50 m Breaststroke, Women

Competition 1999 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Hong Kong HKG
Held 1 April 1999
Status Medal
Competitors 30
Countries 19
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Masami Tanaka JPN 31.19
(1 h4)		 31.05
(1 h1)		 30.80
(1 F)
🥈 Penny Heyns RSA 30.80
(1 h3)		 30.87
(1 h2)		 30.88
(2 F)
🥉 Han Xue CHN 31.70
(2 h4)		 31.36
(2 h1)		 31.24
(3 F)
4 Helen Denman AUS 31.70
(2 h3)		 31.37
(2 h2)		 31.47
(4 F)
5 Julia Russell RSA 31.78
(3 h2)		 31.50
(3 h2)		 31.53
(5 F)
6 Sam Riley AUS 32.23
(4 h4)		 31.51
(3 h1)		 31.54
(6 F)
7 Zoë Baker GBR 31.63
(1 h2)		 31.64
(4 h2)		 31.55
(7 F)
8 Janne Schäfer GER 32.01
(3 h4)		 31.75
(4 h1)		 31.88
(8 F)
9 Sylvia Gerasch GER 31.77
(2 h2)		 31.81
(5 h1)		 —
10 Olga Molchanova RUS 32.11
(3 h3)		 31.87
(6 h1)		 —
11 Maria Östling SWE 32.20
(4 h3)		 32.06
(5 h2)		 —
12 Brigitte Becue BEL 32.24
(5 h3)		 32.25
(6 h2)		 —
13 Tara Sloan CAN 32.31
(5 h2)		 32.32
(7 h2)		 —
14 Nataša Kejžar SLO 32.24
(5 h4)		 32.39
(7 h1)		 —
15 Jaime King GBR 32.38
(6 h2)		 32.57
(8 h1)		 —
16 Svitlana Bondarenko UKR 32.04
(4 h2)		 —
(DQ h2)		 —
17 Madelon Baans NED 32.48
(6 h4)		 — —
18 Lauren Van Oosten CAN 32.54
(7 h2)		 — —
19 Elin Austevoll NOR 32.57
(7 h4)		 — —
20 Nienke Valen NED 32.64
(6 h3)		 — —
21 Nicole deMan USA 33.23
(1 h1)		 — —
22 Heidi Wong HKG 33.44
(2 h1)		 — —
23 Patrícia Comini-Ribeiro BRA 33.63
(7 h3)		 — —
24 Brielle Bovee USA 33.71
(8 h4)		 — —
25 Liu Ka Lei HKG 34.55
(3 h1)		 — —
26 Liao Ya-Han TPE 34.63
(4 h1)		 — —
27 Cheong Weng Lam MAC 35.24
(5 h1)		 — —
28 Lin Fang-Tzu TPE 35.56
(8 h2)		 — —
29 Cheong Weng Tong MAC 36.16
(6 h1)		 — —
DQ Li Wei CHN —
(DQ h3)		 — —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nicole deMan USA 33.23
2 Heidi Wong HKG 33.44
3 Liu Ka Lei HKG 34.55
4 Liao Ya-Han TPE 34.63
5 Cheong Weng Lam MAC 35.24
6 Cheong Weng Tong MAC 36.16

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Zoë Baker GBR 31.63
2 Sylvia Gerasch GER 31.77
3 Julia Russell RSA 31.78
4 Svitlana Bondarenko UKR 32.04
5 Tara Sloan CAN 32.31
6 Jaime King GBR 32.38
7 Lauren Van Oosten CAN 32.54
8 Lin Fang-Tzu TPE 35.56

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Penny Heyns RSA 30.80
2 Helen Denman AUS 31.70
3 Olga Molchanova RUS 32.11
4 Maria Östling SWE 32.20
5 Brigitte Becue BEL 32.24
6 Nienke Valen NED 32.64
7 Patrícia Comini-Ribeiro BRA 33.63
DQ Li Wei CHN —

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Masami Tanaka JPN 31.19
2 Han Xue CHN 31.70
3 Janne Schäfer GER 32.01
4 Sam Riley AUS 32.23
5 Nataša Kejžar SLO 32.24
6 Madelon Baans NED 32.48
7 Elin Austevoll NOR 32.57
8 Brielle Bovee USA 33.71

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Masami Tanaka JPN 31.05
2 Han Xue CHN 31.36
3 Sam Riley AUS 31.51
4 Janne Schäfer GER 31.75
5 Sylvia Gerasch GER 31.81
6 Olga Molchanova RUS 31.87
7 Nataša Kejžar SLO 32.39
8 Jaime King GBR 32.57

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Penny Heyns RSA 30.87
2 Helen Denman AUS 31.37
3 Julia Russell RSA 31.50
4 Zoë Baker GBR 31.64
5 Maria Östling SWE 32.06
6 Brigitte Becue BEL 32.25
7 Tara Sloan CAN 32.32
DQ Svitlana Bondarenko UKR —

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Masami Tanaka JPN 30.80
2 Penny Heyns RSA 30.88
3 Han Xue CHN 31.24
4 Helen Denman AUS 31.47
5 Julia Russell RSA 31.53
6 Sam Riley AUS 31.54
7 Zoë Baker GBR 31.55
8 Janne Schäfer GER 31.88