# Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' 50 metre backstroke

The girls' 50 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 20–21 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Gabrielle Fa'amausili | New Zealand | 28.71 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | Danielle Hanus | Canada | 28.94 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 29.03 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Jessica Fullalove | Great Britain | 29.13 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Clara Smiddy | United States | 29.15 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 8 | Eleni Koutsouveli | Greece | 29.31 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Tereza Grusova | Czech Republic | 29.49 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Bobbi Gichard | New Zealand | 29.50 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Natalia de Luccas | Brazil | 29.51 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Pauline Mahieu | France | 29.53 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Nguyen Thi Anh Vien | Vietnam | 29.54 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 5 | Mandy Feldbinder | Germany | 29.72 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 4 | Iryna Hlavnyk | Ukraine | 29.74 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Nikola Petrika | Poland | 29.76 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Irina Prikhodko | Russia | 29.78 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Laura Yus Fernandez | Spain | 29.84 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 8 | Naomi Ruele | Botswana | 29.86 | |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Ema Sarar | Croatia | 29.89 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Emma Terebo | France | 29.93 | |
| 20 | 5 | 6 | Katsiaryna Afanasyeva | Belarus | 29.99 | |
| 20 | 5 | 8 | Karolina Hajkova | Slovakia | 29.99 | |
| 22 | 2 | 5 | Yekaterina Dymchenko | Kazakhstan | 30.04 | |
| 23 | 4 | 7 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 30.10 | |
| 24 | 4 | 1 | Miono Takeuchi | Japan | 30.14 | |
| 25 | 2 | 4 | Rozaliya Nasretdinova | Russia | 30.15 | |
| 26 | 3 | 6 | Esmee Bos | Netherlands | 30.37 | |
| 27 | 1 | 5 | Zanre Oberholzer | Namibia | 30.39 | |
| 28 | 5 | 1 | Elisavet Panti | Greece | 30.41 | |
| 29 | 5 | 7 | Ambra Esposito | Italy | 30.47 | |
| 30 | 3 | 7 | Tatiana Perstniova | Moldova | 30.58 | |
| 31 | 2 | 7 | Mackenzie Glover | Canada | 30.72 | |
| 32 | 1 | 6 | Amy Forrester | Australia | 30.78 | |
| 33 | 2 | 6 | Carita Luukkanen | Finland | 30.98 | |
| 34 | 1 | 4 | Courtney Mykkanen | United States | 30.99 | |
| 35 | 1 | 3 | Brienne Renfurm | Suriname | 31.43 | |
| 36 | 1 | 1 | Joyce Tafatatha | Malawi | 31.59 | |
| 37 | 1 | 7 | Laoise Fleming | Ireland | 31.64 | |
| 38 | 1 | 8 | Calina Panuve | Tonga | 42.42 | |
| - | 2 | 1 | Svenja Stoffel | Switzerland | DNS | |
| - | 2 | 3 | Mariam Sakr | Egypt | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:04.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Gabrielle Fa'amausili | New Zealand | 28.78 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Danielle Hanus | Canada | 28.84 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 28.88 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Jessica Fullalove | Great Britain | 28.94 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Bobbi Gichard | New Zealand | 29.09 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Clara Smiddy | United States | 29.11 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Eleni Koutsouveli | Greece | 29.28 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 8 | Irina Prikhodko | Russia | 29.28 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Tereza Grusova | Czech Republic | 29.37 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Natalia de Luccas | Brazil | 29.40 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Iryna Hlavnyk | Ukraine | 29.51 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Nguyen Thi Anh Vien | Vietnam | 29.57 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Pauline Mahieu | France | 29.66 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Mandy Feldbinder | Germany | 29.75 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Nikola Petrika | Poland | 29.83 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Laura Yus Fernandez | Spain | 29.99 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:46.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 28.36 |
| | 6 | Jessica Fullalove | Great Britain | 28.66 |
| | 4 | Gabrielle Fa'amausili | New Zealand | 28.69 |
| 4 | 5 | Danielle Hanus | Canada | 28.91 |
| 4 | 7 | Clara Smiddy | United States | 28.91 |
| 6 | 2 | Bobbi Gichard | New Zealand | 29.02 |
| 7 | 1 | Eleni Koutsouveli | Greece | 29.30 |
| 8 | 8 | Irina Prikhodko | Russia | 29.34 |