Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 50m Freestyle
Competition:	2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Palau Sant Jordi
Dates:	26 July (prelims, semifinals) 27 July (final)
Win Value:	24.47 seconds
Gold:	Inge de Bruijn
Goldnoc:	NED
Silver:	Alice Mills
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Libby Lenton
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2001
Next:	2005

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The Women's 50m Freestyle event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 26–27 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary^[1] and semifinal^[2] heats swam on July 26, while the Final^[3] swam on July 27.

Prior to the event, the World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:

• WR: 24.13 swum by Inge de Bruijn (Netherlands) on September 22, 2000 in Sydney, Australia
• CR: 24.45 swum by Inge de Bruijn (Netherlands) on July 28, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan

Results

Final

Place	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1			24.47
2			25.07
3			25.08
4			25.10
5			25.14
6			25.17
7			25.49
8			25.53

Semifinals

Rank	Heat + Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	S1 L4			24.75	q
2	S1 L7			25.08	q
3	S2 L5			25.09	q
4	S1 L5			25.14	q
5	S2 L3			25.27	q
6	S1 L1			25.30	q
7	S2 L2			25.34	q
8	S2 L7			25.35	q
9	S2 L4			25.36
10	S1 L3			25.39
11	S2 L6			25.46
12	S1 L8			25.49
13	S1 L6			25.52
14	S2 L1			25.60
15	S2 L8			25.67
16	S1 L2			25.78

Preliminaries

Rank	Heat+Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	H12 L4			25.16	q
2	H14 L4			25.26	q
3	H14 L5			25.27	q
4	H13 L3			25.32	q
5	H12 L3			25.43	q
6	H12 L6			25.46	q
6	H13 L4			25.46	q
8	H13 L6			25.56	q
9	H14 L3			25.69	q
10	H14 L6			25.70	q
11	H12 L5	Martina Moravcová		25.72	q
12	H13 L5			25.76	q
13	H14 L2			25.79	q
13	H14 L1			25.79	q
15	H12 L1			25.84	q
16	H12 L2			25.88	q
17	H13 L7			25.89
18	H14 L8			26.01
19	H11 L6			26.02
20	H13 L2			26.03
21	H01 L3			26.06
21	H12 L7			26.06
23	H11 L3			26.10
24	H13 L8			26.13
25	H02 L3			26.15
26	H14 L7			26.20
27	H10 L1			26.32
28	H13 L1			26.33
29	H10 L5			26.44
29	H11 L8			26.44
31	H09 L4			26.48
32	H11 L4			26.50
33	H11 L1			26.56
34	H11 L2			26.60
35	H11 L5			26.64
36	H10 L4			26.68
37	H09 L6			26.69
37	H10 L3			26.69
39	H08 L8			26.76
40	H12 L8			26.81
41	H08 L3			26.87
42	H09 L1			26.89
43	H10 L2			26.94
44	H09 L3			26.95
45	H10 L6			27.07
46	H09 L7			27.09
47	H09 L8			27.14
47	H10 L8			27.14
49	H08 L5			27.16
50	H08 L2			27.19
51	H07 L5			27.21
52	H08 L7			27.28
53	H09 L2			27.29
54	H08 L1			27.34
55	H07 L6			27.45
56	H07 L4			27.51
57	H08 L4			27.54
58	H08 L6			27.57
59	H07 L3			27.65
60	H07 L7			27.67
61	H06 L4			27.97
62	H07 L2			28.29
63	H07 L8			28.41
64	H06 L2			28.45
65	H06 L6			28.56
66	H07 L1			28.62
67	H06 L5			28.76
68	H02 L2			29.05
69	H06 L7			29.14
70	H06 L3			29.28
71	H06 L8			29.33
72	H05 L4			29.36
73	H06 L1			29.57
74	H05 L3			29.59
75	H05 L5			29.78
76	H04 L4			29.84
77	H04 L2			30.33
77	H05 L6			30.33
79	H04 L6			30.47
80	H04 L8			30.56
81	H02 L8			30.60
82	H05 L7			30.65
83	H05 L1			30.83
84	H04 L7			30.85
85	H03 L3			31.00
86	H02 L7			31.12
87	H05 L8			31.25
88	H04 L3			31.30
89	H03 L6			31.37
90	H03 L5			31.42
90	H05 L2			31.42
92	H04 L1			31.95
93	H03 L4			32.17
94	H02 L4			32.40
95	H01 L5			33.30
96	H03 L8			34.36
97	H01 L6			34.68
98	H02 L5			35.55
99	H02 L6			42.05
100	H03 L1			44.88
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Notes and References

1. Worlds 2003 results: Women's 50m Free - prelims. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-27
2. Worlds 2003 results: Women's 50m Free - semis. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-27
3. Worlds 2003 results: Women's 50m Free - final. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-06-27