Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The Women's 50m Backstroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 28 March (prelims & semifinals) and the evening of 29 March (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 95 swimmers were entered in the event, of which, 93 swam.

The USA's Natalie Coughlin established a new Championship Record for the distance (28.30) the day prior to the event, with her split from the women's 100m Back final. The record for the distance had been 28.31 by China's Gao Chang from the 2005 Worlds.

Existing records at the start of the event started were:

Results

Finals

PlaceNameNationalityTimeNote
1Leila Vaziri USA28.16=WR
2Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus28.46
3Tayliah Zimmer Australia28.50
4Zhao Jing China28.54
5Reiko Nakamura Japan28.64
6Gao Chang China28.70
7Mai Nakamura Japan28.86
8Janine Pietsch Germany28.87

Semifinals

RankSwimmerNationTimeNote
1Leila Vaziri USA28.16Q WR
2Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus28.38Q
3Reiko Nakamura Japan28.58Q
4Mai Nakamura Japan28.59Q
5Janine Pietsch Germany28.72Q
6Zhao Jing China28.74Q
7Tayliah Zimmer Australia28.78Q
8Gao Chang China28.81Q
9Anastasia Zuyeva Russia28.85
10Iryna Amshennikova Ukraine28.91
11Margaret Hoelzer USA28.94
12Antje Buschschulte Germany29.00
13Fabíola Molina Brazil29.02
14Emily Seebohm Australia29.04
15Hannah McLean New Zealand29.22
16Elena Gemo Italy29.94

Preliminaries

RankSwimmerNationTimeNote
1Leila Vaziri USA28.25Q, CR
2Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus28.71Q
3Laure Manaudou France28.84Q
4Janine Pietsch Germany28.85Q
Reiko Nakamura JapanQ
6Mai Nakamura Japan28.89Q
7Margaret Hoelzer USA28.93Q
Emily Seebohm AustraliaQ
9ZHOA Jing China29.00Q
Tayliah Zimmer AustraliaQ
11Iryna Amshennikova Ukraine29.01Q
12GAO Chang China29.02Q
13Fabíola Molina Brazil29.04Q
14Anastasia Zuyeva Russia29.05Q
15Hannah McLean New Zealand29.14Q
16Antje Buschschulte Germany29.22Q
17Elena Gemo Italy29.25
18Kateryna Zubkova Ukraine29.37
19Louise Ørnstedt Denmark29.38
20Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai Hong Kong29.39
21Nikolett Szepesi Hungary29.46
Mercedes Peris Spain
23Sanja Jovanović Croatia29.52
24Fabienne Nadarajah Austria29.54
25Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands29.61
26TAO Li Singapore29.63
27Karin Prinsloo South Africa29.66
28Liz Coster New Zealand29.73
29Kelly Stefanyshyn Canada29.77
30Anna Gostomelsky Israel29.84
31Esther Baron France29.88
32Tine Bossuyt Belgium30.00
33Evelyn Verrasztó Hungary30.03
34Triin Aljand Estonia30.04
35Nam Eun Lee South Korea30.19
36Iwona Lefanowicz Poland30.33
37Jorina Aerents Belgium30.38
38Yoo Jin Jung South Korea30.39
39Therese Svendsen Sweden30.44
40Chanelle Van Wyk South Africa30.52
41Lynette Ng Singapore30.53
42Kiera Aitken Bermuda30.61
43Carolina Colorado Colombia30.67
44Carin Moller Sweden30.73
45Caroline Pickering Puamau Fiji31.07
46Natalie Ferdinand Barbados31.13
47Massie Milagros Carrillo Peru31.14
48Nazli Ege Calisal Turkey31.40
49Melanie Nocher Ireland31.52
50Felicia Leksono Indonesia31.68
51LIN Man Hsu Chinese Taipei31.69
52Lourdes Villaseñor Mexico31.94
53Wenika Kaewchaiwong Thailand32.08
54Khadija Ciss Senegal32.14
55Layla Alghul Jordan32.18
56Cheok Mei Ma Macau32.22
Obia Inyengivyikabo Nigeria
58Christie Bodden Panama32.29
59Weng Kuan Macau32.35
60Hsu Jung He Chinese Taipei32.43
61Sook Fun Chai Malaysia32.46
62Kiran Khan Pakistan32.61
63Jonay Briedenhann Namibia32.70
64Olga Gnedovskaya Uzbekistan32.76
65Jessica Teixeira Vieira Mozambique32.93
Slavica Pavic Peru
67Siona Huxley Saint Lucia33.10
68Thi Cuc Hoang Vietnam33.18
69Maria Virginia Baez Franco Paraguay33.58
70Parita Parekh India33.75
71Lacy Palmer-Martin Saint Lucia33.94
72Marie Laura Meza Peraza Costa Rica33.98
73Rachel Fortunato Gibraltar34.12
74April Chang Samoa34.17
75Ekaterina Mamatkulova Uzbekistan34.30
76Talisa Pace Malta34.56
77Mercedes Milner Zambia34.80
78Dalia Massiel Torrez Zamora Nicaragua34.85
79Debra Daniel FS Micronesia34.98
80Anouchka Diane Etiennette Mauritius35.18
81Mirjana Stojanova Macedonia35.24
82Uche Monu Nigeria35.33
83Judith Meauri Papua New Guinea35.39
84Maxine Pardo Gibraltar35.73
85Patricia Wellman Zambia36.07
86Telmen Batjargal Mongolia36.67
87Amber Sikosang Yobech Palau36.97
88Natasha Ratter Uganda37.42
89Kelly How Tam Fat Mauritius37.52
90Sainzaya Khurelbaatar Mongolia37.80
91Sarah Elizabeth Johnson Northern Mariana Islands37.86
92Teran Matthews Saint Vincent
        and the Grenadines
39.02
93Olga Hachatryan Turkmenistan39.48
--Gloria Koussihouede BeninDNS
--Anisa Curraj AlbaniaDNS

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