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

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The Women's 50m Freestyle at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 March (prelims & semifinals) and 1 April (finals) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. A total of 143 swimmers were entered in the event; 138 swam the event.

The existing records at the start of the competition were:

• World Record (WR)

24.13, Inge de Bruijn (Netherlands), 22 September 2000 in Sydney, Australia.

• Championship Record (CR)

24.45, Inge de Bruijn (Netherlands), Fukuoka 2001 (Jul.28.2001).

Results

Final

Place	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1			24.53
2			24.62
3			24.70
4			24.79
5			24.83
6			24.96
7			25.02
8			25.31

Semifinals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1			24.79	Q
2			24.80	Q
3			24.83	Q
4			24.89	Q
5			25.06	Q
				Q
7			25.08	Q
8			25.10	Q
9			25.28
10			25.31
11			25.32
12			25.37
13			25.47
14			25.50
15			25.54
16			25.61

Prelims

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1			25.23	Q
2			25.24	Q
3			25.34	Q
4			25.40	Q
5			25.41	Q
6			25.42	Q
7			25.43	Q
8			25.45	Q
9			25.51	Q
10			25.54	Q
				Q
12			25.56	Q
13			25.60	Q
14			25.61	Q
15			25.63	Q
16			25.70	Q
17			25.73
18			25.81
19			25.83
20			25.85
21			25.93
22			26.10
23			26.13
24			26.28
25			26.41
26			26.52
28			26.55
29			26.56
30			26.57
31			26.60
33			26.64
34			26.67
35			26.73
36			26.85
37			26.87
38			26.89
41			26.92
42			27.00
43			27.04
44			27.09
45			27.12
46			27.24
47			27.26
48			27.28
49			27.29
50			27.37
51			27.38
52			27.40
53			27.41
54			27.42
55			27.43
56			27.45
57			27.67
58			27.70
60			27.71
61			27.82
62			27.88
63			27.94
64			28.03
65			28.04
66			28.06
67			28.14
68			28.21
69			28.26
70			28.29
71			28.31
72			28.33
73			28.47
74			28.64
75			28.69
76			28.70
77			28.71
78			28.76
79			28.77
80			28.81
81			28.82
82			28.87
83			28.89
84			28.92
85			29.07
86			29.14
87			29.22
88			29.27
89			29.30
90			29.38
91			29.42
92			29.43
93			29.51
94			29.55
96			29.58
97			29.60
98			29.65
99			29.71
100			29.78
101			29.83
102			29.84
104			30.00
105			30.17
106			30.18
107			30.33
108			30.36
109			30.46
110			30.50
111			30.53
113			30.61
114			30.63
116			30.73
117			31.12
118			31.39
119			31.75
120			32.07
121			32.10
123			32.17
124			32.74
125			33.10
126			33.18
127			33.57
128			34.25
129			34.97
130			35.44
131			36.47
132			38.33
133			39.79
134			40.75
135			43.28
136			44.09
--			DNS
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--			DNS
--			DQ
--			DQ

References

• 2007 Worlds results: Women's 50m free--Prelims from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2007 World Championships); Retrieved 2009-07-08.
• Worlds results: Women's 50m free--Semifinals from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2007 World Championships); Retrieved 2009-07-08.
• 2007 Worlds results: Women's 50m free--Finals from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2007 World Championships); Retrieved 2009-07-08.