# 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 and 11 December 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 23.24 | Eindhoven | 7 August 2013 |
| Championship record | Marleen Veldhuis | Netherlands | 23.25 | Manchester | 13 April 2008 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 11:28.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 12 | 4 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 24.03 | Q |
| 2 | 11 | 3 | Michelle Williams | Canada | 24.04 | Q |
| 3 | 12 | 3 | Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 24.11 | Q |
| 3 | 13 | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.11 | Q |
| 5 | 11 | 5 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 24.21 | Q |
| 6 | 12 | 5 | Zhu Menghui | China | 24.30 | Q |
| 7 | 13 | 5 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | 24.31 | WD |
| 8 | 11 | 8 | Brittany Elmslie | Australia | 24.33 | Q |
| 9 | 11 | 6 | Anna Santamans | France | 24.34 | Q |
| 10 | 13 | 1 | Sandrine Mainville | Canada | 24.35 | Q |
| 11 | 12 | 2 | Melanie Henique | France | 24.42 | Q |
| 12 | 13 | 2 | Madison Kennedy | United States | 24.49 | Q |
| 12 | 13 | 6 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 24.49 | WD |
| 12 | 13 | 8 | Rikako Ikee | Japan | 24.49 | Q |
| 15 | 13 | 3 | Rozaliya Nasretdinova | Russia | 24.56 | Q |
| 16 | 12 | 8 | Susann Bjørnsen | Norway | 24.60 | Q |
| 17 | 11 | 0 | Sayuki Ouchi | Japan | 24.66 | Q |
| 18 | 12 | 6 | Amanda Weir | United States | 24.67 | Q |
| 19 | 11 | 7 | Yuliya Khitraya | Belarus | 24.69 | |
| 20 | 12 | 1 | Larissa Oliveira | Brazil | 24.71 | |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 24.72 | |
| 22 | 12 | 9 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 24.78 | |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Isabella Arcila | Colombia | 24.84 | |
| 24 | 13 | 0 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 24.97 | |
| 25 | 13 | 7 | Birgit Koschischek | Austria | 25.06 | |
| 26 | 12 | 0 | Nathalie Lindborg | Sweden | 25.08 | |
| 27 | 10 | 5 | Tayla Lovemore | South Africa | 25.18 | |
| 28 | 10 | 4 | Jenjira Sirsa-Ard | Thailand | 25.23 | |
| 29 | 10 | 9 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 25.27 | |
| 30 | 9 | 3 | Karen Torrez | Bolivia | 25.28 | |
| 31 | 9 | 8 | Bryndis Hansen | Iceland | 25.29 | |
| 32 | 10 | 1 | Naomi Ruele | Botswana | 25.42 | |
| 33 | 10 | 6 | Amanda Lim | Singapore | 25.46 | |
| 34 | 9 | 4 | Kertu Ly Alnek | Estonia | 25.54 | |
| 35 | 11 | 9 | Nina Rangelova | Bulgaria | 25.58 | |
| 36 | 8 | 2 | Pei Wun Lin | Chinese Taipei | 25.59 | |
| 37 | 9 | 7 | Felicity Passon | Seychelles | 25.64 | |
| 38 | 10 | 7 | Marina Chan | Singapore | 25.74 | |
| 39 | 10 | 2 | Allyson Ponson | Aruba | 25.77 | |
| 40 | 9 | 6 | Bexx Heyliger | Bermuda | 25.79 | |
| 40 | 10 | 0 | Gabriela Ņikitina | Latvia | 25.79 | |
| 42 | 9 | 1 | Amel Melih | Algeria | 25.80 | |
| 43 | 7 | 8 | Cheyenne Rova | Fiji | 25.82 | |
| 44 | 10 | 3 | Barbora Misendova | Slovakia | 25.84 | |
| 45 | 9 | 5 | Chade Nercisio | Curaçao | 25.90 | |
| 46 | 12 | 7 | Mariia Kameneva | Russia | 25.96 | |
| 47 | 8 | 5 | Jasmine Alkhaldi | Philippines | 25.99 | |
| 48 | 8 | 8 | Anastasia Bogdanovski | Macedonia | 26.08 | |
| 49 | 9 | 9 | Lushavel Stickland | Samoa | 26.10 | |
| 50 | 8 | 4 | Maria Jose Ribera | Bolivia | 26.13 | |
| 51 | 10 | 8 | Jade Howard | Zambia | 26.15 | |
| 52 | 8 | 1 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 26.49 | |
| 52 | 8 | 3 | Izzy Joachim | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.49 | |
| 54 | 8 | 0 | Karen Riveros | Paraguay | 26.60 | |
| 55 | 5 | 2 | Fatima Alkaramova | Azerbaijan | 26.61 | |
| 55 | 8 | 7 | Kimiko Raheem | Sri Lanka | 26.61 | |
| 57 | 8 | 9 | Emily Muteti | Kenya | 26.64 | |
| 58 | 9 | 2 | Sylvia Brunlehner | Kenya | 26.66 | |
| 59 | 7 | 3 | Maria Jose Arrua | Paraguay | 26.73 | |
| 60 | 5 | 3 | Helena Moreno | Costa Rica | 26.79 | |
| 60 | 8 | 6 | Alexus Laird | Seychelles | 26.79 | |
| 62 | 6 | 2 | Jeanne Boutbien | Senegal | 26.85 | |
| 63 | 7 | 5 | Chi Wai Long | Macau | 26.86 | |
| 64 | 1 | 2 | Tilka Paljk | Zambia | 26.89 | |
| 65 | 6 | 4 | Arianna Sanna | Dominican Republic | 26.96 | |
| 66 | 7 | 7 | Catharine Cooper Gomez | Panama | 27.02 | |
| 67 | 6 | 3 | Maana Patel Patel | India | 27.04 | |
| 68 | 7 | 4 | Alison Jackson | Cayman Islands | 27.13 | |
| 69 | 5 | 0 | Ana Nobrega | Angola | 27.15 | |
| 69 | 7 | 2 | Samantha Roberts | Antigua and Barbuda | 27.15 | |
| 71 | 6 | 6 | Karen Vilorio | Honduras | 27.27 | |
| 72 | 6 | 9 | Monica Ramirez Abella | Andorra | 27.39 | |
| 73 | 6 | 7 | Mariel Mencia | Dominican Republic | 27.49 | |
| 74 | 5 | 1 | Gabriela Hernandez | Nicaragua | 27.51 | |
| 75 | 7 | 0 | Rahaf Baqleh | Jordan | 27.53 | |
| 76 | 7 | 6 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 27.54 | |
| 77 | 4 | 6 | Sonia Tumiotto | Tanzania | 27.57 | |
| 77 | 5 | 5 | Lea Ricart Martinez | Andorra | 27.57 | |
| 79 | 7 | 9 | Jennifer Kizkallah | Lebanon | 27.60 | |
| 80 | 5 | 6 | Colleen Furgueson | Marshall Islands | 27.65 | |
| 81 | 7 | 1 | Dara Al-Bakry | Jordan | 27.68 | |
| 82 | 6 | 5 | Weng Tong Choi | Macau | 27.71 | |
| 83 | 4 | 4 | Annie Hepler | Marshall Islands | 27.83 | |
| 83 | 5 | 8 | Katie Victoria Kyle | Saint Lucia | 27.83 | |
| 85 | 6 | 1 | Estellah Fils Rabetsara | Madagascar | 27.88 | |
| 86 | 6 | 0 | Jamaris Washshah | United States Virgin Islands | 27.92 | |
| 87 | 4 | 5 | Christina Linares | Gibraltar | 27.95 | |
| 87 | 5 | 7 | Jamila Sanmoogan | Guyana | 27.95 | |
| 89 | 4 | 2 | Mi Song Pak | North Korea | 28.03 | |
| 90 | 5 | 4 | Annah Auckburaullee | Mauritius | 28.15 | |
| 91 | 4 | 7 | Tiareth Cijntje | Curaçao | 28.18 | |
| 92 | 4 | 1 | Yara Lima | Angola | 28.58 | |
| 93 | 3 | 5 | Bisma Khan | Pakistan | 28.71 | |
| 94 | 5 | 9 | Sofia Shah | Nepal | 28.94 | |
| 95 | 3 | 4 | Melisa Zhdrella | Kosovo | 29.04 | |
| 95 | 4 | 3 | Tiana Rabarijaona | Madagascar | 29.04 | |
| 97 | 4 | 0 | Flaka Pruthi | Kosovo | 29.25 | |
| 98 | 4 | 8 | Gabby Gittens | Antigua and Barbuda | 29.29 | |
| 99 | 3 | 8 | Charissa Panuve | Tonga | 29.33 | |
| 100 | 3 | 7 | Shanice Paraka | Papua New Guinea | 29.34 | |
| 101 | 4 | 9 | Alesia Neziri | Albania | 29.35 | |
| 102 | 2 | 5 | Osisang Dibech Chilton | Palau | 29.61 | |
| 103 | 3 | 3 | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 29.74 | |
| 104 | 3 | 0 | Aminath Shajan | Maldives | 29.81 | |
| 105 | 3 | 1 | Angel de Jesus | Northern Mariana Islands | 29.89 | |
| 106 | 3 | 6 | Vitny Hemthon | Cambodia | 30.14 | |
| 107 | 2 | 4 | Shreetika Singh | Nepal | 30.64 | |
| 108 | 2 | 8 | Robyn Young | Eswatini | 31.14 | |
| 108 | 3 | 9 | Tayamika Chang'anamuno | Malawi | 31.14 | |
| 110 | 2 | 6 | Sompathana Chamberlain | Laos | 32.43 | |
| 111 | 2 | 9 | Calina Panuve | Tonga | 32.78 | |
| 112 | 2 | 0 | Roukaya Moussa Mahamane | Niger | 36.80 | |
| 113 | 1 | 4 | Chloe Sauvourel | Central African Republic | 37.23 | |
| - | 1 | 1 | Laila Werburi Zangwio | Ghana | | DNS |
| - | 1 | 3 | Salle Alatrash | Palestine | | DNS |
| - | 1 | 5 | Bunturabie Jalloh | Sierra Leone | | DNS |
| - | 1 | 6 | Brhane Demeke Amare | Ethiopia | | DNS |
| - | 1 | 7 | Fatoumata Samassekou | Mali | | DNS |
| - | 2 | 1 | Elsie Uwamahoro | Burundi | | DNS |
| - | 2 | 2 | Mohamed Nazlati | Comoros | | DNS |
| - | 2 | 3 | Rahel Fseha Gebresilassie | Ethiopia | | DNS |
| - | 2 | 7 | Adzo Kpossi | Togo | | DNS |
| - | 3 | 2 | Angelika Ouedgraogo | Burkina Faso | | DNS |
| - | 6 | 8 | Britheny Joassaint | Haiti | | DNS |
| - | 9 | 0 | Bayan Jumah | Syria | | DNS |
| - | 11 | 4 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | Belarus | | DNS |
| - | 13 | 9 | Liu Xiang | China | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:16.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 23.67 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Anna Santamans | France | 24.14 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Amanda Weir | United States | 24.18 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Michelle Williams | Canada | 24.24 | |
| 5 | 3 | Zhu Menghui | China | 24.25 | |
| 6 | 7 | Rikako Ikee | Japan | 24.42 | |
| 7 | 2 | Melanie Henique | France | 24.46 | |
| 8 | 1 | Susann Bjørnsen | Norway | 24.61 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 23.99 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 24.04 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Brittany Elmslie | Australia | 24.17 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 24.18 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Madison Kennedy | United States | 24.18 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Rozaliya Nasretdinova | Russia | 24.23 | |
| 7 | 2 | Sandrine Mainville | Canada | 24.27 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sayuki Ouchi | Japan | 24.58 | |

### Final

The Final was held at 20:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 23.60 |
| | 3 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | 23.90 |
| | 8 | Madison Kennedy | United States | 23.93 |
| 4 | 5 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 24.00 |
| 5 | 1 | Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 24.04 |
| 5 | 6 | Anna Santamans | France | 24.04 |
| 7 | 2 | Brittany Elmslie | Australia | 24.05 |
| 8 | 7 | Amanda Weir | United States | 24.48 |