Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly explained

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The Women's 50m Butterfly at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 30 March (prelims & semifinals) and the evening of 31 March (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 99 swimmers were entered in the event, of whom 93 swam.

Existing records at the start of the event were:

• World Record (WR)

25.57, Anna-Karin Kammerling (Sweden), 30 July 2002 in Berlin, Germany.

• Championship Record (CR)

25.84, Inge de Bruijn (Netherlands), Barcelona 2003 (26 July 2003)

Results

Finals

Place	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1st			25.91
2nd			26.05
3rd			26.11
4th			26.32
5th			26.41
6th			26.77
7th			26.80
8th			27.06

Semifinals

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Note
1			25.82	Q, CR
2			26.20	Q
3			26.48	Q
4			26.57	Q
5			26.69	Q
6			26.81	Q
7			26.82	Q
8			26.86	Q
9			26.89
10			26.91
11			26.95
12			26.99
13			27.10
14			27.12
15			27.17
16			27.27

Preliminaries

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Note
1			26.34	Q
2			26.58	Q
3			26.60	Q
4			26.67	Q
5			26.81	Q
				Q
7			26.99	Q
8			27.13	Q
9			27.15	Q
10			27.17	Q
				Q
				Q
13			27.26	Q
14			27.27	Q
15			27.30	Q
16			27.31	Q
17			27.35
18			27.36
19			27.46
21			27.60
22			27.73
23			27.77
24			27.83
26			27.87
28			27.92
29			27.95
30			28.02
31			28.10
32			28.12
33			28.15
34			28.20
35			28.23
36			28.25
37			28.30
38			28.40
39			28.46
40			28.50
41			28.64
42			28.65
43			28.81
44			28.98
45			29.11
46			29.11
47			29.16
49			29.45
50			29.53
51			29.63
52			29.64
53			30.02
54			30.19
56			30.33
57			30.37
58			30.50
59			30.52
60			30.61
61			30.74
62			30.77
63			30.79
65			30.82
66			30.91
67			30.96
68			31.07
69			31.12
71			31.14
72			31.52
74			31.56
75			31.63
76			32.07
77			32.20
78			32.54
79			32.55
80			32.57
81			33.42
82			33.61
83			33.78
84			33.80
85			33.98
86			34.00
87			34.04
88			35.02
89			35.13
90			35.88
91			36.14
92			37.71
93			41.83
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--			DQ

See also

• Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly
• Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly

References

• Women's 50m Butterfly Preliminary results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11.
• Women's 50m Butterfly Semifinals results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11.
• Women's 50m Butterfly Final results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11.