The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships was held on 28 (heats and semifinals) and 29 July 2001 (final) at the Fukuoka, Japan.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows: World record 24.13 Sydney, Australia 22 September 2000Championship record 24.51 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994

The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord 28 July Semifinal 2 Inge de Bruijn 24.45 CR

Results

Heats Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Inge de Bruijn 24.79 Q 2 Alison Sheppard 25.07 Q 3 Tammie Spatz-Stone 25.11 Q 4 Sandra Völker 25.37 Q 5 Sumika Minamoto 25.62 Q 6 Olga Mukomol 25.68 Q 7 Therese Alshammar 25.72 Q 8 Katrin Meissner 25.79 Q 9 Rosalind Brett 25.82 Q 9 Martina Moravcová 25.82 Q 11 Jana Kolukanova 25.83 Q 12 Haley Cope 25.84 Q 12 Alena Popchanka 25.84 Q 14 Michelle Engelsman 25.87 Q 15 Judith Draxler 25.92 Q 16 Ekaterina Kibalo 25.93 Q 17 Xue Han 25.95 18 Anna-Karin Kammerling 25.96 18 Laura Nicholls 25.96 20 Sarah Ryan 25.97 21 Agata Korc 26.01 22 Urska Slapsak 26.06 23 Inna Yaitskaya 26.09 24 Cecilia Vianini 26.11 25 Vivienne Rignall 26.14 26 Leah Martindale 26.15 27 Aliaksandra Herasimenia 26.16 28 Cristina Chiuso 26.17 29 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 26.23 30 Yingwen Zhu 26.30 31 Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato 26.32 31 Mette Jacobsen 26.32 33 Wilma van Rijn van Hofwegen 26.35 34 Julie Douglas 26.37 35 Tomoko Nagai 26.43 36 Ilona Hlaváčková 26.57 37 Dominique Diezi 26.60 38 Karen Egdal 26.64 39 Florina Herea 26.74 40 Nina van Koeckhoven 26.79 41 Anna Gostomelsky 26.86 42 Elina Partoka 26.99 43 Jacqueline Lim 27.12 44 Chantal Gibney 27.13 45 Sharntelle McLean 27.21 46 Maria Wong 27.68 47 Nicole Hayes 27.99 48 Yi Chieh Sung 28.01 49 Shikha Tandon 28.02 50 Weng Tong Cheong 28.09 51 Ayeisha Collymore 28.11 52 Reshma Millet 28.20 53 Wai Man Lam 28.51 54 Chin Kuei Lang 28.68 55 Xenavee Pangelinan 28.78 56 Yuliana Mikheeva 29.15 57 Khadija Ciss 29.37 58 Xenia Peni 30.65 59 Monika Bakale 30.78 60 Lasm Quissoh Genevieve Meledje 31.01 61 Miriam Nakolo 31.59 62 Amanda Onyango 31.66 63 Larissa Inangorore 37.02 64 Lkhundev Bilguun DNS

Semifinals Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Inge de Bruijn 24.45 Q, CR 2 Therese Alshammar 24.87 Q 3 Tammie Spatz-Stone 25.11 Q 4 Alison Sheppard 25.13 Q 5 Sandra Völker 25.20 Q 6 Haley Cope 25.26 Q 7 Alena Popchanka 25.45 Q 8 Katrin Meissner 25.48 Q 9 Sumika Minamoto 25.49 10 Olga Mukomol 25.53 11 Ekaterina Kibalo 25.64 12 Jana Kolukanova 25.65 13 Michelle Engelsman 25.77 13 Martina Moravcová 25.77 15 Rosalind Brett 25.81 15 Judith Draxler 25.81

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Inge de Bruijn 24.47 Therese Alshammar 24.88 Sandra Völker 24.96 4 Alison Sheppard 25.00 5 Tammie Spatz-Stone 25.10 6 Haley Cope 25.25 7 Katrin Meissner 25.40 7 Alena Popchanka 25.73

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