The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2017.Schedule Start list

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

Results Heats The heats were held on 26 July at 09:30.Heats results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 4 Fu Yuanhui 27.21 Q 2 6 4 27.65 Q 6 5 Q 4 7 6 27.73 Q 5 7 5 27.75 Q 6 5 4 Wang Xueer 27.85 Q 7 5 5 27.89 Q 8 6 6 27.91 Q 9 6 3 27.94 Q 10 5 3 27.96 Q 5 7 Q, NR 12 6 1 28.05 Q, NR 13 7 3 28.10 Q 14 4 4 28.13 Q 15 7 2 28.15 Q 16 7 7 28.22 Q 17 6 2 28.30 18 6 9 Yu Hyoun-ji 28.31 19 5 6 28.42 7 1 21 6 7 28.44 22 7 0 28.45 23 5 2 28.47 24 7 8 28.49 25 5 0 Park Han-byeol 28.52 26 4 6 28.53 NR 27 4 3 28.59 28 4 5 28.67 NR 29 5 1 28.68 30 5 8 28.73 31 6 8 28.78 32 7 9 28.79 33 4 2 28.91 34 6 0 29.11 35 3 5 29.21 NR 36 3 4 29.24 37 4 8 Toto Wong 29.27 38 4 9 29.29 39 4 0 Chen Szu-chi 29.42 40 4 7 29.50 41 5 9 29.51 42 3 6 30.04 43 3 3 30.32 44 4 1 30.36 45 3 7 30.38 46 3 2 30.59 47 1 5 30.74 48 3 8 30.75 49 3 9 30.77 50 2 8 30.96 51 3 1 31.10 52 2 4 31.26 53 1 4 31.53 54 3 0 31.65 55 2 5 31.97 56 2 7 32.24 57 1 3 32.45 58 2 9 34.11 59 2 3 34.16 60 2 1 35.46 61 2 6 35.64 62 1 6 37.87 63 2 2 48.32

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 26 July at 17:51.Semifinals results

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Georgia Davies 27.49 Q, NR 2 6 Emily Seebohm 27.51 Q 3 4 Aliaksandra Herasimenia 27.54 Q 4 3 Wang Xueer 27.60 Q 5 2 Anastasia Fesikova 27.65 6 7 Mimosa Jallow 27.95 NR7 8 Theodora Drakou 28.13 1 Alicja Tchórz

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Etiene Medeiros 27.18 Q, AM 2 4 Fu Yuanhui 27.19 Q 3 2 Kathleen Baker 27.48 Q, NR 4 3 Holly Barratt 27.51 Q 5 6 Hannah Stevens 27.63 6 1 Kylie Masse 27.64 NR 7 7 Andrea Berrino 27.80 NR 8 8 Simona Baumrtová 28.03

Final The final was held on 27 July at 18:06.Final results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Etiene Medeiros 27.14 AM 5 Fu Yuanhui 27.15 1 Aliaksandra Herasimenia 27.23 =ER 4 2 Emily Seebohm 27.37 OC 5 3 Kathleen Baker 27.50 6 8 Wang Xueer 27.55 7 7 Holly Barratt 27.60 8 6 Georgia Davies 27.61

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