The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 8 and 9 December 2016.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordTherese Alshammar24.38Singapore22 November 2009Championship recordSarah Sjöström24.58Doha5 December 2014

Results Heats The heats were held at 09:51.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 8 3 Kelsi Worrell 24.94 Q, AM 2 6 4 Silvia Di Pietro 25.37 Q 3 8 4 Jeanette Ottesen 25.38 Q 4 8 6 Rikako Ikee 25.55 Q, WJR 5 8 5 Maaike de Waard 25.62 Q 6 7 4 Mélanie Henique 25.65 Q7 6 8 Emily Washer 25.88 Q 8 2 Emilie Beckmann Q 9 6 6 Katerine Savard 25.96 Q 10 6 1 Sarah Gibson 25.98 Q 11 7 7 Sara Junevik 26.06 Q12 6 2 Svetlana Chimrova 26.11 Q 7 6 Kimberly Buys Q 14 8 1 Lucie Svěcená 26.18 Q, NR 15 7 3 Bryndis Hansen 26.22 Q, NR 16 6 7 Nastja Govejšek 26.26 Q 17 8 8 Tayla Lovemore 26.35 18 7 1 Marie Wattel 26.38 19 7 2 Daiene Dias 26.43 20 8 7 Rozaliya Nasretdinova 26.49 21 8 0 Asuka Kobayashi 26.63 22 5 4 Zhou Yilin 26.67 23 8 9 Sze Hang Yu 26.83 24 6 0 Amina Kajtaz 26.87 25 6 9 Jenjira Srisa-Ard 26.93 NR 7 8 Barbora Mišendová 27 5 7 Felicity Passon 27.20 NR 28 7 9 Gabriela Ņikitina 27.23 29 7 0 Fanny Teijonsalo 27.35 30 5 3 Barbora Seemanová 27.36 31 5 1 Lin Pei-wun 27.38 32 7 5 Lu Ying 27.47 33 5 5 Marina Chan 27.57 34 4 1 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 27.58 35 5 6 María José Ribera 27.86 36 5 8 Beatričė Kanapienytė 27.89 37 4 4 Nicole Rautemberg 28.03 38 4 5 Emily Muteti 28.04 NR 39 4 8 Celina Marquez 28.05 NR 40 5 9 Hoong En Qi 28.06 41 4 6 Jasmine Alkhaldi 28.08 42 5 0 Chade Nersicio 28.16 NR 43 5 2 Nida Eliz Üstündağ 28.21 44 4 3 Kelsie Campbell 28.27 45 3 5 Allyson Ponson 28.38 NR 46 4 2 Bexx Heyliger 28.43 47 3 2 Caylee Watson 28.44 NR 48 2 4 Matelita Buadromo 28.83 49 3 4 Katie Kyle 29.05 NR 50 4 7 Izzy Joachim 29.07 NR 51 3 3 Jennifer Rizkallah 29.36 52 3 8 Long Chi Wai 29.47 53 1 2 Anastasia Bogdanovski 29.48 NR 54 4 9 Samantha Roberts 29.52 NR 55 3 0 Annie Hepler 29.58 NR 56 3 7 Ana Sofia Nóbrega 29.59 57 4 0 Kuan I Cheng 29.71 58 2 5 Kim Sol-song 29.75 59 3 1 Annah Auckburaullee 29.85 60 3 6 Gabriela Hernandez 29.87 61 2 3 Alma Castillo 30.02 62 2 0 Sonia Tumiotto 30.12 NR 63 3 9 Mariel Mencia 30.14 64 2 6 Jamila Sanmoogan 30.35 NR 65 2 2 Christina Linares 30.90 NR 66 2 8 Colleen Furgeson 31.10 67 2 1 Flaka Pruthi 31.56 68 2 9 Charissa Panuve 32.34 69 1 4 Angel de Jesus 32.65 NR 70 1 5 Vitiny Hemthon 32.77 NR 71 2 7 Diana Basho 32.97 72 1 3 Anthea Mudanye 34.97 73 1 6 Sompathana Chamberlain 35.82 1 1 Fatoumata Samassékou 1 7 Rahel Gebreselassie 6 3 Emily Seebohm 6 5 Ranomi Kromowidjojo

Semifinals The semifinals were held at 19:15.Semifinals results

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Silvia Di Pietro 25.50 Q 2 5 Rikako Ikee 25.63 Q 3 3 Mélanie Henique 25.66 Q 4 6 Emilie Beckmann 25.75 Q 5 2 Sarah Gibson 25.83 6 7 Svetlana Chimrova 26.05 7 1 Lucie Svěcená 26.09 NR 8 8 Nastja Govejšek 26.16

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Kelsi Worrell 25.18 Q 2 5 Jeanette Ottesen 25.29 Q 3 3 Maaike de Waard 25.59 Q 4 2 Katerine Savard 25.76 Q 5 1 Kimberly Buys 25.90 6 6 Emily Washer 25.92 7 7 Sara Junevik 26.22 8 8 Bryndis Hansen 26.38

Final The final was held at 18:37.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Jeanette Ottesen 24.92 4 Kelsi Worrell 25.27 2 Rikako Ikee 25.32 WJR, NR 4 7 Mélanie Henique 25.33 5 3 Silvia Di Pietro 25.35 6 8 Katerine Savard 25.51 NR 7 1 Emilie Beckmann 25.54 8 6 Maaike de Waard 25.66

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