Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' 50 metre backstroke explained

The girls' 50 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 10 and 11 October at the Natatorium in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[1]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 10 October at 10:14.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Kaylee McKeown		28.17	Q
2	4	2	Rhyan White		28.46	Q
2	5	4	Daria Vaskina		28.46	Q
4	5	3	Tamara Frías		28.89	Q
5	4	3			28.95	Q
6	4	5	Lila Touili		29.07	Q
7	3	2	Arina Baikova		29.25	Q
8	3	4	Peng Xuwei		29.32	Q
9	3	5	Fernanda de Goeij		29.33	Q
10	5	5			29.35	Q,
11	2	5	Natalie Kan		29.39	Q
11	3	3			29.39	Q
13	4	6	Alena Semizhon		29.43	Q
14	4	1	Taydé Sansores		29.51	Q
15	4	7	Diana Nazarova		29.72	Q
16	3	6	Ingeborg Løyning		29.73	Q
17	5	2	Malene Rypestøl		29.77	Q
18	2	6	Maria Pessanha		29.83
19	3	1	Kalia Antoniou		29.91
20	5	7			30.02
21	2	2	Kristýna Štemberová		30.04
22	2	4			30.14
23	5	6	Mariella Venter		30.15
24	3	7	Tatiana Salcuțan		30.21
25	5	1	Nea-Amanda Heinola		30.27
26	3	8	Gina Galloway		30.31
27	4	8	Lucija Šulenta		30.50
28	2	3	Madelyn Moore		30.59
29	2	7	Sara Junevik		30.64
30	2	1	Mia Ann Phiri		30.89
31	5	8	Karolina Jurczyk		31.00
32	1	7	Carolina Cermelli		31.18
33	2	8	Aaliyah Palestrini		32.11
34	1	1	Robyn Young		32.34
35	1	4	Ashley Chai		33.19
36	1	5	Roylin Akiwo		34.84
37	1	3	Tayamika Chang'anamuno		37.61
38	1	2	Nafissath Radji		37.89
39	1	6	Kayla Hepler		37.98

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 10 October at 18:05.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Kaylee McKeown		28.14	Q
2	2	5	Daria Vaskina		28.24	Q
3	1	4	Rhyan White		28.62	Q
4	2	3	Madison Broad		28.78	Q
5	1	3	Lila Touili		28.80	Q
6	1	1	Diana Nazarova		28.86	Q
7	2	2	Fernanda de Goeij		28.91	Q
8	1	5	Tamara Frías		28.93	Q
9	1	2	Natalie Kan		29.09
10	1	7	Alena Semizhon		29.23
11	2	1	Taydé Sansores		29.29
12	1	6	Peng Xuwei		29.49
13	2	8	Ingeborg Løyning		29.76
14	1	8	Malene Rypestøl		29.81
15	2	6	Arina Baikova		29.86
16	2	7	Laura Ilyés		30.05

Final

The final was held on 11 October at 18:53.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Kaylee McKeown		28.28
	5	Daria Vaskina		28.38
	2	Lila Touili		28.78
4	3	Rhyan White		28.86
5	1	Fernanda de Goeij		28.91
6	8	Tamara Frías		29.01
7	6	Madison Broad		29.12
8	7	Diana Nazarova		29.55

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming – Competition Schedule. buenosaires2018.com. 7 October 2018. 14 October 2018.
2. https://www.buenosaires2018.com/results/resYOG2018/pdf/YOG2018/SWM/YOG2018_SWM_C74A_SWMW50MBA-------------HEAT--------.pdf Heats results
3. https://www.buenosaires2018.com/results/resYOG2018/pdf/YOG2018/SWM/YOG2018_SWM_C74A_SWMW50MBA-------------SFNL--------.pdf Semifinals results
4. https://www.buenosaires2018.com/results/resYOG2018/pdf/YOG2018/SWM/YOG2018_SWM_C74A_SWMW50MBA-------------FNL---------.pdf Final results