Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

Women's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Women's 50 metre breaststroke ; at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location	Fukuoka, Japan
Dates	29 July (heats and semifinals); 30 July (final)
Competitors	51 from 44 nations
Winning time	29.16 WR
Medalists
	← 2022 2024 →

The women's 50 metre breaststroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 29 and 30 July 2023.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:^[4]

World record	Benedetta Pilato (ITA)	29.30	Budapest, Hungary	22 May 2021
Competition record	Lilly King (USA)	29.40	Budapest, Hungary	30 July 2017

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
29 July	Semifinal 2	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29.30	=WR
30 July	Final	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29.16	WR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 29 July at 11:10.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Benedetta Pilato	Italy	29.60	Q
2	6	1	Anita Bottazzo	Italy	30.02	Q
3	6	5	Lilly King	United States	30.05	Q
4	5	3	Tang Qianting	China	30.08	Q, AS
5	6	2	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	30.29	Q
6	5	6	Veera Kivirinta	Finland	30.33	Q
6	6	3	Anna Elendt	Germany	30.33	Q
8	4	5	Eneli Jefimova	Estonia	30.39	Q
8	6	4	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	30.39	Q
8	6	7	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	30.39	Q
11	5	5	Lydia Jacoby	United States	30.44	Q
12	6	6	Mona McSharry	Ireland	30.45	Q
13	5	7	Dominika Sztandera	Poland	30.68	Q
14	4	6	Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	30.70	Q-->WD
15	4	7	Fleur Vermeiren	Belgium	30.73	Q
16	4	2	Florine Gaspard	Belgium	30.75	Q
17	4	4	Lara van Niekerk	South Africa	30.76	Q
18	5	8	Yang Chang	China	30.85
19	6	8	Kotryna Teterevkova	Lithuania	30.94
20	6	0	Macarena Ceballos	Argentina	30.97
21	4	1	Ida Hulkko	Finland	30.98
22	4	0	Sophie Angus	Canada	31.01
23	4	3	Jhennifer Alves	Brazil	31.04
24	3	4	Sim En Yi Letitia	Singapore	31.33
25	5	2	Anastasia Gorbenko	Israel	31.41
26	3	2	Andrea Podmanikova	Slovakia	31.43	NR
27	5	1	Maria Drasidou	Greece	31.44
28	3	3	Adelaida Pchelintseva	Kazakhstan	31.61
29	6	9	Abbey Harkin	Australia	31.63
30	3	5	Lisa Mamie	Switzerland	31.67
31	5	0	Tara Vovk	Slovenia	31.97
32	3	7	Mercedes Toledo	Venezuela	32.00
33	5	9	Jenjira Srisa-Ard	Thailand	32.02
34	3	6	Melissa Rodríguez	Mexico	32.05
35	3	8	Emily Santos	Panama	32.23	NR
36	4	9	Thanya Dela Cruz	Suspended Member Federation	32.25
37	1	3	Chen Pui Lam	Macau	32.31	NR
38	3	0	Imane El Barodi	Morocco	32.64
39	3	9	Lynn El Hajj	Lebanon	33.10	NR
40	2	4	Marina Abu Shamaleh	Palestine	34.86
41	2	5	Lara Dashti	Kuwait	35.44	NR
42	2	6	Maria Batallones	Northern Mariana Islands	35.96
43	2	2	Kestra Kihleng	Micronesia	36.55
44	2	3	Makelyta Singsombath	Laos	36.83
45	2	9	La Troya Pina	Cape Verde	38.14
46	2	0	Ria Save	Tanzania	40.30
47	2	7	Mariama Touré	Guinea	41.81
48	1	5	Estelle Nguelo'o Noubissi	Cameroon	43.59
49	1	6	Salima Ahmadou Youssoufou	Niger	45.97	NR
50	2	8	Nina Amison	Djibouti	49.61
	1	2	Olamide Sam	Sierra Leone	DSQ
	1	4	Dorcas Oka	Nigeria
	3	1	Lam Hoi Kiu	Hong Kong
	2	1	Abbi Illis	Sint Maarten	Did not start
	4	8	Ana Pinho Rodrigues	Portugal	Did not start

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 29 July at 20:26.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	2	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29.30	Q, =WR
2	2	5	Lilly King	United States	29.72	Q
3	1	8	Lara van Niekerk	South Africa	29.91	Q
4	2	4	Benedetta Pilato	Italy	30.09	Q
5	1	5	Tang Qianting	China	30.12	Q
6	1	6	Eneli Jefimova	Estonia	30.22	Q
7	1	4	Anita Bottazzo	Italy	30.29	Q
8	2	3	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	30.33	Q
9	1	2	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	30.40	SO
9	2	7	Lydia Jacoby	United States	30.40	SO
11	1	7	Mona McSharry	Ireland	30.54
12	2	6	Anna Elendt	Germany	30.55
13	1	3	Veera Kivirinta	Finland	30.56
14	2	1	Dominika Sztandera	Poland	30.59	NR
15	2	8	Florine Gaspard	Belgium	30.67
16	1	1	Fleur Vermeiren	Belgium	31.26

Swim-off

The swim-off for the first replacement was held on 29 July at 22:13.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	30.44	R1
2	5	Lydia Jacoby	United States	30.67	R2

Final

The final started on 30 July at 20:09.^[8]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29.16	WR
	5	Lilly King	United States	29.94
	6	Benedetta Pilato	Italy	30.04
4	3	Lara van Niekerk	South Africa	30.09
5	1	Anita Bottazzo	Italy	30.11
6	2	Tang Qianting	China	30.22
7	8	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	30.44
8	7	Eneli Jefimova	Estonia	30.48

References

^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.
^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 November 2023.
^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 November 2023.
^ "Swim-off results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2023.
^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 30 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2023.

[1] "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

[2] Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[3] "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.

[4] "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.

[5] "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 November 2023.

[6] "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 November 2023.

[7] "Swim-off results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2023.

[8] "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 30 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2023.

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