Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke explained

Event:Women's 50 metre breaststroke
Competition:2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:July 30, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 31, 2011 (final)
Competitors:38
Nations:33
Win Value:30.19
Gold:Jessica Hardy
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Yuliya Yefimova
Silvernoc:RUS
Bronze:Rebecca Soni
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:2009
Next:2013

The women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World recordJessica Hardyalign=left 29.80 Federal WayAugust 7, 2009
Championship recordYuliya Yefimovaalign=left 30.09 RomeAugust 2, 2009

Results

Heats

36 swimmers participated in 5 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 30.20 Q
2 3 4 30.72 Q
2 4 5 30.72 Q
4 5 3 30.89 Q, NR
5 5 5 30.93 Q
6 4 4 31.07 Q
7 4 3 31.19 Q
8 3 3 31.30 Q
9 3 6 31.32 Q
104 6 31.40 Q
105 6 31.40 Q
125 7 31.41 Q
135 8 31.49 Q, NR
144 7 31.65 Q
153 8 31.96 Q
163 1 32.00 Q
175 1 32.10
183 7 32.14
192 5 32.27 NR
204 8 32.29
213 2 32.43
224 1 32.69
232 6 32.86
242 3 32.90
252 4 33.62
262 2 36.65
272 1 37.23
282 7 37.94
291 4 40.15
301 5 40.93
312 8 44.44
321 6 46.37
331 2 46.90
341 7 51.24
3 5 DNS
4 2 DNS
5 2 DNS
1 3 DSQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:16.[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 30.81 Q
2 3 30.96 Q
3 5 31.16 Q
4 2 31.40 Q
5 6 31.43
6 7 31.75
7 1 32.07
8 8 32.33

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 30.40 Q
2 5 30.74 Q
3 3 31.14 Q
4 6 31.41 Q
5 7 31.46
6 2 31.50
7 1 31.83
8 8 31.97

Final

The final was held at 18:02.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 30.19
3 30.49
5 30.58
4 6 30.74
5 7 30.89 =NR
6 2 31.01
7 1 31.33
8 8 31.45

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke (heats). Omega Timing. 2011-07-30.
  2. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke (semifinals). Omega Timing. 2011-07-29.
  3. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-31.