| Women’s 50 metre backstroke at the 2005 FINA World Championships |
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| Dates | 27 July 2005 (heats and semifinals) 28 July 2005 (final) |
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| Competitors | 65 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 28.63 seconds | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2005 FINA World Championships |
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| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | women | |
| Duet | women | |
| Team | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Team | men | women |
The women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships took place between 27 July – 28 July. The heats and semifinals were held on 27 July. The final was held on 28 July.
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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
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| World record | Janine Pietsch | Germany | 28.19 | Berlin | 25 May 2005 |
| Championship record | Nina Zhivanevskaya | Spain | 28.48 | Barcelona | 24 July 2003 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | WR | CR |
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| 27 July | Semifinal | Chang Gao | China | 28.31 | CR |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| Giaan Rooney | Australia | 28.63 | ||
| Chang Gao | China | 28.69 | ||
| Antje Buschschulte | Germany | 28.72 | ||
| 4 | Mai Nakamura | Japan | 28.86 | |
| 5 | Sophie Edington | Australia | 28.87 | |
| 6 | Janine Pietsch | Germany | 28.88 | |
| 7 | Hannah McLean | New Zealand | 28.90 | |
| 8 | Nam-Eun Lee | South Korea | 29.35 |