2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	WFCU Centre
Dates:	10 December (heats and semifinals) 11 December (final)
Competitors:	113
Nations:	83
Win Value:	23.60
Gold:	Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Goldnoc:	NED
Silver:	Silvia Di Pietro
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Madison Kennedy
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2014
Next:	2018

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 and 11 December 2016.^[1]

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Ranomi Kromowidjojo		23.24	Eindhoven	7 August 2013
Championship record	Marleen Veldhuis		23.25	Manchester	13 April 2008

The heats were held at 11:28.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	12	4		24.03	Q
2	11	3		24.04	Q
3	12	3		24.11	Q
3	13	4		24.11	Q
5	11	5		24.21	Q
6	12	5		24.30	Q
7	13	5		24.31	WD
8	11	8		24.33	Q
9	11	6		24.34	Q
10	13	1		24.35	Q
11	12	2		24.42	Q
12	13	2		24.49	Q
12	13	6		24.49	WD
12	13	8		24.49	Q
15	13	3		24.56	Q
16	12	8		24.60	Q
17	11	0		24.66	Q
18	12	6		24.67	Q
19	11	7		24.69
20	12	1		24.71
21	11	2		24.72
22	12	9		24.78
23	11	1		24.84
24	13	0		24.97
25	13	7		25.06
26	12	0		25.08
27	10	5		25.18
28	10	4		25.23
29	10	9		25.27
30	9	3		25.28
31	9	8		25.29
32	10	1		25.42
33	10	6		25.46
34	9	4		25.54
35	11	9		25.58
36	8	2		25.59
37	9	7		25.64
38	10	7		25.74
39	10	2		25.77
40	9	6		25.79
40	10	0		25.79
42	9	1		25.80
43	7	8		25.82
44	10	3		25.84
45	9	5		25.90
46	12	7		25.96
47	8	5		25.99
48	8	8		26.08
49	9	9		26.10
50	8	4		26.13
51	10	8		26.15
52	8	1		26.49
52	8	3		26.49
54	8	0		26.60
55	5	2		26.61
55	8	7		26.61
57	8	9		26.64
58	9	2		26.66
59	7	3		26.73
60	5	3		26.79
60	8	6		26.79
62	6	2		26.85
63	7	5		26.86
64	1	2		26.89
65	6	4		26.96
66	7	7		27.02
67	6	3		27.04
68	7	4		27.13
69	5	0		27.15
69	7	2		27.15
71	6	6		27.27
72	6	9		27.39
73	6	7		27.49
74	5	1		27.51
75	7	0		27.53
76	7	6		27.54
77	4	6		27.57
77	5	5		27.57
79	7	9		27.60
80	5	6		27.65
81	7	1	Dara Al-Bakry	27.68
82	6	5		27.71
83	4	4		27.83
83	5	8		27.83
85	6	1		27.88
86	6	0		27.92
87	4	5		27.95
87	5	7		27.95
89	4	2		28.03
90	5	4		28.15
91	4	7		28.18
92	4	1		28.58
93	3	5		28.71
94	5	9		28.94
95	3	4		29.04
95	4	3		29.04
97	4	0		29.25
98	4	8		29.29
99	3	8		29.33
100	3	7		29.34
101	4	9		29.35
102	2	5		29.61
103	3	3		29.74
104	3	0		29.81
105	3	1		29.89
106	3	6		30.14
107	2	4		30.64
108	2	8		31.14
108	3	9		31.14
110	2	6		32.43
111	2	9		32.78
112	2	0		36.80
113	1	4		37.23
-	1	1			DNS
-	1	3			DNS
-	1	5			DNS
-	1	6			DNS
-	1	7			DNS
-	2	1			DNS
-	2	2			DNS
-	2	3			DNS
-	2	7			DNS
-	3	2			DNS
-	6	8			DNS
-	9	0			DNS
-	11	4			DNS
-	13	9			DNS

The semifinals were held at 19:16.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	23.99	Q
2	3	24.04	Q
3	6	24.17	Q
4	5	24.18	Q
4	7	24.18	Q
6	1	24.23
7	2	24.27
8	8	24.58

The Final was held at 20:02.^[4]

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