# 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 and 17 December 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) | 22.93 | Berlin, Germany | 7 August 2017 |
| Competition record | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | 23.08 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 21 December 2021 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 17 December | Final | Emma McKeon | Australia | 23.04 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 16 December at 11:58.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 23.74 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | Meg Harris | Australia | 23.77 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 2 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 23.79 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 3 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 23.86 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 6 | Melanie Henique | France | 23.86 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 4 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 23.93 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 5 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 23.94 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | Erika Brown | United States | 23.98 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | 8 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 24.16 | Q, NR |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Claire Curzan | United States | 24.17 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 7 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 24.24 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Valerie van Roon | Netherlands | 24.33 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Wu Qingfeng | China | 24.33 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 24.37 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Rebecca Moynihan | New Zealand | 24.59 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 4 | Caitlin de Lange | South Africa | 24.67 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Jenjira Srisa-Ard | Thailand | 24.69 | NR |
| 18 | 7 | 7 | Yume Jinno | Japan | 24.74 | |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Isabella Hindley | Great Britain | 24.86 | |
| 20 | 5 | 2 | Anna Hadjiloizou | Cyprus | 24.93 | |
| 20 | 5 | 5 | Andrea Berrino | Argentina | 24.93 | |
| 20 | 6 | 7 | Lillian Slušná | Slovakia | 24.93 | |
| 23 | 7 | 1 | Diana Petkova | Bulgaria | 24.96 | |
| 24 | 5 | 1 | Hur Yeon-kyung | South Korea | 24.99 | |
| 25 | 4 | 3 | Huang Mei-chien | Chinese Taipei | 25.07 | NR |
| 26 | 4 | 4 | Amel Melih | Algeria | 25.09 | NR |
| 27 | 6 | 8 | Sirena Rowe | Colombia | 25.19 | |
| 28 | 7 | 8 | Stephanie Balduccini | Brazil | 25.24 | |
| 29 | 5 | 6 | Rafaela Fernandini | Peru | 25.36 | |
| 30 | 5 | 3 | Chan Kin Lok | Hong Kong | 25.61 | |
| 31 | 4 | 6 | Elisabeth Timmer | Aruba | 25.64 | NR |
| 32 | 5 | 7 | Jasmine Alkhaldi | Philippines | 25.69 | |
| 33 | 5 | 8 | Karen Torrez | Bolivia | 26.09 | |
| 34 | 4 | 5 | Kirabo Namutebi | Uganda | 26.15 | |
| 35 | 4 | 7 | Rhaniska Gibbs | Bahamas | 26.16 | |
| 36 | 4 | 1 | Aleka Persaud | Guyana | 26.42 | |
| 36 | 4 | 2 | Marie Khoury | Lebanon | 26.42 | |
| 38 | 3 | 4 | Hana Beiqi | Kosovo | 26.84 | |
| 39 | 4 | 8 | Nomvula Mjimba | Zimbabwe | 27.15 | |
| 40 | 3 | 5 | Kaiya Brown | Samoa | 27.43 | |
| 41 | 3 | 2 | Sophia Latiff | Tanzania | 27.63 | |
| 42 | 2 | 1 | Cassandre Zenon | Cameroon | 27.87 | |
| 43 | 3 | 6 | Noelani Day | Tonga | 28.18 | |
| 44 | 1 | 5 | Rachel Sanders | Gibraltar | 28.73 | |
| 45 | 1 | 4 | Taeyanna Adams | Federated States of Micronesia | 28.84 | |
| 45 | 2 | 6 | Jhnayali Tokome-Garap | Papua New Guinea | 28.84 | |
| 47 | 2 | 4 | Anushiya Tandukar | Nepal | 28.92 | |
| 48 | 2 | 5 | Saba Sultan | Kuwait | 29.04 | |
| 49 | 3 | 1 | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 29.71 | |
| 50 | 1 | 7 | Sonia Aktar | Bangladesh | 29.75 | |
| 51 | 3 | 7 | Abbi Illis | Sint Maarten | 29.77 | |
| 52 | 1 | 6 | Mashael Al-Ayed | Saudi Arabia | 29.87 | |
| 53 | 3 | 8 | Kayla Hepler | Marshall Islands | 30.31 | |
| 54 | 2 | 3 | Hamna Ahmed | Maldives | 30.35 | |
| 55 | 2 | 8 | Ungilreng Ruluked | Palau | 32.04 | |
| 56 | 2 | 2 | Imelda Ximenes Belo | Timor-Leste | 32.95 | |
| 57 | 2 | 7 | Marie Amenou | Togo | 34.70 | |
| 58 | 1 | 1 | Mary Yongai | Sierra Leone | 41.41 | |
| | 1 | 2 | Mahra Al-Shehhi | United Arab Emirates | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 1 | 3 | Vanessa Bobimbo | Republic of the Congo | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 3 | Rosemarie Rova | Fiji | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 8 | 5 | Zhang Yufei | China | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 8 | 6 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 16 December at 20:25.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 23.37 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 23.51 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 23.77 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 23.79 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 23.93 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Meg Harris | Australia | 23.97 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Erika Brown | United States | 24.00 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Mélanie Henique | France | 24.00 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 24.13 | NR |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Valerie van Roon | Netherlands | 24.19 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Wu Qingfeng | China | 24.21 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Claire Curzan | United States | 24.22 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 24.25 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 24.34 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Caitlin de Lange | South Africa | 24.53 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Rebecca Moynihan | New Zealand | 24.67 | |

### Final

The final was held on 17 December at 21:33.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 23.04 | CR, OC |
| | 4 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 23.55 | |
| | 6 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 23.68 | |
| 4 | 2 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 23.71 | |
| 5 | 3 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 23.72 | |
| 6 | 7 | Meg Harris | Australia | 23.73 | |
| 7 | 1 | Erika Brown | United States | 23.76 | |
| 8 | 8 | Mélanie Henique | France | 23.90 | |