# Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The Women's 50m Freestyle at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 March (prelims & semifinals) and 1 April (finals) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. A total of 143 swimmers were entered in the event; 138 swam the event.
The existing records at the start of the competition were:
* World Record (WR): 24.13, Inge de Bruijn (Netherlands), 22 September 2000 in Sydney, Australia.
* Championship Record (CR): 24.45, Inge de Bruijn (Netherlands), Fukuoka 2001 (Jul.28.2001).

## Results
### Final

| Place | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 1 | Lisbeth Lenton | Australia | 24.53 |
| 2 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 24.62 |
| 3 | Marleen Veldhuis | Netherlands | 24.70 |
| 4 | Britta Steffen | Germany | 24.79 |
| 5 | Kara Lynn Joyce | USA | 24.83 |
| 6 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 24.96 |
| 7 | Malia Metella | France | 25.02 |
| 8 | Natalie Coughlin | USA | 25.31 |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | Marleen Veldhuis | Netherlands | 24.79 | Q |
| 2 | Kara Lynn Joyce | USA | 24.80 | Q |
| 3 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 24.83 | Q |
| 4 | Lisbeth Lenton | Australia | 24.89 | Q |
| 5 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 25.06 | Q |
| 5 | Britta Steffen | Germany | 25.06 | Q |
| 7 | Natalie Coughlin | USA | 25.08 | Q |
| 8 | Malia Metella | France | 25.10 | Q |
| 9 | Aleksandra Gerasimenya | Belarus | 25.28 | |
| 10 | XU Yanwei | China | 25.31 | |
| 11 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 25.32 | |
| 12 | Anna-Karin Kammerling | Sweden | 25.37 | |
| 13 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 25.47 | |
| 14 | Inge Dekker | Netherlands | 25.50 | |
| 15 | Céline Couderc | France | 25.54 | |
| 16 | Erica Morningstar | Canada | 25.61 | |

### Prelims

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | Kara Lynn Joyce | USA | 25.23 | Q |
| 2 | Lisbeth Lenton | Australia | 25.24 | Q |
| 3 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 25.34 | Q |
| 4 | Britta Steffen | Germany | 25.40 | Q |
| 5 | XU Yanwei | China | 25.41 | Q |
| 6 | Jodie Henry | Australia | 25.42 | Q |
| 7 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 25.43 | Q |
| 8 | Marleen Veldhuis | Netherlands | 25.45 | Q |
| 9 | Aleksandra Gerasimenya | Belarus | 25.51 | Q |
| 10 | Erica Morningstar | Canada | 25.54 | Q |
| 10 | Natalie Coughlin | USA | 25.54 | Q |
| 12 | Anna Karin Kammerling | Sweden | 25.56 | Q |
| 13 | Inge Dekker | Netherlands | 25.60 | Q |
| 14 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 25.61 | Q |
| 15 | Malia Metella | France | 25.63 | Q |
| 16 | Céline Couderc | France | 25.70 | Q |
| 17 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | Belarus | 25.73 | |
| 18 | Vanessa García | Puerto Rico | 25.81 | |
| 19 | Daniela Gotz | Germany | 25.83 | |
| 20 | Cristina Chiuso | Italy | 25.85 | |
| 21 | Oxana Serikova | Ukraine | 25.93 | |
| 22 | Arlene Semeco | Venezuela | 26.10 | |
| 23 | Flávia Delaroli | Brazil | 26.13 | |
| 24 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 26.28 | |
| 25 | Fabienne Nadarajah | Austria | 26.41 | |
| 26 | Triin Aljand | Estonia | 26.52 | |
| 26 | Lauren Boyle | New Zealand | 26.52 | |
| 28 | Jana Kolukanova | Estonia | 26.55 | |
| 29 | Victoria Poon | Canada | 26.56 | |
| 30 | Caroline Pickering | Fiji | 26.57 | |
| 31 | Marilies Demal | Austria | 26.60 | |
| 31 | Sze Hang Yu | Hong Kong | 26.60 | |
| 33 | Hannah Wilson | Hong Kong | 26.64 | |
| 34 | Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir | Iceland | 26.67 | |
| 35 | Miroslava Najdanovski | Serbia | 26.73 | |
| 36 | Emily Vavourakis | Belgium | 26.85 | |
| 37 | Lee Keo-Ra | South Korea | 26.87 | |
| 38 | Sharntelle McLean | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.89 | |
| 38 | Petra Klosova | Czech Republic | 26.89 | |
| 38 | Pin Chieh Nieh | Chinese Taipei | 26.89 | |
| 41 | Tine Bossuyt | Belgium | 26.92 | |
| 42 | Ionela Cozma | Romania | 27.00 | |
| 43 | Ximena Vilar | Venezuela | 27.04 | |
| 44 | Lynette Ng | Singapore | 27.09 | |
| 45 | Karin Prinsloo | South Africa | 27.12 | |
| 46 | Natasha Moodie | Jamaica | 27.24 | |
| 47 | Carolina Colorado Henao | Colombia | 27.26 | |
| 48 | Yang Chin-Kuei | Chinese Taipei | 27.28 | |
| 49 | Madeleine Scerri | Malta | 27.29 | |
| 50 | Anna Stylianou | Cyprus | 27.37 | |
| 51 | Ruth Ho | Singapore | 27.38 | |
| 52 | Yamile Bahamonde | Ecuador | 27.40 | |
| 53 | Pannika Prachgosin | Thailand | 27.41 | |
| 54 | Sara Yasmine Chahed | Tunisia | 27.42 | |
| 55 | Heather Brand | Zimbabwe | 27.43 | |
| 56 | Nicole Marmol Gilbert | Ecuador | 27.45 | |
| 57 | Kimberly Eeson | Zimbabwe | 27.67 | |
| 58 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 27.70 | |
| 58 | Ellen Hight | Zambia | 27.70 | |
| 60 | Cheok Mei Ma | Macau | 27.71 | |
| 61 | Alexia Pamela Benitez Quijada | El Salvador | 27.82 | |
| 62 | Irina Shlemova | Uzbekistan | 27.88 | |
| 63 | Marianela Quesada | Costa Rica | 27.94 | |
| 64 | Sharon Paola Fajardo Sierra | Honduras | 28.03 | |
| 65 | Kiera Aitken | Bermuda | 28.04 | |
| 66 | Veronica Vdovicenco | Moldova | 28.06 | |
| 67 | Felicia Leksono | Indonesia | 28.14 | |
| 68 | Nilshaira Isenia | Netherlands Antilles | 28.21 | |
| 69 | Rachel Ah Koy | Fiji | 28.26 | |
| 70 | Elena Popovska | Macedonia | 28.29 | |
| 71 | Nancy Suryaatmadja | Indonesia | 28.31 | |
| 72 | Khadija Ciss | Senegal | 28.33 | |
| 73 | Emma Hunter | Samoa | 28.47 | |
| 74 | Jessica Teixeira Vieira | Mozambique | 28.64 | |
| 75 | Parita Parekh | India | 28.69 | |
| 76 | Mariya Bugakova | Uzbekistan | 28.70 | |
| 77 | Marie Laura Meza | Costa Rica | 28.71 | |
| 78 | Rovena Marku | Albania | 28.76 | |
| 79 | Jakie Wellman | Zambia | 28.77 | |
| 80 | Ximene Gomes | Mozambique | 28.81 | |
| 81 | Massie Milagros Carrillo | Peru | 28.82 | |
| 82 | Razan Taha | Jordan | 28.87 | |
| 83 | Ngozi Monu | Nigeria | 28.89 | |
| 84 | Dohi Eliane Droubry | Côte d'Ivoire | 28.92 | |
| 85 | Tojohanitra Andriamanjatoprimamama | Madagascar | 29.07 | |
| 86 | Dalia Tórrez Zamora | Nicaragua | 29.14 | |
| 87 | Kshipra Mahajan | India | 29.22 | |
| 88 | Jonay Briedenhann | Namibia | 29.27 | |
| 89 | Danielle Beaubrun | Saint Lucia | 29.30 | |
| 90 | Judith Meauri | Papua New Guinea | 29.38 | |
| 91 | Miriam Hatamleh | Jordan | 29.42 | |
| 92 | Katerine Moreno | Bolivia | 29.43 | |
| 93 | Fiorella Gomez-Sanchez | Peru | 29.51 | |
| 94 | Chinyere Pigot | Suriname | 29.55 | |
| 94 | Karen Torrez | Bolivia | 29.55 | |
| 96 | Talisa Pace | Malta | 29.58 | |
| 97 | April Chang | Samoa | 29.60 | |
| 98 | Binta Zahra Diop | Senegal | 29.65 | |
| 99 | Sook Fun Chai | Malaysia | 29.71 | |
| 100 | Rachel Fortunato | Gibraltar | 29.78 | |
| 101 | Lacey Palmer-Martin | Saint Lucia | 29.83 | |
| 102 | Marike Meyer | Namibia | 29.84 | |
| 102 | Stephanie Anne Maitland | Seychelles | 29.84 | |
| 104 | Dashtserengiin Saintsetseg | Mongolia | 30.00 | |
| 105 | Shannon Austin | Seychelles | 30.17 | |
| 106 | Uche Monu | Nigeria | 30.18 | |
| 107 | Senele Dlamini | Swaziland | 30.33 | |
| 108 | Pina Ercolano | Kenya | 30.36 | |
| 109 | Aminath Rouya Hussain | Maldives | 30.46 | |
| 110 | Herinantenaina Ravoajanahary | Madagascar | 30.50 | |
| 111 | Rachel Lannen | Guam | 30.53 | |
| 111 | Prisca Rose | Mauritius | 30.53 | |
| 113 | Telmen Batjargal | Mongolia | 30.61 | |
| 114 | Diane Etiennette | Mauritius | 30.63 | |
| 114 | Olivia Aya Nakitanda | Uganda | 30.63 | |
| 116 | Kathryn Millin | Swaziland | 30.73 | |
| 117 | Sameera Al-Bitar | Brunei | 31.12 | |
| 118 | Sarah Elizabeth Johnson | Northern Mariana Islands | 31.39 | |
| 119 | Maria Gibbons | Palau | 31.75 | |
| 120 | Debra Daniel | Federated States    of Micronesia | 32.07 | |
| 121 | Amber Yobech | Palau | 32.10 | |
| 121 | Maxine Pardo | Gibraltar | 32.10 | |
| 123 | Zakia Nassar | Palestine | 32.17 | |
| 124 | Julianne Kirchner | Marshall Islands | 32.74 | |
| 125 | Natasha Ratter | Uganda | 33.10 | |
| 126 | Teran Matthews | Saint Vincent    and the Grenadines | 33.18 | |
| 127 | Magdalena Moshi | Tanzania | 33.57 | |
| 128 | Samphors Seng | Cambodia | 34.25 | |
| 129 | Karishma Karki | Nepal | 34.97 | |
| 130 | Vilayphone Vongphachanh | Laos | 35.44 | |
| 131 | Nahed Akhlif | Libya | 36.47 | |
| 132 | Elisabeth Nikiema | Burkina Faso | 38.33 | |
| 133 | Elsie Uwamahoro | Burundi | 39.79 | |
| 134 | Aminath Inas Ismail | Maldives | 40.75 | |
| 135 | Daoheuang Inthavong | Laos | 43.28 | |
| 136 | Ingrid Rabienne Outtara | Burkina Faso | 44.09 | |
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