50 m Backstroke, Women

Competition 1999 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Hong Kong HKG
Held 3 April 1999
Status Medal
Competitors 29
Countries 23
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Sandra Völker GER 27.97
(1 h4)		 27.94
(1 h1)		 27.63
(1 F)
🥈 Mai Nakamura JPN 27.77
(1 h3)		 27.88
(1 h2)		 27.73
(2 F)
🥉 Kellie McMillan AUS 28.75
(2 h3)		 28.33
(2 h2)		 28.29
(3 F)
4 Dyana Calub AUS 28.94
(1 h2)		 28.54
(3 h2)		 28.41
(4 F)
5 Erin Gammel CAN 28.76
(2 h4)		 28.65
(2 h1)		 28.66
(5 F)
6 Anu Koivisto FIN 29.04
(3 h2)		 28.95
(5 h2)		 28.73
(6 F)
7 Lu Donghua CHN 28.95
(2 h2)		 28.71
(3 h1)		 28.84
(7 F)
8 Metka Sparavec SLO 28.81
(3 h3)		 28.76
(4 h2)		 28.99
(8 F)
9 Brenda Starink NED 29.06
(4 h3)		 29.00
(4 h1)		 —
10 Paige Francis USA 29.15
(4 h2)		 29.03
(6 h2)		 —
11 Hanna Kapachenia BLR 28.90
(3 h4)		 29.04
(5 h1)		 —
12 Kelly Stefanyshyn CAN 29.34
(5 h4)		 29.05
(6 h1)		 —
13 Fabíola Molina BRA 29.19
(4 h4)		 29.23
(7 h1)		 —
14 Dominique Diezi SUI 29.46
(6 h4)		 29.31
(8 h1)		 —
15 Ilona Hlaváčková CZE 29.57
(5 h2)		 29.42
(7 h2)		 —
16 Katy Sexton GBR 29.43
(6 h3)		 29.44
(8 h2)		 —
17 Therèse Alshammar SWE 29.31
(5 h3)		 — —
18 Maria Carlos Santos POR 29.60
(7 h4)		 — —
=19 Charlene Wittstock RSA 29.67
(1 h1)		 — —
=19 Anya Gostomelsky ISR 29.67
(6 h2)		 — —
21 Sherry Tsai HKG 29.83
(7 h3)		 — —
22 Kerry Jiggins GBR 29.88
(8 h4)		 — —
23 Laura Crespo BRA 30.46
(8 h3)		 — —
24 Edith Van der Schilden LUX 30.70
(2 h1)		 — —
25 Kuan Chia-Hsien TPE 31.01
(7 h2)		 — —
26 Lam Wai Man MAC 32.61
(3 h1)		 — —
27 Wu Yen Ju TPE 32.65
(4 h1)		 — —
28 Justina Silva Rosario MAC 33.12
(5 h1)		 — —
29 Monika Bakale CGO 36.11
(6 h1)		 — —
DNS Tonia MachairaDNS GRE —
(DNS h2)		 — —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Charlene Wittstock RSA 29.67
2 Edith Van der Schilden LUX 30.70
3 Lam Wai Man MAC 32.61
4 Wu Yen Ju TPE 32.65
5 Justina Silva Rosario MAC 33.12
6 Monika Bakale CGO 36.11

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Dyana Calub AUS 28.94
2 Lu Donghua CHN 28.95
3 Anu Koivisto FIN 29.04
4 Paige Francis USA 29.15
5 Ilona Hlaváčková CZE 29.57
6 Anya Gostomelsky ISR 29.67
7 Kuan Chia-Hsien TPE 31.01
DNS Tonia MachairaDNS GRE —

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mai Nakamura JPN 27.77
2 Kellie McMillan AUS 28.75
3 Metka Sparavec SLO 28.81
4 Brenda Starink NED 29.06
5 Therèse Alshammar SWE 29.31
6 Katy Sexton GBR 29.43
7 Sherry Tsai HKG 29.83
8 Laura Crespo BRA 30.46

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sandra Völker GER 27.97
2 Erin Gammel CAN 28.76
3 Hanna Kapachenia BLR 28.90
4 Fabíola Molina BRA 29.19
5 Kelly Stefanyshyn CAN 29.34
6 Dominique Diezi SUI 29.46
7 Maria Carlos Santos POR 29.60
8 Kerry Jiggins GBR 29.88

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sandra Völker GER 27.94
2 Erin Gammel CAN 28.65
3 Lu Donghua CHN 28.71
4 Brenda Starink NED 29.00
5 Hanna Kapachenia BLR 29.04
6 Kelly Stefanyshyn CAN 29.05
7 Fabíola Molina BRA 29.23
8 Dominique Diezi SUI 29.31

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Mai Nakamura JPN 27.88
2 Kellie McMillan AUS 28.33
3 Dyana Calub AUS 28.54
4 Metka Sparavec SLO 28.76
5 Anu Koivisto FIN 28.95
6 Paige Francis USA 29.03
7 Ilona Hlaváčková CZE 29.42
8 Katy Sexton GBR 29.44

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sandra Völker GER 27.63
2 Mai Nakamura JPN 27.73
3 Kellie McMillan AUS 28.29
4 Dyana Calub AUS 28.41
5 Erin Gammel CAN 28.66
6 Anu Koivisto FIN 28.73
7 Lu Donghua CHN 28.84
8 Metka Sparavec SLO 28.99