Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

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Women's 50 metre breaststroke
at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Venue World Aquatics Championships Arena
Location Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang
Dates2 August (heats and semifinals)
3 August (final)
Competitors59 from 55 nations
Winning time29.55
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2024
2027  

The women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 2 to 3 August 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore. [1] [2]

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Background

Lithuania’s Rūta Meilutytė, the reigning world record holder and three-time defending champion, was the favourite to win the event. Meilutytė had set the current world mark of 29.16 at the 2023 Championships and had dominated the event since returning to swimming in 2022. Italy’s Benedetta Pilato, a former record holder and four-time Worlds medalist in this event, had returned her focus to the 50-metre event after emphasizing the 100 in past seasons. Estonia’s 18-year-old Eneli Jefimova led the 2025 world rankings and had been improving her times at the senior level following two prior World Championship finals. The United StatesLilly King, a consistent sub-30 performer and two-time world champion in this event, made her final individual appearance before retirement. China’s Tang Qianting, the 2024 Worlds silver medalist, was also among the key contenders. [3]

Qualification

Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but they could do so only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 30.75 seconds. Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time. For this event, the "B" standard qualification time was 31.83 seconds. Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an "A" or "B" standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else. Additional considerations applied to Federations who had few swimmers enter through the standard qualification times. Federations in this category could at least enter two men and two women to the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events. [4] [5]

Top 10 fastest qualification times [6]
SwimmerCountryTimeCompetition
Benedetta Pilato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 29.592024 Campionato Italiano Assoluto
Tang Qianting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 29.642024 Chinese Championships
Eneli Jefimova Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 29.832025 Helsinki Swim Meet
Lilly King Flag of the United States.svg  United States 29.88 2025 United States Championships
McKenzie Siroky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 30.05 2025 United States Championships
Tatjana Smith Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 30.092024 South African Championships
Anita Bottazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 30.152025 Canadian Trials
Lara van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 30.162024 South African Championships
Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 30.182025 Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm
Anna Elendt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 30.28Monaco stop of the 2025 Mare Nostrum Swim Tour

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. [7]

World record Flag of Lithuania.svg  Rūta Meilutytė  (LTU)29.16 Fukuoka, Japan30 July 2023
Competition recordFlag of Lithuania.svg Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)29.16 Fukuoka, Japan30 July 2023

Heats

The heats took place on 2 August at 10:52. [8] [9]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
163 Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 29.82Q
244 Eneli Jefimova Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 30.13Q
354 Tang Qianting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 30.15Q
453 Anna Elendt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 30.17Q
568 Barbara Mazurkiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 30.22Q, NR [10]
646 Veera Kivirinta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 30.36Q
745 Anita Bottazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 30.42Q
864 Benedetta Pilato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 30.46Q
961 Yang Chang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 30.54Q
1065 Lilly King Flag of the United States.svg  United States 30.59Q
1156 Anastasia Gorbenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 30.60Q
1257 Macarena Ceballos Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 30.65Q
1367 Henrietta Fangli Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 30.67Q
1341 Teya Nikolova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 30.67Q, NR [10]
1566 Sophie Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 30.71Q
1658 Sienna Toohey Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30.76Q
1742 Silje Slyngstadli Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 30.80S/off
1755 McKenzie Siroky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 30.80S/off
1948 Alina Zmushka   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes A 30.82
2062 Dominika Sztandera Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 30.88
2143 Satomi Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 30.91
2260 Alexanne Lepage Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 30.98
2733 Kaylene Corbett Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 31.43
2840 Jimena Ruiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 31.50
2935 Andrea Podmaníková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 31.56
3038 Phee Jinq En Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 31.78
3136 Mercedes Toledo Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 31.80
3269 Jenjira Srisaard Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 31.83
2347 Kotryna Teterevkova Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 31.02
2450 Letitia Sim Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 31.12
2552 Mona McSharry Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 31.28
2651 Evgeniia Chikunova   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 31.34
3359 Adelaida Pchelintseva Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 31.86
3432 Ko Ha-ru Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 31.99
3539 Melissa Rodríguez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 32.00
3631 Lynn El Hajj Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 32.25
3730 Chen Pui Lam Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 32.27
3834 Chiu Yi-chen Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 32.60
3925 Imane Houda El Barodi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 32.68
4026 Jayla Pina Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 33.26 NR [11]
4122 Lea Hojsted Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 33.38
4223 Valerie Tarazi Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 33.39
4327 Stella Gjoka Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 33.61 NR [10]
4424 Alicia Kok Shun Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 34.40
4518 Maria Batallones Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 34.53
4628 Sairy Escalante Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Honduras 35.34
4721 Aminata Barrow Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 35.70
4812 Maesha Saadi Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 36.23
4917 Hareem Malik Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 37.11
5015 Tamsiri Christine Niyomxay Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 38.63
5110 Ceylia Djeutcha Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 40.92
5216 Skyla Connor Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.19
5313 Oumou Sangafe Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 48.38
11 Rosita Manana Bindang Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Did not start
14 Nadine Dju Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau
20 Olamide Sam Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
37 Nikoletta Pavlopoulou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
49 Lisa Mamié Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
29 Marie Mebelle Camara Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Disqualified

Swim-off

The swim-off was started on 2 August at 12:28. [12]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Silje Slyngstadli Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 30.48R1, NR [10]
25 McKenzie Siroky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 30.56R2

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 2 August at 19:27. [8] [13]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
124 Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 29.54Q
225 Tang Qianting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 30.04Q
316 Benedetta Pilato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 30.20Q
412 Lilly King Flag of the United States.svg  United States 30.22Q
514 Eneli Jefimova Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 30.25Q
627 Anastasia Gorbenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 30.30Q, NR
726 Anita Bottazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 30.31Q
813 Veera Kivirinta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 30.37Q
915 Anna Elendt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 30.40
1028 Sophie Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 30.47
1123 Barbara Mazurkiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 30.54
1217 Macarena Ceballos Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 30.56 NR [14]
1318 Sienna Toohey Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30.58
1411 Henrietta Fangli Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 30.81
1521 Teya Nikolova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 30.88
1622 Yang Chang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 30.91

Final

The final took place on 3 August at 19:10. [8] [15]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 29.55
Silver medal icon.svg5 Tang Qianting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 30.03
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Benedetta Pilato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 30.14
41 Anita Bottazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 30.21
56 Lilly King Flag of the United States.svg  United States 30.25
62 Eneli Jefimova Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 30.29
77 Anastasia Gorbenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 30.45
88 Veera Kivirinta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 30.68

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