Women's 50 metre freestyle 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 | 100 from 92 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 24.02 | |||||||||
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 freestyle event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 2 to 3 August at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore. [1] [2]
The event featured a wide-open field following the absence of Sweden's Sarah Sjöström, who had won the past three World Championship titles and the Paris 2024 Olympic gold. The primary gold medal contenders were Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske of the United States, and Meg Harris of Australia, all seeded with 23.9 seconds. Poland's Kasia Wasick, one of the few active swimmers to have broken 24 seconds before, was also in contention. China’s Wu Qingfeng and Cheng Yujie, along with rising Europeans such as Milou van Wijk of the Netherlands, were expected to contend for places in the final and possibly medal. [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 in an approved qualification event. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 24.86 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 25.73 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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Sarah Sjöström | ![]() | 23.66 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
Gretchen Walsh | ![]() | 23.91 | 2025 United States Championships |
Meg Harris | ![]() | 23.97 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
Torri Huske | ![]() | 23.98 | 2025 United States Championships |
Shayna Jack | ![]() | 23.99 | 2024 Australian Olympic Trials |
Kate Douglass | ![]() | 24.04 | 2025 United States Championships |
Simone Manuel | ![]() | 24.13 | 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials |
Wu Qingfeng | ![]() | 24.18 | 2025 Chinese Championships |
Zhang Yufei | ![]() | 24.20 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
Katarzyna Wasick | ![]() | 24.20 | Texas stop of the 2024 TYR Pro Series |
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. [7]
World record | ![]() | 23.61 | Fukuoka, Japan | 29 July 2023 |
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Competition record | ![]() | 23.61 | Fukuoka, Japan | 29 July 2023 |
The heats took place on 2 August at 10:02. [8] [9]
The semifinals took place on 2 August at 19:51. [8] [13]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | 5 | Katarzyna Wasick | ![]() | 24.19 | Q |
2 | 1 | 4 | Milou van Wijk | ![]() | 24.29 | Q |
3 | 1 | 1 | Gretchen Walsh | ![]() | 24.31 | Q |
3 | 2 | 4 | Meg Harris | ![]() | 24.31 | Q |
5 | 2 | 3 | Cheng Yujie | ![]() | 24.36 | Q |
5 | 2 | 6 | Wu Qingfeng | ![]() | 24.36 | Q |
7 | 2 | 1 | Torri Huske | ![]() | 24.41 | Q |
8 | 1 | 2 | Florine Gaspard | ![]() | 24.45 | Q |
9 | 2 | 5 | Sara Curtis | ![]() | 24.48 | |
10 | 2 | 2 | Taylor Ruck | ![]() | 24.53 | |
11 | 2 | 8 | Eva Okaro | ![]() | 24.55 | |
12 | 1 | 6 | Marrit Steenbergen | ![]() | 24.61 | |
13 | 1 | 3 | Béryl Gastaldello | ![]() | 24.64 | |
13 | 2 | 7 | Arina Surkova | ![]() | 24.64 | |
15 | 1 | 7 | Julie Kepp Jensen | ![]() | 24.77 | |
16 | 1 | 8 | Petra Senánszky | ![]() | 24.87 |
The final took place on 3 August at 19:18. [8] [14]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 6 | Meg Harris | ![]() | 24.02 | |
![]() | 7 | Wu Qingfeng | ![]() | 24.26 | |
![]() | 2 | Cheng Yujie | ![]() | 24.28 | |
4 | 3 | Gretchen Walsh | ![]() | 24.40 | |
5 | 5 | Milou van Wijk | ![]() | 24.47 | |
6 | 1 | Torri Huske | ![]() | 24.50 | |
7 | 8 | Florine Gaspard | ![]() | 24.63 | |
8 | 4 | Katarzyna Wasick | ![]() | 24.74 |