Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre freestyle
Championship:	2017 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	29 July (heats and semifinals) 30 July (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	88
Nations:	80
Win Value:	23.69
Gold:	Sarah Sjöström
Gold Nation:	SWE
Silver:	Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Silver Nation:	NED
Bronze:	Simone Manuel
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2015
Next:	2019

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 29 and 30 July 2017.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The following new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 29 July at 09:30.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	10	4			24.08	Q
2	8	4			24.32	Q
3	9	4			24.53	Q
4	10	5			24.54	Q
5	8	5			24.61	Q
6	9	2			24.64	Q
7	9	7			24.65	Q
8	10	6			24.71	Q
9	8	7			24.78	Q, AF
	10	2				Q
11	9	5			24.82	Q
12	8	6			24.85	Q
13	10	3			24.92	Q
14	9	6			24.94	Q
15	8	1			24.99	Q
16	8	3			25.04	Q
17	10	7			25.07
18	10	1			25.10
19	8	8			25.22
20	8	2			25.23
21	9	3			25.26
22	10	0			25.27
23	9	0			25.36
24	10	8			25.38
25	7	8			25.44
26	7	2			25.47
27	7	5			25.56
28	7	6			25.61	NR
	9	1
30	9	9			25.65
31	10	9			25.67
32	7	4			25.68
33	7	3			25.70
34	6	5			25.73
35	7	7			25.78
36	8	9			25.84
37	7	9			26.03
38	6	6			26.16
39	7	1			26.19
40	6	3			26.21
41	7	0			26.24
42	6	7			26.31
43	5	4			26.59	NR
44	6	4			26.76
45	6	2			26.85
46	6	1			26.91
47	6	8			26.99
48	6	0			27.05
49	5	3			27.23
50	5	5			27.37
51	3	7			27.46
52	5	2			27.51	NR
	5	6
54	6	9			27.65
55	3	0	Pak Mi-song		27.94
56	3	6			28.06
57	2	4			28.07
58	3	3			28.12
59	5	7			28.25
60	5	1			28.26
61	5	8			28.32
62	5	9			28.45
63	3	1			28.61
64	5	0			28.74
65	2	1			28.84	NR
66	4	4			29.19	NR
67	4	3			29.38	NR
68	4	5			29.69
69	1	5			29.73
70	2	2			29.88
71	3	8			30.12	NR
72	1	3			30.50
73	4	6			30.59
74	1	4			30.73
75	4	7			30.82
76	4	1			31.15	NR
77	3	9			31.34
78	4	8			31.86	NR
79	2	0			32.10
80	4	0			32.26	NR
81	2	8			32.53	NR
82	2	3			34.63
83	3	4			35.04	NR
84	2	9			35.56
85	4	9			35.77
86	2	6			39.59	NR
87	2	7			40.63
	2	5
	3	5
	4	2
	8	0
	9	8

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 29 July at 18:28.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			24.05	Q, NR
2	5			24.12	Q
3	6			24.54	Q, NR
4	2			24.56	Q
5	3			24.66
6	7			24.69
7	1			24.72
8	8			24.84

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			23.67	Q, WR
2	5			24.20	Q
3	3			24.43	Q
4	7			24.59	Q
5	2			24.62	AF
6	8			24.67
7	6			24.68
8	1			24.80

Final

The final was held on 30 July at 17:50.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			23.69
	6			23.85	NR
	3			23.97	AM
4	5			24.00	NR
5	8			24.46
6	1			24.58
6	7			24.58
6	2			24.58

Notes and References

1. https://www.fina-budapest2017.com/downloads/BP2017_WC_schedule_5.pdf Schedule
2. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0201EB01FFFFFFFFFFFF00 Start list
3. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0201EB01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Heats results
4. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0201EB02FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Semifinals results
5. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0201EB04FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Final results