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

Event:	Women's 50 metre freestyle
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	24 June (heats and semifinals) 25 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	82
Nations:	80
Win Value:	23.98
Gold:	Sarah Sjöström
Gold Nation:	SWE
Silver:	Katarzyna Wasick
Silver Nation:	POL
Bronze2:	Meg Harris
Bronze2 Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Erika Brown
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 24 and 25 June 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 24 June at 09:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	10	4			24.40	Q
2	8	4			24.45	Q
3	9	3			24.68	Q
4	10	3			24.71	Q
5	10	5			24.81	Q
6	8	3			24.82	Q
7	8	6			24.87	Q
8	8	5			24.91	Q
9	9	2			25.04	Q
9	9	6			25.04	Q
11	10	7			25.06	Q
12	10	0			25.14	Q, NR
13	10	2			25.15	Q,
14	9	1			25.24	Q
15	8	7			25.33	Q
16	10	6			25.34	Q
17	9	7			25.36	Q
18	8	2			25.38
19	10	1			25.47
20	8	1			25.53
21	7	5			25.68
22	9	9			25.85
23	8	9			25.91
24	7	0			25.97
24	7	4			25.97
26	7	6			26.01
27	7	1			26.04
28	8	0			26.07
29	7	3			26.12
30	9	8			26.13
31	10	9			26.18
32	7	2			26.20
32	7	7			26.20
34	7	9			26.25
34	8	8			26.25
36	6	3			26.26
37	6	4			26.31
38	6	5			26.44
39	7	8			26.46
40	6	7			26.72
41	6	1			26.75
42	6	6			26.98
43	6	2			26.99
44	5	6			27.08
45	6	0			27.16
46	6	8			27.20
47	5	4			27.37
48	6	9			27.40
49	2	3			27.81
50	5	5			27.82
51	5	3			27.83
52	1	3			27.92
53	2	4			28.03
54	4	4			28.13
55	5	8			28.14
56	5	1			28.18
57	5	0			28.37
58	5	9			28.46
59	4	5			28.51
60	1	4			28.52
61	5	7			28.57
62	4	3			28.62
63	4	2			28.71
64	3	7			28.81
65	5	2			28.95
66	2	8			29.10
67	3	9			29.25
68	4	6			29.38
69	4	8			30.00
70	1	5			30.05
71	2	5			30.61
72	4	1			30.81
73	3	1			31.06
74	3	0			31.36
75	3	5			31.80
76	4	0			31.82
77	2	0			32.05
78	2	2			33.05
79	3	4			33.31	NR
80	3	3			34.92
81	2	9			35.26
82	3	6			43.27
	2	1
	2	6
	2	7
	3	2
	3	8
	4	7
	4	9
	9	0
	9	4
	9	5
	10	8

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 24 June at 18:17.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4			24.11	Q, NR
2	2	4			24.15	Q
3	2	5			24.39	Q
4	1	5			24.59	Q
5	1	3			24.60	Q
5	2	3			24.60	Q
7	1	6			24.63	Q
8	2	2			24.86	Q
9	2	6			24.87
10	1	7			24.94	NR
11	2	1			24.95
12	2	8			25.04
13	1	2			25.19
13	2	7			25.19
15	1	8			25.24
–	1	1			Disqualified

Final

The final was held on 25 June at 18:47.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			23.98
	4			24.18
	3			24.38
	6			24.38
5	7			24.57
6	1			24.64
7	2			24.71
8	8			24.96

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. fina.org. 15 June 2022.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 16 June 2022.
3. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 24 June 2022.
4. Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 24 June 2022.
5. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 25 June 2022.