The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships were held on January 12, 1991.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Results Heats The heats was held on 12 January at 11:25.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 5 Catherine Plewinski 25.77 2 3 4 Yong Zhuang 25.94 3 5 5 Simone Osygus 25.99 4 4 5 Jenny Thompson 26.01 5 4 4 Leigh Ann Fetter 26.09 6 3 6 Yevgeniya Yermakova 26.17 7 5 4 Yang Wenyi 26.26 8 4 3 Daniela Hunger 26.27 9 5 3 Karen van Wirdum 26.56 10 4 7 Tonni Jeffs 26.59 11 5 1 Louise Karlsson 26.62 12 3 3 Karin Brienesse 26.63 13 5 2 Liliana Dobrescu 26.69 14 5 6 Marieke Mastenbroek 26.70 15 3 2 Susie O'Neill 26.88 16 4 1 Maria Soledad Rivera 26.91 17 2 5 Silvia Poll 26.92 18 3 1 Silvia Persi 26.99 19 5 8 Gitta Jensen 27.00 20 4 2 Lejla Kucukalic 27.04 21 4 6 Tamara Costache 27.16 22 5 7 Suzu Chiba 27.17 23 2 4 Tea Cerkverik 27.24 24 3 1 Karen Pickering 27.27 25 4 8 Ilaria Sciorelli 27.38 26 2 1 Gabriela Gaja 27.45 27 2 7 Anne Boivoisin 27.52 28 2 3 Annika Nilsson 27.61 29 2 2 Sze Ki Celeste Hung 27.71 30 1 4 Trude Aasbo 27.86 31 2 6 Maren Johannesen 28.12 32 1 5 Yeyen Gunawan 28.40 33 1 3 Veronica Cummings 29.24 3 7 Senda Al-Gharbi
Finals
Final B
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Karen van Wirdum 26.54 10 5 Tonni Jeffs 26.61 11 6 Karin Brienesse 26.72 12 2 Liliana Dobrescu 26.74 13 8 Maria Soledad Rivera 26.75 14 3 Louise Karlsson 26.83 15 7 Marieke Mastenbroek 26.88 16 1 Susie O'Neill 27.05
Final A
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Yong Zhuang 25.47 4 Catherine Plewinski 25.50 2 Leigh Ann Fetter 25.50 4 6 Jenny Thompson 25.87 4 1 Yang Wenyi 25.87 6 3 Simone Osygus 25.95 7 7 Yevgeniya Yermakova 26.00 8 8 Daniela Hunger 26.01
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