| Women 50m Breaststroke X Swimming World Championship 2003 Barcelona, Spain - Sunday, 27th July - Gold Medal: Xuejuan Luo, China | 
| Final 18:08 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts |  | 1. Xuejuan Luo |   China | 30.67s |   | 4 | 19 | 0.74 | 1109 |  | 2. Brooke Hanson |   Australia | 31.13s | +0.36s | 5 | 25 | 0.75 | 988 |  | 3. Zoe Baker |   Great Britain | 31.37s | +0.70s | 6 | 26 | 0.79 | 977 |  | 4. Leisel Jones |   Australia | 31.50s | +0.83s | 3 | 17 | 0.82 | 971 |  | 5. Tara Kirk |   United States | 31.87s | +1.20s | 2 | 21 | 0.74 | 954 |  | 6. Kristy Kowal |   United States | 31.96s | +1.29s | 7 | 24 | 0.74 | 950 |  | 7. Sarah Poewe |   Germany | 32.03s | +1.36s | 1 | 20 | 0.70 | 946 |  | 8. Elena Bogomazova |   Russia | 32.27s | +1.60s | 8 | 21 | 0.82 | 935 |   
| World Record: Zoe Baker, Great Britain 30.57s Manchester, Great Britain 30th July 2002 |   
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 Semi-Finals - Saturday, 26th July 18:08 |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Semi 1 18:08 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 2. Brooke Hanson |   Australia | 31.11s | +0.47s | 4 | 25 | 0.74 | 989 | 2. |  | 6. Kristy Kowal |   United States | 31.79s | +1.15s | 5 | 24 | 0.74 | 957 | 6. |  | 7. Sarah Poewe |   Germany | 31.94s | +1.30s | 3 | 20 | 0.69 | 950 | 7. |  | 8. Elena Bogomazova |   Russia | 31.99s | +1.35s | 6 | 21 | 0.82 | 948 | 8. |  | 9. Emma Igelstrom |   Sweden | 32.02s | +1.38s | 2 | 23 | 0.80 | 947 | 9. |  | 12.Roberta Crescentini |   Italy | 32.21s | +1.57s | 1 |   | 0.78 | 938 | 12. |  | 15.Mirna Jukic |   Austria | 32.46s | +1.82s | 7 | 17 | 0.77 | 926 | 15. |  | 16.Yuliya Pidlisna |   Ukraine | 32.57s | +1.93s | 8 | 16 | 0.77 | 921 | 16. |   
| Semi 2 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Xuejuan Luo |   China | 30.64s | CR | 5 | 19 | 0.72 | 1011 | 1. |  | 3. Leisel Jones |   Australia | 31.23s | +0.59s | 7 | 17 | 0.80 | 983 | 3. |  | 4. Zoe Baker |   Great Britain | 31.29s | +0.65s | 4 | 26 | 0.78 | 981 | 4. |  | 5. Tara Kirk |   United States | 31.40s | +0.76s | 3 | 21 | 0.76 | 975 | 5. |  | 10.Masami Tanaka |   Japan | 32.07s | +1.43s | 2 | 24 | 0.76 | 944 | 10. |  | 11.Madelon Baans |   Netherlands | 32.14s | +1.50s | 8 | 25 | 0.82 | 941 | 11. |  | 13.Vipa Bernhardt |   Germany | 32.42s | +1.78s | 1 | 20 | 0.73 | 928 | 13. |  | 14.Rhiannon Leier |   Canada | 32.44s | +1.80s | 6 | 26 | 0.77 | 927 | 14. |   
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| Heat 8 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 2. Brooke Hanson |   Australia | 31.24s | +0.14s | 5 | 25 | 0.72 | 983 | 2. |  | 8. Elena Bogomazova |   Russia | 31.99s | +0.89s | 3 | 21 | 0.81 | 948 | 8. |  | 10.Emma Igelstrom |   Sweden | 32.11s | +1.01s | 4 | 23 | 0.77 | 943 | 10. |  | 14.Roberta Crescentini |   Italy | 32.39s | +1.29s | 6 |   | 0.78 | 930 | 14. |  | 19.Majken Thorup |   Denmark | 32.68s | +1.58s | 7 | 24 | 0.76 | 916 | 19. |  | 20.šgnesKovšcs |   Hungary | 32.73s | +1.63s | 8 | 22 | 0.79 | 914 | 20. |  | 21.Emma Robinson |   Ireland | 32.93s | +1.83s | 2 | 24 | 0.78 | 905 | 21. |  | 31.Salma Zeinhom |   Egypt | 33.98s | +2.88s | 1 |   | 0.90 | 857 | 31. |   
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| Heat 7 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Zoe Baker |   Great Britain | 31.10s |   | 4 | 26 | 0.82 | 989 | 1. |  | 4. Kristy Kowal |   United States | 31.80s | +0.70s | 7 | 24 | 0.74 | 957 | 4. |  | 5. Tara Kirk |   United States | 31.81s | +0.71s | 6 | 21 | 0.75 | 957 | 5. |  | 6. Rhiannon Leier |   Canada | 31.96s | +0.86s | 5 | 26 | 0.81 | 950 | 6. |  | 9. Masami Tanaka |   Japan | 32.04s | +0.94s | 2 | 24 | 0.78 | 946 | 9. |  | 17.Maria Ostling |   Sweden | 32.55s | +1.45s | 1 | 25 | 0.87 | 922 | 17. |  | 18.Svitlana Bondarenko |   Ukraine | 32.56s | +1.46s | 3 | 31 | 0.87 | 922 | 18. |  | 22.Natalia Hissamutdinova |   Estonia | 32.94s | +1.84s | 8 | 19 | 0.77 | 904 | 22. |   
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| Heat 6 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 3. Xuejuan Luo |   China | 31.49s | +0.39s | 5 | 19 | 0.74 | 971 | 3. |  | 6. Sarah Poewe |   Germany | 31.96s | +0.86s | 6 | 20 | 0.69 | 950 | 6. |  | 11.Leisel Jones |   Australia | 32.18s | +1.08s | 4 | 17 | 0.83 | 939 | 11. |  | 12.Mirna Jukic |   Austria | 32.21s | +1.11s | 1 | 17 | 0.77 | 938 | 12. |  | 13.Vipa Bernhardt |   Germany | 32.30s | +1.20s | 2 | 20 | 0.76 | 934 | 13. |  | 15.Madelon Baans |   Netherlands | 32.46s | +1.36s | 7 | 25 | 0.82 | 926 | 15. |  | 16.Yuliya Pidlisna |   Ukraine | 32.54s | +1.44s | 3 | 16 | 0.74 | 923 | 16. |  | -. Smiljana Marinovic |   Croatia | DSQ |   | 8 | 25 | 0.79 | - | -. |   
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| Heat 5 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 23.Carmela Schlegel |   Switzerland | 33.00s | +1.90s | 7 | 20 | 0.75 | 902 | 23. |  | 25.Tamara Sambrailo |   Slovenia | 33.37s | +2.27s | 5 | 17 | 0.84 | 884 | 25. |  | 25.Lauren Van Oosten |   Canada | 33.37s | +2.27s | 6 | 24 | 0.76 | 884 | 25. |  | 27.Ziada Jardine |   South Africa | 33.39s | +2.29s | 4 |   | 0.76 | 884 | 27. |  | 28.Nan Luo |   China | 33.40s | +2.30s | 8 | 16 | 0.81 | 883 | 28. |  | 30.Maj Hillesund |   Norway | 33.90s | +2.80s | 3 |   | 0.79 | 860 | 30. |  | 31.Ilkay Dikmen |   Turkey | 33.98s | +2.88s | 1 | 22 | 0.76 | 857 | 31. |  | -. Ramona Pedretti |   Switzerland | DNS |   | 2 |   | - | - | -. |   
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| Heat 4 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 24.Ingrid Haiden |   South Africa | 33.36s | +2.26s | 5 |   | 0.64 | 885 | 24. |  | 29.Javiera Salcedo |   Argentina | 33.89s | +2.79s | 3 | 25 | 0.72 | 861 | 29. |  | 33.Ka Lei Liu |   Hong Kong | 34.00s | +2.90s | 7 |   | 0.80 | 856 | 33. |  | 34.Iris Edda Heimisdottir |   Iceland | 34.01s | +2.91s | 8 | 19 | 0.86 | 855 | 34. |  | 35.Aikaterini Sarakatsani |   Greece | 34.02s | +2.92s | 4 | 26 | 0.81 | 855 | 35. |  | 36.Valeria Silva |   Peru | 34.08s | +2.98s | 1 | 17 | 0.76 | 852 | 36. |  | 37.Ka Yi Suen |   Hong Kong | 34.19s | +3.09s | 2 | 15 | 0.78 | 847 | 37. |  | 38.Patricia Comini-Ribeiro |   Brazil | 34.73s | +3.63s | 6 | 28 | 0.80 | 822 | 38. |   
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| Heat 3 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 39.Varduhi Avetisyan |   Armenia | 35.59s | +4.49s | 4 | 17 | 0.77 | 784 | 39. |  | 40.Katerine Moreno |   Bolivia | 35.60s | +4.50s | 3 | 29 | 0.83 | 783 | 40. |  | 41.Sin Ian Lei |   Macau | 36.45s | +5.35s | 6 | 13 | 0.81 | 746 | 41. |  | 44.Eliane Droubry Dohi |   Ivory Coast | 37.20s | +6.10s | 2 | 15 | 0.80 | 714 | 44. |  | 45.Samar Nassar |   Jordan | 37.46s | +6.36s | 7 | 25 | 0.81 | 703 | 45. |  | 46.Alessandra Cenni |   San Marino | 37.96s | +6.86s | 5 |   | 0.89 | 683 | 46. |  | 47.Melissa Ashby |   Grenada | 38.14s | +7.04s | 8 | 17 | 0.73 | 676 | 47. |  | 48.NRavojanahary |   Madagascar | 38.37s | +7.27s | 1 |   | 0.83 | 666 | 48. |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 43.Roshendra Vrolijk |   Aruba | 37.18s | +6.08s | 6 | 18 | 0.78 | 715 | 43. |  | 48.Sade Daal |   Surinam | 38.37s | +7.27s | 4 | 14 | 0.79 | 666 | 48. |  | 50.Doli Akhter |   Bangladesh | 38.41s | +7.31s | 7 | 17 | 0.82 | 665 | 50. |  | 51.Rovena Marku |   Albania | 39.74s | +8.64s | 3 | 16 | 0.91 | 614 | 51. |  | 53.Tojohanitra Andriamanjatoarimanana |   Madagascar | 40.13s | +9.03s | 2 | 12 | 0.88 | 599 | 53. |  | 54.Jakie Wellman |   Zambia | 42.63s | +11.53s | 8 | 15 | 0.86 | 515 | 54. |  | 58.Ginette Botende |   Congo | 54.51s | +23.41s | 5 | 23 | 1.29 | 249 | 58. |  | -. Nayana Shakya |   Nepal | DNS |   | 1 | 21 | - | - | -. |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time | gap | L | ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 42.Natalya Filina |   Azerbaijan | 36.58s | +5.48s | 1 | 15 | 1.03 | 741 | 42. |  | 52.Asanti Mickle |   Guyana | 40.03s | +8.93s | 2 |   | 0.78 | 603 | 52. |  | 55.Mariyam Nafha Ali |   Maldives | 43.53s | +12.43s | 5 | 16 | 0.88 | 488 | 55. |  | 56.Evelyn Otto |   Palau | 44.92s | +13.82s | 7 | 14 | 0.75 | 449 | 56. |  | 57.Vilayphone Vongphachanh |   Laos | 45.50s | +14.40s | 4 | 14 | 0.86 | 434 | 57. |  | -. Chantile Amudam Ngyeh |   Cameroon | DNS |   | 3 |   | - | - | -. |  | -. Shuri Solange Cho |   Cameroon | DNS |   | 6 |   | - | - | -. |   
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