# Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2019.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | 23.67 | Budapest, Hungary | 29 July 2017 |
| Competition record | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | 23.67 | Budapest, Hungary | 29 July 2017 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 27 July at 10:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 11 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.26 | Q |
| 2 | 9 | 4 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 24.40 | Q |
| 3 | 11 | 5 | Simone Manuel | United States | 24.41 | Q |
| 4 | 10 | 4 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 24.44 | Q |
| 4 | 11 | 3 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 24.44 | Q |
| 6 | 11 | 6 | Abbey Weitzeil | United States | 24.47 | Q |
| 7 | 9 | 5 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.56 | Q |
| 8 | 9 | 6 | Liu Xiang | China | 24.61 | Q |
| 9 | 10 | 5 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 24.74 | Q |
| 10 | 9 | 3 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 24.80 | Q |
| 11 | 11 | 1 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 24.85 | Q |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 24.95 | Q |
| 13 | 11 | 7 | Lidón Muñoz del Campo | Spain | 24.96 | Q |
| 14 | 11 | 2 | Katarzyna Wilk | Poland | 24.97 | Q |
| 15 | 9 | 8 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 25.02 | Q |
| 16 | 10 | 9 | Julie Meynen | Luxembourg | 25.07 | Q |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 25.08 | |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 25.12 | NR |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Wu Qingfeng | China | 25.15 | |
| 20 | 11 | 0 | Rika Omoto | Japan | 25.17 | |
| 21 | 10 | 7 | Arina Surkova | Russia | 25.19 | |
| 21 | 11 | 8 | Theodora Drakou | Greece | 25.19 | |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | 25.26 | |
| 24 | 8 | 4 | Anika Apostalon | Czech Republic | 25.30 | |
| 25 | 8 | 5 | Jeong So-eun | South Korea | 25.40 | |
| 25 | 9 | 9 | Andrea Murez | Israel | 25.40 | |
| 27 | 10 | 0 | Erin Gallagher | South Africa | 25.48 | |
| 28 | 11 | 9 | Quah Ting Wen | Singapore | 25.50 | |
| 29 | 9 | 7 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 25.66 | |
| 30 | 9 | 0 | Nina Kost | Switzerland | 25.74 | |
| 31 | 8 | 1 | Selen Özbilen | Turkey | 25.83 | |
| 32 | 8 | 8 | Kalia Antoniou | Cyprus | 25.86 | |
| 33 | 7 | 5 | Cherelle Thompson | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.89 | =NR |
| 34 | 8 | 9 | Remedy Rule | Philippines | 25.92 | |
| 35 | 8 | 6 | Gabriela Ņikitina | Latvia | 25.96 | |
| 36 | 8 | 2 | Karen Torrez | Bolivia | 26.01 | |
| 37 | 8 | 0 | Chelsey Edwards | New Zealand | 26.05 | |
| 38 | 8 | 7 | Allyson Ponson | Aruba | 26.06 | |
| 39 | 2 | 9 | Talita Baqlah | Jordan | 26.13 | NR |
| 40 | 7 | 7 | On Kei Lei | Macau | 26.34 | |
| 41 | 6 | 8 | Felicity Passon | Seychelles | 26.35 | |
| 42 | 7 | 9 | Natalya Kritinina | Uzbekistan | 26.47 | NR |
| 43 | 7 | 4 | Maddy Moore | Bermuda | 26.48 | |
| 44 | 7 | 0 | Lushavel Stickland | Samoa | 26.77 | |
| 45 | 7 | 1 | Emily Muteti | Kenya | 26.81 | |
| 45 | 7 | 6 | Mariel Mencia | Dominican Republic | 26.81 | |
| 47 | 3 | 1 | Catharine Cooper | Panama | 26.88 | |
| 48 | 6 | 5 | Matelita Buadromo | Fiji | 27.00 | |
| 49 | 7 | 3 | Chade Nersicio | Curaçao | 27.13 | |
| 50 | 3 | 5 | Mónica Ramírez | Andorra | 27.17 | |
| 51 | 7 | 2 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 27.26 | |
| 52 | 6 | 4 | Samantha Roberts | Antigua and Barbuda | 27.27 | |
| 53 | 6 | 7 | Jeanne Boutbien | Senegal | 27.33 | |
| 54 | 6 | 3 | Nikol Merizaj | Albania | 27.40 | |
| 55 | 6 | 6 | Inés Remersaro | Uruguay | 27.41 | |
| 56 | 2 | 3 | Varsenik Manucharyan | Armenia | 27.54 | |
| 57 | 2 | 0 | Kimiko Raheem | Sri Lanka | 27.56 | |
| 58 | 5 | 6 | Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen | Mongolia | 27.66 | NR |
| 59 | 6 | 0 | Marie Khoury | Lebanon | 27.85 | |
| 59 | 6 | 2 | Naima Hazell | Saint Lucia | 27.85 | |
| 61 | 6 | 1 | Mariam Imnadze | Georgia | 27.95 | |
| 62 | 5 | 4 | Bisma Khan | Pakistan | 28.05 | |
| 63 | 6 | 9 | Lina Khiyara | Morocco | 28.17 | |
| 64 | 3 | 0 | Judith Meauri | Papua New Guinea | 28.30 | |
| 65 | 5 | 2 | Daila Ismatul | Guatemala | 28.31 | |
| 66 | 5 | 5 | Fjorda Shabani | Kosovo | 28.34 | |
| 67 | 5 | 9 | Noelani Day | Tonga | 28.67 | |
| 68 | 5 | 7 | Jamila Sanmoogan | Guyana | 28.72 | |
| 69 | 2 | 2 | Dirngulbai Misech | Palau | 28.88 | |
| 70 | 5 | 0 | Anastasiia Filina | Kyrgyzstan | 28.99 | |
| 71 | 3 | 9 | Sofia Shah | Nepal | 29.05 | |
| 72 | 1 | 2 | Naomy Grand'Pierre | Haiti | 29.07 | |
| 73 | 5 | 8 | Camille Koenig | Mauritius | 29.14 | |
| 74 | 2 | 5 | Latroya Pina | Cape Verde | 29.34 | |
| 75 | 5 | 3 | Avice Meya | Uganda | 29.49 | |
| 76 | 3 | 8 | Alaa Binrajab | Bahrain | 29.55 | |
| 77 | 1 | 6 | Angelika Ouedraogo | Burkina Faso | 29.60 | |
| 78 | 5 | 1 | Ann-Marie Hepler | Marshall Islands | 29.63 | |
| 79 | 3 | 6 | Taffi Illis | Sint Maarten | 29.76 | |
| 80 | 4 | 4 | Margie Winter | Micronesia | 29.80 | |
| 81 | 4 | 3 | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 29.98 | |
| 81 | 4 | 5 | Anastasiya Tyurina | Tajikistan | 29.98 | |
| 83 | 1 | 7 | Hemthon Vitiny | Cambodia | 30.01 | |
| 84 | 4 | 6 | Dania Nour | Palestine | 30.46 | |
| 85 | 4 | 1 | Nafissath Radji | Benin | 30.85 | |
| 86 | 3 | 3 | Junayna Ahmed | Bangladesh | 30.96 | |
| 87 | 4 | 2 | Domingas Munhemeze | Mozambique | 30.98 | |
| 88 | 4 | 7 | Siri Arun Budcharern | Laos | 31.32 | |
| 89 | 4 | 8 | Sylvia Caloiaro | Tanzania | 31.51 | |
| 90 | 3 | 2 | Nada Arkaji | Qatar | 31.57 | |
| 91 | 4 | 9 | Chloe Sauvourel | Central African Republic | 32.16 | |
| 92 | 2 | 4 | Rahel Gebresilassie | Ethiopia | 32.36 | |
| 93 | 3 | 7 | Aya Mpali | Gabon | 32.68 | |
| 94 | 3 | 4 | Roukaya Mahamane | Niger | 33.71 | |
| 95 | 4 | 0 | Imelda Ximenes | East Timor | 34.64 | |
| 96 | 2 | 8 | Haneen Ibrahim | Sudan | 34.81 | |
| 97 | 2 | 6 | Tity Dumbuya | Sierra Leone | 34.85 | |
| 98 | 1 | 5 | Odrina Kaze | Burundi | 34.97 | |
| 99 | 2 | 7 | Safia Houssein | Djibouti | 37.16 | |
| 100 | 1 | 4 | Ida Cham | Gambia | 45.44 | |
| | 2 | 1 | Juanita Ndong | Equatorial Guinea | DSQ | DSQ |
| | 1 | 3 | Grace Kadje | Togo | DNS | DNS |
| | 7 | 8 | Naomi Ruele | Botswana | DNS | DNS |
| | 9 | 1 | Kayla Sanchez | Canada | DNS | DNS |
| | 10 | 6 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | DNS | DNS |
| | 10 | 8 | Farida Osman | Egypt | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 27 July at 20:17.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 24.09 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 24.14 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Liu Xiang | China | 24.46 | QSO |
| 4 | 3 | Abbey Weitzeil | United States | 24.58 | |
| 5 | 2 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 24.77 | |
| 6 | 8 | Julie Meynen | Luxembourg | 24.78 | NR |
| 7 | 7 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 24.94 | |
| 8 | 1 | Katarzyna Wilk | Poland | 25.03 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.05 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Simone Manuel | United States | 24.21 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 24.33 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 24.34 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.38 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 24.46 | QSO |
| 7 | 8 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 24.89 | |
| 8 | 1 | Lidón Muñoz del Campo | Spain | 25.02 | |

#### Swim-off

The swim-off was started on 27 July at 22:33.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 24.38 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Liu Xiang | China | 24.53 | |

### Final

The final was held on 28 July at 20:47.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Simone Manuel | United States | 24.05 |
| | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.07 |
| | 5 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 24.11 |
| 4 | 3 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 24.12 |
| 5 | 2 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 24.31 |
| 6 | 1 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.35 |
| 7 | 7 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 24.40 |
| 8 | 8 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 24.48 |