2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	20 December (heats and semifinals) 21 December (final)
Competitors:	90
Nations:	84
Win Value:	23.08 CR
Gold:	Sarah Sjöström
Goldnoc:	SWE
Silver:	Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Silvernoc:	NED
Bronze:	Katarzyna Wasick
Bronzenoc:	POL
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 20 and 21 December 2021.^[1]

Records

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

The following new records were set during this competition:

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 20 December at 10:58.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	11	4			23.31	Q
2	10	4			23.63	Q
3	11	5			23.69	Q
4	9	4			23.86	Q
5	10	5			23.89	Q
6	9	3			24.04	Q
7	10	3			24.08	Q
8	11	9			24.11	Q
9	10	6			24.15	Q
9	11	3			24.15	Q
9	11	6			24.15	Q
12	9	5			24.23	Q
13	11	1			24.34	Q
14	11	2			24.40	Q
15	8	3			24.43	Q
16	10	7			24.44	Q
17	9	1			24.56
18	9	7			24.60
19	7	5			24.67	NR
20	8	7			24.78
20	8	8			24.78
22	10	1			24.83
23	8	6			24.86
24	9	9			24.89
25	8	4			24.94
26	10	8			24.99
27	11	8			25.04
28	8	9			25.09
29	9	0			25.12
29	11	0			25.12
31	7	7			25.15	NR
32	7	2			25.19
33	10	9			25.21
34	8	2			25.25
35	7	3			25.35	NR
36	7	8			25.40	NR
37	8	0			25.42
38	7	6			25.64
39	7	4			25.72
40	10	0			25.91
41	1	0			26.00
42	6	4			26.13
42	7	1			26.13
44	6	5			26.18
45	6	2			26.32	NR
46	7	0			26.57
47	6	3			26.59
48	6	1			26.60
49	1	2			26.61
50	6	7			26.79
51	5	2			26.86
52	6	0			26.87
53	7	9			26.96
54	6	6			26.97
55	2	0			27.11
56	5	4			27.21
57	5	3			27.25
58	6	8			27.27
59	6	9			27.29
60	5	5			27.30
61	5	7			27.50
62	4	3			27.57	NR
63	5	6			27.61
64	2	2			27.76
65	2	7			27.84
66	5	9			28.03
67	4	5			28.14
68	5	8			28.16
69	2	5			28.38
70	1	5			28.42	NR
71	3	6			28.71
72	5	0			28.75
73	4	6			28.98
74	4	1			29.11
75	4	2			29.23
76	4	8			29.71
77	2	8			29.96
78	1	6			30.03
79	4	0			30.50
80	1	8			31.54
81	3	5			32.00
82	4	9			32.75
83	3	2			32.84
84	3	3			33.47
85	3	4			33.78
86	2	1			36.59
87	3	8			37.20
88	3	9			42.80
89	1	7			50.31
	3	1
	1	1
	1	3
	1	4
	2	3
	2	4
	2	6
	2	9
	3	0
	3	7
	4	4
	4	7
	5	1
	8	1
	8	5
	9	2
	9	6
	9	8
	10	2
	11	7

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 20 December at 18:47.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			23.30	Q
2	1	4			23.41	Q
3	1	5			23.54	Q
4	2	5			23.63	Q
5	2	3			23.74	Q
6	1	6			23.80	Q
7	1	3			23.90	Q
8	2	7			23.94	Q
9	1	2			23.96
10	2	6			24.00
11	1	7			24.02
12	2	2			24.03
13	2	1			24.05
14	1	8			24.15
15	1	1			24.43
16	2	8			24.49

Final

The final was held on 21 December at 19:37.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			23.08	CR
	3			23.31
	5			23.40
4	2			23.48	NR
5	6			23.58
6	7			23.91
7	1			23.96
8	8			23.98

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 17 December 2021. 20 December 2021.
2. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190201EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Heats results
3. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190201EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Semifinals results
4. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500190201EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Final results