Swimming at the 2015 SEA Games – Women's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Swimming – Women's 50 metre backstroke
Games:	2015
Venue:	OCBC Aquatic Centre
Date:	8 June 2015
Competitors:	10
Nations:	7
Gold:	Tao Li
Goldseagf:	SIN
Silver:	Shana Lim Jia Yi
Silverseagf:	SIN
Bronze:	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên
Bronzeseagf:	VIE
Prev:	2013
Next:	2017

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2015 SEA Games. The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming event at the 2015 SEA Games was held on 8 June at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in Kallang, Singapore.^[1]

Records

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

Asian record		27.06	Rome, Italy	30 July 2009
Games record		29.37	Palembang, Indonesia	14 November 2011

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
8 June	Heat 2			29.14	GR
8 June	Final			28.90	GR

Schedule

All times are Singapore Standard Time

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 8 June 2015	09:00	Heat 1
	09:02	Heat 2
	19:00	Final

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The heats were held on 8 June.

Heat 1

Heat 1 was held on 8 June.

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1	4		29.58	Q
2	3		29.73	Q
3	5		30.15	Q
4	6		31.04
5	2		35.97

Heat 2

Heat 2 was held on 8 June.

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1	5		29.14	Q, GR
2	4		29.92	Q
3	3		30.42	Q
4	6		30.57	Q
5	2		30.67	Q

Final

The final was held on 8 June.

width=40	Rank	width=40	Lane	width=250	Athletes	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
	4		28.90	GR
	5		29.36
	6		29.40
4	3		29.48	NR
5	2		29.85
6	7		30.26
7	8		30.29
8	1		30.59

Notes and References

1. Web site: Number of Athletes - Women's 50m Backstroke . 8 June 2015 . seagames2015.com . 2015 SEA Games Singapore . 8 June 2015 .