Swimming at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' 50 metre backstroke
# Swimming at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' 50 metre backstroke

The girls' 50 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games took place on August 18–19, at the Singapore Sports School.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mathilde Cini France | 29.19 |
| - | - | - |
| Silver | Daryna Zevina Ukraine | 29.34 |
| Bronze | Alexandra Papusha Russia | 29.51 |

## Heats

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Alexandra Papusha | Russia | 29.64 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Isabella Arcila | Colombia | 30.05 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Klaudia Nazieblo | Poland | 30.07 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Siona Huxley | Saint Lucia | 30.86 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Kendese Nangle | Jamaica | 31.09 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | Amel Melih | Algeria | 31.75 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | Sylvia Tanya Atieno | Kenya | 32.90 | |
| 8 | 1 | Yanet Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 38.96 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 29.79 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Sarah Rolko | Luxembourg | 30.26 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Lotta Nevalainen | Finland | 30.32 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Juanita Barreto | Colombia | 30.48 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Monica Ramirez Abella | Andorra | 30.80 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Anahit Barseghyan | Armenia | 32.79 | |
| 7 | 1 | Rohane Crichton | Samoa | 35.30 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Mathilde Cini | France | 29.70 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Lovisa Eriksson | Sweden | 29.71 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Yekaterina Rudenko | Kazakhstan | 30.75 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ting Chen | Chinese Taipei | 30.88 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Adeline Winata | Singapore | 31.43 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Karlene Theodora | Netherlands Antilles | 33.03 | |
| 7 | 6 | Daoheuang Inthavong | Laos | 41.22 | |

## Semifinals

### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Mathilde Cini | France | 29.22 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 29.51 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Klaudia Nazieblo | Poland | 29.91 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Yekaterina Rudenko | Kazakhstan | 30.09 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Lotta Nevalainen | Finland | 30.22 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Kendese Nangle | Jamaica | 30.91 | |
| 7 | 7 | Siona Huxley | Saint Lucia | 30.98 | |
| 8 | 8 | Amel Melih | Algeria | 31.82 | |

### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Alexandra Papusha | Russia | 29.55 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Lovisa Eriksson | Sweden | 29.82 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Sarah Rolko | Luxembourg | 30.35 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Isabella Arcila | Colombia | 30.42 | SUB |
| 5 | 2 | Juanita Barreto | Colombia | 30.76 | |
| 6 | 7 | Monica Ramirez Abella | Andorra | 30.82 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ting Chen | Chinese Taipei | 31.03 | |
| 8 | 8 | Adeline Winata | Singapore | 31.48 | |

## Final

Lovisa Eriksson (SWE) dropped out and was replaced by Isabella Arcila (COL).

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Mathilde Cini | France | 29.19 |
| | 5 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 29.34 |
| | 3 | Alexandra Papusha | Russia | 29.51 |
| 4 | 6 | Klaudia Nazieblo | Poland | 29.57 |
| 5 | 2 | Yekaterina Rudenko | Kazakhstan | 29.65 |
| 6 | 1 | Sarah Rolka | Luxembourg | 30.17 |
| 7 | 8 | Isabella Arcila | Colombia | 30.31 |
| 8 | 7 | Lotta Nevalainen | Finland | 30.35 |
