# Swimming at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 25 and 26 August 2017.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Universiade records were as follows.
| World record | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | 23.67 | Budapest, Hungary | 29 July 2017 |
| Competition record | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | 24.48 | Kazan, Russia | 16 July 2013 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on 25 August at 9:50.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 6 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 24.99 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | 5 | Katrina Konopka | United States | 25.17 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Caroline Baldwin | United States | 25.36 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Alessandra Marchioro | Brazil | 25.38 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 2 | Kaho Okano | Japan | 25.41 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 3 | Lucrezia Raco | Italy | 25.42 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 4 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 25.52 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 7 | Emma Chelius | South Africa | 25.61 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | 3 | Chihiro Igarashi | Japan | 25.64 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 25.66 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 4 | Graciele Herrmann | Brazil | 25.67 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 8 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 25.72 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 6 | Nastassia Karakouskaya | Belarus | 25.73 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Aglaia Pezzato | Italy | 25.88 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Choi Hae-min | South Korea | 26.01 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | Hwang Seo-jin | South Korea | 26.10 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Jacqueline Keire | Canada | 26.13 | |
| 17 | 8 | 7 | Gemma Cooney | Australia | 26.13 | |
| 19 | 7 | 6 | Mariya Baklakova | Russia | 26.26 | |
| 20 | 6 | 3 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | 26.30 | |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Tessa Vermeulen | Netherlands | 26.46 | |
| 22 | 7 | 1 | Wu Tong | China | 26.61 | |
| 23 | 6 | 1 | Abbey Harkin | Australia | 26.63 | |
| 24 | 8 | 8 | Elmira Ibraim | Kazakhstan | 26.66 | |
| 25 | 5 | 3 | Huang Mei-chien | Chinese Taipei | 26.85 | |
| 26 | 4 | 6 | Nea Norismaa | Finland | 26.88 | |
| 27 | 4 | 4 | Carina Doyle | New Zealand | 26.89 | |
| 28 | 5 | 8 | Martina Elhenická | Czech Republic | 26.90 | |
| 29 | 4 | 2 | Tam Hoi Lam | Hong Kong | 26.91 | |
| 29 | 5 | 7 | Noémi Girarde | Switzerland | 26.91 | |
| 31 | 5 | 6 | Yu Wai Ting | Hong Kong | 26.99 | |
| 32 | 5 | 2 | María Díaz | Argentina | 27.06 | |
| 33 | 6 | 8 | Amira Pilgrim | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.16 | |
| 34 | 3 | 8 | Lei On Kei | Macau | 27.18 | |
| 35 | 4 | 3 | Mo Li-err | Chinese Taipei | 27.25 | |
| 36 | 5 | 4 | Joanna Cieślak | Poland | 27.29 | |
| 37 | 3 | 1 | Tan Chi Yan | Macau | 27.34 | |
| 38 | 4 | 8 | Zhu Xiaotong | China | 27.53 | |
| 38 | 4 | 5 | Maria Muñoz | Colombia | 27.53 | |
| 40 | 3 | 6 | Katriin Kersa | Estonia | 27.85 | |
| 41 | 2 | 5 | Deborah Ho | Singapore | 28.00 | |
| 42 | 3 | 4 | Jessica Cattaneo | Peru | 28.16 | |
| 43 | 4 | 7 | Florencia Panzini | Argentina | 28.27 | |
| 44 | 3 | 5 | Isabella Olivares | Philippines | 28.29 | |
| 45 | 2 | 2 | Yeo Xiu Wen | Singapore | 28.38 | |
| 46 | 3 | 2 | Karen Riveros | Paraguay | 28.43 | |
| 47 | 3 | 3 | María Giraldo | Colombia | 28.58 | |
| 48 | 2 | 4 | Carolina Cazot | Uruguay | 28.59 | |
| 49 | 3 | 7 | Stefania Piccardo | Paraguay | 28.64 | |
| 50 | 2 | 7 | Avice Meya | Uganda | 29.23 | |
| 51 | 1 | 4 | Liisa Lodi | Estonia | 29.53 | |
| 52 | 2 | 1 | Marianne Spuhr | Chile | 29.76 | |
| 53 | 2 | 8 | Erika Eslafor | Philippines | 31.23 | |
| 54 | 1 | 5 | Madhawee Kaluarachchilage | Sri Lanka | 32.18 | |
| 55 | 1 | 3 | Bawanthi Hettiarachchi | Sri Lanka | 32.90 | |
| | 2 | 3 | Doutimi Gaebe | Nigeria | DNS | |
| | 2 | 6 | Akina Kpiliboh | Nigeria | DNS | |
| | 5 | 1 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | DNS | |
| | 6 | 5 | Sarah Fournier | Canada | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 25 August at 20:50.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Katrina Konopka | United States | 25.24 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Lucrezia Raco | Italy | 25.32 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Alessandra Marchioro | Brazil | 25.36 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 25.62 | |
| 5 | 1 | Aglaia Pezzato | Italy | 25.65 | |
| 6 | 2 | Anna Dowgiert | Poland | 25.68 | |
| 7 | 6 | Emma Chelius | South Africa | 25.80 | |
| 8 | 8 | Hwang Seo-jin | South Korea | 25.91 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 24.82 | Q, =NR |
| 2 | 5 | Caroline Baldwin | United States | 25.15 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Graciele Herrmann | Brazil | 25.18 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Chihiro Igarashi | Japan | 25.38 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Kaho Okano | Japan | 25.39 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 25.43 | |
| 7 | 1 | Nastassia Karakouskaya | Belarus | 25.61 | |
| 8 | 8 | Choi Hae-min | South Korea | 25.96 | |

### Final

The final was held on 26 August at 19:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Caroline Baldwin | United States | 25.02 |
| | 4 | Maria Kameneva | Russia | 25.08 |
| | 6 | Katrina Konopka | United States | 25.21 |
| 4 | 3 | Graciele Herrmann | Brazil | 25.26 |
| 5 | 8 | Kaho Okano | Japan | 25.29 |
| 6 | 2 | Lucrezia Raco | Italy | 25.30 |
| 7 | 7 | Alessandra Marchioro | Brazil | 25.38 |
| 8 | 1 | Chihiro Igarashi | Japan | 25.47 |