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

Event:	Women's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location:	Melbourne, Australia
Dates:	16 December (heats and semifinals) 17 December (final)
Competitors:	58
Nations:	54
Win Value:	23.04 CR
Gold:	Emma McKeon
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Katarzyna Wasick
Silvernoc:	POL
Bronze:	Anna Hopkin
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 and 17 December 2022.^[1]

Records

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

The following new records were set during this competition:

The heats were started on 16 December at 11:58.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	8	4	23.74	Q
2	6	5	23.77	Q
3	8	2	23.79	Q
4	7	3	23.86	Q
4	7	6	23.86	Q
6	7	4	23.93	Q
7	7	5	23.94	Q
8	6	6	23.98	Q
9	8	8	24.16	Q, NR
10	6	4	24.17	Q
11	8	7	24.24	Q
12	6	3	24.33	Q
12	8	3	24.33	Q
14	7	2	24.37	Q
15	6	1	24.59	Q
16	5	4	24.67	Q
17	8	1	24.69	NR
18	7	7	24.74
19	6	2	24.86
20	5	2	24.93
20	5	5	24.93
20	6	7	24.93
23	7	1	24.96
24	5	1	24.99
25	4	3	25.07	NR
26	4	4	25.09	NR
27	6	8	25.19
28	7	8	25.24
29	5	6	25.36
30	5	3	25.61
31	4	6	25.64	NR
32	5	7	25.69
33	5	8	26.09
34	4	5	26.15
35	4	7	26.16
36	4	1	26.42
36	4	2	26.42
38	3	4	26.84
39	4	8	27.15
40	3	5	27.43
41	3	2	27.63
42	2	1	27.87
43	3	6	28.18
44	1	5	28.73
45	1	4	28.84
45	2	6	28.84
47	2	4	28.92
48	2	5	29.04
49	3	1	29.71
50	1	7	29.75
51	3	7	29.77
52	1	6	29.87
53	3	8	30.31
54	2	3	30.35
55	2	8	32.04
56	2	2	32.95
57	2	7	34.70
58	1	1	41.41
	1	2
	1	3
	3	3
	8	5
	8	6

The semifinals were started on 16 December at 20:25.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	23.37	Q
2	1	3	23.51	Q
3	2	6	23.77	Q
4	1	5	23.79	Q
5	2	5	23.93	Q
6	1	4	23.97	Q
7	1	6	24.00	Q
7	2	3	24.00	Q
9	2	2	24.13	NR
10	1	7	24.19
11	2	1	24.21
12	1	2	24.22
13	2	7	24.25
14	1	1	24.34
15	1	8	24.53
16	2	8	24.67

The final was held on 17 December at 21:33.^[4]

Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 5 December 2022. 8 December 2022.
Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle – Heats – Results Summary. Omega Timing. 16 December 2022. 16 December 2022.
Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle – Semifinals – Results Summary. Omega Timing. 16 December 2022. 16 December 2022.
Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle – Final – Results. Omega Timing. 17 December 2022. 17 December 2022.