The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 February 2024.
Qualification
Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time at approved qualifying events. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 25.04 seconds. Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time. For this event, the "B" standard qualification time was 25.92. Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an "A" or "B" standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else. Additional consideration was given to Federations who had few swimmers enter through the standard qualification times. Federations in this category could enter at least two men and two women into the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Results Heats The heats were held on 17 February at 09:32.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 12 4 Sarah Sjöström 23.91 Q 2 12 5 Kate Douglass 24.19 Q 3 11 4 Shayna Jack 24.30 Q 4 10 4 Katarzyna Wasick 24.36 Q 5 12 3 Anna Hopkin 24.70 Q 6 10 5 Michelle Coleman 24.75 Q 7 12 8 Taylor Ruck 24.84 Q 8 10 2 Kornelia Fiedkiewicz 24.85 Q 12 6 Melanie Henique 24.85 Q 10 11 5 Marrit Steenbergen 24.86 Q 11 10 3 Julie Kepp Jensen 24.97 Q 12 12 2 Farida Osman 25.01 Q 13 11 6 Neža Klančar 25.05 Q 14 11 3 Kim Busch 25.08 Q 15 11 9 Lyu Yue 25.10 Q 16 11 1 Kalia Antoniou 25.21 Q 17 11 2 Erin Gallagher 25.37 18 10 1 Teresa Ivan 25.40 19 11 8 Jenjira Srisaard 25.41 20 9 5 Barbora Janíčková 25.47 11 7 Quah Ting Wen 25.47 12 7 Angelina Köhler 25.47 23 9 8 Lismar Lyon 25.50 10 6 Emma Chelius 25.50 25 9 7 Maria Daza Garcia 25.55 10 0 Nina Stanisavljević 25.55 27 10 8 Hoi Lam Tam 25.64 28 12 0 Nagisa Ikemoto 25.65 29 9 3 Andrea Berrino 25.66 30 11 0 Huang Mei-chien 25.68 31 12 9 Sofia Revilak Fonseca 25.73 32 9 9 Jillian Crooks 25.79 33 9 1 Fanny Teijonsalo 25.82 34 9 0 Amel Melih 25.90 35 9 4 Sirena Rowe 25.91 36 8 5 Emma Harvey 25.93 37 8 2 Gloria Muzito 26.01 38 8 3 Cherelle Thompson 26.03 39 10 7 Chiara Tarantino 26.09 40 8 0 Maria Brunlehner 26.12 41 9 6 Jasmine Alkhaldi 26.14 42 8 6 Jóhanna Elín Guðmundsdóttir 26.20 43 9 2 Erin Riordan 26.26 44 8 4 Marina Spadoni 26.30 45 10 9 Smilte Plytnykaite 26.31 46 8 1 Emily Macdonald 26.55 47 7 3 Maxine Egner 26.58 48 6 0 Adriana Giles 26.60 49 7 5 Mia Phiri 26.61 50 8 7 Gabriela Ņikitina 26.85 51 8 9 Paige van der Westhuizen 26.86 52 7 4 Amani Alobaidli 26.87 53 8 8 Rhanishka Gibbs 26.87 54 5 5 Elizaveta Pecherskikh 27.00 55 1 5 Alicia Kimberley Kok Shun 27.04 56 7 6 Mikaili Charlemagne 27.05 57 6 6 Aunjelique Liddie 27.38 58 5 8 Arla Dermishi 27.46 59 7 1 Tilly Collymore 27.48 60 7 7 Varsenik Manucharyan 27.58 61 6 5 Alejandra Santana 27.60 62 2 1 Zariel Nelson 27.62 63 7 2 Imane Houda El Barodi 27.70 64 6 8 Jovana Kuljaca 27.71 65 6 7 Unilez Takyi 27.75 66 6 3 Christina Rach 28.08 67 6 4 Sara Pastrana 28.11 68 7 0 Georgia-Leigh Vele 28.15 69 6 1 Kaiya Brown 28.30 70 5 4 Marina Abu Shamaleh 28.51 71 6 2 Aleka Kylela Persaud 28.62 72 2 7 Aaliyah Palestrini 28.69 73 5 6 Carolann Faeamani 28.71 74 5 7 Kestra Kihleng 28.94 75 6 9 Anastasiya Morginshtern 28.98 76 7 9 N'Hara Fernandes 29.13 77 4 3 Taffi Illis 29.24 78 5 3 Lara Dashti 29.27 79 4 4 Loane Russet 29.33 80 5 2 Ekaterina Bordachyova 29.35 81 1 3 Aishath Ulya Shaig 29.47 82 4 2 Siwakhile Dlamini 29.66 83 5 1 Arleigha Hall 29.70 84 5 0 Makelyta Singsombath 29.77 85 1 4 Alicia Mateus 30.02 86 3 4 Jasmine Schofield 30.60 87 4 6 La Troya Lesa Pina 30.61 88 4 7 Iman Kouraogo 30.89 89 2 8 Lois Eliora Irishura 30.92 90 4 5 Mst Sonia Khatun 30.95 91 5 9 Jessica Makwenda 31.07 92 4 1 Kayla Hepler 31.13 93 4 8 Natalia Ladha 31.37 94 4 0 Aya Mpali 31.40 95 3 5 Yuri Hosei 31.41 96 4 9 Nada Arkaji 31.78 97 3 6 Leena Mohamedahmed 31.83 98 2 4 Djenabou Jolie Bah 31.93 99 2 2 Grace Manuela Nguelo'o 32.20 100 3 7 Lina Alemayehu Selo 32.62 101 2 0 Kamila Ibrahim 33.36 102 2 5 Nina Amison 33.99 103 2 9 Nyirabyenda 34.22 104 3 1 Salima Ahmadou Youssoufou 34.88 105 2 6 Tracy Marine Andet 41.14 106 3 9 Assita Diarra 41.35 107 3 0 Olamide Sam 45.51 2 3 Rita Acaba Ocomo 3 3 Imelda Ximenes Belo 3 8 Vanessa Bobimbo 12 1 Theodora Drakou 3 2 Adele Sodalo Agnes Gaitou 7 8 Ionnah Eliane Douillet
Semifinals The semifinals were held on 17 February at 19:50.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Sarah Sjöström 23.90 Q 2 1 5 Katarzyna Wasick 24.01 Q, NR 3 1 4 Kate Douglass 24.24 Q 4 2 5 Shayna Jack 24.44 Q 5 2 3 Anna Hopkin 24.51 Q 6 1 3 Michelle Coleman 24.65 Q 7 1 6 Kornelia Fiedkiewicz 24.71 Q 8 2 6 Taylor Ruck 24.72 Q 9 1 2 Marrit Steenbergen 24.74 9 2 2 Melanie Henique 24.74 11 2 7 Julie Kepp Jensen 24.80 12 1 1 Kim Busch 24.86 13 2 1 Neža Klančar 24.87 14 1 8 Kalia Antoniou 24.96 15 2 8 Lyu Yue 25.04 16 1 7 Farida Osman 25.07
Final The final was held on 18 February at 19:46.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Sarah Sjöström 23.69 3 Kate Douglass 23.91 AM 5 Katarzyna Wasick 23.95 NR 4 6 Shayna Jack 24.27 5 8 Taylor Ruck 24.50 6 2 Anna Hopkin 24.51 7 1 Kornelia Fiedkiewicz 24.69 8 7 Michelle Coleman 24.79
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