2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 50m Freestyle (Women)

sport	swim
discipline	50 meters freestyle
gender	Women
place	Estádio Aquático Olímpico
Attendees	91 athletes from 76 countries
Competition phase	12./13. August 2016

The women's 50 meter freestyle competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 12 and 13, 2016 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 91 athletes from 76 countries took part.

There were ten preliminary runs. The 16 fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals that were held on the same day. The eight fastest swimmers in both semi-finals qualified for the final.

Abbreviations:
WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record
ER = European record , NAR = North American record , SAR = South American record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = African record, OZR = Oceania record

Existing records

World record	Britta Steffen ( Germany )	23.73 s	Rome , Italy	August 2, 2009
Olympic record	Ranomi Kromowidjojo ( Netherlands )	24.05 s	London , UK	4th August 2012

Title holder

Olympic champion	Ranomi Kromowidjojo ( Netherlands )	24.05 s	London 2012
World Champion	Bronte Campbell ( Australia )	24.12 s	Kazan 2015
European champion	Ranomi Kromowidjojo ( Netherlands )	24.07 s	London 2016
German champions	Dorothea Brandt	24.66 s	Berlin 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Bunturabie Jalloh	Myanmar	30.25 s
2	Nada Albedwawi	Brunei	32.28 s
3	Fatema Almahmeed	United Arab Emirates	33.42 s
4th	Egg egg thet	Sierra Leone	39.93 s

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Anastassia Tyurina	Tajikistan	31.15 s
2	Laraiba Seibou	Benin	33.01 s
3	Stefan Bellore Sangala	Republic of the Congo	33.71 s
4th	Roukaya Moussa Mahamane	Niger	35.60 s
5	Haneen Ibrahim	Sudan	36.23 s
6th	Chloé Sauvourel	Central African Republic	37.15 s
7th	Nazlati Mohamed	Comoros	37.66 s
8th	Mariama Djoulde Sow	Guinea	39.85 s

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Dirngulbai Misech	Palau	29.19 s
2	Angelika Ouedraogo	Burkina Faso	29.44 s
3	Sonia Aktar	Bangladesh	29.99 s
4th	Rahel Fseha Gebresilassie	Ethiopia	32.51 s
5	Siri Budcharern Arun	Laos	32.55 s
6th	Adzo Kpossi	Togo	33.44 s
7th	Elsie Uwamahoro	Burundi	33.70 s
8th	Fatoumata Samassékou	Mali	33.71 s

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Colleen Furgeson	Marshall Islands	28.16 s
2	Jesüigiin Bajar	Mongolia	28.40 s
3	Miri Alatrash	Palestine	28.76 s
4th	Hem Thon Vitiny	Cambodia	29.37 s
5	Magdalena Moshi	Tanzania	29.44 s
6th	Ammara Pinto	Malawi	30.32 s
7th	Debra Daniel	Micronesia	30.83 s
-	Awa Ly N'diaye	Senegal	-	Disqualified

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Faye Sultan	Independent Olympian	26.86 s
2	Naomy Grand'Pierre	Haiti	27.46 s
3	Samantha Roberts	Netherlands Antilles	27.95 s
4th	Noura Mana	Morocco	28.20 s
5	Irene Prescott	Tonga	28.68 s
6th	Jamila Sanmoogan	Guyana	28.88 s
7th	Lianna Swan	Pakistan	29.02 s
-	Monika Vasilyan	Armenia	-	Not started

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Karen Torrez	Bolivia	26.16 s
2	Naomi Ruele	Botswana	26.23 s
3	Elinah Phillip	British Virgin Islands	26.26 s
4th	Baean Jouma	Syria	26.41 s
5	Talita Baqlah	Jordan	26.48 s
6th	Rebecca Heyliger	Bermuda	26.54 s
7th	Nicola Muscat	Malta	26.60 s
8th	Dorian McMenemy	Dominican Republic	27.37 s

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Susann Bjørnsen	Norway	25.05 s
2	Julie Meynen	Luxembourg	25.12 s
3	Liliana Ibáñez López	Mexico	25.25 s
4th	Isabella Arcila Hurtado	Colombia	25.35 s
5	Alexandra Touretski	Switzerland	25.66 s
6th	Camille Cheng	Hong Kong	25.92 s
7th	Allyson Ponson	Aruba	26.00 s
8th	Lin Pei-Wun	Chinese Taipei	26.41 s

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Vanessa García	Puerto Rico	24.94 s
2	Mélanie Henique	France	25.36 s
3	Zohar Hen Shikler	Israel	25.38 s
4th	Erika Ferraioli	Italy	25.40 s
5	Anna Dowgiert	Poland	25.54 s
6th	Birgit Koschischek	Austria	25.58 s
7th	Yayoi Matsumoto	Japan	25.73 s

Forward 9

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Inge Dekker	Netherlands	24.77 s
2	Farida Osman	Egypt	24.91 s	AFR
3	Yuliya Khitraya	Belarus	25.18 s
4th	Aleksandra Urbańczyk-Olejarczyk	Poland	25.28 s
5	Theodora Drakou	Greece	25.36 s
6th	Andrea Murez	Israel	25.41 s
7th	Rikako Ikee	Japan	25.45 s
8th	Darja Stepanyuk	Ukraine	25.67 s

Forward 10

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Aljaksandra Herassimenja	Belarus	24.42 s
2	Abbey Weitzeil	United States	24.48 s
3	Chantal van Landeghem	Canada	24.57 s
3	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	24.57 s
5	Liu Xiang	People's Republic of China	24.91 s
6th	Anna Santamans	France	24.93 s
7th	Flóra Molnár	Hungary	25.07 s
8th	Graciele Herrmann	Brazil	25.60 s

Forward 11

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	24.26 s
2	Jeanette Ottesen	Denmark	24.48 s
3	Cate Campbell	Australia	24.52 s
4th	Simone Manuel	United States	24.71 s
5	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	24.73 s
6th	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	24.82 s
7th	Silvia Di Pietro	Italy	24.89 s
8th	Rosalia Nasretdinova	Russia	24.94 s

Forward 12

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Pernille flower	Denmark	24.23 s
2	Bronte Campbell	Australia	24.45 s
3	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	24.66 s
4th	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace	Bahamas	24.77 s
4th	Dorothea Brandt	Germany	24.77 s
6th	Michelle Williams	Canada	24.91 s
7th	Natalia Lovtcova	Russia	25.55 s
-	Chen Xinyi	People's Republic of China	-	Not started

Semifinals

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	24.41 s
2	Bronte Campbell	Australia	24.43 s
3	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	24.45 s	SAR
4th	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace	Bahamas	24.60 s
5	Chantal van Landeghem	Canada	24.61 s
6th	Jeanette Ottesen	Denmark	24.62 s
7th	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	24.69 s
8th	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	24.72 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Pernille flower	Denmark	24.28 s
2	Cate Campbell	Australia	24.32 s
3	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	24.39 s
4th	Simone Manuel	United States	24.44 s
5	Aljaksandra Herassimenja	Belarus	24.53 s
6th	Abbey Weitzeil	United States	24.67 s
7th	Dorothea Brandt	Germany	24.71 s
8th	Inge Dekker	Netherlands	25.31 s

final

August 14, 2016, 3:03 am CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Pernille flower	Denmark	24.07 s	NO
2	Simone Manuel	United States	24.09 s
3	Aljaksandra Herassimenja	Belarus	24.11 s	NO
4th	Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	24.13 s
5	Bronte Campbell	Australia	24.15 s
6th	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	24.19 s
7th	Cate Campbell	Australia	24.42 s
8th	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	24.69 s

Web links

• Result of the preliminary runs
• Result of the semi-finals
• Result of the final