2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

Women's 50 metre backstroke
at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Women's 50 metre backstroke ; at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center
Dates	August 19, 2010 (heats &; finals)
Competitors	20 from 7 nations
Winning time	27.83
Medalists
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The women's 50 metre backstroke competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 19 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was the first appearance of this event in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.^[4]^[5]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows:

World record	Zhao Jing (CHN)	27.06	Rome, Italy	July 30, 2009

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	CR	Championships record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

The first round was held on August 19, at 11:32.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Sophie Edington	Australia	28.12	QA
2	2	5	Aya Terakawa	Japan	28.17	QA
3	3	5	Fabíola Molina	Brazil	28.30	QA
3	3	6	Rachel Bootsma	United States	28.35	QA
5	1	3	Grace Loh	Australia	28.39	QA
6	2	4	Emily Seebohm	Australia	28.44	QA
7	2	6	Julia Wilkinson	Canada	28.47	QA
8	1	5	Emily Thomas	New Zealand	28.49	QA
9	3	3	Belinda Hocking	Australia	28.73	QB
10	1	4	Shiho Sakai	Japan	28.76	QB
11	2	3	Miyuki Takemura	Japan	28.79	QB
12	3	2	Elizabeth Pelton	United States	28.87	QB
13	3	7	Missy Franklin	United States	29.01	QB
14	1	2	Katy Murdoch	Canada	29.26	QB
15	1	6	Marie Kamimura	Japan	29.39	QB
15	2	7	Sinead Russell	Canada	29.39	QB
17	1	1	Julyana Kury	Brazil	29.89
18	3	8	Dominique Bouchard	Canada	30.15
19	2	2	Fernanda Alvarenga	Brazil	30.19
20	2	1	Lau Yin-Yan	Hong Kong	30.29
-	1	7	Meagen Nay	Australia	DNS
-	3	1	Stephanie Rice	Australia	DNS

The B final was held on August 19, at 19:39.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
9	4	Emily Seebohm	Australia	28.30
10	3	Missy Franklin	United States	28.58
11	5	Miyuki Takemura	Japan	28.74
12	6	Katy Murdoch	Canada	29.07
13	8	Sinead Russell	Canada	29.11
14	2	Julyana Kury	Brazil	29.80
15	7	Fernanda Alvarenga	Brazil	29.90
16	1	Lau Yin-Yan	Hong Kong	30.43

The A final was held on August 19, at 19:39.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Sophie Edington	Australia	27.83
	5	Aya Terakawa	Japan	28.04
	1	Emily Thomas	New Zealand	28.44
	3	Fabíola Molina	Brazil	28.44
	6	Rachel Bootsma	United States	28.44
6	2	Grace Loh	Australia	28.45
7	7	Julia Wilkinson	Canada	28.55
8	8	Shiho Sakai	Japan	28.75