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Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates July 27, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 28, 2011 (final)
Competitors 57 from 48 nations
Winning time 27.79
Medalists
gold medal     Russia
silver medal     Japan
bronze medal     United States
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The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place on July 27 with the heats and the semifinals and July 28 with the final.

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

57 swimmers participated in 8 heats.

The semifinals were held at 18:13.

The final was held at 19:17.


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