Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre breaststroke
Championship:	2019 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	27 July (heats and semifinals) 28 July (final)
Venue:	Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location:	Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors:	56
Nations:	51
Win Value:	29.84
Gold:	Lilly King
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Benedetta Pilato
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Yuliya Yefimova
Bronze Nation:	RUS
Prev:	2017
Next:	2022

The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2019.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were held on 27 July at 10:40.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	29.98	Q, NR
2	6	4	30.18	Q
3	5	5	30.38	Q
4	6	5	30.53	Q
5	5	4	30.63	Q
6	6	6	30.69	Q
7	6	3	30.71	Q
8	4	5	30.72	Q
9	5	3	30.96	Q
10	6	1	30.99	Q
11	6	2	31.03	Q
12	4	2	31.13	Q
13	4	3	31.20	Q
13	5	7	31.20	Q
15	5	8	31.24	Q
16	4	7	31.36	Q
17	5	6	31.40
18	6	7	31.42
19	5	2	31.48
20	6	9	31.53
21	4	6	31.58
21	4	9	31.58
23	3	3	31.61	NR
24	4	8	31.68
25	4	0	31.70
26	5	9	31.94
27	4	1	31.98
28	3	1	32.02
29	6	8	32.07
30	5	1	32.12
31	5	0	32.23
32	3	4	32.28
33	3	6	32.33
34	3	2	32.37
34	6	0	32.37
36	3	5	32.39
36	3	7	32.39
38	1	7	33.52
39	3	8	33.67	NR
40	3	0	34.44
41	2	8	34.58
42	3	9	34.79
43	2	3	35.33
44	1	4	35.64
45	1	6	36.72
46	1	3	37.02
47	2	4	37.13
48	2	5	40.72
49	2	0	40.90
50	2	1	42.30
51	2	6	44.18
52	2	7	44.35
53	1	2	49.20
54	1	5	49.32
55	2	2	49.56
56	2	9	49.77
	1	1

The semifinals were started on 27 July at 20:26.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	29.84	Q
2	5	30.61	Q
3	6	30.91	Q
4	3	30.92	Q
5	7	31.41
6	2	31.44
7	1	31.46
8	8	31.74

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	30.12	Q
2	4	30.17	Q
3	5	30.23	Q
4	8	31.10	Q
5	6	31.11
6	2	31.12
7	7	31.31
8	1	31.56

The final was held on 28 July at 20:09.^[5]