The Women's 50-metre freestyle competition at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) took place on 10 and 11 December 2016.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordRanomi Kromowidjojo23.24Eindhoven7 August 2013Championship recordMarleen Veldhuis23.25Manchester13 April 2008

Results Heats The heats were held at 11:28.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 12 4 Jeanette Ottesen 24.03 Q 2 11 3 Michelle Williams 24.04 Q 3 12 3 Erika Ferraioli 24.11 Q 3 13 4 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 24.11 Q 5 11 5 Silvia Di Pietro 24.21 Q 6 12 5 Zhu Menghui 24.30 Q 7 13 5 Etiene Medeiros 24.31 WD 8 11 8 Brittany Elmslie 24.33 Q 9 11 6 Anna Santamans 24.34 Q 10 13 1 Sandrine Mainville 24.35 Q 11 12 2 Melanie Henique 24.42 Q 12 13 2 Madison Kennedy 24.49 Q 12 13 6 Emily Seebohm 24.49 WD 12 13 8 Rikako Ikee 24.49 Q 15 13 3 Rozaliya Nasretdinova 24.56 Q 16 12 8 Susann Bjørnsen 24.60 Q 17 11 0 Sayuki Ouchi 24.66 Q 18 12 6 Amanda Weir 24.67 Q 19 11 7 Yuliya Khitraya 24.69 20 12 1 Larissa Oliveira 24.71 21 11 2 Kim Busch 24.72 22 12 9 Julie Kepp Jensen 24.78 23 11 1 Isabella Arcila 24.84 24 13 0 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 24.97 25 13 7 Birgit Koschischek 25.06 26 12 0 Nathalie Lindborg 25.08 27 10 5 Tayla Lovemore 25.18 28 10 4 Jenjira Sirsa-Ard 25.23 29 10 9 Barbora Seemanová 25.27 30 9 3 Karen Torrez 25.28 31 9 8 Bryndis Hansen 25.29 32 10 1 Naomi Ruele 25.42 33 10 6 Amanda Lim 25.46 34 9 4 Kertu Ly Alnek 25.54 35 11 9 Nina Rangelova 25.58 36 8 2 Pei Wun Lin 25.59 37 9 7 Felicity Passon 25.64 38 10 7 Marina Chan 25.74 39 10 2 Allyson Ponson 25.77 40 9 6 Bexx Heyliger 25.79 40 10 0 Gabriela Ņikitina 25.79 42 9 1 Amel Melih 25.80 43 7 8 Cheyenne Rova 25.82 44 10 3 Barbora Misendova 25.84 45 9 5 Chade Nercisio 25.90 46 12 7 Mariia Kameneva 25.96 47 8 5 Jasmine Alkhaldi 25.99 48 8 8 Anastasia Bogdanovski 26.08 49 9 9 Lushavel Stickland 26.10 50 8 4 Maria Jose Ribera 26.13 51 10 8 Jade Howard 26.15 52 8 1 Lauren Hew 26.49 52 8 3 Izzy Joachim 26.49 54 8 0 Karen Riveros 26.60 55 5 2 Fatima Alkaramova 26.61 55 8 7 Kimiko Raheem 26.61 57 8 9 Emily Muteti 26.64 58 9 2 Sylvia Brunlehner 26.66 59 7 3 Maria Jose Arrua 26.73 60 5 3 Helena Moreno 26.79 60 8 6 Alexus Laird 26.79 62 6 2 Jeanne Boutbien 26.85 63 7 5 Chi Wai Long 26.86 64 1 2 Tilka Paljk 26.89 65 6 4 Arianna Sanna 26.96 66 7 7 Catharine Cooper Gomez 27.02 67 6 3 Maana Patel Patel 27.04 68 7 4 Alison Jackson 27.13 69 5 0 Ana Nobrega 27.15 69 7 2 Samantha Roberts 27.15 71 6 6 Karen Vilorio 27.27 72 6 9 Monica Ramirez Abella 27.39 73 6 7 Mariel Mencia 27.49 74 5 1 Gabriela Hernandez 27.51 75 7 0 Rahaf Baqleh 27.53 76 7 6 Ani Poghosyan 27.54 77 4 6 Sonia Tumiotto 27.57 77 5 5 Lea Ricart Martinez 27.57 79 7 9 Jennifer Kizkallah 27.60 80 5 6 Colleen Furgueson 27.65 81 7 1 Dara Al-Bakry 27.68 82 6 5 Weng Tong Choi 27.71 83 4 4 Annie Hepler 27.83 83 5 8 Katie Victoria Kyle 27.83 85 6 1 Estellah Fils Rabetsara 27.88 86 6 0 Jamaris Washshah 27.92 87 4 5 Christina Linares 27.95 87 5 7 Jamila Sanmoogan 27.95 89 4 2 Mi Song Pak 28.03 90 5 4 Annah Auckburaullee 28.15 91 4 7 Tiareth Cijntje 28.18 92 4 1 Yara Lima 28.58 93 3 5 Bisma Khan 28.71 94 5 9 Sofia Shah 28.94 95 3 4 Melisa Zhdrella 29.04 95 4 3 Tiana Rabarijaona 29.04 97 4 0 Flaka Pruthi 29.25 98 4 8 Gabby Gittens 29.29 99 3 8 Charissa Panuve 29.33 100 3 7 Shanice Paraka 29.34 101 4 9 Alesia Neziri 29.35 102 2 5 Osisang Dibech Chilton 29.61 103 3 3 Ammara Pinto 29.74 104 3 0 Aminath Shajan 29.81 105 3 1 Angel de Jesus 29.89 106 3 6 Vitny Hemthon 30.14 107 2 4 Shreetika Singh 30.64 108 2 8 Robyn Young 31.14 108 3 9 Tayamika Chang'anamuno 31.14 110 2 6 Sompathana Chamberlain 32.43 111 2 9 Calina Panuve 32.78 112 2 0 Roukaya Moussa Mahamane 36.80 113 1 4 Chloe Sauvourel 37.23 - 1 1 Laila Werburi Zangwio DNS - 1 3 Salle Alatrash DNS - 1 5 Bunturabie Jalloh DNS - 1 6 Brhane Demeke Amare DNS - 1 7 Fatoumata Samassekou DNS - 2 1 Elsie Uwamahoro DNS - 2 2 Mohamed Nazlati DNS - 2 3 Rahel Fseha Gebresilassie DNS - 2 7 Adzo Kpossi DNS - 3 2 Angelika Ouedgraogo DNS - 6 8 Britheny Joassaint DNS - 9 0 Bayan Jumah DNS - 11 4 Aliaksandra Herasimenia DNS - 13 9 Liu Xiang DNS

Semifinals The semifinals were held at 19:16.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 23.67 Q 2 6 Anna Santamans 24.14 Q 3 8 Amanda Weir 24.18 Q 4 4 Michelle Williams 24.24 5 3 Zhu Menghui 24.25 6 7 Rikako Ikee 24.42 7 2 Melanie Henique 24.46 8 1 Susann Bjørnsen 24.61

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Jeanette Ottesen 23.99 Q 2 3 Silvia Di Pietro 24.04 Q 3 6 Brittany Elmslie 24.17 Q 4 5 Erika Ferraioli 24.18 Q 4 7 Madison Kennedy 24.18 Q 6 1 Rozaliya Nasretdinova 24.23 7 2 Sandrine Mainville 24.27 8 8 Sayuki Ouchi 24.58

Final The Final was held at 20:02.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 23.60 3 Silvia Di Pietro 23.90 8 Madison Kennedy 23.93 4 5 Jeanette Ottesen 24.00 5 1 Erika Ferraioli 24.04 5 6 Anna Santamans 24.04 7 2 Brittany Elmslie 24.05 8 7 Amanda Weir 24.48

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