The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 8 August with the heats and the semifinals and 9 August with the final.Start list

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Results

Heats The heats were held on 8 August at 09:30.Heats results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 12 4 Cate Campbell 24.40 Q 2 10 5 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace 24.43 Q 3 10 4 Sarah Sjöström 24.53 Q 4 11 5 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 24.62 Q 5 12 3 Jeanette Ottesen 24.66 Q 6 10 6 Dorothea Brandt 24.71 Q 7 12 5 Bronte Campbell 24.74 Q 8 11 4 Francesca Halsall 24.80 Q 9 12 8 Liu Xiang 24.82 Q 10 12 7 Anna Santamans 24.90 Q 11 10 3 Simone Manuel 24.91 Q 12 11 2 Chantal van Landeghem 24.94 Q 13 11 3 Etiene Medeiros 24.97 Q 14 11 8 Michelle Williams 25.13 Q 15 11 6 Pernille Blume 25.14 Q 16 10 8 Maria Kameneva 25.18 Q 17 10 0 Zhu Menghui 25.19 18 10 2 Aliaksandra Herasimenia 25.20 19 9 2 Theodora Drakou 25.22 12 1 Farida Osman 21 10 7 Graciele Herrmann 25.25 22 10 1 Miki Uchida 25.33 23 11 7 Silvia Di Pietro 25.34 24 11 9 Anna Dowgiert 25.44 12 0 Erika Ferraioli 26 9 5 Sasha Touretski 25.49 12 2 Ivy Martin 28 9 4 Lauren Quigley 25.53 29 9 1 Cecilie Johannessen 25.55 9 0 Julie Meynen 31 8 6 Miroslava Syllabová 25.59 32 12 9 Birgit Koschischek 25.61 33 11 1 Nataliya Lovtsova 25.62 34 8 5 Anna Kolářová 25.67 35 9 3 Zsuzsanna Jakabos 25.79 36 8 4 Isabella Arcila 25.83 37 9 8 Siobhán Haughey 25.85 38 10 9 Yayoi Matsumoto 25.90 39 7 5 Nina Rangelova 25.94 7 3 Sanja Jovanović 41 8 2 Arlene Semeco 25.98 42 8 3 Nastja Govejšek 26.00 43 8 9 Jenjira Srisa-Ard 26.11 44 8 0 Chui Lai Kwan 26.13 45 8 8 Jasmine Alkhaldi 26.15 46 8 1 Chinyere Pigot 26.18 47 9 7 Zohar Shikler 26.19 48 9 6 Tessa Nurminen 26.23 49 8 7 Tess Grossmann 26.31 50 7 6 Bryndís Hansen 26.33 51 7 4 Allyson Ponson 26.40 52 7 7 Karen Torrez 26.41 53 9 9 Quah Ting Wen 26.51 54 6 4 Bayan Jumah 26.81 55 6 3 Dorian McMenemy 26.87 56 7 2 Miroslava Najdanovski 26.89 57 7 0 Rebecca Heyliger 26.90 58 5 3 Jade Howard 26.99 59 7 1 Nicola Muscat 27.10 60 6 2 Tracy Keith-Matchitt 27.16 61 6 0 Astrið Foldarskarð 27.24 62 5 4 Jovana Terzić 27.44 63 6 5 Machiko Raheem FINA Independent Athletes 27.49 64 6 6 Faye Sultan 27.63 6 1 Karen Riveros 7 8 Monika Vasilyan 67 6 8 Shivani Kataria 27.65 68 6 7 Jennifer Rizkallah 27.76 69 5 5 Sofia Usher 27.93 70 4 3 Su Moe San 27.98 71 5 2 Nadia Cubells 28.00 72 5 6 Long Chi Wai 28.02 5 7 Ana Nóbrega 74 4 5 Tiara Anwar 28.10 75 6 9 Beatrice Felici 28.15 76 4 7 Amarah Phillip 28.35 77 5 1 Noura Mana 28.45 78 5 0 Fatima Alkaramova 28.50 79 4 8 Ann-Marie Hepler 28.52 80 4 2 Jamila Sanmoogan 28.60 81 4 6 Lianna Swan 28.66 82 4 1 Irene Prescott 28.74 83 5 9 Hannah Gill 28.75 84 4 4 Barbara Vali-Skelton 28.78 85 5 8 Sofia Shah 29.43 86 3 3 Magdalena Moshi 29.62 87 3 6 Awa Ly N'diaye 29.78 88 3 2 Yesui Bayar 29.90 89 3 4 Flaka Pruthi 30.16 90 4 0 Merjen Saryyeva 30.17 91 3 7 Zahra Pinto 30.20 92 3 0 Miri Alatrash 30.25 93 2 7 Debra Daniel 30.48 94 3 8 Angel de Jesús 30.57 95 2 4 Hemthon Vitiny 30.67 96 3 1 Angelika Ouedraogo 30.74 97 4 9 Roylin Akiwo 30.86 98 2 3 Sonia Aktar 30.89 99 3 9 Rahel Gebresilassie 32.49 100 3 5 Fatoumata Samassékou 32.79 101 1 5 Siri Budcharern 33.71 102 2 2 Elsie Uwamahoro 34.08 103 2 5 Adzo Kpossi 34.46 104 1 9 Bellore Sangala 35.74 105 1 6 Alzain Tareq 35.78 106 1 3 Haneen Ibrahim 36.14 107 2 1 Nazlati Mohamed Andhumdine 37.64 108 1 4 Laraïba Seibou 37.67 109 1 2 Roukaya Mahamane 38.98 110 1 7 Natasha Addai 41.71 111 1 1 Mariama Sow 44.59 112 2 8 Chloe Sauvourel 46.55 113 1 8 Bunturabie Jalloh 54.27 2 6 Anastasiya Tyurina DSQ 7 9 Talita Baqlah DSQ 2 0 Teona Bostashvili DNS 2 9 Liza Kafack DNS 11 0 Michelle Coleman DNS 12 6 Femke Heemskerk DNS

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 8 August at 18:28.Semifinal results

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 24.23 Q 2 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace 24.38 Q 3 6 Francesca Halsall 24.50 Q 4 7 Chantal van Landeghem 24.52 Q, NR 5 3 Dorothea Brandt 24.75 6 1 Michelle Williams 24.84 7 2 Anna Santamans 24.93 8 8 Maria Kameneva 24.97

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 4 Cate Campbell 24.22 Q2 5 Sarah Sjöström 24.31 Q 3 6 Bronte Campbell 24.32 Q 4 7 Simone Manuel 24.47 Q 5 3 Jeanette Ottesen 24.61 6 2 Liu Xiang 24.78 7 8 Pernille Blume 24.93 8 1 Etiene Medeiros 25.03

Final The final was held on 9 August at 18:05.Final results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Bronte Campbell 24.12 5 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 24.22 3 Sarah Sjöström 24.31 4 4 Cate Campbell 24.36 5 8 Chantal van Landeghem 24.39 NR 6 2 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace 24.44 7 1 Francesca Halsall 24.51 8 7 Simone Manuel 24.57

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