Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly

The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 28 and 29 July 2017.[1][2]

Women's 50 metre butterfly
at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
LocationBudapest, Hungary
Dates28 July (heats and semifinals)
29 July (final)
Competitors63 from 55 nations
Winning time24.60
Medalists
gold medal    Sweden
silver medal    Netherlands
bronze medal    Egypt
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Records

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

World record  Sarah Sjöström (SWE)24.43Borås, Sweden5 July 2014
Competition record  Sarah Sjöström (SWE)24.96Kazan, Russia8 August 2015

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
29 JulyFinalSarah Sjöström  Sweden24.60CR

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 28 July at 09:56.[3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174Sarah Sjöström  Sweden25.25Q
275Kelsi Worrell  United States25.65Q
364Rikako Ikee  Japan25.72Q
472Aliena Schmidtke  Germany25.73Q, NR
554Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands25.74Q
571Farida Osman  Egypt25.74Q, AF
762Béryl Gastaldello  France25.79Q, NR
863Mélanie Henique  France25.81Q
955Kimberly Buys  Belgium25.82Q, NR
1065Penny Oleksiak  Canada25.87Q
1156Emilie Beckmann  Denmark25.88Q
1276Holly Barratt  Australia25.91Q
1367Aleksandra Urbańczyk  Poland26.00Q
1473Maaike de Waard  Netherlands26.03Q
1552Silvia di Pietro  Italy26.24Q
1653Lu Ying  China26.34Q
1777Zhang Yufei  China26.40
1866Svetlana Chimrova  Russia26.49
1961Flóra Molnár  Hungary26.51
2078Louise Hansson  Sweden26.55
2160Brittany Elmslie  Australia26.61
2251Nastja Govejšek  Slovenia26.65
2269Park Ye-rin  South Korea26.65
2268Sarah Gibson  United States26.65
2557Katerine Savard  Canada26.81
2643Amit Ivry  Israel26.88
2746Mimosa Jallow  Finland26.89
2879Lucie Svěcená  Czech Republic26.90
2970Anna Ntountounaki  Greece26.94
3042Gabriela Ņikitina  Latvia26.95NR
3159Bryndis Hansen  Iceland27.15
3244Barbora Mišendová  Slovakia27.23
3341Amina Kajtaz  Bosnia and Herzegovina27.35
3448Erin Gallagher  South Africa27.36
3558Helena Gasson  New Zealand27.37
3647Chan Kin Lok  Hong Kong27.47
3734Emily Muteti  Kenya27.78NR
3840Marie Laura Meza  Costa Rica27.97NR
3935Alexandra Schegoleva  Cyprus28.22
3936Talita Baqlah  Jordan28.22NR
4149Chade Nersicio  Curaçao28.41
4220María José Ribera  Bolivia28.48
4333Elinah Phillip  British Virgin Islands28.51
4421Nicole Rautemberg  Paraguay29.13
4514Jamila Sanmoogan  Guyana30.02NR
4537Ann-Marie Hepler  Marshall Islands30.02
4732Ana Sofia Nóbrega  Angola30.18
4826Mishael Aisha Ayub  Pakistan30.77
4924Hantan Raharvel  Madagascar30.89NR
5038Gabby Gittens  Antigua and Barbuda31.77
5125Hemthon Vitiny  Cambodia32.39NR
5239Faith Edorodion  Nigeria32.61
5323Avice Meya  Uganda33.05NR
5413Kestra Kihleng  Micronesia33.06
5530Charissa Panuve  Tonga33.43
5629Karina Klimyk  Tajikistan33.55NR
5727Diana Basho  Albania34.09
5822Ritaj Amin  Bahrain35.69NR
5928Nafissath Radji  Benin42.12NR
15Fatou Bintou Diagne  SenegalDNS
31Gessica Stagno  Mozambique
45Alys Thomas  Great Britain
50Pernille Blume  Denmark

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 28 July at 18:46.[4]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Kelsi Worrell  United States25.57Q
26Mélanie Henique  France25.63Q, NR
32Penny Oleksiak  Canada25.66Q, NR
45Aliena Schmidtke  Germany25.68Q, NR
53Farida Osman  Egypt25.73Q, AF
67Holly Barratt  Australia25.76
78Lu Ying  China25.79
81Maaike de Waard  Netherlands25.89

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Sarah Sjöström  Sweden25.30Q
23Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands25.67Q
32Kimberly Buys  Belgium25.70Q, NR
47Emilie Beckmann  Denmark25.77
55Rikako Ikee  Japan25.90
61Aleksandra Urbańczyk  Poland25.94
76Béryl Gastaldello  France26.01
88Silvia di Pietro  Italy26.06

Final

The final was held on 29 July at 17:32.[5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Sarah Sjöström  Sweden24.60CR
2Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands25.38
8Farida Osman  Egypt25.39AF
45Kelsi Worrell  United States25.48AM
56Penny Oleksiak  Canada25.62NR
63Mélanie Henique  France25.76
71Kimberly Buys  Belgium25.78
87Aliena Schmidtke  Germany26.08

References