2	3			29.65	Q, NR
4	1	4			29.76	Q
4	2	5			29.76	Q
6	2	6			29.77	Q
7	1	2			29.85	Q
8	1	3			29.97	Q
9	1	6			30.03
10	2	7			30.08	NR
11	1	8			30.10
12	2	8			30.19
13	2	2			30.21
14	1	7			30.24
15	1	1			30.33
	2	4

Final

The final was held on 17 December at 18:42.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7			29.34	NR
	2			29.50
	6			29.55	NR
4	3			29.59	NR
5	4			29.79
6	5			29.88
7	1			29.95
8	8			30.07

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 14 December 2021. 16 December 2021.
2. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190203EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Heats results
3. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190102EC0106FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Swim-off results
4. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190203EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Semifinals results
5. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190203EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Final results