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

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
Sophie Edington   Australia   Aya Terakawa   Japan   Emily Thomas   New Zealand   Fabíola Molina   Brazil   Rachel Bootsma   United States

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. It was the first appearance of this event in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.

Records

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

World record

Zhao Jing (CHN)

27.06

Rome, Italy

July 30, 2009

Results

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

Heats

The first round was held on August 19, at 11:32.

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

B Final

The B final was held on August 19, at 19:39.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
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

A Final

The A final was held on August 19, at 19:39.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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