The women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 27 July. The heats and semifinals took place 26 July, with the final being held on 27 July.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 30.83 Sydney, Australia 29 August 1999Championship recordNew event The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord 26 July 2001 Heat 5 Zoë Baker 31.23 CR 26 July 2001 Semifinal 1 Luo Xuejuan 31.10 CR 27 July 2001 Final Luo Xuejuan 30.84 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Zoë Baker 31.23 Q, CR 2 Kristy Kowal 31.62 Q 3 Megan Quann 31.77 Q 4 Brooke Hanson 31.96 Q 5 Luo Xuejuan 32.05 Q 5 Sarah Poewe 32.05 Q 7 Ágnes Kovács 32.09 Q 8 Sanae Nawata 32.25 Q 8 Roberta Crescentini 32.25 Q 10 Vera Lischka 32.31 Q 11 Elena Bogomazova 32.34 Q 12 Simone Karn 32.37 Q 13 Majken Thorup 32.42 Q 14 Madelon Baans 32.55 Q 15 Tarnee White 32.62 Q 16 Emma Igelström 32.63 Q 17 Anne-Mari Gulbrandsen 32.72 18 Emma Robinson 32.75 19 Rhiannon Leier 32.79 20 Mirna Jukić 32.81 21 Maria Östling 32.85 22 Natalia Hissamutdinova 32.96 23 Junko Isoda 33.03 24 Ziada Jardine 33.33 25 Carmela Schlegel 33.36 26 İlkay Dikmen 33.43 27 Nicolette Teo 33.64 28 Christin Petelski 33.85 29 Valeria Silva 34.01 30 Anastasiya Korolyova 34.76 31 Chen Yi-Fan 35.43 32 Weng Lam Cheong 35.60 33 Ayeisha Collymore 35.73 34 Katerine Moreno 35.76 35 Rebecca Heng 36.26 36 Yang Chin-Kuei 36.91 37 Beatriz Cordon Towsend 37.04 38 Xenia Peni 37.58 – Lasm Quissoh Genevieve Meledje DSQ

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Luo Xuejuan 31.10 Q, CR 2 Zoë Baker 31.27 Q 3 Megan Quann 31.58 Q 4 Kristy Kowal 31.67 Q 5 Brooke Hanson 31.71 Q 6 Ágnes Kovács 31.88 Q 7 Sarah Poewe 32.02 Q 8 Roberta Crescentini 32.15 Q 9 Tarnee White 32.27 10 Emma Igelström 32.43 11 Majken Thorup 32.45 12 Elena Bogomazova 32.46 13 Simone Karn 32.51 14 Vera Lischka 32.56 15 Sanae Nawata 32.64 16 Madelon Baans 32.71

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Luo Xuejuan 30.84 CR Kristy Kowal 31.37 Zoë Baker 31.40 4 Megan Quann 31.55 5 Brooke Hanson 31.87 6 Roberta Crescentini 31.96 7 Sarah Poewe 32.03 8 Ágnes Kovács 32.05

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