2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

Women's 50m Breaststroke at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates	12 December (heats and semifinals) 13 December (final)
Winning time	29.44
Medalists
Rūta Meilutytė    Lithuania   Alia Atkinson    Jamaica   Sarah Katsoulis    Australia

Main article: 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

The women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12–13 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Jessica Hardy	United States	28.80	Berlin	15 November 2009
Championship record	Jessica Hardy	United States	29.58	Manchester	10 April 2008

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
12 December	Heats	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29.56	CR
12 December	Semifinals	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29.51	CR
13 December	Final	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29.44	CR

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	6	4	Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)	29.56	Q, CR, NR
2	8	4	Alia Atkinson (JAM)	29.72	Q,NR
3	6	5	Jessica Hardy (USA)	29.74	Q
4	8	5	Petra Chocová (CZE)	30.13	Q
5	6	3	Sarah Katsoulis (AUS)	30.24	Q
6	7	3	Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)	30.25	Q
7	7	4	Rebecca Ejdervik (SWE)	30.26	Q
8	8	3	Jennie Johansson (SWE)	30.34	Q
9	7	5	Valentina Artemyeva (RUS)	30.34	Q
10	6	8	Ellyn Baumgardner (USA)	30.81	Q
11	7	6	Samantha Marshall (AUS)	30.90	Q
11	8	6	Beatriz Travalon (BRA)	30.90	Q
13	8	2	Jenna Laukkanen (FIN)	30.95	Q
14	6	6	Tera van Beilen (CAN)	30.98	Q
15	6	7	Zhao Jin (CHN)	31.01	Q
16	2	6	Ji Liping (CHN)	31.08	Q
17	2	8	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir (ISL)	31.17
17	6	2	Dilara Buse Günaydın (TUR)	31.17	NR
17	8	7	Martha McCabe (CAN)	31.17
20	7	7	Kelly Rasmussen (DEN)	31.38
21	7	1	Fumiko Kawanabe (JPN)	31.42
22	7	0	Kanako Watanabe (JPN)	31.52
23	2	4	Hanna Dzerkal (UKR)	31.62
24	8	8	Chiara Boggiatto (ITA)	31.70
25	6	0	Vitalina Simonova (RUS)	31.82
26	6	1	Julia Sebastian (ARG)	31.87
27	8	9	Chen I-Chuan (TPE)	31.90
28	8	1	Fanny Babou (FRA)	31.93
29	5	3	Raminta Dvariškytė (LTU)	32.04
30	5	4	Miriam Corsini (MOZ)	32.05
31	8	0	Hannah Miley (GBR)	32.30
32	7	8	Ceren Dilek (TUR)	32.47
33	6	9	Samantha Yeo (SIN)	32.63	NR[2]
34	7	9	Lei On Kei (MAC)	32.76
35	5	5	Dariya Talanova (KGZ)	33.04
36	2	2	Jin Hui Sin (PRK)	33.17
37	5	6	Isabel Riquelme (CHI)	33.24
38	5	0	Barbara Vali-Skelton (PNG)	33.79
39	4	5	Tegan McCarthy (PNG)	34.45
40	5	7	Oreoluwa Cherebin (GRN)	34.68
41	5	9	Michaela Millo (MLT)	34.78
42	2	1	Kum Jong Ho (PRK)	34.96
43	4	4	Dalia Tórrez Zamora (NCA)	35.17
44	5	2	Rachael Tonjor (NGR)	35.35
45	5	1	Jaywant Arcot Vijaykumar (IND)	35.36
46	4	8	Patricia Cani (ALB)	36.36
47	4	2	Monica Saili (SAM)	36.57
48	3	4	Bonita Imisirovic (BOT)	36.68
49	4	7	Shne Joachim (VIN)	36.69
50	2	5	Thet Ei Ei (MYA)	36.76
50	4	6	Lianna Catherine Swan (PAK)	36.76
52	4	9	Deandra van der Colff (BOT)	37.61
53	2	3	Mariam Foum (TAN)	37.81
54	3	6	Keyik Valiyeva (TKM)	37.91
55	3	5	Athena Gaskin (GUY)	38.78
56	3	2	Aurelie Fanchette (SEY)	39.22
57	3	8	Angela Kendrick (MHL)	40.37
58	4	1	Ann-Marie Hepler (MHL)	40.50
59	3	1	Charissa Sofia Panuve (TGA)	42.03
60	3	7	Danielle Aoigue (GUM)	42.70
61	2	7	Ramata Keita (GUI)	1:01.60
	1	3	Mercedes Toledo (VEN)	DNS
	1	4	Fatoumata Samassékou (MLI)	DNS
	1	5	Ingrid Bethel Raissa Sanon (BUR)	DNS
	2	0	Angelika Ouedraogo (BUR)	DNS
	3	0	Nazlati Mohamed Andhumdine (COM)	DNS
	3	3	Ophelia Swayne (GHA)	DNS
	3	9	Ramata Coulibaly (MLI)	DNS
	4	0	Kokoe Vanessa Ahyee (CIV)	DNS
	4	3	Elodie Poo Cheong (MRI)	DNS
	5	8	Kibong Tanji (CMR)	DNS
	7	2	Martina Moravčíková (CZE)	DNS

Swim-off

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Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
17	2	Dilara Buse Günaydın (TUR)	31.06	NR
18	8	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir (ISL)	31.12
19	3	Martha McCabe (CAN)	31.16

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29.51	Q, CR, ER
2	1	4	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	29.62	Q, NR
3	2	5	Jessica Hardy	United States	29.82	Q
4	1	5	Petra Chocová	Czech Republic	30.05	Q
5	1	3	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	30.19	Q, NR
5	2	3	Sarah Katsoulis	Australia	30.19	Q
7	2	6	Rebecca Ejdervik	Sweden	30.25	Q
8	2	8	Zhao Jin	China	30.33	Q
9	1	6	Jennie Johansson	Sweden	30.41
10	1	2	Ellyn Baumgardner	United States	30.47
11	2	2	Valentina Artemyeva	Russia	30.65
11	2	7	Samantha Marshall	Australia	30.65
13	1	7	Beatriz Travalon	Brazil	30.84
14	1	8	Ji Liping	China	30.88
15	2	1	Jenna Laukkanen	Finland	30.90
16	1	1	Tera van Beilen	Canada	30.99

Final

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Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29.44	CR, ER
	5	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	29.67
	7	Sarah Katsoulis	Australia	29.94
4	2	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	30.00	NR
5	3	Jessica Hardy	United States	30.01
6	6	Petra Chocová	Czech Republic	30.10
7	1	Rebecca Ejdervik	Sweden	30.12
8	8	Zhao Jin	China	30.43

References

1. "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke (heats)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
2. "50 metre breaststroke record" (PDF). List of Singaporean National Women's Short Course Swimming Records. Singapore Swimming Association: 2. 2 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
3. "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke (swim-off)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
4. "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke (semifinals)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
5. "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke (final)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-13.

External links

• 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Women's 50 metre breaststroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com.