Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre butterfly
Championship:	Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	16 February (heats and semifinals) 17 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	58
Nations:	54
Win Value:	24.63
Gold:	Sarah Sjöström
Gold Nation:	SWE
Silver:	Melanie Henique
Silver Nation:	FRA
Bronze:	Farida Osman
Bronze Nation:	EGY
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 February 2024.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 16 February at 10:33.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	4	24.88	Q
2	6	4	25.44	Q
3	6	5	25.69	Q
4	5	4	25.88	Q
5	7	6	25.89	Q
6	7	3	25.92	Q
7	5	7	25.93	Q
8	6	6	25.98	Q
9	6	2	26.04	Q
10	5	2	26.06	Q
11	6	3	26.07	Q
12	7	5	26.13	Q
13	5	3	26.26	Q
14	4	6	26.32	Q
15	7	7	26.38	Q
16	6	7	26.44
17	5	6	26.47
17	7	2	26.47
19	4	5	26.57
20	6	1	26.75
21	6	8	26.78
22	6	0	26.84
22	7	1	26.84
24	5	8	26.85
25	4	2	26.88	NR
26	7	9	27.07
27	7	8	27.09
28	7	0	27.18
29	5	9	27.29
30	4	3	27.32
31	4	1	27.34
32	5	0	27.47
33	4	4	27.64
34	4	7	27.87
35	4	8	28.06
36	4	0	28.19
37	4	9	28.34
38	3	5	28.87
39	3	6	29.03
40	3	3	29.16
41	3	4	29.58
42	1	3	29.62
43	2	2	30.08
44	3	2	30.44
45	3	1	30.65
46	2	1	30.69
47	3	7	30.82
48	3	8	31.37
49	2	8	32.03
50	3	0	32.94
51	2	6	33.14
52	2	5	35.60
53	3	9	35.65
54	1	4	35.96
55	2	7	36.27
56	2	4	36.34
57	2	3	36.94
—	5	1	Disqualified
	1	5	Did not start
	2	0
	5	5
	6	9

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 16 February at 20:17.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	25.08	Q
2	1	4	25.27	Q
3	1	5	25.80	Q
4	1	2	25.81	Q-->WD
4	2	3	25.81	Q
6	2	5	25.86	Q
7	2	2	25.97	Q
8	1	3	25.98	SO
8	2	1	25.98	SO
10	1	6	26.01
11	1	7	26.05
12	2	7	26.08
13	2	6	26.25
14	1	8	26.44
15	2	8	26.46
16	1	1	26.57

Swim-off

The swim-off was held on 16 February at 21:10.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			25.79	Q
2	5			25.97	Q

Final

The final was held on 17 February at 19:02.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Time
	4	24.63
	5	25.44
	3	25.67
4	7	25.69
5	8	25.71
6	2	25.85
7	6	25.89
8	1	25.96

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213143642/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000204EB0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 16 February 2024. 16 February 2024. 16 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240216122052/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000204EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 16 February 2024. 16 February 2024. 16 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240216172933/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000204EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
Web site: Swim-off results. omegatiming.com. 16 February 2024. 16 February 2024. 16 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240216184724/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000204EB0107FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240217160734/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000204EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.