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 recordNew event
The following record was established during the competition:
DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
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 Name Nationality 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 Name Nationality 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 Name Nationality 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

  1. 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 .
  2. 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 .
  3. Web site: Final Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041019132056/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsW50breast.html . 19 October 2004 .