The women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany was held from 22 to 23 July 2025. Maxine Parker from the United States won the gold medal, Julia Dennis from the United States took the silver medal and Olivia Nel from South Africa earned the bronze medal.
Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Date Time Round22 July 09:20 Heats 21:04 Semifinals 23 July 19:36 Final
Records Prior to the competition, the world and Universiade records were as follows. Category Swimmer Record Date Place Event World record Sarah Sjöström 23.61 29 July 2023 Fukuoka, Japan 2023 World Championships Universiade record Zhang Yufei 24.29 7 August 2023 Chengdu, China 2021 Summer World University Games
Results Heats All entered athletes competed across multiple seeded heats in the morning session. Swimmers with the top 16 fastest times advanced, regardless of which individual heat they swam.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 6 4 24.88 2 7 4 24.96 3 5 5 25.30 3 6 3 25.30 5 7 6 25.33 6 7 3 25.39 7 6 2 25.48 7 6 5 25.48 9 7 5 25.54 10 5 4 25.58 11 5 2 Liu Shuhan 25.59 12 7 2 Chiu Yi-chen 25.66 13 7 8 25.68 14 5 6 25.70 15 7 7 25.74 16 6 6 25.82 17 7 1 Liu Pei-yin 25.89 18 5 7 Yeo Chiok Sze 25.93 19 6 7 26.01 20 6 1 26.11 21 4 5 26.23 22 5 1 26.24 23 5 8 26.25 24 4 7 Ju U-yeong 26.30 25 4 4 26.33 26 4 2 26.40 27 5 3 26.42 28 4 8 26.75 29 3 3 26.86 30 4 3 Hong Jin-yeong 26.96 31 6 8 26.97 32 3 4 27.05 33 3 5 27.10 34 3 6 27.36 35 3 8 27.43 36 3 1 27.53 37 1 2 27.54 38 2 5 Kuok Hei Cheng 27.55 38 3 7 27.55 40 4 6 27.72 41 4 1 27.79 42 2 7 27.94 43 1 7 28.11 44 3 2 28.14 45 2 3 28.34 46 2 4 28.42 47 2 6 28.60 48 2 2 Kuan I Cheng 28.65 49 1 6 29.29 50 1 3 29.70 51 2 1 30.30 52 2 8 32.86 53 1 4 33.52 54 1 5 40.54
Semifinals The 16 advancing swimmers were split into two semifinal heats of 8 during the evening session. The swimmers recording the top 8 fastest times advanced to the final round.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 2 4 24.55 2 1 3 24.96 3 2 5 25.01 4 1 4 25.03 5 1 5 25.10 6 2 6 25.12 7 2 3 25.20 8 1 2 25.21 9 1 6 25.27 10 2 7 Liu Shuhan 25.35 11 2 2 25.41 12 1 7 Chiu Yi-chen 25.42 13 2 8 25.44 14 1 1 25.51 15 2 1 25.77 16 1 8 25.84
Final The fastest 8 swimmers competed in a single race to determine the gold, silver and bronze medalists.
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 6 24.54 4 24.58 5 24.82 4 3 24.84 5 1 25.03 6 8 25.16 7 7 25.22 8 2 25.23
External links Swimming Rhine Ruhr 2025
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