Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle
| Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Marine Messe Fukuoka | |||||||||
| Location | Fukuoka, Japan | |||||||||
| Dates | 29 July (heats and semifinals) 30 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 102 from 97 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 23.62 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 29 and 30 July 2023.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | 23.67 | Budapest, Hungary | 29 July 2017 |
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| Competition record | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | 23.67 | Budapest, Hungary | 29 July 2017 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 29 July | Semifinal | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23.61 | WR, CR |
Results
Heats
The heats were started on 29 July at 10:32.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23.93 | Q |
| 2 | 10 | 5 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 24.02 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | 4 | Abbey Weitzeil | United States | 24.29 | Q |
| 4 | 11 | 3 | Zhang Yufei | China | 24.44 | Q |
| 5 | 11 | 6 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 24.51 | Q |
| 6 | 9 | 3 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 24.61 | Q |
| 7 | 10 | 3 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 24.63 | Q |
| 8 | 10 | 4 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 24.69 | Q |
| 9 | 11 | 5 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 24.71 | Q |
| 10 | 9 | 7 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 24.79 | Q |
| 11 | 9 | 1 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 24.80 | Q, NR |
| 12 | 9 | 6 | Valerie van Roon | Netherlands | 24.82 | Q |
| 13 | 9 | 5 | Gretchen Walsh | United States | 24.83 | Q |
| 14 | 10 | 2 | Marie Wattel | France | 24.84 | Q |
| 15 | 10 | 0 | Farida Osman | Egypt | 24.86 | Q |
| 15 | 10 | 6 | Cheng Yujie | China | 24.86 | Q |
| 17 | 10 | 7 | Petra Senánszky | Hungary | 25.04 | |
| 18 | 10 | 9 | Chiara Tarantino | Italy | 25.11 | |
| 19 | 11 | 0 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 25.12 | |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Rikako Ikee | Japan | 25.27 | |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Mélanie Henique | France | 25.31 | |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Kalia Antoniou | Cyprus | 25.33 | |
| 23 | 11 | 7 | Emma Chelius | South Africa | 25.34 | |
| 24 | 8 | 1 | Teresa Ivan | Slovakia | 25.39 | |
| 25 | 11 | 9 | Stephanie Balduccini | Brazil | 25.40 | |
| 26 | 9 | 9 | Jeong So-eun | South Korea | 25.45 | |
| 27 | 8 | 9 | Ana Sofia Revilak | Mexico | 25.48 | |
| 28 | 10 | 1 | Quah Ting Wen | Singapore | 25.52 | |
| 29 | 8 | 4 | Tam Hoi Lam | Hong Kong | 25.54 | |
| 30 | 7 | 0 | Anicka Delgado | Ecuador | 25.55 | |
| 30 | 10 | 8 | Danielle Hill | Ireland | 25.55 | |
| 32 | 7 | 2 | Jillian Crooks | Cayman Islands | 25.66 | NR |
| 33 | 8 | 0 | Andrea Berrino | Argentina | 25.67 | |
| 34 | 8 | 5 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 25.68 | |
| 35 | 11 | 8 | Jenjira Srisaard | Thailand | 25.70 | |
| 36 | 8 | 6 | Hanna Henderson | Canada | 25.71 | |
| 37 | 9 | 8 | Roos Vanotterdijk | Belgium | 25.74 | |
| 38 | 8 | 7 | Sirena Rowe | Colombia | 25.79 | |
| 39 | 8 | 2 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | 25.80 | |
| 40 | 7 | 4 | Cherelle Thompson | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.85 | |
| 41 | 7 | 3 | Amel Melih | Algeria | 25.89 | |
| 42 | 7 | 6 | Huang Mei-chien | Chinese Taipei | 25.95 | |
| 43 | 7 | 5 | Maddy Moore | Bermuda | 26.06 | |
| 44 | 8 | 3 | Daria Golovaty | Israel | 26.11 | |
| 45 | 7 | 9 | Lismar Lyon | Venezuela | 26.27 | |
| 46 | 7 | 7 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 26.29 | |
| 47 | 8 | 8 | Jasmine Alkhaldi | Suspended Member Federation | 26.30 | |
| 48 | 6 | 6 | María José Ribera | Bolivia | 26.37 | |
| 49 | 3 | 9 | Maria Brunlehner | Suspended Member Federation | 26.49 | |
| 50 | 7 | 1 | Kirabo Namutebi | Uganda | 26.54 | |
| 51 | 6 | 4 | Rhanishka Gibbs | Bahamas | 26.64 | |
| 52 | 2 | 0 | Mia Phiri | Zambia | 26.86 | |
| 53 | 6 | 2 | Maxine Egner | Botswana | 26.90 | |
| 54 | 6 | 3 | Mariel Mencia | Dominican Republic | 26.96 | |
| 55 | 7 | 8 | Elisabeth Timmer | Aruba | 27.01 | |
| 56 | 6 | 1 | Marie Khoury | Lebanon | 27.04 | |
| 57 | 6 | 5 | Mikaili Charlemagne | Saint Lucia | 27.10 | |
| 58 | 6 | 7 | Varsenik Manucharyan | Armenia | 27.26 | |
| 59 | 1 | 6 | Adaku Nwandu | Nigeria | 27.33 | |
| 60 | 5 | 7 | Tilly Collymore | Grenada | 27.35 | |
| 61 | 4 | 2 | Mia Lee | Guam | 27.54 | NR |
| 62 | 5 | 2 | Aunjelique Liddie | Antigua and Barbuda | 27.86 | |
| 63 | 6 | 0 | Aleka Persaud | Guyana | 27.98 | |
| 64 | 5 | 6 | Mariam Mithqal | Jordan | 28.02 | |
| 65 | 5 | 4 | Kaiya Brown | Samoa | 28.04 | |
| 66 | 6 | 8 | Georgia-Leigh Vele | Papua New Guinea | 28.06 | |
| 67 | 5 | 3 | Kennice Greene | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28.23 | |
| 67 | 5 | 5 | Jovana Kuljaca | Montenegro | 28.23 | |
| 69 | 4 | 4 | Noelani Day | Tonga | 28.24 | |
| 70 | 2 | 2 | Sophia Latiff | Tanzania | 28.34 | |
| 71 | 5 | 0 | Marina Abu Shamaleh | Palestine | 28.45 | |
| 71 | 6 | 9 | Bisma Khan | Pakistan | 28.45 | |
| 73 | 5 | 9 | Ayah Binrajab | Bahrain | 28.72 | |
| 74 | 5 | 1 | Anastasiya Morginshtern | Turkmenistan | 28.73 | |
| 75 | 5 | 8 | Maria Freitas | Angola | 28.78 | |
| 76 | 3 | 0 | Denise Donelli | Mozambique | 28.97 | |
| 77 | 4 | 0 | Kestra Kihleng | Micronesia | 29.17 | |
| 78 | 4 | 5 | Ekaterina Bordachyova | Tajikistan | 29.39 | |
| 79 | 4 | 6 | Arleigha Hall | Turks and Caicos Islands | 29.40 | |
| 80 | 4 | 3 | Nafissath Radji | Benin | 29.81 | |
| 81 | 1 | 5 | Loane Russet | Vanuatu | 30.47 | |
| 82 | 4 | 8 | Sonia Khatun | Bangladesh | 30.49 | |
| 83 | 2 | 6 | Shoko Litulumar | Northern Mariana Islands | 30.55 | |
| 84 | 4 | 9 | Mashael Al-Ayed | Saudi Arabia | 30.57 | |
| 85 | 4 | 1 | Saba Sultan | Kuwait | 30.59 | |
| 86 | 1 | 4 | La Troya Pina | Cape Verde | 30.71 | |
| 87 | 3 | 5 | Siwakhile Dlamini | Eswatini | 30.78 | |
| 88 | 3 | 3 | Iman Kouraogo | Burkina Faso | 31.06 | |
| 89 | 3 | 4 | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 31.17 | |
| 90 | 2 | 1 | Aya Mpali | Gabon | 32.00 | |
| 91 | 3 | 6 | Nada Arkaji | Qatar | 32.11 | |
| 92 | 3 | 2 | Yuri Hosei | Palau | 32.14 | |
| 93 | 2 | 8 | Alia Ishimwe | Burundi | 32.16 | |
| 94 | 3 | 8 | Maesha Saadi | Comoros | 33.05 | NR |
| 95 | 1 | 2 | Estelle Nguelo'o Noubissi | Cameroon | 33.23 | |
| 96 | 3 | 1 | Marie Amenou | Togo | 33.44 | |
| 97 | 1 | 3 | Lina Alemayehu Selo | Ethiopia | 33.93 | |
| 98 | 3 | 7 | Imelda Ximenes Belo | Timor-Leste | 34.14 | |
| 99 | 1 | 7 | Claudette Ishimwe | Rwanda | 35.37 | |
| 100 | 2 | 7 | Vanessa Bobimbo | Congo | 37.37 | |
| 101 | 2 | 3 | Salima Ahmadou Youssoufou | Niger | 37.80 | |
| 102 | 2 | 9 | Olamide Sam | Sierra Leone | 48.58 | |
| 2 | 4 | Mariama Sow | Guinea | Did not start | ||
| 2 | 5 | Nina Amison | Djibouti | |||
| 4 | 7 | Taffi Illis | Sint Maarten | |||
| 9 | 0 | Ana Rodrigues | Portugal | |||
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 29 July at 20:16.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23.61 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 24.01 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Zhang Yufei | China | 24.20 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Abbey Weitzeil | United States | 24.27 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 8 | Cheng Yujie | China | 24.56 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 24.63 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 24.67 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Marie Wattel | France | 24.68 | SO |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 24.68 | SO |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 24.70 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Gretchen Walsh | United States | 24.71 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 24.72 | |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 24.73 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Valerie van Roon | Netherlands | 24.78 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 24.84 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Farida Osman | Egypt | 25.34 |
Swim-off
The swim-off was held on 29 July at 22:11.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 24.53 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Marie Wattel | France | 24.62 |
Final
The final was held on 30 July at 20:46.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23.62 | |
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5 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 24.10 | |
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3 | Zhang Yufei | China | 24.15 | |
| 4 | 6 | Abbey Weitzeil | United States | 24.32 | |
| 5 | 1 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 24.35 | |
| 6 | 2 | Cheng Yujie | China | 24.45 | |
| 7 | 7 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 24.46 | |
| 8 | 8 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 24.61 |