Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke explained

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The Women's 50m Breaststroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 March (prelims & semifinals) and the evening of 1 April (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 86 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 74 swam.

Existing records at the start of the event were:

• World Record (WR)

30.31, Jade Edmistone (Australia), 30 January 2006 in Melbourne, Australia.

• Championship Record (CR)

30.45, Jade Edmistone (Australia), Montreal 2005 (31 July 2005)

Results

Finals

Place	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1st			30.63
2nd			30.70
3rd			31.05
4th			31.14
5th			31.35
6th			31.79
7th			31.82
8th			31.86

Semifinals

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Note
1			30.91	Q
2			31.09	Q
3			31.14	Q
4			31.23	Q
5			31.27	Q
6			31.49	Q
7			31.71	Q
8			31.72	Q
9			31.75
10			31.78
11			32.08
12			32.10
13			32.12
14			32.17
15			32.34	NR^[1]
--			DQ

Preliminaries

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Note
1			30.85	Q
2			31.35	Q
3			31.39	Q
				Q
5			31.54	Q
6			31.65	Q
7			31.73	Q, NR
8			31.77	Q
9			31.84	Q
10			31.93	Q
11			31.95	Q
12			32.06	Q
13			32.17	Q
14			32.25	Q
15			32.35	Q, NR^[2]
16			32.51	Q
17			32.60
18			32.63
19			32.69
21			32.81
22			32.87
24			33.31
26			33.32
27			33.88
28			34.11
29			34.35
30			34.36
31			34.41
32			34.48
33			34.52
34			34.58
35			35.06
36			35.38
37			35.42
38			35.43
39			35.44
40			35.69
41			35.77
42			35.79
43			36.06
44			36.08
45			36.19
46			36.72
47			36.73
48			36.81
49			36.99
50			37.01
51			37.25
52			37.29
53			37.31
54			37.36
55			37.49
56			37.61
57			37.63
58			37.88
59			37.95
60			38.12
62			38.34
63			38.38
64			38.64
65			39.04
66			40.16
67			41.23
68			41.42
69			42.35
70			42.56
71			43.66
72			47.27
73			48.10
74			48.51
--			DNS
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--			DNS
--			DNS

References

• Women's 50m Breaststroke Preliminary results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11.
• Women's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11.
• Women's 50m Breaststroke Final results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11.

Notes and References

1. God avslutning av de norske VM svømmerne (trans: "Good end for Norway World Championships swimming"); by Rune Eknes. Published by Norwegian Swimming Federation on 2 April 2007; Retrieved 18 July 2009.
2. Anne-Mari til semifinalen med ny norsk rekord på 50m bryst (trans: "Anne-Mari [Gulbrandsen] to the semifinals in new Norwegian Record for 50m breast"); by Rune Eknes for the Norwegian Swimming Federation; published 2007-03-31, Retrieved 18 July 2009.