Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre backstroke
Competition:	2001 FINA World Championships
Dates:	23 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 24 July 2001 (final)
Competitors:	44
Win Value:	28.51 seconds
Gold:	Haley Cope
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Antje Buschschulte
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Natalie Coughlin
Bronzenoc:	USA
Next:	2003

See main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships.

The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 24 July. The heats^[1] and semifinals^[2] took place 23 July, with the final being held on 24 July.^[3]

Records

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

World record		28.25	Berlin, Germany	align=right	17 June 2000
Championship record	New event

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
23 July	Heat 4			28.60	CR
23 July	Semifinal 1			28.49	CR

Results

Heats

Rank	Time	Notes
1	28.60	Q, CR
2	28.62	Q
3	28.72	Q
4	28.77	Q
5	28.93	Q
6	29.00	Q
7	29.21	Q
8	29.24	Q
9	29.29	Q
10	29.31	Q
11	29.38	Q
12	29.44	Q
13	29.46	Q
14	29.47	Q
15	29.48	Q
16	29.49	Q
17	29.67
17	29.67
19	29.89
20	29.92
21	30.02
22	30.04
23	30.29
24	30.40
25	30.56
26	30.89
27	30.95
28	31.40
29	31.41
30	31.60
31	31.89
32	31.90
33	32.39
34	32.42
35	32.60
36	32.70
37	32.93
38	32.97
39	33.02
40	33.20
41	34.13
42	34.82
43	38.01
44	38.23

Semifinals

Rank	Time	Notes
1	28.49	Q, CR
2	28.51	Q
3	28.66	Q
4	28.74	Q
5	28.78	Q
6	28.83	Q
7	29.19	Q
8	29.22	Q
9	29.23
10	29.28s
11	29.30
12	29.41
13	29.48
14	29.50
15	29.52
16	29.57

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			28.51
			28.53
			28.54
4			28.62
5			28.86
6			28.89
7			28.90
8			28.99

Notes and References

Web site: Heats Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024112205/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay2.html#50mBackW . 24 October 2004 .
Web site: Semifinals Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024113207/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay2FINAL.html#50BackW . 24 October 2004 .
Web site: Final Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041019130924/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsW50back.html . 19 October 2004 .