Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:Women's 50 metre freestyle
Competition:2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:Foro Italico
Dates:15 August (heats and semifinals)
16 August (final)
Competitors:39
Nations:26
Win Value:23.91
Gold:Sarah Sjöström
Gold Nation:SWE
Silver:Katarzyna Wasick
Silver Nation:POL
Bronze:Valerie van Roon
Bronze Nation:NED
Prev:2020
Next:2024

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 15 and 16 August 2022.[1] [2]

Records

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record
European record
23.67 29 July 2017
Championship record 23.74 4 August 2018

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 15 August at 09:00.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 24.50 Q
2 4 4 24.61 Q
3 3 5 24.86 Q
4 5 2 24.87 Q
5 3 4 25.00 Q
6 3 6 25.11 Q
6 4 5 25.11 Q
8 5 3 25.14 Q
9 4 3 25.22
10 4 6 25.26 Q
11 4 8 25.28 Q
12 3 7 25.29 Q
13 3 3 25.31 Q
14 5 6 25.37
14 5 8 25.37
16 4 2 25.51 Q
17 4 9 25.55 Q
18 5 7 25.57 Q
19 3 9 25.63 Q
20 5 0 25.65
21 3 8 25.67
22 4 1 25.77
23 2 4 25.83
24 2 5 25.97
25 3 1 25.99
26 4 0 26.12
26 2 6 26.12
28 2 3 26.17
29 2 7 26.21
30 2 2 26.29
31 3 2 26.38
32 3 0 26.41
33 2 1 26.70
34 2 8 26.79
35 2 0 27.18
36 1 5 27.66
37 2 9 27.67
38 1 3 27.82
39 1 4 28.01
4 7
5 9
5 1
5 5

Semifinals

The semifinals were started at 18:50.[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 24.27 Q
2 1 4 24.36 Q
3 1 5 24.72 Q, NR
4 2 5 24.75 Q
5 2 3 24.80 q
6 1 3 24.89 q
7 2 6 24.98 q
8 1 6 24.99 q
9 2 2 25.10
10 1 7 25.18
11 2 7 25.20
12 1 1 25.48
13 2 1 25.49
14 1 2 25.53
15 1 8 25.55
16 2 8 26.04

Final

The final was held at 18:07.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 23.91
5 24.20
6 24.64
4 8 24.74
5 3 24.77
6 7 24.82
7 2 24.87
8 1 25.18

Notes and References

  1. https://www.roma2022.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Timing-SWIMMING-elite-1.5.pdf Schedule
  2. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MFR-------------HEAT--------_51A1%201.0.pdf Start list
  3. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MFR-------------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf Heats results
  4. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MFR-------------SFNL--------_74A%201.0.pdf Semifinals results
  5. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW50MFR-------------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf Final results