The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held from 11 to 12 December 2024 at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following record was established during the competition: Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 11 December Semifinal 2 Gretchen Walsh 50.49 CR 12 December Final Gretchen Walsh 50.31 CR
Results Heats The heats were started on 11 December at 09:02. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 7 Gretchen Walsh 51.64 Q 2 6 4 Siobhán Haughey 52.12 Q 3 6 5 Freya Anderson 52.27 Q 3 8 4 Kate Douglass 52.27 Q 5 8 3 Daria Trofimova Neutral Athletes B 52.30 Q 6 7 4 Béryl Gastaldello 52.47 Q 7 6 3 Sara Curtis 52.51 Q 7 7 3 Milla Jansen 52.51 Q 9 5 5 Nina Holt 52.73 Q 10 7 6 Milou van Wijk 52.76 Q 11 6 7 Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir 52.77 Q, NR 12 7 5 Katarzyna Wasick 52.80 Q 13 8 2 Sara Junevik 52.84 Q 14 8 5 Daria Klepikova Neutral Athletes B 52.97 Q 15 7 2 Barbora Janíčková 52.99 Q 16 6 6 Sofia Morini 53.02 Q 17 6 0 Sofia Åstedt 53.12 R 18 8 1 Analia Pigrée 53.25 R 19 8 6 Liu Shuhan 53.33 20 8 9 Iris Julia Berger 53.35 NR 21 6 8 María Daza 53.38 22 6 1 Li Sum Yiu 53.41 23 5 3 Kalia Antoniou 53.45 NR 24 7 1 Luo Mingyu 53.50 24 7 9 Penny Oleksiak 53.50 26 8 7 Danielle Hill 53.66 27 7 0 Nikolett Pádár 53.69 28 5 1 Hedda Øritsland 53.79 28 7 8 Nicole Maier 53.79 30 8 8 Panna Ugrai 53.82 31 4 3 Zoe Pedersen 53.86 32 5 4 Caitlin de Lange 53.91 33 4 4 Jillian Crooks 54.13 NR 34 6 9 Kornelia Fiedkiewicz 54.17 35 8 0 Yume Jinno 54.24 36 4 6 Gloria Muzito 54.45 NR 37 5 2 Lillian Slušná 54.52 38 5 8 Smiltė Plytnykaitė 54.64 39 5 6 Hur Yeon-kyung 54.66 40 5 7 Fernanda Celidonio 54.69 41 5 9 Liu Pei-yin 55.02 42 4 1 Maria Drasidou 55.29 43 4 5 Rafaela Fernandini 55.47 44 5 0 Nicholle Toh 55.67 45 4 8 Marina Spadoni 55.70 NR 46 4 9 Elisabeth Timmer 55.77 NR 47 4 7 Andrea Becali 55.83 48 4 2 Carla González 55.96 49 4 0 Paige van der Westhuizen 56.93 50 3 3 Sara Mose 57.12 50 3 4 Pak Mi-song 57.12 52 3 5 Hana Beiqi 57.79 53 3 7 Aunjelique Liddie 58.02 NR 54 3 1 Adaku Nkem Nwandu 58.21 55 3 6 Darielys Ortiz 58.52 56 2 4 Christina Rach 58.74 57 3 0 Riley Miller 58.87 NR 58 3 2 Mia Laban 59.01 59 3 8 Aiymkyz Aidaralieva 59.56 60 3 9 Antsa Rabejaona 59.66 NR 61 1 6 Maral Batsanal 62 2 0 Naekeisha Louis 63 2 7 Marseleima Moss 64 2 6 Kaltra Meca 65 2 5 Anastasiya Morginshtern NR 66 2 3 Valentina Howell 67 2 2 Kaiya Brown 68 1 0 Sharmeen Mohd Mharvin 69 1 3 Jasmine Schofield 70 2 9 Rana Saadeldin NR 71 1 4 Siwakhile Dlamini 72 1 2 Southada Daviau 73 1 5 Lina Goyayi 74 1 7 Amazya Eliya Ann Macrooy 75 1 1 Meher Maqbool 76 1 8 Emiliya Khalikova 2 1 Anushiya Tandukar 2 8 Angelina Smythe 6 2 Lani Pallister
Semifinals The semifinals were started on 11 December at 17:48. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Gretchen Walsh 50.49 Q, CR, AM 2 1 3 Béryl Gastaldello 51.56 Q 3 1 5 Kate Douglass 51.67 Q 4 1 1 Daria Klepikova Neutral Athletes B 51.68 Q, NR 5 1 4 Siobhán Haughey 51.83 Q 6 2 5 Freya Anderson 52.07 Q 7 1 7 Katarzyna Wasick 52.28 Q 8 1 6 Milla Jansen 52.31 Q 9 1 2 Milou van Wijk 52.34 R 9 2 3 Daria Trofimova Neutral Athletes B 52.34 R 11 2 1 Sara Junevik 52.54 12 2 2 Nina Holt 52.56 13 2 7 Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir 52.68 NR 14 1 8 Sofia Morini 52.79 15 2 6 Sara Curtis 52.80 16 2 8 Barbora Janíčková 52.81
Final The final was held on 12 December at 17:32.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Gretchen Walsh 50.31 CR, AM 5 Béryl Gastaldello 50.63 NR 3 Kate Douglass 50.73 4 2 Siobhán Haughey 51.41 5 6 Daria Klepikova Neutral Athletes B 51.62 NR 6 1 Katarzyna Wasick 51.99 7 7 Freya Anderson 52.22 8 8 Milla Jansen 52.36
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