The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 15 – 16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordChampionship recordMarleen Veldhuis 23.25 Manchester 13 April 2008
No new records were set during this competition.
Results
Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Time Notes 1 11 4 24.27 Q 2 12 4 24.41 Q 3 12 7 24.42 Q 4 10 4 24.50 Q 5 10 7 24.58 Q 6 12 5 24.60 Q 7 10 3 24.64 Q 8 12 3 24.70 Q 9 10 2 24.81 Q 10 12 6 24.82 Q 11 11 3 24.87 Q 12 10 8 24.90 Q 13 12 0 24.92 Q 14 2 4 24.95 Q 15 10 6 24.97 Q 16 12 2 25.00 Q 17 11 2 25.01 18 10 1 25.09 19 12 1 25.16 20 10 9 25.18 20 11 7 25.18 22 10 5 25.20 23 9 6 25.26 24 11 0 25.30 25 1 7 25.32 26 9 4 25.33 27 9 3 25.41 28 11 6 25.43 29 9 8 25.45 30 11 8 25.53 31 9 7 25.54 32 11 9 25.75 33 9 5 25.78 34 12 9 25.80 35 9 2 25.82 36 8 2 25.95 37 6 4 26.26 37 9 1 26.26 39 9 0 26.30 39 10 0 26.30 41 8 0 26.37 42 7 6 26.48 NR 43 7 9 26.54 NR 44 6 3 26.61 NR 45 8 3 26.64 46 8 9 26.65 47 8 6 26.68 NR 48 9 9 26.73 49 8 5 26.89 50 8 8 26.94 NR 51 5 4 27.05 51 7 4 27.05 53 8 4 27.07 54 7 8 27.15 55 7 3 27.22 56 7 5 27.24 57 6 0 27.25 58 5 2 27.29 59 5 6 27.32 60 7 2 27.40 61 7 7 27.41 62 6 5 27.52 63 2 2 27.65 64 6 8 27.72 65 7 0 27.75 66 7 1 27.86 67 6 6 27.89 68 5 3 28.08 69 6 1 28.14 70 5 5 28.22 70 5 8 28.22 72 6 2 28.45 73 2 3 28.46 74 6 7 28.47 75 6 9 28.74 76 5 7 28.88 77 2 7 29.06 78 4 0 29.22 79 2 6 29.34 79 3 9 29.34 81 4 5 29.50 82 1 2 29.58 83 5 1 29.60 84 2 8 29.77 85 4 6 29.84 86 4 9 29.85 87 4 2 29.98 88 4 1 30.02 89 4 8 30.11 90 5 0 30.16 91 1 1 30.28 92 4 4 30.47 93 3 3 30.50 94 3 5 30.58 95 4 7 30.62 96 3 4 30.71 97 3 6 31.67 98 5 9 31.72 99 3 0 31.76 100 2 9 31.93 101 3 2 31.96 102 1 5 32.80 103 3 1 33.52 104 3 7 33.54 105 2 0 38.45 NR 106 2 5 39.65 107 1 3 41.15 108 1 6 50.63 2 1 1 4 3 8 4 3 8 1 8 7 11 1 11 5 12 8
Semifinals
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Aleksandra Gerasimenya 24.13 Q 2 1 3 Jeanette Ottesen 24.25 Q 3 1 5 Britta Steffen 24.27 Q 4 1 4 Francesca Halsall 24.49 Q 4 2 5 Christine Magnuson 24.49 Q 6 2 6 Marieke Guehrer 24.50 Q 7 2 3 Flávia Cazziolato 24.55 Q 8 1 6 Svetlana Kniaginina 24.57 Q 9 1 8 Miki Uchida 24.69 NR 10 2 1 Trudi Maree 24.74 11 2 7 Anna Santamans 24.80 12 2 8 Chantal van Landeghem 24.81 12 2 2 Daniela Schreiber 24.81 14 1 2 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 24.87 15 1 1 Chen Xinyi 24.88 16 1 7 Sally Foster 24.97
Final
The final was held at 20:12.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Aleksandra Gerasimenya 23.64 NR 6 Francesca Halsall 23.87 5 Jeanette Ottesen 24.00 NR 4 3 Britta Steffen 24.04 5 7 Marieke Guehrer 24.36 6 2 Christine Magnuson 24.42 7 8 Svetlana Kniaginina 24.58 8 1 Flávia Cazziolato 24.83
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