| 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.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Jessica Hardy | align=left | 29.80 | Federal Way | August 7, 2009 | ||
| Championship record | Yuliya Yefimova | align=left | 30.09 | Rome | August 2, 2009 |
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 | |||
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 31.40 | Q | |||
| 10 | 5 | 6 | 31.40 | Q | |||
| 12 | 5 | 7 | 31.41 | Q | |||
| 13 | 5 | 8 | 31.49 | Q, NR | |||
| 14 | 4 | 7 | 31.65 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 8 | 31.96 | Q | |||
| 16 | 3 | 1 | 32.00 | Q | |||
| 17 | 5 | 1 | 32.10 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | 32.14 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 5 | 32.27 | NR | |||
| 20 | 4 | 8 | 32.29 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 2 | 32.43 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 1 | 32.69 | ||||
| 23 | 2 | 6 | 32.86 | ||||
| 24 | 2 | 3 | 32.90 | ||||
| 25 | 2 | 4 | 33.62 | ||||
| 26 | 2 | 2 | 36.65 | ||||
| 27 | 2 | 1 | 37.23 | ||||
| 28 | 2 | 7 | 37.94 | ||||
| 29 | 1 | 4 | 40.15 | ||||
| 30 | 1 | 5 | 40.93 | ||||
| 31 | 2 | 8 | 44.44 | ||||
| 32 | 1 | 6 | 46.37 | ||||
| 33 | 1 | 2 | 46.90 | ||||
| 34 | 1 | 7 | 51.24 | ||||
| – | 3 | 5 | DNS | ||||
| – | 4 | 2 | DNS | ||||
| – | 5 | 2 | DNS | ||||
| – | 1 | 3 | DSQ |
The semifinals were held at 18:16.[2]
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 |