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

Event:	Women's 50 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2001 FINA World Championships
Dates:	26 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 27 July 2001 (final)
Competitors:	39
Win Value:	30.84 seconds
Gold:	Luo Xuejuan
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Kristy Kowal
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Zoë Baker
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Next:	2003

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

The women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 27 July. The heats^[1] and semifinals^[2] took place 26 July, with the final^[3] being held on 27 July.

Records

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

World record		30.83	Sydney, Australia	align=right	29 August 1999
Championship record	New event

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Time	Record
26 July 2001	Heat 5	31.23	CR
26 July 2001	Semifinal 1	31.10	CR
27 July 2001	Final	30.84	CR

Results

Heats

Rank	Time	Notes
1	31.23	Q, CR
2	31.62	Q
3	31.77	Q
4	31.96	Q
5	32.05	Q
5	32.05	Q
7	32.09	Q
8	32.25	Q
8	32.25	Q
10	32.31	Q
11	32.34	Q
12	32.37	Q
13	32.42	Q
14	32.55	Q
15	32.62	Q
16	32.63	Q
17	32.72
18	32.75
19	32.79
20	32.81
21	32.85
22	32.96
23	33.03
24	33.33
25	33.36
26	33.43
27	33.64
28	33.85
29	34.01
30	34.76
31	35.43
32	35.60
33	35.73
34	35.76
35	36.26
36	36.91
37	37.04
38	37.58
–	DSQ

Semifinals

Rank	Time	Notes
1	31.10	Q, CR
2	31.27	Q
3	31.58	Q
4	31.67	Q
5	31.71	Q
6	31.88	Q
7	32.02	Q
8	32.15	Q
9	32.27
10	32.43
11	32.45
12	32.46
13	32.51
14	32.56
15	32.64
16	32.71

Final

Rank	Time	Notes
	30.84	CR
	31.37
	31.40
4	31.55
5	31.87
6	31.96
7	32.03
8	32.05

Notes and References

Web site: Heats Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024123725/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay5.html#50BreatsW . 24 October 2004 .
Web site: Semifinals Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041019211134/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay5FINAL.html#50BreastW . 19 October 2004 .
Web site: Final Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041019132056/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsW50breast.html . 19 October 2004 .