Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:	2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Palau Sant Jordi
Dates:	August 3, 2013 (heats &<br/>semifinals) August 4, 2013 (final)
Competitors:	83
Nations:	74
Win Value:	24.05
Gold:	Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Goldnoc:	NED
Silver:	Cate Campbell
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Francesca Halsall
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The women's 50 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 3–4 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

The heats were held at 10:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	8	4	24.27	Q
2	7	4	24.60	Q
3	8	5	24.65	Q
4	9	4	24.68	Q
5	9	5	24.78	Q
6	7	7	24.89	Q
7	7	6	24.93	Q
8	9	3	24.99	Q
9	9	6	25.00	Q
10	9	7	25.01	Q
10	9	8	25.01	Q, NR
12	8	3	25.04	Q
13	7	5	25.15	Q
14	8	6	25.19	Q
15	9	9	25.20	Q
16	8	8	25.23	Q
17	7	8	25.24
18	9	2	25.32
19	7	3	25.37
20	6	5	25.51	NR
21	8	9	25.56
22	7	2	25.59
23	6	7	25.63
24	9	1	25.68
25	9	0	25.69
26	8	7	25.72
27	7	9	25.74
28	5	5	25.83	NR
29	6	6	25.86
30	7	1	25.87
30	8	2	25.87
32	6	8	25.88
33	8	0	26.02
34	6	2	26.09
35	6	0	26.18
36	6	1	26.22
37	8	1	26.24
38	5	7	26.27
39	5	4	26.31
40	5	6	26.33
41	5	3	26.46
42	6	3	26.57
43	5	9	26.69
44	4	5	26.73	NR
45	5	8	26.86
46	5	2	26.93
47	4	4	26.94	NR
48	4	7	27.25	NR
49	5	1	27.36
50	4	3	27.50
51	4	6	27.87
52	3	8	28.10
53	4	9	28.14
54	4	8	28.19
55	6	9	28.29
56	4	2	28.35
57	3	4	28.46
58	4	1	28.48
59	3	1	28.62
60	3	9	28.69
61	3	6	28.74
62	4	0	29.05
63	2	1	29.09
64	3	7	29.27
65	1	9	29.63	NR
66	3	3	29.86
67	3	0	29.88
68	3	2	29.89
69	2	7	30.14
70	2	8	30.16
71	2	5	30.22
72	2	2	30.66
73	2	6	31.01
74	2	3	31.05
75	2	4	31.52
76	2	0	31.68
77	1	4	32.42
78	2	9	34.29
79	1	7	34.49
80	1	3	34.80
81	1	6	36.20
82	1	2	38.45
83	1	0	42.13
	1	8
	1	5
	1	1
	3	5
	5	0
	6	4
	7	0

The semifinals were held at 18:58.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	5	24.33	Q
2	7	24.54	Q
3	4	24.61	Q
4	6	24.65	Q
5	3	24.96
6	8	25.01
7	1	25.10
8	2	25.42

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	24.19	Q, WL
2	5	24.62	Q
3	3	24.85	Q
4	6	24.91	Q
5	2	25.02
6	7	25.03
7	8	25.06	=NR
8	1	25.24

The final was held at 18:32.^[5]