The Women's 50m Freestyle at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 March (prelims & semifinals) and 1 April (finals) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. A total of 143 swimmers were entered in the event; 138 swam the event.

The existing records at the start of the competition were: World Record (WR): 24.13, Inge de Bruijn (Netherlands), 22 September 2000 in Sydney, Australia. Championship Record (CR): 24.45, Inge de Bruijn (Netherlands), Fukuoka 2001 (Jul.28.2001).

Results

Final Place Name Nationality Time Note 1 Lisbeth Lenton 24.53 2 Therese Alshammar 24.62 3 Marleen Veldhuis 24.70 4 Britta Steffen 24.79 5 Kara Lynn Joyce 24.83 6 Jodie Henry 24.96 7 Malia Metella 25.02 8 Natalie Coughlin 25.31

Semifinals Rank Name Nationality Time Note 1 Marleen Veldhuis 24.79 Q 2 Kara Lynn Joyce 24.80 Q 3 Therese Alshammar 24.83 Q 4 Lisbeth Lenton 24.89 Q 5 Jodie Henry 25.06 Q Britta Steffen Q 7 Natalie Coughlin 25.08 Q 8 Malia Metella 25.10 Q 9 Aleksandra Gerasimenya 25.28 10 XU Yanwei 25.31 11 Francesca Halsall 25.32 12 Anna-Karin Kammerling 25.37 13 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 25.47 14 Inge Dekker 25.50 15 Céline Couderc 25.54 16 Erica Morningstar 25.61

Prelims Rank Name Nationality Time Note 1 Kara Lynn Joyce 25.23 Q 2 Lisbeth Lenton 25.24 Q 3 Therese Alshammar 25.34 Q 4 Britta Steffen 25.40 Q 5 XU Yanwei 25.41 Q 6 Jodie Henry 25.42 Q 7 Francesca Halsall 25.43 Q 8 Marleen Veldhuis 25.45 Q 9 Aleksandra Gerasimenya 25.51 Q 10 Erica Morningstar 25.54 Q Natalie Coughlin Q 12 Anna Karin Kammerling 25.56 Q 13 Inge Dekker 25.60 Q 14 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 25.61 Q 15 Malia Metella 25.63 Q 16 Céline Couderc 25.70 Q 17 Sviatlana Khakhlova 25.73 18 Vanessa García 25.81 19 Daniela Gotz 25.83 20 Cristina Chiuso 25.85 21 Oxana Serikova 25.93 22 Arlene Semeco 26.10 23 Flávia Delaroli 26.13 24 Jeanette Ottesen 26.28 25 Fabienne Nadarajah 26.41 26 Triin Aljand 26.52 Lauren Boyle 28 Jana Kolukanova 26.55 29 Victoria Poon 26.56 30 Caroline Pickering 26.57 31 Marilies Demal 26.60 Sze Hang Yu 33 Hannah Wilson 26.64 34 Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir 26.67 35 Miroslava Najdanovski 26.73 36 Emily Vavourakis 26.85 37 Lee Keo-Ra 26.87 38 Sharntelle McLean 26.89 Petra Klosova Pin Chieh Nieh 41 Tine Bossuyt 26.92 42 Ionela Cozma 27.00 43 Ximena Vilar 27.04 44 Lynette Ng 27.09 45 Karin Prinsloo 27.12 46 Natasha Moodie 27.24 47 Carolina Colorado Henao 27.26 48 Yang Chin-Kuei 27.28 49 Madeleine Scerri 27.29 50 Anna Stylianou 27.37 51 Ruth Ho 27.38 52 Yamile Bahamonde 27.40 53 Pannika Prachgosin 27.41 54 Sara Yasmine Chahed 27.42 55 Heather Brand 27.43 56 Nicole Marmol Gilbert 27.45 57 Kimberly Eeson 27.67 58 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane 27.70 Ellen Hight 60 Cheok Mei Ma 27.71 61 Alexia Pamela Benitez Quijada 27.82 62 Irina Shlemova 27.88 63 Marianela Quesada 27.94 64 Sharon Paola Fajardo Sierra 28.03 65 Kiera Aitken 28.04 66 Veronica Vdovicenco 28.06 67 Felicia Leksono 28.14 68 Nilshaira Isenia 28.21 69 Rachel Ah Koy 28.26 70 Elena Popovska 28.29 71 Nancy Suryaatmadja 28.31 72 Khadija Ciss 28.33 73 Emma Hunter 28.47 74 Jessica Teixeira Vieira 28.64 75 Parita Parekh 28.69 76 Mariya Bugakova 28.70 77 Marie Laura Meza 28.71 78 Rovena Marku 28.76 79 Jakie Wellman 28.77 80 Ximene Gomes 28.81 81 Massie Milagros Carrillo 28.82 82 Razan Taha 28.87 83 Ngozi Monu 28.89 84 Dohi Eliane Droubry 28.92 85 Tojohanitra Andriamanjatoprimamama 29.07 86 Dalia Tórrez Zamora 29.14 87 Kshipra Mahajan 29.22 88 Jonay Briedenhann 29.27 89 Danielle Beaubrun 29.30 90 Judith Meauri 29.38 91 Miriam Hatamleh 29.42 92 Katerine Moreno 29.43 93 Fiorella Gomez-Sanchez 29.51 94 Chinyere Pigot 29.55 Karen Torrez 96 Talisa Pace 29.58 97 April Chang 29.60 98 Binta Zahra Diop 29.65 99 Sook Fun Chai 29.71 100 Rachel Fortunato 29.78 101 Lacey Palmer-Martin 29.83 102 Marike Meyer 29.84 Stephanie Anne Maitland 104 Dashtserengiin Saintsetseg 30.00 105 Shannon Austin 30.17 106 Uche Monu 30.18 107 Senele Dlamini 30.33 108 Pina Ercolano 30.36 109 Aminath Rouya Hussain 30.46 110 Herinantenaina Ravoajanahary 30.50 111 Rachel Lannen 30.53 Prisca Rose 113 Telmen Batjargal 30.61 114 Diane Etiennette 30.63 Olivia Aya Nakitanda 116 Kathryn Millin 30.73 117 Sameera Al-Bitar 31.12 118 Sarah Elizabeth Johnson 31.39 119 Maria Gibbons 31.75 120 Debra Daniel Federated States        of Micronesia 32.07 121 Amber Yobech 32.10 Maxine Pardo 123 Zakia Nassar 32.17 124 Julianne Kirchner 32.74 125 Natasha Ratter 33.10 126 Teran Matthews Saint Vincent        and the Grenadines 33.18 127 Magdalena Moshi 33.57 128 Samphors Seng 34.25 129 Karishma Karki 34.97 130 Vilayphone Vongphachanh 35.44 131 Nahed Akhlif 36.47 132 Elisabeth Nikiema 38.33 133 Elsie Uwamahoro 39.79 134 Aminath Inas Ismail 40.75 135 Daoheuang Inthavong 43.28 136 Ingrid Rabienne Outtara 44.09 -- Gloria Koussihouede DNS -- Soraya Abdourahmane DNS -- Ana Roxiero DNS -- Chanelle Van Wyk DNS -- Martina Moravcová DNS -- Anisa Curraj DQ -- Zhu Yingwen DQ

References

2007 Worlds results: Women's 50m free--Prelims from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2007 World Championships); Retrieved 2009-07-08. Worlds results: Women's 50m free--Semifinals from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2007 World Championships); Retrieved 2009-07-08. 2007 Worlds results: Women's 50m free--Finals from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2007 World Championships); Retrieved 2009-07-08.