# Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2023 Pan American Games were held on 24 October 2023, at the Aquatic Center in Santiago, Chile.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Haiyang Qin (CHN) | 23.61 | Fukuoka, Japan | 29 July 2023 |
| Pan American Games record | Arianna Vanderpoo-Wallace (BAH) | 24.31 | Toronto, Canada | 17 July 2015 |

## Results

| KEY: | QA | Qualified for A final | QB | Qualified for B final | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

The first round was held on 24 October.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Catie De Loof | United States | 24.79 | QA |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Gabi Albiero | United States | 25.03 | QA |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Maggie MacNeil | Canada | 25.28 | QA |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Cristina Versiani | Brazil | 25.30 | QA |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Stephanie Balduccini | Brazil | 25.50 | QA |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Sofia Revilak | Mexico | 25.57 | QA |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Sirena Rowe | Colombia | 25.63 | QA |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Andrea Berrino | Argentina | 25.64 | QA |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | Anicka Delgado | Ecuador | 25.65 | QB |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lismar Lyon | Venezuela | 25.91 | QB |
| 11 | 5 | 7 | Isabella Arcila | Colombia | 25.92 | QB |
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Emma Harvey | Bermuda | 25.96 | QB |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Marina Spadoni | El Salvador | 26.10 | QB |
| 14 | 4 | 7 | Andrea Sansores | Mexico | 26.12 | QB |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | Emily Macdonald | Jamaica | 26.23 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Rafaela Fernandini | Peru | 26.25 | QB |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Madelyn Moore | Bermuda | 26.26 | |
| 18 | 3 | 5 | Ashley Thompson | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.32 | |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Elisabeth Timmer | Aruba | 26.38 | |
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Inés Marín | Chile | 26.57 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Luna María Chabat | Uruguay | 26.68 | |
| 22 | 1 | 5 | Beatriz Padron | Costa Rica | 26.73 | |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | María José Ribera | Bolivia | 26.89 | |
| 24 | 4 | 8 | María Schutzmeier | Nicaragua | 27.15 | |
| 25 | 2 | 8 | Sarah Szklaruk | Chile | 27.25 | |
| 26 | 2 | 2 | Tilly Collymore | Grenada | 27.43 | |
| 26 | 2 | 6 | María Castillo | Panama | 27.34 | |
| 28 | 2 | 5 | Abril Aunchayna | Uruguay | 27.37 | |
| 29 | 2 | 3 | Victoria Russell | Bahamas | 27.54 | |
| 30 | 3 | 8 | María Santis | Independent Athletes Team | 27.56 | |
| 31 | 1 | 3 | Kennice Greene | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.71 | |
| 32 | 2 | 4 | María José Arrua | Paraguay | 27.81 | |
| 32 | 2 | 1 | Aleka Persaud | Guyana | 27.81 | |
| 34 | 1 | 6 | Kaeylin Djoparto | Suriname | 30.21 | |
| — | 1 | 4 | Kyra Rabess | Cayman Islands | DNS | |
| — | 4 | 6 | Katerine Savard | Canada | DNS | |

### Final B

The B final was held on 24 October.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Anicka Delgado | Ecuador | 25.45 |
| 10 | 5 | Lismar Lyon | Venezuela | 25.55 |
| 11 | 3 | Emma Harvey | Bermuda | 25.81 |
| 12 | 2 | Andrea Sansores | Mexico | 25.92 |
| 13 | 6 | Marina Spadoni | El Salvador | 26.00 |
| 14 | 1 | Rafaela Fernandini | Peru | 26.12 |
| 15 | 8 | Madelyn Moore | Bermuda | 26.28 |
| 16 | 7 | Emily Macdonald | Jamaica | 26.37 |

### Final A

The B final was held on 24 October.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Maggie MacNeil | Canada | 24.84 |
| | 5 | Gabi Albiero | United States | 24.84 |
| | 4 | Catie De Loof | United States | 24.88 |
| 4 | 6 | Cristina Versiani | Brazil | 25.17 |
| 5 | 2 | Stephanie Balduccini | Brazil | 25.25 |
| 6 | 7 | Sofia Revilak | Mexico | 25.67 |
| 7 | 1 | Sirena Rowe | Colombia | 25.84 |
| 8 | 8 | Andrea Berrino | Argentina | 25.98 |