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

The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 6 and 7 December 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 28.64 | Tokyo | 26 October 2016 |
| Championship record | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 28.81 | Doha | 3 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 11:12.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 29.48 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 29.71 | Q, =NR |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Lilly King | United States | 29.84 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Molly Hannis | United States | 29.92 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 30.06 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Natalia Ivaneeva | Russia | 30.23 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Miho Teramura | Japan | 30.27 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Jessica Hansen | Australia | 30.35 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | Susan Bjornsen | Norway | 30.41 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 6 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 30.43 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Rachel Nicol | Canada | 30.52 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 30.52 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Valentina Artemyeva | Russia | 30.55 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Misaki Sekiguchi | Japan | 30.61 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 30.64 | Q, NR |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Silja Kansakoski | Finland | 30.70 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 5 | Fiona Doyle | Ireland | 30.77 | |
| 18 | 6 | 6 | Petra Chocová | Czech Republic | 30.89 | |
| 19 | 7 | 7 | Jessica Eriksson | Sweden | 30.92 | |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Shi Jinglin | China | 30.99 | |
| 20 | 7 | 8 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 30.99 | NR |
| 22 | 5 | 7 | Macarena Ceballos | Argentina | 31.01 | NR |
| 23 | 7 | 0 | Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | 31.05 | |
| 24 | 6 | 2 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 31.07 | |
| 25 | 6 | 8 | Solene Gallego | France | 31.13 | |
| 26 | 5 | 9 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 31.17 | |
| 26 | 6 | 7 | Christina Nothdurfter | Austria | 31.17 | |
| 28 | 4 | 6 | Kierra Smith | Canada | 31.25 | |
| 29 | 5 | 8 | Kaylene Corbett | South Africa | 31.55 | |
| 30 | 7 | 9 | Matilde Schroder | Denmark | 31.71 | |
| 31 | 4 | 4 | Yu Jingyao | China | 31.80 | |
| 32 | 6 | 9 | Tatiana Chișca | Moldova | 31.81 | |
| 33 | 4 | 7 | Jenjira Srisa-Ard | Thailand | 32.07 | NR |
| 34 | 4 | 1 | Liao Man-Wen | Chinese Taipei | 32.18 | |
| 35 | 4 | 0 | Tilka Paljk | Zambia | 32.29 | NR |
| 36 | 4 | 3 | Roanne Ho | Singapore | 32.40 | |
| 37 | 3 | 4 | Izzy Shne Joachim | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32.43 | NR |
| 38 | 4 | 2 | Hannah Taleb-Bendiab | Algeria | 32.75 | |
| 39 | 4 | 8 | Emina Pasukan | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32.81 | |
| 40 | 6 | 0 | Lei On Kei | Macau | 33.29 | |
| 41 | 4 | 9 | Leili Tilvadyeva | Kyrgyzstan | 33.38 | |
| 42 | 3 | 5 | Chade Nersicio | Curaçao | 33.51 | NR |
| 43 | 3 | 1 | Cheang Weng Lam | Macau | 33.55 | |
| 44 | 3 | 7 | Hamida Nefsi | Algeria | 33.71 | |
| 45 | 3 | 0 | Melisa Zhdrella | Kosovo | 34.00 | NR |
| 46 | 3 | 2 | Sofia Lopez | Paraguay | 34.07 | NR |
| 47 | 3 | 3 | Naomy Grand-Pierre | Haiti | 34.22 | |
| 48 | 3 | 6 | Sophia Ortiz | Paraguay | 34.76 | |
| 49 | 1 | 5 | Mahfuza Khatun | Bangladesh | 35.30 | NR |
| 50 | 3 | 9 | Tilali Scanlan | American Samoa | 35.34 | NR |
| 51 | 2 | 7 | Colleen Furgeson | Marshall Islands | 35.37 | NR |
| 52 | 3 | 8 | Jang Myong Gyong | North Korea | 35.78 | |
| 53 | 2 | 3 | Tiareth Cijntje | Curaçao | 36.08 | |
| 54 | 2 | 5 | Cecilia Medina | Honduras | 37.04 | NR |
| 55 | 2 | 2 | Niharika Tuladhar | Nepal | 37.94 | NR |
| 56 | 2 | 6 | Kejsi Delli | Albania | 38.65 | |
| 57 | 2 | 8 | Annie Hepler | Marshall Islands | 38.85 | |
| 58 | 2 | 0 | Anthea Mudanye | Uganda | 40.48 | |
| 59 | 2 | 4 | Angel de Jesus | Northern Mariana Islands | 41.15 | NR |
| 60 | 2 | 9 | Tayamika Chang'anamuno | Malawi | 44.13 | NR |
| | 1 | 3 | Angelika Ouedraogo | Burkina Faso | | DNS |
| | 1 | 4 | Bunturabie Jalloh | Sierra Leone | | DNS |
| | 1 | 6 | Laila Zangwio | Ghana | | DNS |
| | 2 | 1 | Nazlati Mohamed Andhumdine | Comoros | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:56.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Molly Hannis | United States | 29.88 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 30.06 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Jessica Hansen | Australia | 30.22 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Natalia Ivaneeva | Russia | 30.30 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Silja Kansakoski | Finland | 30.39 | |
| 6 | 2 | Martina Carraro | Italy | 30.43 | |
| 7 | 7 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 30.70 | |
| 8 | 1 | Misaki Sekiguchi | Japan | 30.80 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 29.09 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Lilly King | United States | 29.17 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 3 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 30.17 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Susan Bjornsen | Norway | 30.33 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Miho Teramura | Japan | 30.35 | |
| 6 | 7 | Rachel Nicol | Canada | 30.38 | |
| 7 | 8 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 30.47 | NR |
| 8 | 1 | Valentina Artemyeva | Russia | 30.49 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:11.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Lilly King | United States | 28.92 | NR |
| | 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 29.11 | |
| | 3 | Molly Hannis | United States | 29.58 | |
| 4 | 6 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 29.72 | |
| 5 | 1 | Natalia Ivaneeva | Russia | 30.14 | |
| 6 | 8 | Susan Bjornsen | Norway | 30.28 | |
| 7 | 7 | Jessica Hansen | Australia | 30.43 | |
| 8 | 2 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 30.45 | |