The Women's 50m Backstroke at the

2007 World Aquatics Championships The 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic C ...

took place on 28 March (prelims & semifinals) and the evening of 29 March (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in

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. 95 swimmers were entered in the event, of which, 93 swam. The USA's Natalie Coughlin established a new

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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

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from the 2005 Worlds. Existing records at the start of the event started were: * World Record (WR): 28.19,

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(Germany), 25 May 2005 in

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. * Championship Record (CR): 28.30, Natalie Coughlin (USA),

Melbourne 2007 The 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic C ...

(27 March 2007)

Results

Finals

Semifinals

Preliminaries

References

Women's 50m Backstroke Preliminary results
from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-10.
Women's 50m Backstroke Semifinals results
from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-10.
Women's 50m Backstroke Final results
from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-10. {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 50 metre backstroke Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships 2007 in women's swimming