Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

Women's 50 metre freestyle at the Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Aspire Dome
Location	Doha, Qatar
Dates	17 February (heats and semifinal) 18 February (final)
Winning time	23.69
Medalists
Sarah Sjöström    Sweden   Kate Douglass    United States   Katarzyna Wasick    Poland
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The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 February 2024. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. ^[3]

World record	Sarah Sjöström  (SWE)	23.61	Fukuoka, Japan	29 July 2023
Competition record	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	23.61	Fukuoka, Japan	29 July 2023

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 17 February at 09:32. ^[4]

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 17 February at 19:50. ^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	23.90	Q
2	1	5	Katarzyna Wasick	Poland	24.01	Q, NR
3	1	4	Kate Douglass	United States	24.24	Q
4	2	5	Shayna Jack	Australia	24.44	Q
5	2	3	Anna Hopkin	Great Britain	24.51	Q
6	1	3	Michelle Coleman	Sweden	24.65	Q
7	1	6	Kornelia Fiedkiewicz	Poland	24.71	Q
8	2	6	Taylor Ruck	Canada	24.72	Q
9	1	2	Marrit Steenbergen	Netherlands	24.74
9	2	2	Melanie Henique	France	24.74
11	2	7	Julie Kepp Jensen	Denmark	24.80
12	1	1	Kim Busch	Netherlands	24.86
13	2	1	Neža Klančar	Slovenia	24.87
14	1	8	Kalia Antoniou	Cyprus	24.96
15	2	8	Lyu Yue	China	25.04
16	1	7	Farida Osman	Egypt	25.07

Final

The final was held on 18 February at 19:46. ^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	23.69
	3	Kate Douglass	United States	23.91	AM
	5	Katarzyna Wasick	Poland	23.95	NR
4	6	Shayna Jack	Australia	24.27
5	8	Taylor Ruck	Canada	24.50
6	2	Anna Hopkin	Great Britain	24.51
7	1	Kornelia Fiedkiewicz	Poland	24.69
8	7	Michelle Coleman	Sweden	24.79

References

1. "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
2. "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
3. "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
4. "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 17 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
5. "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 17 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
6. "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 18 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.