Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre backstroke
Championship:	Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	14 February (heats and semifinals) 15 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	55
Nations:	51
Win Value:	27.43
Gold:	Claire Curzan
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Iona Anderson
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Ingrid Wilm
Bronze Nation:	CAN
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 14 and 15 February 2024.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 14 February at 09:32.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4			27.81	Q
2	6	4			27.89	Q
3	6	2			27.99	Q
4	5	3			28.02	Q
5	6	5			28.09	Q
6	4	4			28.16	Q
7	5	7			28.27	Q
8	5	6			28.28	Q
9	4	3			28.33	Q
10	5	8			28.34	Q, NR
11	4	5			28.36	Q
12	6	8			28.37	Q, NR
13	5	2			28.38	Q
14	5	5			28.39	Q
15	4	6			28.42	Q
16	6	6			28.46	Q
17	6	0			28.65
18	4	2			28.67
19	4	7			28.68
20	6	7			28.70
21	6	1			28.76
22	3	7			28.90
23	5	9			28.96
24	6	3			28.98
25	6	9			29.00
26	3	4			29.13
27	5	1			29.19
28	4	9			29.22
29	4	0			29.35
30	4	1			29.40
31	4	8			29.41
32	3	8			29.52
33	3	3			29.58
34	3	9			29.61
35	5	0			29.80
36	3	5			29.88
37	3	6			30.21
38	3	1			30.23
39	3	0			30.32
40	2	4			30.43
41	2	5			30.69
42	2	3			30.80
43	3	2			31.11
44	2	6			31.18
45	1	1			32.07
46	2	8			32.13
47	2	7			32.21
48	2	2			32.39
49	1	7			32.41
50	2	1			32.44
51	2	0			35.29
52	2	9			36.40
53	1	5			40.21
54	1	4			52.22
55	1	6			58.14
–	1	2			Did not start
	1	3

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 14 February at 19:36.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	5			27.51	Q
2	1	4			27.55	Q
3	2	5			27.65	Q
4	2	4			27.68	Q
5	2	3			28.00	Q
6	1	3			28.06	Q
7	2	1			28.13	Q
7	2	2			28.13	Q
9	1	1			28.14
9	1	6			28.14
11	2	7			28.17
12	1	8			28.22
13	2	8			28.33
14	1	2			28.47
15	1	7			28.48
15	2	6			28.48

Swim-off

The swim-off was started on 14 February at 21:14.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			27.89
2	5			28.24

Final

The final was held on 15 February at 19:36.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			27.43
	4			27.45
	6			27.61
4	5			27.65
5	2			27.84	NR
6	7			28.09
7	8			28.18
8	1			28.32

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213143641/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000202EB0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
3. Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
4. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240214075703/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000202EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
5. Web site: semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240214164805/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000202EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
6. Web site: Swim-off results. omegatiming.com. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240214183047/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000202EB0107FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
7. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 11 February 2024. 11 February 2024. 15 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240215164312/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000202EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.