# 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke

The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 14 and 15 December 2024.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) | 28.37 | Melbourne, Australia | 17 December 2022 |
| Competition record | Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) | 28.37 | Melbourne, Australia | 17 December 2022 |
The following record was established during the competition:

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 14 December at 10:40.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Tang Qianting | China | 29.15 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Lilly King | United States | 29.20 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Eneli Jefimova | Estonia | 29.24 | Q |
| =4 | 6 | 4 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 29.38 | Q |
| =4 | 7 | 5 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 29.38 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 29.62 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Alina Zmushka | Neutral Athletes A | 29.84 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 29.86 | Q |
| =9 | 5 | 3 | Silje Slyngstadli | Norway | 29.92 | Q |
| =9 | 5 | 7 | Yuliya Efimova | Neutral Athletes B | 29.92 | Q |
| =9 | 6 | 0 | Angharad Evans | United Kingdom | 29.92 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Sophie Angus | Canada | 30.02 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Dominika Sztandera | Poland | 30.10 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Tessa Giele | Netherlands | 30.14 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | Chiara Della Corte | Italy | 30.20 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | Meri Mataja | Croatia | 30.21 | Q |
| =17 | 6 | 9 | Alexanne Lepage | Canada | 30.25 | R |
| =17 | 7 | 3 | Evgeniia Chikunova | Neutral Athletes B | 30.25 | R |
| 19 | 7 | 7 | Klara Thormalm | Sweden | 30.28 | |
| 20 | 7 | 6 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 30.33 | |
| 21 | 4 | 5 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | 30.34 | |
| 22 | 4 | 4 | Teya Nikolova | Bulgaria | 30.35 | |
| =23 | 6 | 6 | Lara van Niekerk | South Africa | 30.36 | |
| =23 | 7 | 2 | Adelaida Pchelintseva | Kazakhstan | 30.36 | NR |
| 25 | 6 | 2 | Diana Petkova | Bulgaria | 30.39 | |
| 26 | 4 | 3 | Macarena Ceballos | Argentina | 30.47 | |
| 27 | 5 | 1 | Jenjira Srisa-Ard | Thailand | 30.48 | =NR |
| 28 | 7 | 8 | Park Sieun | South Korea | 30.61 | |
| =29 | 3 | 4 | Lin Pei-wun | Chinese Taipei | 30.62 | NR |
| =29 | 4 | 1 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 30.62 | |
| 31 | 4 | 7 | Emma Weber | United States | 30.67 | |
| 32 | 3 | 5 | Henrietta Fangli | Hungary | 30.70 | |
| 33 | 6 | 8 | Kotomi Kato | Japan | 30.76 | |
| 34 | 7 | 1 | Ana Pinho Rodrigues | Portugal | 30.83 | |
| 35 | 5 | 0 | Stefanía Gómez | Colombia | 30.85 | |
| 36 | 7 | 9 | Yu Jingyao | China | 30.87 | |
| 37 | 4 | 8 | Mercedes Toledo | Venezuela | 30.92 | NR |
| 38 | 3 | 6 | Lanihei Connolly | Cook Islands | 30.96 | NR |
| 39 | 4 | 0 | Phee Jinq En | Malaysia | 31.05 | NR |
| 40 | 4 | 6 | Maria Thaleia Drasidou | Greece | 31.11 | |
| 41 | 5 | 9 | Brearna Crawford | New Zealand | 31.20 | |
| 42 | 3 | 2 | Imane Houda El Barodi | Morocco | 31.40 | |
| 43 | 4 | 9 | Niamh Coyne | Ireland | 31.48 | |
| 44 | 4 | 2 | Man Wui Kiu | Hong Kong | 31.49 | |
| =45 | 3 | 3 | Lynn El Hajj | Lebanon | 31.67 | NR |
| =45 | 3 | 8 | Valerie Rose Tarazi | Palestine | 31.67 | NR |
| 47 | 3 | 0 | Nguyen Thuy Hien | Vietnam | 32.90 | |
| 48 | 3 | 1 | Will-Insha Jules-Marthe | Cape Verde | 33.02 | |
| 49 | 3 | 7 | Ellie Shaw | Netherlands Antilles | 33.12 | |
| 50 | 3 | 9 | Victoria Russell | Bahamas | 33.26 | |
| 51 | 2 | 5 | Anaika Otway | Grenada | 33.31 | |
| 52 | 2 | 4 | Stella Gjoka | Albania | 33.43 | |
| 53 | 2 | 8 | Yun-Suh Chang | Botswana | 34.10 | NR |
| 54 | 2 | 6 | Vaoahi Afu | Tonga | 34.26 | |
| 55 | 2 | 3 | Kestra Kihleng | Federated States of Micronesia | 36.14 | |
| 56 | 2 | 2 | Hamna Ahmed | Maldives | 36.55 | |
| 57 | 1 | 4 | Maesha Saadi | Comoros | 37.51 | |
| 58 | 2 | 7 | Aynur Merdanova | Turkmenistan | 37.67 | |
| 59 | 2 | 0 | Ceylia Djeutcha | Cameroon | 38.29 | |
| 60 | 2 | 9 | Divine Miansadi Mpolo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 53.51 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Xiang Kombate | Togo | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 1 | 5 | Mimarcia Ie | Guinea-Bissau | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 2 | 1 | Mariama Touré | Guinea | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 3 | 6 | Teresa Ivan | Slovakia | Disqualified | Disqualified |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 14 December at 17:48.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 28.39 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Tang Qianting | China | 28.86 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Lilly King | United States | 28.99 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Dominika Sztandera | Poland | 29.22 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 29.24 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Eneli Jefimova | Estonia | 29.39 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 29.44 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Alina Zmushka | Neutral Athletes A | 29.68 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Tessa Giele | Netherlands | 29.80 | R |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 29.89 | R |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Yuliya Efimova | Neutral Athletes B | 29.92 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Angharad Evans | United Kingdom | 29.95 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Sophie Angus | Canada | 30.03 | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Silje Slyngstadli | Norway | 30.04 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Chiara Della Corte | Italy | 30.06 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Meri Mataja | Croatia | 30.17 | NR |

### Final

The final was held on 15 December at 17:47.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 28.54 |
| | 5 | Tang Qianting | China | 28.86 |
| | 3 | Lilly King | United States | 28.91 |
| 4 | 2 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 29.11 |
| 5 | 7 | Eneli Jefimova | Estonia | 29.13 |
| 6 | 6 | Dominika Sztandera | Poland | 29.49 |
| 7 | 8 | Alina Zmushka | Neutral Athletes A | 29.56 |
| 8 | 1 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 29.69 |