Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

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Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location Gwangju, South Korea
Dates27 July (heats and semifinals)
28 July (final)
Competitors101 from 94 nations
Winning time24.05
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
  2017
2022  

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2019. [1] [2]

Contents

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record Flag of Sweden.svg  Sarah Sjöström  (SWE)23.67 Budapest, Hungary 29 July 2017
Competition recordFlag of Sweden.svg  Sarah Sjöström  (SWE)23.67 Budapest, Hungary 29 July 2017

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 27 July at 10:00. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1114 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.26Q
294 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24.40Q
3115 Simone Manuel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.41Q
4104 Pernille Blume Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 24.44Q
4113 Maria Kameneva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.44Q
6116 Abbey Weitzeil Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.47Q
795 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.56Q
896 Liu Xiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24.61Q
9105 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24.74Q
1093 Femke Heemskerk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.80Q
11111 Anna Hopkin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24.85Q
1292 Michelle Coleman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.95Q
13117 Lidón Muñoz del Campo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 24.96Q
14112 Katarzyna Wilk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 24.97Q
1598 Julie Kepp Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 25.02Q
16109 Julie Meynen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 25.07Q
17101 Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.08
1883 Neža Klančar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 25.12 NR
19102 Wu Qingfeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 25.15
20110 Rika Omoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.17
21107 Arina Surkova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.19
21118 Theodora Drakou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.19
23103 Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 25.26
2484 Anika Apostalon Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 25.30
2585 Jeong So-eun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 25.40
2599 Andrea Murez Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.40
27100 Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 25.48
28119 Quah Ting Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 25.50
2997 Mimosa Jallow Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 25.66
3090 Nina Kost Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 25.74
3181 Selen Özbilen Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 25.83
3288 Kalia Antoniou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 25.86
3375 Cherelle Thompson Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 25.89= NR
3489 Remedy Rule Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 25.92
3586 Gabriela Ņikitina Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 25.96
3682 Karen Torrez Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 26.01
3780 Chelsey Edwards Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 26.05
3887 Allyson Ponson Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 26.06
3929 Talita Baqlah Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 26.13 NR
4077 On Kei Lei Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 26.34
4168 Felicity Passon Flag of the Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 26.35
4279 Natalya Kritinina Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 26.47 NR
4374 Maddy Moore Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 26.48
4470 Lushavel Stickland Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 26.77
4571 Emily Muteti Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 26.81
4576 Mariel Mencia Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 26.81
4731 Catharine Cooper Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 26.88
4865 Matelita Buadromo Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 27.00
4973 Chade Nersicio Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao 27.13
5035 Mónica Ramírez Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 27.17
5172 Lauren Hew Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 27.26
5264 Samantha Roberts Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 27.27
5367 Jeanne Boutbien Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 27.33
5463 Nikol Merizaj Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 27.40
5566 Inés Remersaro Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 27.41
5623 Varsenik Manucharyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 27.54
5720 Kimiko Raheem Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 27.56
5856 Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 27.66 NR
5960 Marie Khoury Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 27.85
5962 Naima Hazell Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 27.85
6161 Mariam Imnadze Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 27.95
6254 Bisma Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 28.05
6369 Lina Khiyara Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 28.17
6430 Judith Meauri Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 28.30
6552 Daila Ismatul Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 28.31
6655 Fjorda Shabani Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 28.34
6759 Noelani Day Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 28.67
6857 Jamila Sanmoogan Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 28.72
6922 Dirngulbai Misech Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 28.88
7050 Anastasiia Filina Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 28.99
7139 Sofia Shah Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 29.05
7212 Naomy Grand'Pierre Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 29.07
7358 Camille Koenig Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 29.14
7425 Latroya Pina Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 29.34
7553 Avice Meya Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 29.49
7638 Alaa Binrajab Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 29.55
7716 Angelika Ouedraogo Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 29.60
7851 Ann-Marie Hepler Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 29.63
7936 Taffi Illis Flag of Sint Maarten.svg  Sint Maarten 29.76
8044 Margie Winter Flag of Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Micronesia 29.80
8143 Ammara Pinto Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 29.98
8145 Anastasiya Tyurina Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 29.98
8317 Hemthon Vitiny Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 30.01
8446 Dania Nour Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 30.46
8541 Nafissath Radji Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 30.85
8633 Junayna Ahmed Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 30.96
8742 Domingas Munhemeze Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 30.98
8847 Siri Arun Budcharern Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 31.32
8948 Sylvia Caloiaro Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 31.51
9032 Nada Arkaji Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 31.57
9149 Chloe Sauvourel Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 32.16
9224 Rahel Gebresilassie Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 32.36
9337 Aya Mpali Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 32.68
9434 Roukaya Mahamane Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 33.71
9540 Imelda Ximenes Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor 34.64
9628 Haneen Ibrahim Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 34.81
9726 Tity Dumbuya Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 34.85
9815 Odrina Kaze Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 34.97
9927 Safia Houssein Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 37.16
10014 Ida Cham Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 45.44
21 Juanita Ndong Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea DSQ
13 Grace Kadje Flag of Togo.svg  Togo DNS
78 Naomi Ruele Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
91 Kayla Sanchez Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
106 Charlotte Bonnet Flag of France.svg  France
108 Farida Osman Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 27 July at 20:17. [4]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24.09Q
25 Pernille Blume Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 24.14Q
36 Liu Xiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24.46QSO
43 Abbey Weitzeil Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.58
52 Femke Heemskerk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.77
68 Julie Meynen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 24.78 NR
77 Michelle Coleman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.94
81 Katarzyna Wilk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.03

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.05Q
25 Simone Manuel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.21Q
33 Maria Kameneva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.33Q
47 Anna Hopkin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24.34Q
56 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.38Q
62 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24.46QSO
78 Julie Kepp Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 24.89
81 Lidón Muñoz del Campo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25.02

Swim-off

The swim-off was started on 27 July at 22:33. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24.38Q
24 Liu Xiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24.53

Final

The final was held on 28 July at 20:47. [6]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Simone Manuel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.05
Silver medal icon.svg4 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.07
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24.11
43 Pernille Blume Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 24.12
52 Maria Kameneva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.31
61 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.35
77 Anna Hopkin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24.40
88 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24.48

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