2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre butterfly
Competition:	2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location:	Melbourne, Australia
Dates:	13 December (heats and semifinals) 14 December (final)
Competitors:	42
Nations:	37
Win Value:	24.64
Gold:	Torri Huske
Goldnoc:	USA
Gold2:	Maggie Mac Neil
Goldnoc2:	CAN
Bronze:	Zhang Yufei
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 and 14 December 2022.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 13 December at 11:59.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	5			24.75	Q, NR
2	5	5			24.88	Q
3	4	6			25.04	Q
4	4	4			25.11	Q
5	5	4			25.13	Q
6	6	2			25.28	Q
7	4	3			25.30	Q
8	5	3			25.32	Q
8	6	3			25.32	Q
10	4	5			25.40	Q
11	6	4			25.43	Q
12	6	6			25.47	Q
13	6	7			25.50	Q
14	5	6			25.51	Q
15	5	2			25.63	Q
16	4	2			25.65	Q
17	5	7			25.85	NR
17	6	1			25.85
17	6	8			25.85	NR
20	3	4			26.04	NR
21	5	1			26.09	=NR
22	4	1			26.12	NR
23	5	8			26.30
24	3	6			26.40	NR
25	3	5			26.47	NR
26	4	7			26.48
27	4	8			27.08
28	3	3			27.09	NR
29	3	2		Suspended Member Federation	27.38
30	3	1			27.71
31	3	7			28.07
32	3	8			28.39
33	2	4			29.11	NR
34	1	4			29.32
35	2	3			29.81
36	2	6			31.16
37	2	2			31.25
38	1	3			31.29
39	1	6			31.95
40	2	7			35.18
41	2	1			36.90
42	2	8			43.54
	1	2
	1	5
	2	5

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 13 December at 19:45.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	3			24.78	Q
2	2	4			24.79	Q
3	1	5			24.86	Q
4	1	2			24.92	Q
4	1	4			24.92	Q
6	2	7			24.96	Q
7	2	6			25.06	Q
8	2	5			25.13	Q
9	1	3			25.14
10	1	6			25.36
11	2	8			25.38	NR
12	1	7			25.41
13	2	2			25.42
14	1	1			25.56
15	1	8			25.60
16	2	1			25.81

Final

The final was held on 14 December at 21:14.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			24.64
	4			24.64	NR
	5			24.71	=AS
4	1			24.85
5	2			24.92
5	7			24.92
7	6			24.98
8	8			25.18

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 5 December 2022. 8 December 2022.
2. Web site: Women's 50m Butterfly – Heats – Results Summary. Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. 13 December 2022.
3. Web site: Women's 50m Butterfly – Semifinals – Results Summary. Omega Timing. 13 December 2022. 14 December 2022.
4. Web site: Women's 50m Butterfly – Final – Results. Omega Timing. 14 December 2022. 17 December 2022.