Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	2009 FINA World Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	1 August 2009 (heats, semifinals) 2 August 2009 (final)
Competitors:	176
Win Value:	23.73
Gold:	Britta Steffen
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Therese Alshammar
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Cate Campbell
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Bronze2:	Marleen Veldhuis
Bronzenoc2:	NED
Prev:	2007
Next:	2011

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The heats for the women's 50 m freestyle race at the 2009 World Championships took place on the morning of 1 August and the final took place in the evening session of 2 August at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

World record		23.96		align=right	19 April 2009
Championship record		24.45		align=right	28 July 2001

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Time	Record
1 August	Heat 17	24.24	CR
1 August	Semifinal 1	24.20	CR
1 August	Semifinal 2	24.08	CR
2 August	Final	23.73	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	24.24	17	5	CR
2	24.30	18	5
3	24.36	18	6
4	24.41	18	4
5	24.42	18	3
6	24.47	17	3	NR
7	24.67	17	4
8	24.72	16	6	NR
9	24.74	16	4
10	24.78	16	5
11	24.85	17	6
12	25.01	16	3
13	25.11	17	2
14	25.15	18	7
15	25.17	17	7
16	25.19	16	7
17	25.21	15	6	NR
18	25.23	17	8
19	25.32	18	1
20	25.33	18	8
21	25.41	16	8
22	25.46	17	1
23	25.47	18	9
24	25.48	17	9
25	25.54	16	2
26	25.55	15	3
26	25.55	16	0
28	25.63	15	5
29	25.64	15	4
30	25.70	15	1	NR
30	25.70	15	9
32	25.71	18	0
33	25.74	15	7
34	25.78	15	0
34	25.78	17	0
36	25.81	14	4
36	25.81	16	9
38	25.92	14	8
39	25.93	16	1
40	25.94	13	8
41	25.95	15	8	=NR
42	25.97	14	5
42	25.97	14	3
44	26.05	15	2
45	26.06	13	5
46	26.09	12	3
47	26.20	12	4
47	26.20	13	9
49	26.22	14	2
50	26.24	13	1
51	26.27	13	3
52	26.30	14	1
52	26.30	14	9	NR
54	26.36	14	6
55	26.38	13	2
55	26.38	13	7
57	26.39	12	2
58	26.43	13	4
59	26.46	13	0
60	26.48	14	0
61	26.52	11	5
62	26.56	13	6
63	26.58	12	7
64	26.64	11	4
65	26.72	7	6
66	26.77	11	3
67	26.83	11	9	NR
68	26.84	12	5
69	26.88	11	8	NR
70	26.97	11	2
71	26.98	12	1
72	27.07	11	1
73	27.13	11	6
73	27.13	12	8
75	27.18	10	2
76	27.20	10	6
76	27.20	12	0
78	27.22	9	5
79	27.31	12	9
80	27.33	9	8
81	27.36	9	4
82	27.37	14	7
83	27.40	10	1
84	27.43	9	3
84	27.43	10	7
86	27.45	10	5
87	27.49	11	0
88	27.50	10	3
89	27.75	7	9
89	27.75	10	4
91	27.81	9	6
92	27.93	4	7
93	27.94	11	7
94	27.95	8	8
95	27.97	10	9
96	27.99	9	9
97	28.04	8	7
97	28.04	9	7
97	28.04	10	0
100	28.10	9	2
101	28.11	9	1
102	28.15	8	9
103	28.23	6	8
104	28.28	8	5
105	28.30	8	6
106	28.32	8	4
107	28.39	6	6
107	28.39	8	0
109	28.49	6	7
110	28.53	8	1
111	28.55	7	2
112	28.57	7	4
113	28.59	7	5
114	28.60	6	4
115	28.66	5	5
116	28.68	8	3
116	28.68	9	0
118	28.71	7	3
119	28.98	6	5
120	29.02	6	1
121	29.03	5	3
122	29.12	6	3
123	29.13	8	2
124	29.31	4	9
125	29.41	6	2
126	29.45	3	3
127	29.68	5	7
128	29.75	4	5
129	29.77	5	1
130	29.89	7	0
131	29.95	2	5
132	29.97	4	0
133	29.99	7	8
134	30.00	3	4
135	30.01	6	9
136	30.06	4	4
137	30.17	5	8
137	30.17	7	1
139	30.19	4	6
140	30.20	5	9
141	30.40	4	2
142	30.41	4	8
143	30.62	5	0
144	30.68	4	1
145	30.95	3	8
146	30.98	2	6
147	31.09	5	2
148	31.12	2	7
149	31.15	7	7
150	31.22	4	3
151	31.31	5	6
152	31.46	3	5
153	31.47	6	0
154	31.65	3	1
155	32.12	3	9
156	32.28	3	6
157	32.96	2	1
158	33.02	2	8
159	33.37	2	3
160	33.74	2	4
161	33.83	2	2
162	34.07	1	2
163	34.30	2	9
164	35.04	1	1
165	36.56	2	0
166	37.07	1	6
167	37.47	1	3
168	39.04	3	0
169	43.53	1	7
–	DNS	1	5
–	DNS	3	7
–	DNS	10	8
–	DNS	18	2
–	DSQ	1	4
–	DSQ	5	4
–	DSQ	12	6

Semifinals

Rank	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	24.08	2	4	CR
2	24.20	1	5
3	24.28	2	3
4	24.31	2	5
5	24.32	1	4
6	24.34	2	2
7	24.42	1	3	NR
8	24.43	2	6
9	24.58	1	7	NR
10	24.62	1	6	NR
11	24.69	1	8
12	24.69	2	7
13	24.75	1	1	NR
14	24.76	2	1	SA
15	24.85	1	2
16	25.09	2	8

Final

Rank	Time	Lane	Notes
	23.73	3	WR
	23.88	2	NR
	23.99	4
	23.99	5
5	24.11	1	NR
6	24.19	7
7	24.23	6
8	24.48	8