World’s Fastest 50m Breaststroke – Women’s Long Course
World Record: Rūta Meilutytė, Lithuania, 29.16 – 30 July 2023, World Championships
World Junior Record: Benedetta Pilato, Italy, 29.30 – 22 May 2021, European Championships
Commonwealth Record: Lara van Niekerk, South Africa, 29.72 – 6 April 2022, South African Championships
Top 6 All-time Performers:
- Ruta Meilutyte 29.16
- Benedetta Pilato 29.30
- Lilly King 29.40
- Yuliya Efimova 29.52
- Molly Hannis 29.71
- Jessica Hardy 29.80
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The chart below compares the World’s Fastest 50m Breaststroke – Women’s Long Course swimmers. Swimmers and coaches can looks at the individual Splits, and Stroke Counts. All swim data has been collected from our team reviewing race footage where possible. Here is Ruta Meilutyte’s 29.16 WR swim to view. Here is Benedetta Pilato’s previous 50m Breaststroke World Record.
Ruta’s WR:
Benedetta’s Previous WR:
Here is the list of the Women’s 100m Breaststroke Long Course and 200m Breaststroke Long Course lists.
| Women's 50m Breaststroke - Long Course | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruta Meilutyte | Benedetta Pilato | Lilly King | Yuilya Efimova | Molly Hannis | Jessica Hardy | ||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in 173cm | 5 ft 7 in 170cm | 5 ft 8 in 174cm | 5 ft 10 in 178cm | 5 ft 7 in 170cm | 6 ft 0 in 183cm | |||||
| Weight: | 163 Ib 74kg | 154 Ib 70kg | 154 Ib 70kg | 141Ib 64kg | 154 Ib 70kg | 152 Ib 69kg | |||||
| Country: | LTU | ITA | USA | RUS | USA | USA | |||||
| DOB: | 1997-03-19 | 2005-01-28 | 1997-02-10 | 1992-04-03 | 1992-03-13 | 1987-03-12 | |||||
| Meet: | World Aquatics Championships - Fukuoka 2023 | European Championships 2021 | 17th FINA World Championships 2017 | 15th FINA World Championships 2013 | Austin PSS 2018 | 15th FINA World Championships 2013 | |||||
| Strokes | 26 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 28 | |||||
| Total Time: | 29.16 | 29.30 | 29.40 | 29.52 | 29.71 | 29.8 | |||||
Note: World’s Fastest 50m Breaststroke – Women’s Long Course Updated Sept 2023
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