The women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events

Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

The Swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.-Qualifying criteria:...

 at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

2011 World Aquatics Championships

The 14th FINA World Championships were held at July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronised swimming...

 was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record Championship record	Britta Steffen Britta Steffen Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle....		23.73	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	August 2, 2009

No new world or competition records were set during this competition.

Heats

87 swimmers participatred in 12 heats.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	11	4	Therese Alshammar Therese Alshammar Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...		24.82	Q
1	11	5	Jessica Hardy Jessica Hardy Jessica Adele Hardy is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and freestyle stroke. She currently holds the world record in the 50 m breaststroke and the 100 m breaststroke ....		24.82	Q
3	12	5	Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya is a swimmer from Belarus.-References:...		24.85	Q
4	10	5	Dorothea Brandt		24.86	Q
5	10	4	Marleen Veldhuis Marleen Veldhuis Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She is world record holder in 4 events . Veldhuis has won 6 world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals...		25.01	Q
6	12	4	Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle but also has potential in backstroke and butterfly events. As part of the Dutch team, she holds the world records in the 4×50 m and 4×200 m freestyle relays on short course , and 4×100 m freestyle relay on long course...		25.03	Q
7	11	8	Chantal van Landeghem		25.05	Q
7	12	3	Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European...		25.05	Q
9	10	3	Amanda Weir Amanda Weir Amanda Weir is an American swimmer.At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Weir swam the third leg in the US team for the Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay. Leading after her leg of the relay, the US team finished second to the Australians, setting an American Record with their finishing time...		25.11	Q
9	12	6	Yolane Kukla Yolane Kukla Yolane Nicole Kukla is an Australian butterfly and freestyle swimmer.-Career:At the 2010 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney at just 14, Kukla earned selection for the Commonwealth Games team for Delhi, where she won the gold medal in the 50m freestyle, and Australian team for the...		25.11	Q
11	10	8	Theodora Drakou		25.13	Q
12	10	6	Olivia Halicek		25.18	Q
13	12	2	Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently holds the Danish record in 100 m freestyle...		25.23	Q
14	11	6	Victoria Poon		25.24	Q
15	9	3	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace is a national-record holding and Olympic swimmer from the Bahamas. She swam for the Bahamas at the 2008 Olympics. She swims collegiately in the USA for Auburn University...		25.28	Q, NR
16	10	7	Yayoi Matsumoto		25.34	Q
17	12	7	Triin Aljand Triin Aljand Triin Aljand is an Estonian swimmer. She was a member of the Estonian national team that competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and multiple FINA World Aquatics Championships. She competed again for the team in the 2008 Summer Olympics.She currently attends Texas A&M University, where she swims for...		25.41
18	12	8	Flávia Delaroli Flávia Delaroli Flávia Delaroli is an Olympic and National Record holding freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the women's 50 m freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.A resident of São Paulo, she also represented her native country at the 2004 and 2008...		25.47
19	9	5	Darya Stepanyuk Darya Stepanyuk Darya Stepanyuk is a Ukrainian swimmer.After finishing college, Stepanyuk entered KNAPK as part of the cycle sport faculty.Stepanyuk has broken several Ukrainian swimming records, and took part in the 2008 Olympic Games...		25.50
20	12	1	Sviatlana Khakhlova		25.54
21	9	8	Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir		25.57
21	11	1	Zhu Qianwei Zhu Qianwei Zhu Qianwei is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/5357...		25.57
23	9	6	Hanna-Maria Seppälä		25.79
24	9	7	Hannah Wilson Hannah Wilson Hannah Wilson is a Hong Kong amateur swimmer. She is a two-time Olympic swimmer for Hong Kong, having swam at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in the Water Cube in Beijing. She has won two career Universiade gold medals...		25.82
25	10	2	Karin Prinsloo		25.89
25	10	1	Svetlana Fedulova		25.89
27	8	6	Burcu Dolunay		26.01
28	8	5	Liliana Ibanez		26.04
29	9	2	Miroslava Najdanovski Miroslava Najdanovski Miroslava Najdanovski is a 2-time Serbian Olympic swimmer.Najdanovski represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At only 16 years of age, she was the youngest member of the Serbo-Montenegrin delegation and also one of the youngest athletes to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics...		26.09
30	9	1	Amanda Lim		26.12
31	8	4	Cecilie Johannessen		26.14
32	8	2	Chinyere Pigot		26.19
33	8	7	Gabriela Nikitina		26.20	NR
34	8	3	Lai Kwan Chui		26.22
35	8	8	Megan Fonteno		26.46
36	8	1	Katarina Filova		26.83
37	7	6	Anna-Liza Mopio		26.91
38	7	3	Nicole Horn		27.01
39	6	5	Karen Torrez		27.08
40	7	7	Jessica Vieira		27.11
41	7	4	Clelia Tini		27.15
42	7	2	Cherelle Thompson		27.21
43	7	8	Kiera Aitken Kiera Aitken Kiera Aitken is an Olympic and national-record holding swimmer from Bermuda. She is one of Bermuda's most successful swimmers, and has twice been named Bermuda's Female Athlete of the Year...		27.38
44	7	1	Christine Briedenhann		27.46
45	7	5	Nicola Muscat		27.56
46	6	3	Talita Baqlah		27.71
47	6	4	Karen Schulz		27.76
48	6	6	Fabiola Isabel Espinoza		28.18
49	5	5	Zamantha Hoss		28.19
50	9	4	Sylvia Brunlehner		28.20
51	6	7	Jamila Lunkuse		28.34
52	5	4	Ifiezegbe Gagbe		28.35
53	5	7	Ann-Marie Hepler		28.43
54	6	8	Monica Vasilyan		28.51
55	6	1	Pilar Shimizu		28.71
56	5	3	Hazboun Sabine		29.16
57	5	8	Keesha Keane		29.33
58	5	6	Celeste Browm		29.59
59	6	2	Siona Huxley		29.79
60	5	1	Amelie Trinquier		29.94
61	5	2	Magdalena Moshi		30.01
62	4	2	Deandra van der Colff		30.60
63	3	2	Mariana Henriques		30.83
64	3	6	Guedia Mouafo		30.84
65	4	3	Grace Kimball		30.94
66	4	7	Osisang Chilton		31.07
67	4	5	Katerina Izmaylova		31.38
68	3	3	Alphonsine Agahozo		31.41
68	4	1	Karin O'Reilly Clashing		31.41
70	4	6	Vitiny Hemthon		31.45
71	4	8	Faleumata Samassekou		32.40
72	3	8	Shreya Dhital		32.44
73	3	1	Gebremedhin Yanet Seyoum		33.17
74	3	5	Shajan Aminath		33.43
75	2	6	Angelika Sita Ouedraogo		33.54
76	3	4	Sara Al Flaij		33.98
77	2	2	Toure Assita		34.45
78	2	7	Elsie Uwamahoro		35.11
79	2	4	Vilayphone Vongphachanh Vilayphone Vongphachanh Vilayphone Vongphachanh is a female Laotian Olympic freestyle swimmer.As a member of the Laos team she competed at the age of 15 in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Women's 50m Freestyle...		35.99
80	1	5	Aminata Aboubakar Yakoub		37.07
81	2	1	Mhasin El Nour Fadlalla		38.15
82	2	3	Aicha Hassan Abdillahi		38.38
83	2	5	Angele Gbenou		38.40
84	1	3	Nafissa Adamou		43.36
85	2	8	Ingrid Outtara		44.43
86	1	2	Adzo Rebecca Kpossi		44.60
87	4	4	Masempe Theko		49.75
–	1	1	Vandenboss Samira			DNS
–	1	4	Soukeina Abdellahi			DNS
–	1	6	Maihi Asono-Nathalie			DNS
–	1	7	Ophelia Swyne			DNS
–	1	8	Nganga-Ngbo Tania			DNS
–	3	7	Sophia Adecky			DNS
–	11	3	Britta Steffen Britta Steffen Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle....			DNS
–	11	7	Li Zhesi Li Zhesi Li Zhesi is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.- Major achievements :*2007 National Intercity Games – 1st; 50m free...			DNS

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle but also has potential in backstroke and butterfly events. As part of the Dutch team, she holds the world records in the 4×50 m and 4×200 m freestyle relays on short course , and 4×100 m freestyle relay on long course...		24.56	Q
2	6	Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European...		24.80	Q
3	4	Jessica Hardy Jessica Hardy Jessica Adele Hardy is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and freestyle stroke. She currently holds the world record in the 50 m breaststroke and the 100 m breaststroke ....		25.00	Q
4	5	Dorothea Brandt		25.06
5	2	Yolane Kukla Yolane Kukla Yolane Nicole Kukla is an Australian butterfly and freestyle swimmer.-Career:At the 2010 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney at just 14, Kukla earned selection for the Commonwealth Games team for Delhi, where she won the gold medal in the 50m freestyle, and Australian team for the...		25.11
6	7	Olivia Halicek		25.20
7	1	Victoria Poon		25.26
8	8	Triin Aljand Triin Aljand Triin Aljand is an Estonian swimmer. She was a member of the Estonian national team that competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and multiple FINA World Aquatics Championships. She competed again for the team in the 2008 Summer Olympics.She currently attends Texas A&M University, where she swims for...		25.57

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently holds the Danish record in 100 m freestyle...		24.61	Q NR
2	4	Therese Alshammar Therese Alshammar Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...		24.63	Q
3	5	Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya is a swimmer from Belarus.-References:...		24.69	Q
4	3	Marleen Veldhuis Marleen Veldhuis Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She is world record holder in 4 events . Veldhuis has won 6 world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals...		24.88	Q
5	8	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace is a national-record holding and Olympic swimmer from the Bahamas. She swam for the Bahamas at the 2008 Olympics. She swims collegiately in the USA for Auburn University...		25.05	Q NR
6	2	Amanda Weir Amanda Weir Amanda Weir is an American swimmer.At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Weir swam the third leg in the US team for the Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay. Leading after her leg of the relay, the US team finished second to the Australians, setting an American Record with their finishing time...		25.14
7	7	Theodora Drakou		25.22
8	6	Chantal van Landeghem		25.23

Final

The final was held at 18:20.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Therese Alshammar Therese Alshammar Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...		24.14
	4	Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle but also has potential in backstroke and butterfly events. As part of the Dutch team, she holds the world records in the 4×50 m and 4×200 m freestyle relays on short course , and 4×100 m freestyle relay on long course...		24.27
	7	Marleen Veldhuis Marleen Veldhuis Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She is world record holder in 4 events . Veldhuis has won 6 world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals...		24.49
4	2	Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European...		24.60
5	6	Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya is a swimmer from Belarus.-References:...		24.65
6	5	Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently holds the Danish record in 100 m freestyle...		24.67
7	8	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace is a national-record holding and Olympic swimmer from the Bahamas. She swam for the Bahamas at the 2008 Olympics. She swims collegiately in the USA for Auburn University...		24.79	NR
8	1	Jessica Hardy Jessica Hardy Jessica Adele Hardy is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and freestyle stroke. She currently holds the world record in the 50 m breaststroke and the 100 m breaststroke ....		24.87

External links

• 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 50 metre freestyle start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.