The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 21 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool.

[1] Italy's Elena Gemo was the defending champion.

The race consisted of one length of the pool in backstroke.

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00) Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows: All times are in minutes and seconds.

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