2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre backstroke
Competition:	2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location:	Melbourne, Australia
Dates:	15 December (heats and semifinals) 16 December (final)
Competitors:	50
Nations:	42
Win Value:	25.25
Gold:	Maggie Mac Neil
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Claire Curzan
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Mollie O'Callaghan
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 and 16 December 2022.^[1] ^[2]

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 was started on 15 December at 11:05.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	6	25.85	Q, NR
2	6	4	25.94	Q
3	7	7	25.99	Q
4	4	5	26.07	Q
4	6	2	26.07	Q
4	7	5	26.07	Q
7	5	4	26.09	Q
7	7	4	26.09	Q
9	7	2	26.17	Q, NR
10	6	6	26.24	Q
11	5	5	26.32	Q
12	6	3	26.38	Q
13	5	3	26.40	Q
14	5	6	26.45	Q
15	4	4	26.50	Q
16	6	5	26.54	Q
17	6	8	26.68
18	4	2	26.70	NR
19	6	7	26.77
19	7	1	26.77
21	7	3	26.81
22	5	7	26.99
23	6	1	27.15
24	3	6	27.17
25	5	2	27.20
26	4	6	27.30
26	7	8	27.30
28	5	1	27.37
29	3	7	28.06
29	4	3	28.06	NR
31	4	1	28.08
31	5	8	28.08
33	4	8	28.29
34	3	4	28.76
35	3	5	28.83
36	3	3	29.00	NR
37	4	7	29.35
38	2	4	29.68	NR
39	3	2	29.96	NR
40	3	1	30.11
41	2	8	30.24
42	1	3	32.19
43	2	1	32.20
44	2	6	32.90
45	2	2	33.10
46	2	3	33.86
47	2	5	33.92
48	2	7	33.99
49	1	5	35.28
50	1	4	35.86
	3	8

The semifinals was started on 15 December at 19:48.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	5	25.60	Q, NR
2	1	6	25.64	Q
3	2	5	25.69	Q, OC
4	1	4	25.97	Q
5	1	3	25.99	Q
6	2	3	26.01	Q
7	2	4	26.02	Q
7	2	7	26.02	Q
9	1	2	26.09
10	2	6	26.17
11	1	1	26.26
12	2	2	26.32
13	2	1	26.39
14	1	7	26.48
15	1	1	26.54
16	2	8	26.56

The final was held on 16 December at 20:06.^[5]

Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 12 December 2022. 12 December 2022.
https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700030202EB0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf Start list
Web site: Women's 50m Backstroke – Heats – Results Summary. Omega Timing. 15 December 2022. 15 December 2022.
Web site: Women's 50m Backstroke – Semifinals – Results Summary. Omega Timing. 15 December 2022. 15 December 2022.
Web site: Women's 50m Backstroke – Final – Results. Omega Timing. 16 December 2022. 16 December 2022.