2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre backstroke
The Women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships was held on 9 and 10 December 2016.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
| World record Championship record | Etiene Medeiros | 25.67 | Doha | 7 December 2014 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 09:44.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | 0 | Ali DeLoof | 26.25 | Q | |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | 26.43 | Q | |
| 3 | 7 | 4 | Etiene Medeiros | 26.48 | Q | |
| 4 | 8 | 6 | Kylie Masse | 26.57 | Q, NR | |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | Daryna Zevina | 26.63 | Q | |
| 5 | 8 | 7 | Kira Toussaint | 26.63 | Q | |
| 7 | 9 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | 26.70 | Q | |
| 8 | 9 | 5 | Georgia Davies | 26.74 | Q | |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Mie Nielsen | 26.75 | Q | |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Isabella Arcila | 26.76 | Q, NR | |
| 11 | 9 | 3 | Mariia Kameneva | 26.82 | Q | |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Kathleen Dawson | 26.84 | Q | |
| 13 | 7 | 5 | Maaike de Waard | 26.87 | Q | |
| 14 | 7 | 6 | Simona Baumrtová | 26.93 | Q | |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Silvia Di Pietro | 26.95 | Q | |
| 16 | 9 | 7 | Wang Xueer | 27.01 | Q | |
| 17 | 7 | 7 | Andrea Berrino | 27.03 | NR | |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Minna Atherton | 27.14 | ||
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Liu Xiang | 27.20 | ||
| 20 | 7 | 2 | Emi Moronuki | 27.22 | ||
| 21 | 9 | 6 | Mélanie Henique | 27.37 | ||
| 22 | 7 | 9 | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 27.44 | ||
| 23 | 6 | 6 | Clara Smiddy | 27.47 | ||
| 23 | 9 | 1 | Silvia Scalia | 27.47 | ||
| 25 | 9 | 8 | Julie Kepp Jensen | 27.51 | ||
| 26 | 8 | 1 | Mathilde Cini | 27.71 | ||
| 27 | 8 | 0 | Ida Lindborg | 27.77 | ||
| 28 | 6 | 5 | Hilary Caldwell | 27.80 | ||
| 28 | 8 | 8 | Caroline Pilhatsch | 27.80 | ||
| 30 | 6 | 8 | Tayla Lovemore | 27.82 | ||
| 31 | 6 | 0 | Naomi Ruele | 27.94 | NR | |
| 32 | 6 | 4 | Mariella Venter | 27.95 | ||
| 33 | 7 | 0 | Miki Takahashi | 28.01 | ||
| 34 | 6 | 7 | Wong Toto Kwan To | 28.05 | ||
| 34 | 7 | 8 | Hanna Rosvall | 28.05 | ||
| 36 | 6 | 3 | Karolína Hájková | 28.59 | ||
| 36 | 6 | 9 | Lushavel Stickland | 28.59 | NR | |
| 38 | 5 | 2 | Amel Melih | 28.62 | NR | |
| 39 | 5 | 5 | Natthanan Junkrajang | 28.76 | ||
| 40 | 4 | 4 | Celina Marquez | 28.81 | NR | |
| 40 | 5 | 0 | Ugne Mazutaityte | 28.81 | ||
| 42 | 4 | 2 | Lauren Hew | 28.86 | NR | |
| 43 | 5 | 9 | Kimiko Raheem | 28.89 | NR | |
| 44 | 4 | 5 | Caylee Watson | 28.92 | NR | |
| 45 | 5 | 4 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | 29.07 | ||
| 46 | 5 | 3 | Maana Patel | 29.19 | NR | |
| 47 | 5 | 7 | Sylvia Brunlehner | 29.20 | NR | |
| 48 | 6 | 1 | Alexus Laird | 29.39 | ||
| 49 | 4 | 3 | Hoong En Qi | 29.72 | ||
| 50 | 4 | 7 | Jade Howard | 29.79 | NR | |
| 51 | 5 | 1 | Karen Vilorio | 29.81 | NR | |
| 52 | 5 | 8 | Gabriela Ņikitina | 29.98 | ||
| 53 | 4 | 6 | Mónica Ramírez | 30.17 | ||
| 54 | 1 | 7 | Anastasia Bogdanovski | 30.22 | NR | |
| 55 | 4 | 9 | Maria Arrua | 30.50 | ||
| 56 | 3 | 5 | Jennifer Rizkallah | 30.60 | ||
| 57 | 3 | 6 | Izzy Joachim | 30.73 | NR | |
| 58 | 3 | 2 | Jamaris Washshah | 30.83 | ||
| 59 | 4 | 0 | Danielle Titus | 30.86 | ||
| 60 | 4 | 1 | Estellah Fils Rabetsara | 30.96 | NR | |
| 61 | 3 | 4 | Alma Castillo | 31.01 | ||
| 62 | 2 | 1 | Colleen Furgeson | 31.13 | NR | |
| 63 | 3 | 3 | Alison Jackson | 31.25 | ||
| 64 | 2 | 6 | Lea Ricart Martinez | 31.74 | ||
| 65 | 3 | 0 | Bisma Khan | 31.91 | ||
| 66 | 3 | 1 | Shanice Paraka | 32.22 | ||
| 67 | 2 | 5 | Gabriela Hernandez | 32.28 | ||
| 68 | 2 | 7 | Sonia Tumiotto | 32.44 | NR | |
| 69 | 3 | 7 | Rahaf Baqleh | 32.49 | ||
| 70 | 2 | 3 | Tiareth Cijntje | 32.57 | NR | |
| 71 | 3 | 9 | Flaka Pruthi | 32.66 | ||
| 72 | 2 | 4 | Gabby Gittens | 32.78 | NR | |
| 73 | 2 | 8 | Annie Hepler | 32.92 | ||
| 74 | 3 | 8 | Alesia Neziri | 33.37 | NR | |
| 75 | 2 | 2 | Dara Al-Bakry | 33.67 | ||
| 76 | 1 | 6 | Robyn Young | 33.96 | NR | |
| 77 | 2 | 0 | Ammara Pinto | 34.03 | ||
| 78 | 2 | 9 | Aishath Sausan | 34.29 | NR | |
| 79 | 1 | 4 | Tilali Scanlan | 34.70 | NR | |
| 80 | 1 | 5 | Tayamika Chang'anamuno | 38.34 | ||
| 81 | 1 | 2 | Calina Panuve | 40.06 | ||
| 1 | 3 | Kokoe Vanessa Ahyee | ||||
| 4 | 8 | Cheyenne Rova | ||||
| 5 | 6 | Felicity Passon | ||||
| 8 | 9 | Yekaterina Rudenko | ||||
| 9 | 9 | Fanny Teijonsalo |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 19:43.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was held at 19:38.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Etiene Medeiros | 25.82 | |||
| 7 | Katinka Hosszú | 25.99 | |||
| 5 | Ali DeLoof | 26.14 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Mariia Kameneva | 26.15 | NR | |
| 5 | 6 | Emily Seebohm | 26.16 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Daryna Zevina | 26.40 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Kathleen Dawson | 26.42 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Kylie Masse | 26.46 |