The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 24 and 25 June 2022.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Results Heats The heats were started on 24 June at 09:00.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 10 4 Sarah Sjöström 24.40 Q 2 8 4 Katarzyna Wasick 24.45 Q 3 9 3 Meg Harris 24.68 Q 4 10 3 Erika Brown 24.71 Q 5 10 5 Zhang Yufei 24.81 Q 6 8 3 Anna Hopkin 24.82 Q 7 8 6 Emma Chelius 24.87 Q 8 8 5 Torri Huske 24.91 Q 9 9 2 Julie Kepp Jensen 25.04 Q 9 9 6 Valerie van Roon 25.04 Q 11 10 7 Kim Busch 25.06 Q 12 10 0 Kalia Antoniou 25.14 Q, NR 13 10 2 Kayla Sanchez 25.15 Q, 14 9 1 Petra Senánszky 25.24 Q 15 8 7 Silvia Di Pietro 25.33 Q 16 10 6 Marie Wattel 25.34 Q 17 9 7 Lorrane Ferreira 25.36 Q 18 8 2 Rika Omoto 25.38 19 10 1 Neža Klančar 25.47 20 8 1 Jeong So-eun 25.53 21 7 5 Sasha Touretski 25.68 22 9 9 Amanda Lim 25.85 23 8 9 Chelsey Edwards 25.91 24 7 0 Daria Golovaty 25.97 24 7 4 Diana Petkova 25.97 26 7 6 Cherelle Thompson 26.01 27 7 1 Maddy Moore 26.04 28 8 0 Amel Melih 26.07 29 7 3 Huang Mei-chien 26.12 30 9 8 Jenjira Srisaard 26.13 31 10 9 Anicka Delgado 26.18 32 7 2 Jasmine Alkhaldi 26.20 32 7 7 Camille Cheng 26.20 34 7 9 Gabriela Ņikitina 26.25 34 8 8 Rūta Meilutytė 26.25 36 6 3 Kirabo Namutebi 26.26 37 6 4 Rafaela Fernandini 26.31 38 6 5 Nikol Merizaj 26.44 39 7 8 Karen Torrez 26.46 40 6 7 Kenisha Gupta 26.72 41 6 1 Jillian Crooks 26.75 42 6 6 Chloe Farro 26.98 43 6 2 Norah Milanesi 26.99 44 5 6 Varsenik Manucharyan 27.08 45 6 0 Mikaili Charlemagne 27.16 46 6 8 Maria Schutzmeier 27.20 47 5 4 Maxine Egner 27.37 48 6 9 Marie Khoury 27.40 49 2 3 Olivia Fuller 27.81 50 5 5 Cheyenne Rova 27.82 51 5 3 Lina Khiyara 27.83 52 1 3 Lucia Ruchti Suspended Member Federation 27.92 53 2 4 Hana Beiqi 28.03 54 4 4 Nomvula Mjimba 28.13 55 5 8 Dorcas Oka 28.14 56 5 1 Khema Elizabeth 28.18 57 5 0 Jovana Kuljača 28.37 58 5 9 Georgia-Leigh Vele 28.46 59 4 5 Antsa Rabejaona 28.51 60 1 4 Marina Abu Shamaleh 28.52 61 5 7 Bisma Khan 28.57 62 4 3 Vorleak Sok 28.62 63 4 2 Ariel Rodrigues 28.71 64 3 7 Ayah Binrajab 28.81 65 5 2 Yusra Mardini FINA Refugee Team 28.95 66 2 8 Ekaterina Bordachyova 29.10 67 3 9 Kaya Forson 29.25 68 4 6 Nafissath Radji 29.38 69 4 8 Taffi Illis 30.00 70 1 5 Sonia Aktar 30.05 71 2 5 Hamna Ahmed 30.61 72 4 1 Tayamika Chang'anamuno 30.81 73 3 1 Eunike Fugo 31.06 74 3 0 Jinie Thompson 31.36 75 3 5 Jennifer Lynn Harding-Marlin 31.80 76 4 0 Alyse Maniriho 31.82 77 2 0 Yuri Hosei 32.05 78 2 2 Kayla Hepler 33.05 79 3 4 Roukaya Mahamane 33.31 NR 80 3 3 Brhane Demeke Amare 34.92 81 2 9 Maesha Saadi 35.26 82 3 6 Rita Ekomba Ocomo 43.27 2 1 Sainabou Sam 2 6 Lucie Kouadio 2 7 Marie Amenou 3 2 Mashael Al-Ayed 3 8 Vanessa Bobimbo Loufouimpou 4 7 Iman Kouraogo 4 9 Chloe Sauvourel 9 0 Theodora Drakou 9 4 Shayna Jack 9 5 Cheng Yujie 10 8 Farida Osman
Semifinals The semifinals were started on 24 June at 18:17.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Katarzyna Wasick 24.11 Q, NR 2 2 4 Sarah Sjöström 24.15 Q 3 2 5 Meg Harris 24.39 Q 4 1 5 Erika Brown 24.59 Q 5 1 3 Anna Hopkin 24.60 Q 5 2 3 Zhang Yufei 24.60 Q 7 1 6 Torri Huske 24.63 Q 8 2 2 Julie Kepp Jensen 24.86 Q 9 2 6 Emma Chelius 24.87 10 1 7 Kalia Antoniou 24.94 NR 11 2 1 Petra Senánszky 24.95 12 2 8 Marie Wattel 25.04 13 1 2 Valerie van Roon 25.19 13 2 7 Kim Busch 25.19 15 1 8 Lorrane Ferreira 25.24 – 1 1 Silvia Di Pietro Disqualified
Final The final was held on 25 June at 18:47.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Sarah Sjöström 23.98 4 Katarzyna Wasick 24.18 3 Meg Harris 24.38 6 Erika Brown 24.38 5 7 Zhang Yufei 24.57 6 1 Torri Huske 24.64 7 2 Anna Hopkin 24.71 8 8 Julie Kepp Jensen 24.96
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