The women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held from 14 to 15 December 2024 at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following record was established during the competition:
Results Heats The heats were started on 14 December at 10:40. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes174 Tang Qianting 29.15Q255 Lilly King 29.20Q354 Eneli Jefimova 29.24Q=464 Benedetta Pilato 29.38Q=475 Rūta Meilutytė 29.38Q665 Veera Kivirinta 29.62Q763 Alina Zmushka Neutral Athletes A29.84Q856 Sophie Hansson 29.86Q=953 Silje Slyngstadli 29.92Q=957 Yuliya Efimova Neutral Athletes B29.92Q=960 Angharad Evans 29.92Q1261 Sophie Angus 30.02Q1370 Dominika Sztandera 30.10Q1452 Tessa Giele 30.14Q1558 Chiara Della Corte 30.20Q1667 Meri Mataja 30.21Q=1769 Alexanne Lepage 30.25R=1773 Evgeniia Chikunova Neutral Athletes B30.25R1977 Klara Thormalm 30.282076 Andrea Podmaníková 30.332145 Kotryna Teterevkova 30.342244 Teya Nikolova 30.35=2366 Lara van Niekerk 30.36=2372 Adelaida Pchelintseva 30.36 NR2562 Diana Petkova 30.392643 Macarena Ceballos 30.472751 Jenjira Srisa-Ard 30.48 =NR2878 Park Sieun 30.61=2934 Lin Pei-wun 30.62 NR=2941 Kristýna Horská 30.623147 Emma Weber 30.673235 Henrietta Fangli 30.703368 Kotomi Kato 30.763471 Ana Pinho Rodrigues 30.833550 Stefanía Gómez 30.853679 Yu Jingyao 30.873748 Mercedes Toledo 30.92 NR3836 Lanihei Connolly 30.96 NR3940 Phee Jinq En 31.05 NR4046 Maria Thaleia Drasidou 31.114159 Brearna Crawford 31.204232 Imane Houda El Barodi 31.404349 Niamh Coyne 31.484442 Man Wui Kiu 31.49=4533 Lynn El Hajj 31.67 NR=4538 Valerie Rose Tarazi 31.67 NR4730 Nguyen Thuy Hien 32.904831 Will-Insha Jules-Marthe 33.024937 Ellie Shaw 33.125039 Victoria Russell 33.265125 Anaika Otway 33.315224 Stella Gjoka 33.435328 Yun-Suh Chang 34.10 NR5426 Vaoahi Afu 34.265523 Kestra Kihleng 36.145622 Hamna Ahmed 36.55 NR5714 Maesha Saadi 37.515827 Aynur Merdanova 37.675920 Ceylia Djeutcha 38.296029 Divine Miansadi Mpolo 53.51 13 Xiang Kombate Did not start15 Mimarcia Ie Disqualified 21 Mariama Touré Did not start36 Teresa Ivan Disqualified
Semifinals The semifinals were started on 14 December at 17:48. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 2 3 Rūta Meilutytė 28.39Q2 2 4 Tang Qianting 28.86Q3 1 4 Lilly King 28.99Q4 2 1 Dominika Sztandera 29.22Q, NR5 1 5 Benedetta Pilato 29.24Q6 2 5 Eneli Jefimova 29.39Q7 1 3 Veera Kivirinta 29.44Q8 2 6 Alina Zmushka Neutral Athletes A 29.68Q9 1 1 Tessa Giele 29.80R10 1 6 Sophie Hansson 29.89R11 1 2 Yuliya Efimova Neutral Athletes B 29.9212 2 7 Angharad Evans 29.9513 1 7 Sophie Angus 30.0314 2 2 Silje Slyngstadli 30.0415 2 8 Chiara Della Corte 30.0616 1 8 Meri Mataja 30.17 NR
Final The final was held on 15 December at 17:47. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Rūta Meilutytė 28.54 5 Tang Qianting 28.86 3 Lilly King 28.91 4 2 Benedetta Pilato 29.115 7 Eneli Jefimova 29.136 6 Dominika Sztandera 29.49 7 8 Alina Zmushka Neutral Athletes A 29.56 8 1 Veera Kivirinta 29.69
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