Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle

Women's 50 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Centre. Paris La Défense Arena
Dates	3 August 2024 (Heats and Semis) 4 August 2024 (Final)
Competitors	79 from 72 nations
Winning time	23.71
Medalists
Sarah Sjöström   Sweden Meg Harris   Australia Zhang Yufei   China
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The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 4 August 2024 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre at Paris La Defense Arena. ^[1] It will be the event's tenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1988.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record	Sarah Sjöström  (SWE)	23.61	Budapest, Hungary	29 July 2023
Olympic record	Emma McKeon  (AUS)	23.81	Tokyo, Japan	1 August 2021

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Event	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Record
3 August	Semifinal 2	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	23.66	OR

Qualification

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT). ^{[2] [3]}

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline. ^[2]

Time standards

The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024. ^[4]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Qualification times
Event	OQT*	OCT^
50 m freestyle	24.70	24.82

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

Competition format

The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
3 August 2024	11:00	Heats
	20:37	Semifinals
4 August 2024	18:30	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	10	4	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	23.85	Q
2	9	4	Katarzyna Wasick	Poland	24.27	Q
3	10	5	Gretchen Walsh	United States	24.37	Q
4	8	4	Shayna Jack	Australia	24.38	Q
5	9	3	Meg Harris	Australia	24.50	Q
6	8	5	Zhang Yufei	China	24.54	Q
7	8	3	Michelle Coleman	Sweden	24.55	Q
8	10	3	Wu Qingfeng	China	24.57	Q
	10	6	Taylor Ruck	Canada		Q
10	8	6	Béryl Gastaldello	France	24.60	Q
11	8	8	Julie Kepp Jensen	Denmark	24.64	Q
	9	8	Neža Klančar	Slovenia		Q, NR
13	8	2	Sara Curtis	Italy	24.67	Q
14	8	7	Florine Gaspard	Belgium	24.69	Q
15	9	6	Anna Hopkin	Great Britain	24.72	Q
	9	7	Valerie van Roon	Netherlands		Q
17	10	7	Theodora Drakou	Greece	24.80
18	9	1	Kim Busch	Netherlands	24.87
	9	5	Simone Manuel	United States
20	10	8	Kornelia Fiedkiewicz	Poland	24.94
21	8	1	Danielle Hill	Ireland	25.02
22	10	2	Melanie Henique	France	25.05
23	7	4	Jenjira Srisaard	Thailand	25.18
24	9	2	Petra Senanszky	Hungary	25.21
25	10	1	Jana Pavalic	Croatia	25.24
26	7	5	Anicka Delgado	Ecuador	25.43
27	7	2	Maria Brunlehner	Kenya	25.82
28	7	3	María José Ribera	Bolivia	26.07
29	7	6	Sabrina Lyn	Jamaica	26.08
30	6	7	Elizaveta Rogozhnikova	Kyrgyzstan	26.26
31	7	7	Rhanishka Gibbs	Bahamas	26.27
32	7	1	Mia Phiri	Zambia	26.49
	7	8	Chloë Farro	Aruba
34	6	1	Adaku Nwandu	Nigeria	26.62
35	6	5	Mariam Sheikhalizadehkhanghah	Azerbaijan	26.76
36	6	3	Joselle Mensah	Ghana	26.81
37	6	2	Anahira McCutcheon	Fiji	26.88
38	6	4	Apsara Sakbun	Cambodia	26.90
39	6	8	Antsa Rabejaona	Madagascar	27.12
40	5	3	Jovana Kuljaca	Montenegro	27.19
41	5	7	Christina Rach	Eritrea	27.20
42	5	4	Kennice Aphenie Greene	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27.23
43	6	6	Hana Beiqi	Kosovo	27.34
44	5	5	Georgia-Leigh Vele	Papua New Guinea	27.61
45	5	2	Ionnah Eliane Douillet	Benin	27.64
46	4	4	Noelie Annette Lacour	Gabon	27.68
47	5	6	Khema Elizabeth	Seychelles	28.18
48	5	1	Kaiya Brown	Samoa	28.31
49	5	8	Sophia Latiff	Tanzania	28.42
50	4	3	Hayley Wong	Brunei	28.52
51	4	5	Noelani Malia Day	Tonga	28.60
52	4	6	Kestra Kihleng	Federated States of Micronesia	28.81
53	4	2	Ekaterina Bordachyova	Tajikistan	28.85
54	4	8	Loane Russet	Vanuatu	28.86
55	4	7	Tayamika Chang'anamuno	Malawi	29.32
56	4	1	Aishath Ulya Shaig	Maldives	29.39
57	2	8	Maesha Saadi	Comoros	29.60
58	3	4	Lois Eliora Irishura	Burundi	29.63
59	3	3	Mayah Chouloute	Haiti	29.78
60	3	1	Jasmine Schofield	Dominica	29.91
61	3	2	Kaelyn Ciara Suryanti Djoparto	Suriname	29.99
62	2	4	Kayla Hepler	Marshall Islands	30.33
	3	7	Iman Kouraogo	Burkina Faso
64	3	6	Mst Sonia Khatun	Bangladesh	30.52
	3	8	Yuri Hosei	Palau
66	2	6	Grace Manuela Nguelo'O	Cameroon	30.98
67	3	5	Isabella Millar	Solomon Islands	31.32
68	2	5	Lina Alemayehu Selo	Ethiopia	31.87
69	2	3	Djenabou Jolie Bah	Guinea	31.90
70	2	1	Lidwine Umuhoza Uwase	Rwanda	32.03
71	2	7	Imelda Ximenes Belo	East Timor	32.48
72	2	2	Adele Sodalo Agnes Gaitou	Togo	32.50
73	1	3	Vanessa Bobimbo	Republic of the Congo	33.01
74	1	5	Salima Ahmadou Youssoufou	Niger	33.66
75	1	4	Nina Amison	Djibouti	33.69
76	1	6	Tracy Marine Andet	Central African Republic	34.95
77	1	2	Aichata Diabate	Mali	37.55
78	1	7	Olamide Sam	Sierra Leone	42.87
79	1	1	Divine Miansadi Mpolo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	44.10

Semifinals

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	23.66	Q, OR
2	2	5	Gretchen Walsh	United States	24.17	Q
3	1	4	Katarzyna Wasick	Poland	24.23	Q
4	1	3	Zhang Yufei	China	24.24	Q
5	1	5	Shayna Jack	Australia	24.29	Q
6	2	3	Meg Harris	Australia	24.33	Q
7	1	6	Wu Qingfeng	China	24.40	Q
	1	7	Neža Klančar	Slovenia		Q, NR
9	2	6	Michelle Coleman	Sweden	24.47
10	2	8	Anna Hopkin	Great Britain	24.50
11	1	2	Beryl Gastaldello	France	24.66
12	1	8	Valerie van Roon	Netherlands	24.67
13	2	2	Taylor Ruck	Canada	24.72
14	2	1	Sara Curtis	Italy	24.77
15	1	1	Florine Gaspard	Belgium	24.82
16	2	7	Julie Kepp Jensen	Denmark	24.98

Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	4	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	23.71
	7	Meg Harris	Australia	23.97
	6	Zhang Yufei	China	24.20
4	5	Gretchen Walsh	United States	24.21
5	3	Katarzyna Wasick	Poland	24.33
6	8	Neža Klančar	Slovenia	24.35	NR
7	1	Wu Qingfeng	China	24.37
8	2	Shayna Jack	Australia	24.39

References

1. "Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Schedule". Paris 2024.
2. "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
3. Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 12 November 2022.
4. "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.