The women's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany was held from 18 to 19 July 2025. Emma Weber from the United States won the gold medal, Lara van Niekerk from South Africa took the silver medal and Barbara Mazurkiewicz from Poland earned the bronze medal.

Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Date Time Round18 July 10:40 Heats 19:52 Semifinals 19 July 19:35 Final

Records Prior to the competition, the world and Universiade records were as follows. Category Swimmer Record Date Place Event World record Rūta Meilutytė 29.16 30 July 2023 Fukuoka, Japan 2023 World Championships Universiade record Yuliya Yefimova 30.12 16 July 2013 Kazan, Russia 2013 Summer Universiade

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 30.79 2 6 3 30.90 3 4 4 31.10 4 5 5 31.12 5 5 4 31.14 5 6 5 31.14 7 6 6 31.17 8 5 3 31.29 9 5 6 31.40 10 6 2 31.48 11 4 6 31.55 12 4 5 31.66 13 5 1 31.84 14 6 7 Chiu Yi-chen 31.85 15 4 2 31.87 16 5 2 31.88 17 4 3 31.93 18 5 7 32.02 19 4 7 32.06 20 4 8 32.56 21 3 2 32.62 22 3 5 Lee Seung-gyeong 32.78 23 5 8 32.88 24 4 1 32.99 25 3 6 33.00 26 6 8 Lam Hoi Kiu 33.01 27 3 3 Hung Chieh-yu 33.17 28 2 3 33.19 29 2 4 33.21 30 3 8 33.29 31 3 7 Kwon Woo-jin 33.30 32 3 4 33.38 33 6 1 33.40 34 2 6 34.66 35 2 1 34.78 36 3 1 35.06 37 2 7 35.22 38 1 2 36.28 39 1 4 36.48 40 2 2 Kong Sin Ian 36.95 41 2 8 37.25 42 1 5 38.14 43 1 3 48.79 44 1 6 49.57 — 2 5

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 30.53 2 2 5 30.63 3 1 4 30.64 4 2 3 31.01 5 1 6 31.21 6 1 7 31.23 7 1 3 31.25 8 2 1 31.45 8 1 5 31.45 10 2 7 31.54 10 2 2 31.54 12 1 8 31.55 13 2 6 31.58 14 1 2 31.65 15 2 8 31.67 16 1 1 Chiu Yi-chen 32.15

Swim-off The winner advanced to the final.

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 5 31.23 2 4 31.37

Final The fastest 8 swimmers competed in a single race to determine the gold, silver and bronze medalists.

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 4 30.61 3 30.68 5 30.76 4 2 30.98 5 6 31.08 6 1 31.18 7 7 31.38 8 8 31.68

External links Swimming Rhine Ruhr 2025

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