Women's 50 metre butterfly at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | ||||||||||
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Venue | WFCU Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 13 December (heats and semifinals) 14 December (final) | |||||||||
Winning time | 24.47 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2018 FINA World Swimming Championships | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×50 m | men | women |
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×50 m | men | women |
4×100 m | men | women |
Mixed relay | ||
4×50 m | freestyle | medley |
The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 and 14 December 2018. [1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 24.38 | Singapore | 22 November 2009 |
Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.58 | Doha | 5 December 2014 |
The heats were started on 13 December at 09:40. [2]
The swim-off was held on 13 December at 11:02. [3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Yukina Hirayama | Japan | 25.74 | Q |
2 | 5 | Zhang Yufei | China | 25.98 |
The semifinals were held at 19:46. [4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Kelsi Dahlia | United States | 24.93 | Q, AM |
2 | 4 | Haley Black | Canada | 25.60 | Q |
3 | 6 | Aliena Schmidtke | Germany | 25.60 | Q |
4 | 1 | Kendyl Stewart | United States | 25.66 | R |
5 | 3 | Anastasiya Shkurdai | Belarus | 25.69 | |
6 | 2 | Arina Surkova | Russia | 25.74 | |
7 | 8 | Hirayama Yukina | Japan | 25.82 | |
8 | 7 | Erin Gallagher | South Africa | 26.17 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.84 | Q |
2 | 7 | Holly Barratt | Australia | 24.91 | Q |
3 | 6 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 25.17 | Q |
4 | 5 | Mélanie Henique | France | 25.24 | Q |
5 | 3 | Wang Yichun | China | 25.44 | Q |
6 | 2 | Elena di Liddo | Italy | 25.66 | R |
7 | 8 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 25.71 | |
8 | 1 | Daiene Dias | Brazil | 26.05 |
The final was held at 19:07. [5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.47 | CR , NR | |
5 | Holly Barratt | Australia | 24.80 | ||
3 | Kelsi Dahlia | United States | 24.97 | ||
4 | 2 | Mélanie Henique | France | 25.02 | |
5 | 6 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 25.32 | |
6 | 7 | Wang Yichun | China | 25.38 | |
7 | 1 | Haley Black | Canada | 25.75 | |
8 | 8 | Aliena Schmidtke | Germany | 25.76 |
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