Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre freestyle
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	29 July (heats and semifinals) 30 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	102
Nations:	97
Win Value:	23.62
Gold:	Sarah Sjöström
Gold Nation:	SWE
Silver:	Shayna Jack
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Zhang Yufei
Bronze Nation:	CHN
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 29 and 30 July 2023.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[4]

The following new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 29 July at 10:32.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	11	4	23.93	Q
2	10	5	24.02	Q
3	9	4	24.29	Q
4	11	3	24.44	Q
5	11	6	24.51	Q
6	9	3	24.61	Q
7	10	3	24.63	Q
8	10	4	24.69	Q
9	11	5	24.71	Q
10	9	7	24.79	Q
11	9	1	24.80	Q, NR
12	9	6	24.82	Q
13	9	5	24.83	Q
14	10	2	24.84	Q
15	10	0	24.86	Q
15	10	6	24.86	Q
17	10	7	25.04
18	10	9	25.11
19	11	0	25.12
20	9	2	25.27
21	11	2	25.31
22	11	1	25.33
23	11	7	25.34
24	8	1	25.39
25	11	9	25.40
26	9	9	25.45
27	8	9	25.48
28	10	1	25.52
29	8	4	25.54
30	7	0	25.55
30	10	8	25.55
32	7	2	25.66	NR
33	8	0	25.67
34	8	5	25.68
35	11	8	25.70
36	8	6	25.71
37	9	8	25.74
38	8	7	25.79
39	8	2	25.80
40	7	4	25.85
41	7	3	25.89
42	7	6	25.95
43	7	5	26.06
44	8	3	26.11
45	7	9	26.27
46	7	7	26.29
47	8	8	26.30
48	6	6	26.37
49	3	9	26.49
50	7	1	26.54
51	6	4	26.64
52	2	0	26.86
53	6	2	26.90
54	6	3	26.96
55	7	8	27.01
56	6	1	27.04
57	6	5	27.10
58	6	7	27.26
59	1	6	27.33
60	5	7	27.35
61	4	2	27.54	NR
62	5	2	27.86
63	6	0	27.98
64	5	6	28.02
65	5	4	28.04
66	6	8	28.06
67	5	3	28.23
67	5	5	28.23
69	4	4	28.24
70	2	2	28.34
71	5	0	28.45
71	6	9	28.45
73	5	9	28.72
74	5	1	28.73
75	5	8	28.78
76	3	0	28.97
77	4	0	29.17
78	4	5	29.39
79	4	6	29.40
80	4	3	29.81
81	1	5	30.47
82	4	8	30.49
83	2	6	30.55
84	4	9	30.57
85	4	1	30.59
86	1	4	30.71
87	3	5	30.78
88	3	3	31.06
89	3	4	31.17
90	2	1	32.00
91	3	6	32.11
92	3	2	32.14
93	2	8	32.16
94	3	8	33.05	NR
95	1	2	33.23
96	3	1	33.44
97	1	3	33.93
98	3	7	34.14
99	1	7	35.37
100	2	7	37.37
101	2	3	37.80
102	2	9	48.58
	2	4
	2	5
	4	7
	9	0

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 29 July at 20:16.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	23.61	Q, WR
2	1	4	24.01	Q
3	1	5	24.20	Q
4	2	5	24.27	Q
5	1	8	24.56	Q
6	2	3	24.63	Q
7	1	6	24.67	Q
8	1	1	24.68	SO
8	2	6	24.68	SO
10	1	2	24.70
11	2	1	24.71
12	2	2	24.72
13	1	3	24.73
14	1	7	24.78
15	2	7	24.84
16	2	8	25.34

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 29 July at 22:11.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			24.53	Q
2	4			24.62

Final

The final was held on 30 July at 20:46.^[8]

Rank	Lane	Time
	4	23.62
	5	24.10
	3	24.15
4	6	24.32
5	1	24.35
6	2	24.45
7	7	24.46
8	8	24.61

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152444/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EB0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 29 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230729043839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 29 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 29 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230729113005/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 29 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 29 July 2023 . Swim-off results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230729131657/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EB0107FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 29 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 30 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230730115401/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 30 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.