Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre backstroke
Competition:	2013 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	June 21, 2013
Competitors:	13
Nations:	9
Venue:	Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool
Win Value:	28.48
Gold:	Sanja Jovanović
Goldnoc:	CRO
Silver:	Theodora Drakou
Silvernoc:	GRE
Bronze:	Arianna Barbieri
Bronzenoc:	ITA

The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool.^[1] Italy's Elena Gemo was the defending champion.

The race consisted of one length of the pool in backstroke.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time

width=220	Date	width=50	Time	width=100	Event
Friday, 21 June 2013	09:30	Heats
	18:00	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record		27.06	Rome, Italy	July 30, 2009
Mediterranean Games record		28.60	Pescara, Italy	June 27, 2009

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

^{[2] [3]}

width=40	Rank	width=40	Heat	width=40	Lane	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1	2	5		28.87	Q
2	1	4		29.04	Q
3	2	4		29.14	Q
4	2	6		29.45	Q
5	2	3		29.65	Q
6	1	3		29.70	Q
7	1	5		29.75	Q
8	2	2		29.81	Q
9	2	7		29.95
10	1	6		30.13
11	1	2		30.18
12	1	7		30.97
13	2	1		34.11

Final

^[4]

width=40	Rank	width=40	Lane	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
	3		28.48	GR
	4		28.66
	5		28.74
4	7		28.92
5	6		29.09
6	1		29.16
7	8		29.66
8	2		29.68

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sessions. Mersin 2013. 20 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130622023520/http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/disiplineDetails_SW.aspx. 22 June 2013.
2. http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/disiplineStartList_SW.aspx?match_code=SWW040101 Swimming - Women's 50m Backstroke Heat 1 (Startlist)
3. http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/disiplineStartList_SW.aspx?match_code=SWW040102 Swimming - Women's 50m Backstroke Heat 2 (Startlist)
4. http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/disiplineResults_SW.aspx?match_code=SWW040301 Swimming - Women's 50m Backstroke Final (Official)