Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre butterfly
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	23 June (heats and semifinals) 24 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	60
Nations:	54
Win Value:	24.95
Gold:	Sarah Sjöström
Gold Nation:	SWE
Silver:	Mélanie Henique
Silver Nation:	FRA
Bronze:	Zhang Yufei
Bronze Nation:	CHN
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 and 24 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 23 June at 09:56.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	3	25.39	Q
2	7	4	25.43	Q
3	6	4	25.61	Q
4	7	6	25.92	Q
5	5	4	25.93	Q
6	6	6	25.94	Q
7	5	3	25.95	Q
8	6	5	26.01	Q
9	7	2	26.08	Q
10	7	3	26.10	Q
11	5	5	26.20	Q
12	7	7	26.26	Q
13	5	7	26.40	Q
14	6	2	26.45	Q
15	5	2	26.47	Q
15	7	0	26.47	Q
17	7	1	26.56
18	4	4	26.58
19	5	6	26.63
20	7	9	26.67
21	7	5	26.69
22	5	1	26.75
23	4	5	26.82
24	6	0	26.91
25	4	3	26.93
26	6	9	26.95
27	7	8	26.99
28	5	8	27.12
29	6	7	27.14
30	5	0	27.20
31	6	1	27.21
32	5	9	27.22
33	4	6	27.29
34	6	8	27.41
35	4	8	27.43
36	4	2	27.48
37	4	0	27.59
38	4	9	27.83
39	4	1	27.89
40	3	4	27.96	NR
41	3	6	28.33
42	3	5	28.66
43	1	4	28.80
44	2	5	29.00
45	2	8	29.08
46	3	7	29.29
47	3	3	29.31
48	3	1	29.79
49	3	2	29.87
50	3	0	30.08
51	1	5	30.59
52	2	1	30.69	NR
53	3	8	30.99
54	3	9	31.01
55	2	7	31.25
56	2	4	31.48
57	2	0	31.76
58	1	3	32.26
59	2	6	33.25
60	2	2	34.94
	2	2
	3	2

The semifinals were started on 23 June at 19:11.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	4	25.13	Q
2	1	2	25.38	Q, AM
3	2	5	25.41	Q
4	2	6	25.46	Q
5	2	4	25.54	Q
6	1	6	25.56	Q
7	2	3	25.67	Q
8	1	5	25.75	Q
9	1	3	25.80
10	2	7	25.89
11	1	7	26.05
12	2	2	26.08
13	1	8	26.14
14	1	1	26.32
14	2	1	26.32
16	2	8	26.59

The final was held on 24 June at 18:02.^[5]