The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 8 August with the heats and the semifinals and 9 August with the final.Start list

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

Results

Heats The heats were held on 8 August at 10:08.Heats results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 8 4 Rūta Meilutytė 29.74 Q 2 6 4 Alia Atkinson 30.27 Q 3 7 5 Jennie Johansson 30.30 Q 4 7 4 Jessica Hardy 30.44 Q 5 8 5 Yuliya Yefimova 30.45 Q 6 8 3 Mariya Liver 30.60 Q, NR 7 6 7 Fanny Lecluyse 30.75 Q, NR 8 7 6 Jenna Laukkanen 30.79 Q, NR 9 6 5 Moniek Nijhuis 30.81 Q 10 7 3 Martina Carraro 30.83 Q 11 7 7 Rachel Nicol 30.86 Q 12 8 7 Arianna Castiglioni 30.90 Q 12 8 1 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 30.90 Q, NR 14 8 0 Suo Ran 31.12 Q 15 8 2 Petra Chocová 31.21 Q 16 6 2 Lorna Tonks 31.22 Q 17 7 2 Fiona Doyle 31.31 18 5 6 Dominika Sztandera 31.34 NR 19 6 3 Micah Lawrence 31.38 20 8 8 Amit Ivry 31.39 21 7 9 Jhennifer Conceição 31.44 22 6 1 Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes 31.45 23 6 6 Rikke Møller Pedersen 31.48 24 7 8 Shi Jinglin 31.57 25 5 1 Aikaterini Sarakatsani 31.58 26 6 9 Alina Zmushka 31.65 26 7 1 Veera Kivirinta 31.65 26 8 6 Sycerika McMahon 31.65 29 5 7 Lena Kreundl 31.83 30 5 0 Mercedes Toledo 31.88 NR 31 5 5 Rie Kaneto 31.99 32 6 8 Tjaša Vozel 32.00 33 6 0 Martina Moravčíková 32.08 34 5 3 Anna Sztankovics 32.11 35 5 4 Julia Sebastian 32.13 36 4 7 Mai Atef 32.14 37 8 9 Maria Astashkina 32.18 38 4 4 Lucia Ledererova 32.20 38 7 0 Roanne Ho 32.20 40 5 9 Maria Romanjuk 32.30 41 4 2 Phee Phee Jinq En 32.37 42 5 8 Tatiana Chișca 32.38 43 5 2 Yang Ji-won 32.63 44 4 6 Kong Yvette Man Yi 32.72 45 4 9 Evita Leter 33.19 46 4 1 Daniela Carrillo 33.53 47 4 3 Ivana Ninković 33.77 48 4 5 Dariya Talanova 33.89 49 4 0 Lei On Kei 33.94 50 4 8 Sin Jin-hui 34.02 51 3 5 Izzy Joachim 34.09 52 3 3 Amy Micallef 34.78 53 3 4 Jamila Lunkuse 34.93 54 3 6 Chade Nersicio 35.30 55 3 2 Oreoluwa Cherebin 35.39 56 3 7 Rechael Tonjor 36.10 57 3 0 Bonita Imsirovic 36.46 58 3 1 Teona Bostashvili 37.37 59 2 3 Darya Semyonova 37.64 60 3 9 Lianna Swan 37.66 61 2 6 Hemthon Vitiny 37.82 62 2 5 Angelika Ouedraogo 39.25 63 2 4 Karina Klimyk 40.17 64 2 2 Daniah Hagul 41.17 65 1 7 Bellore Sangala 42.48 66 2 9 Siri Budcharern 44.14 67 1 6 Mohamed Nazlati 45.75 68 2 0 Fatema Abdulmohsen 45.91 69 2 8 Tayamika Chang'anamuno 47.00 70 1 3 Natasha Addai 51.73 71 1 5 Mariama Sow 52.65 72 2 1 Roukaya Mahamane 52.88 73 1 2 Bunturabie Jalloh 57.64 2 7 Laraiba Seibou DSQ 1 4 Liza Kafack DNS 3 8 Kokoe Ahyee DNS

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 8 August at 17.56.Semifinal results

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Jessica Hardy 30.25 Q 2 3 Mariya Liver 30.64 Q 3 4 Alia Atkinson 30.78 Q 4 1 Suo Ran 31.03 5 8 Lorna Tonks 31.05 6 2 Martina Carraro 31.17 6 7 Arianna Castiglioni 31.17 8 6 Jenna Laukkanen 31.18

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Rūta Meilutytė 29.98 Q 2 3 Yuliya Yefimova 30.14 Q 3 5 Jennie Johansson 30.39 Q 4 1 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 30.90 Q, =NR 5 2 Moniek Nijhuis 30.99 Q 6 7 Rachel Nicol 31.04 6 6 Fanny Lecluyse 31.04 8 8 Petra Chocová 31.40

Final The final was held on 9 August at 17:39.Final results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Jennie Johansson 30.05 NR 7 Alia Atkinson 30.11 NR 5 Yuliya Yefimova 30.13 4 4 Rūta Meilutytė 30.14 5 3 Jessica Hardy 30.20 6 8 Suo Ran 30.74 7 1 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir 31.12 8 2 Mariya Liver 31.14

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