# 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

The women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 3 December with the heats and the semifinals and 4 December with the final.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Jessica Hardy | United States | 28.80 | Berlin | 15 November 2009 |
| Championship record | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 29.44 | Istanbul | 13 December 2012 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 12 December | Semifinals | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 28.81 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:05.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 29.48 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Moniek Nijhuis | Netherlands | 29.62 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 29.72 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 29.96 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | Sally Hunter | Australia | 30.06 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 7 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 30.13 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Emma Reaney | United States | 30.20 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Valentina Artemyeva | Russia | 30.22 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 5 | Jennie Johansson | Sweden | 30.43 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 7 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 30.54 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 9 | Sophie Taylor | Great Britain | 30.57 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 5 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 30.64 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 6 | Suo Ran | China | 30.66 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 30.68 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Tera van Beilen | Canada | 30.71 | Q |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Satomi Suzuki | Japan | 30.72 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 7 | Hanna Dzerkal | Ukraine | 30.77 | |
| 18 | 5 | 8 | Mariya Liver | Ukraine | 30.78 | |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 30.79 | |
| 20 | 5 | 2 | Petra Chocová | Czech Republic | 30.87 | |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | Kanako Watanabe | Japan | 30.91 | |
| 21 | 7 | 6 | He Yun | China | 30.91 | |
| 23 | 6 | 8 | Ana Carla Carvalho | Brazil | 30.94 | |
| 24 | 7 | 1 | Mariia Astashkina | Russia | 30.98 | |
| 25 | 5 | 9 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | 31.00 | |
| 26 | 7 | 0 | Viktoria Güneş | Turkey | 31.12 | |
| 27 | 7 | 8 | Natalie Coughlin | United States | 31.16 | |
| 28 | 4 | 5 | Birgit Koschischek | Austria | 31.18 | |
| 28 | 7 | 9 | Tjaša Vozel | Slovenia | 31.18 | |
| 30 | 5 | 0 | Jèssica Vall Montero | Spain | 31.28 | |
| 31 | 1 | 8 | Kierra Smith | Canada | 31.35 | |
| 32 | 4 | 9 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 31.39 | |
| 33 | 4 | 2 | Gülşen Samancı | Turkey | 31.52 | |
| 33 | 6 | 0 | Arianna Castiglioni | Italy | 31.52 | |
| 35 | 4 | 4 | Julia Sebastian | Argentina | 31.64 | |
| 36 | 1 | 1 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | Belarus | 31.71 | |
| 37 | 4 | 7 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 31.79 | |
| 38 | 3 | 4 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 31.84 | |
| 39 | 4 | 8 | Tatiana Chişca | Moldova | 31.96 | |
| 40 | 3 | 5 | Emily Visagie | South Africa | 32.01 | |
| 41 | 3 | 3 | Fanni Gyurinovics | Hungary | 32.02 | |
| 42 | 4 | 0 | Karleen Kersa | Estonia | 32.03 | |
| 43 | 6 | 1 | Amira Kouza | Algeria | 32.38 | NR |
| 44 | 3 | 7 | Jenjira Srisa-Ard | Thailand | 32.47 | |
| 45 | 4 | 6 | Dariya Talanova | Kyrgyzstan | 32.61 | |
| 46 | 3 | 6 | Daniela Lindemeier | Namibia | 33.18 | |
| 47 | 3 | 2 | Chade Nersicio | Curaçao | 33.78 | |
| 48 | 3 | 1 | Savannah Tkatchenko | Papua New Guinea | 34.25 | |
| 49 | 2 | 3 | Matelita Buadromo | Fiji | 34.50 | |
| 50 | 3 | 9 | Oreoluwa Cherebin | Grenada | 34.53 | |
| 51 | 3 | 0 | Rachael Tonjor | Nigeria | 35.36 | |
| 52 | 2 | 6 | San Su Moe Theint | Myanmar | 35.55 | |
| 53 | 2 | 4 | Tegan McCarthy | Papua New Guinea | 35.73 | |
| 54 | 3 | 8 | Lianna Swan | Pakistan | 36.03 | |
| 55 | 2 | 2 | Bonita Imsirovic | Botswana | 36.49 | |
| 56 | 2 | 1 | Angelika Ouedraogo | Burkina Faso | 38.11 | |
| 57 | 1 | 6 | Niharika Tuladhar | Nepal | 38.56 | |
| 58 | 2 | 7 | Maria Marzocchi | Seychelles | 38.66 | |
| 59 | 2 | 9 | Angela Kendrick | Marshall Islands | 39.95 | |
| 60 | 2 | 8 | Annie Hepler | Marshall Islands | 39.96 | |
| 61 | 1 | 4 | Jamila Sanmoogan | Guyana | 40.27 | |
| 62 | 4 | 1 | Anisha Payet | Seychelles | 44.46 | |
| 63 | 1 | 2 | Sogbadji Charmel | Benin | 44.52 | |
| 64 | 1 | 5 | Ramata Coulibaly | Mali | 47.77 | |
| — | 1 | 3 | Christelle Moboutou | Republic of the Congo | | DNS |
| — | 1 | 7 | Essolizam Awizoba | Togo | | DNS |
| — | 2 | 5 | Kokoe Ahyee | Ivory Coast | | DNS |
| — | 2 | 0 | Joyce Rudaseswa | Rwanda | | DSQ |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:07.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Moniek Nijhuis | Netherlands | 29.69 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 29.79 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Valentina Artemyeva | Russia | 30.31 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 30.33 | |
| 5 | 7 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 30.42 | |
| 6 | 8 | Satomi Suzuki | Japan | 30.55 | |
| 7 | 2 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 30.67 | |
| 8 | 1 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 30.91 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 28.81 | Q, CR, ER |
| 2 | 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 28.99 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Jennie Johansson | Sweden | 30.08 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Sally Hunter | Australia | 30.08 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Emma Reaney | United States | 30.32 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Sophie Taylor | Great Britain | 30.46 | |
| 7 | 1 | Suo Ran | China | 30.71 | |
| 8 | 8 | Tera van Beilen | Canada | 31.03 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:22.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 28.84 |
| | 5 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 28.91 |
| | 3 | Moniek Nijhuis | Netherlands | 29.64 |
| 4 | 6 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 29.83 |
| 5 | 2 | Jennie Johansson | Sweden | 29.99 |
| 6 | 8 | Emma Reaney | United States | 30.05 |
| 7 | 7 | Sally Hunter | Australia | 30.22 |
| 8 | 1 | Valentina Artemyeva | Russia | 30.37 |