Women's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | World Aquatics Championships Arena | |||||||||
Location | Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang | |||||||||
Dates | 2 August (heats and semifinals) 3 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 59 from 55 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 29.55 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2025 World Aquatics Championships | |||
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Artistic swimming | |||
Solo | |||
Technical | men | women | |
Free | men | women | |
Duet | |||
Technical | women | mixed | |
Free | women | mixed | |
Team | |||
Technical | mixed | ||
Free | mixed | ||
Acrobatic | mixed | ||
Diving | |||
Individual | |||
1 m | men | women | |
3 m | men | women | |
10 m | men | women | |
Synchronised | |||
3 m | men | women | mixed |
10 m | men | women | mixed |
Individual & Synchronised | |||
Team | mixed | ||
High diving | |||
20 m | women | ||
27 m | men | ||
Open water swimming | |||
Individual | |||
3 km knockout sprints | men | women | |
5 km | men | women | |
10 km | men | women | |
Relay | |||
4 × 1.5 km | mixed | ||
Swimming | |||
Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
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 | |||
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
Freestyle relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | women | mixed |
4 × 200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | women | mixed |
Water polo | |||
Tournament | men | women | |
Rosters | men | women | |
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]
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 States’ Lilly 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]
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]
Swimmer | Country | Time | Competition |
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Benedetta Pilato | ![]() | 29.59 | 2024 Campionato Italiano Assoluto |
Tang Qianting | ![]() | 29.64 | 2024 Chinese Championships |
Eneli Jefimova | ![]() | 29.83 | 2025 Helsinki Swim Meet |
Lilly King | ![]() | 29.88 | 2025 United States Championships |
McKenzie Siroky | ![]() | 30.05 | 2025 United States Championships |
Tatjana Smith | ![]() | 30.09 | 2024 South African Championships |
Anita Bottazzo | ![]() | 30.15 | 2025 Canadian Trials |
Lara van Niekerk | ![]() | 30.16 | 2024 South African Championships |
Rūta Meilutytė | ![]() | 30.18 | 2025 Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm |
Anna Elendt | ![]() | 30.28 | Monaco stop of the 2025 Mare Nostrum Swim Tour |
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. [7]
World record | ![]() | 29.16 | Fukuoka, Japan | 30 July 2023 |
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Competition record | ![]() | 29.16 | Fukuoka, Japan | 30 July 2023 |
The heats took place on 2 August at 10:52. [8] [9]
The swim-off was started on 2 August at 12:28. [12]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Silje Slyngstadli | ![]() | 30.48 | R1, NR [10] |
2 | 5 | McKenzie Siroky | ![]() | 30.56 | R2 |
The semifinals took place on 2 August at 19:27. [8] [13]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | ![]() | 29.54 | Q |
2 | 2 | 5 | Tang Qianting | ![]() | 30.04 | Q |
3 | 1 | 6 | Benedetta Pilato | ![]() | 30.20 | Q |
4 | 1 | 2 | Lilly King | ![]() | 30.22 | Q |
5 | 1 | 4 | Eneli Jefimova | ![]() | 30.25 | Q |
6 | 2 | 7 | Anastasia Gorbenko | ![]() | 30.30 | Q, NR |
7 | 2 | 6 | Anita Bottazzo | ![]() | 30.31 | Q |
8 | 1 | 3 | Veera Kivirinta | ![]() | 30.37 | Q |
9 | 1 | 5 | Anna Elendt | ![]() | 30.40 | |
10 | 2 | 8 | Sophie Hansson | ![]() | 30.47 | |
11 | 2 | 3 | Barbara Mazurkiewicz | ![]() | 30.54 | |
12 | 1 | 7 | Macarena Ceballos | ![]() | 30.56 | NR [14] |
13 | 1 | 8 | Sienna Toohey | ![]() | 30.58 | |
14 | 1 | 1 | Henrietta Fangli | ![]() | 30.81 | |
15 | 2 | 1 | Teya Nikolova | ![]() | 30.88 | |
16 | 2 | 2 | Yang Chang | ![]() | 30.91 |
The final took place on 3 August at 19:10. [8] [15]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | ![]() | 29.55 | |
![]() | 5 | Tang Qianting | ![]() | 30.03 | |
![]() | 3 | Benedetta Pilato | ![]() | 30.14 | |
4 | 1 | Anita Bottazzo | ![]() | 30.21 | |
5 | 6 | Lilly King | ![]() | 30.25 | |
6 | 2 | Eneli Jefimova | ![]() | 30.29 | |
7 | 7 | Anastasia Gorbenko | ![]() | 30.45 | |
8 | 8 | Veera Kivirinta | ![]() | 30.68 |