Women's 50m Freestyle
	NEDNetherlands	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	24.05
	BLRBelarus	Aliaksandra Herasimenia	24.28
	NEDNetherlands	Marleen Veldhuis	24.39
4	GERGermany	Britta Steffen	24.46
5	GBRGreat Britain	Francesca Halsall	24.47
6	SWESweden	Therese Alshammar	24.61
7	USAUnited States	Jessica Hardy	24.62
8	BAHBahamas	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace	24.69
9	GBRGreat Britain	Amy Smith	24.87
10	AUSAustralia	Bronte Campbell	24.94
10	FRAFrance	Anna Santamans	24.94
12	DENDenmark	Jeanette Ottesen	24.99
13	AUSAustralia	Cate Campbell	25.01
14	SWESweden	Sarah Sjöström	25.08
15	CANCanada	Victoria Poon	25.17
16	GREGreece	Theodora Drakou	25.28
17	ISLIceland	Sarah Blake Bateman	25.28
17	USAUnited States	Kara Lynn Joyce	25.28
19	ESTEstonia	Triin Aljand	25.33
20	BLRBelarus	Sviatlana Khakhlova	25.36
21	GREGreece	Nery-Mantey Niangkouara	25.40
22	BRABrazil	Graciele Herrmann	25.44
23	NZLNew Zealand	Hayley Palmer	25.47
24	CHNChina	Zhu Qianwei	25.54
24	DENDenmark	Pernille Blume	25.54
26	FINFinland	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	25.55
26	LTULithuania	Ruta Meilutyte	25.55
28	VENVenezuela	Arlene Semeco	25.56
29	PURPuerto Rico	Vanessa Garcia	25.58
30	POLPoland	Anna Dowgiert	25.59
31	BELBelgium	Jolien Sysmans	25.60
32	ITAItaly	Erika Ferraioli	25.69
33	UKRUkraine	Darya Stepanyuk	25.70
34	TURTürkiye	Burcu Dolunay	25.72
35	JPNJapan	Yayoi Matsumoto	25.73
36	RSASouth Africa	Trudi Maree	25.78
37	JAMJamaica	Alia Atkinson	25.98
38	SVKSlovakia	Miroslava Syllabová	26.07
39	LATLatvia	Gabriela Nikitina	26.26
40	SURSuriname	Chinyere Pigot	26.30
41	EGYEgypt	Farida Osman	26.34
42	SRBSerbia Republic	Miroslava Najdanovski	26.46
43	MLTMalta	Nicola Muscat	27.22
44	MOZMozambique	Jessica Vieira	27.39
45	JORJordan	Talita Baqlah	27.45
46	MAWMalawi	Joyce Tafatatha	27.74
47	PNGPapua New Guinea	Judith Meauri	27.84
48	IOCInd. Olympic Participant	Faye Sultan	27.92
49	MHLMarshall Islands	Ann-Marie Hepler	28.06
50	PLWPalau	Keesha Keane	28.25
51	PLEPalestine	Sabine Hazboun	28.28
52	UGAUganda	Jamila Lunkuse	28.44
53	CMRCameroon	Guedia Mouafo	29.28
54	COKCook Islands	Celeste Brown	29.36
55	ANTAntigua and Barbuda	Karin Clashing	30.01
56	FSMFederated States of Micronesia	Debra Daniel	30.32
57	CAMCambodia	Vitiny Hemthon	30.44
58	RWARwanda	Alphonsine Agahozo	30.72
59	QATQatar	Nada Arkaji	30.89
60	TJKTajikistan	Katerina Izmaylova	31.27
61	ANGAngola	Mariana Henriques	31.36
62	MLIMali	Fatoumata Samassekou	31.88
63	BURBurkina Faso	Angelika Ouedraogo	32.19
64	MDVMaldives	Aminath Shajan	32.23
65	ETHEthiopia	Yanet Seyoum Gebremehdin	32.41
66	CIVIvory Coast	Toure Assita	33.09
67	BDIBurundi	Elsie Uwamahoro	33.14
68	BRNBahrain	Sara Al Flaij	33.81
69	CGORepublic of the Congo	Aminata Aboubakar Yakoub	34.64
70	SUDSudan	Mhasin El Nour Fadlalla	35.07
71	NIGNiger	Nafissatou Adamou	37.29
72	TOGTogo	Rebecca Kpossi	37.55
73	LESLesotho	Esther Theko	42.35
74	HUNHungary	Eszter Dara	DNS

Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 1
1	NIGNiger	Nafissatou Adamou	37.29
2	TOGTogo	Rebecca Kpossi	37.55
3	LESLesotho	Esther Theko	42.35

Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats
1	NEDNetherlands	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	24.51
2	NEDNetherlands	Marleen Veldhuis	24.57
3	GBRGreat Britain	Francesca Halsall	24.61
4	GERGermany	Britta Steffen	24.70
5	BLRBelarus	Aliaksandra Herasimenia	24.76
6	SWESweden	Therese Alshammar	24.77
7	BAHBahamas	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace	24.85
7	DENDenmark	Jeanette Ottesen	24.85
9	AUSAustralia	Bronte Campbell	24.87
10	AUSAustralia	Cate Campbell	24.94
10	SWESweden	Sarah Sjöström	24.94
12	USAUnited States	Jessica Hardy	24.99
13	GREGreece	Theodora Drakou	25.13
14	CANCanada	Victoria Poon	25.15
15	FRAFrance	Anna Santamans	25.23
16	GBRGreat Britain	Amy Smith	25.28
16	ISLIceland	Sarah Blake Bateman	25.28
16	USAUnited States	Kara Lynn Joyce	25.28
19	ESTEstonia	Triin Aljand	25.33
20	BLRBelarus	Sviatlana Khakhlova	25.36
21	GREGreece	Nery-Mantey Niangkouara	25.40
22	BRABrazil	Graciele Herrmann	25.44
23	NZLNew Zealand	Hayley Palmer	25.47
24	CHNChina	Zhu Qianwei	25.54
24	DENDenmark	Pernille Blume	25.54
26	FINFinland	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	25.55
26	LTULithuania	Ruta Meilutyte	25.55
28	VENVenezuela	Arlene Semeco	25.56
29	PURPuerto Rico	Vanessa Garcia	25.58
30	POLPoland	Anna Dowgiert	25.59
31	BELBelgium	Jolien Sysmans	25.60
32	ITAItaly	Erika Ferraioli	25.69
33	UKRUkraine	Darya Stepanyuk	25.70
34	TURTürkiye	Burcu Dolunay	25.72
35	JPNJapan	Yayoi Matsumoto	25.73
36	RSASouth Africa	Trudi Maree	25.78
37	JAMJamaica	Alia Atkinson	25.98
38	SVKSlovakia	Miroslava Syllabová	26.07
39	LATLatvia	Gabriela Nikitina	26.26
40	SURSuriname	Chinyere Pigot	26.30
41	EGYEgypt	Farida Osman	26.34
42	SRBSerbia Republic	Miroslava Najdanovski	26.46
43	MLTMalta	Nicola Muscat	27.22
44	MOZMozambique	Jessica Vieira	27.39
45	JORJordan	Talita Baqlah	27.45
46	MAWMalawi	Joyce Tafatatha	27.74
47	PNGPapua New Guinea	Judith Meauri	27.84
48	IOCInd. Olympic Participant	Faye Sultan	27.92
49	MHLMarshall Islands	Ann-Marie Hepler	28.06
50	PLWPalau	Keesha Keane	28.25
51	PLEPalestine	Sabine Hazboun	28.28
52	UGAUganda	Jamila Lunkuse	28.44
53	CMRCameroon	Guedia Mouafo	29.28
54	COKCook Islands	Celeste Brown	29.36
55	ANTAntigua and Barbuda	Karin Clashing	30.01
56	FSMFederated States of Micronesia	Debra Daniel	30.32
57	CAMCambodia	Vitiny Hemthon	30.44
58	RWARwanda	Alphonsine Agahozo	30.72
59	QATQatar	Nada Arkaji	30.89
60	TJKTajikistan	Katerina Izmaylova	31.27
61	ANGAngola	Mariana Henriques	31.36
62	MLIMali	Fatoumata Samassekou	31.88
63	BURBurkina Faso	Angelika Ouedraogo	32.19
64	MDVMaldives	Aminath Shajan	32.23
65	ETHEthiopia	Yanet Seyoum Gebremehdin	32.41
66	CIVIvory Coast	Toure Assita	33.09
67	BDIBurundi	Elsie Uwamahoro	33.14
68	BRNBahrain	Sara Al Flaij	33.81
69	CGORepublic of the Congo	Aminata Aboubakar Yakoub	34.64
70	SUDSudan	Mhasin El Nour Fadlalla	35.07
71	NIGNiger	Nafissatou Adamou	37.29
72	TOGTogo	Rebecca Kpossi	37.55
73	LESLesotho	Esther Theko	42.35
99	HUNHungary	Eszter Dara	DNS

Women's 50m Freestyle, Final
1	NEDNetherlands	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	24.05 OR
2	BLRBelarus	Aliaksandra Herasimenia	24.28
3	NEDNetherlands	Marleen Veldhuis	24.39
4	GERGermany	Britta Steffen	24.46
5	GBRGreat Britain	Francesca Halsall	24.47
6	SWESweden	Therese Alshammar	24.61
7	USAUnited States	Jessica Hardy	24.62
8	BAHBahamas	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace	24.69

Women's 50m Freestyle, Semifinal, Semifinal 2
1	NEDNetherlands	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	24.07
2	BLRBelarus	Aliaksandra Herasimenia	24.45
3	GBRGreat Britain	Francesca Halsall	24.63
4	AUSAustralia	Bronte Campbell	24.94
4	FRAFrance	Anna Santamans	24.94
6	DENDenmark	Jeanette Ottesen	24.99
7	SWESweden	Sarah Sjöström	25.08
8	GREGreece	Theodora Drakou	25.28

Women's 50m Freestyle, Semifinal, Semifinal 1
1	NEDNetherlands	Marleen Veldhuis	24.50
2	GERGermany	Britta Steffen	24.57
3	BAHBahamas	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace	24.64
4	USAUnited States	Jessica Hardy	24.68
5	SWESweden	Therese Alshammar	24.71
6	GBRGreat Britain	Amy Smith	24.87
7	AUSAustralia	Cate Campbell	25.01
8	CANCanada	Victoria Poon	25.17

Women's 50m Freestyle, Semifinal
1	NEDNetherlands	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	24.07
2	BLRBelarus	Aliaksandra Herasimenia	24.45
3	NEDNetherlands	Marleen Veldhuis	24.50
4	GERGermany	Britta Steffen	24.57
5	GBRGreat Britain	Francesca Halsall	24.63
6	BAHBahamas	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace	24.64
7	USAUnited States	Jessica Hardy	24.68
8	SWESweden	Therese Alshammar	24.71
9	GBRGreat Britain	Amy Smith	24.87
10	AUSAustralia	Bronte Campbell	24.94
10	FRAFrance	Anna Santamans	24.94
12	DENDenmark	Jeanette Ottesen	24.99
13	AUSAustralia	Cate Campbell	25.01
14	SWESweden	Sarah Sjöström	25.08
15	CANCanada	Victoria Poon	25.17
16	GREGreece	Theodora Drakou	25.28

Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 10
1	NEDNetherlands	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	24.51
2	NEDNetherlands	Marleen Veldhuis	24.57
3	BAHBahamas	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace	24.85
3	DENDenmark	Jeanette Ottesen	24.85
5	USAUnited States	Jessica Hardy	24.99
6	ESTEstonia	Triin Aljand	25.33
7	BLRBelarus	Sviatlana Khakhlova	25.36
8	UKRUkraine	Darya Stepanyuk	25.70

Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 9
1	GBRGreat Britain	Francesca Halsall	24.61
2	GERGermany	Britta Steffen	24.70
3	BLRBelarus	Aliaksandra Herasimenia	24.76
4	SWESweden	Sarah Sjöström	24.94
5	CANCanada	Victoria Poon	25.15
6	FRAFrance	Anna Santamans	25.23
7	GBRGreat Britain	Amy Smith	25.28
8	DENDenmark	Pernille Blume	25.54

Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 8
1	SWESweden	Therese Alshammar	24.77
2	AUSAustralia	Bronte Campbell	24.87
3	AUSAustralia	Cate Campbell	24.94
4	GREGreece	Theodora Drakou	25.13
5	USAUnited States	Kara Lynn Joyce	25.28
6	GREGreece	Nery-Mantey Niangkouara	25.40
7	BRABrazil	Graciele Herrmann	25.44
8	JPNJapan	Yayoi Matsumoto	25.73

Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 7
1	ISLIceland	Sarah Blake Bateman	25.28
2	NZLNew Zealand	Hayley Palmer	25.47
3	VENVenezuela	Arlene Semeco	25.56
4	PURPuerto Rico	Vanessa Garcia	25.58
5	POLPoland	Anna Dowgiert	25.59
6	BELBelgium	Jolien Sysmans	25.60
7	TURTürkiye	Burcu Dolunay	25.72
8	RSASouth Africa	Trudi Maree	25.78

Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 6
1	CHNChina	Zhu Qianwei	25.54
2	FINFinland	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	25.55
3	ITAItaly	Erika Ferraioli	25.69
4	JAMJamaica	Alia Atkinson	25.98
5	SVKSlovakia	Miroslava Syllabová	26.07
6	EGYEgypt	Farida Osman	26.34
7	SRBSerbia Republic	Miroslava Najdanovski	26.46
99	HUNHungary	Eszter Dara	DNS

Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 5
1	LTULithuania	Ruta Meilutyte	25.55
2	LATLatvia	Gabriela Nikitina	26.26
3	SURSuriname	Chinyere Pigot	26.30
4	MLTMalta	Nicola Muscat	27.22
5	MOZMozambique	Jessica Vieira	27.39
6	JORJordan	Talita Baqlah	27.45
7	IOCInd. Olympic Participant	Faye Sultan	27.92
8	UGAUganda	Jamila Lunkuse	28.44

Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 4
1	MAWMalawi	Joyce Tafatatha	27.74
2	PNGPapua New Guinea	Judith Meauri	27.84
3	MHLMarshall Islands	Ann-Marie Hepler	28.06
4	PLWPalau	Keesha Keane	28.25
5	PLEPalestine	Sabine Hazboun	28.28
6	CMRCameroon	Guedia Mouafo	29.28
7	COKCook Islands	Celeste Brown	29.36
8	ANGAngola	Mariana Henriques	31.36

Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 3
1	ANTAntigua and Barbuda	Karin Clashing	30.01
2	CAMCambodia	Vitiny Hemthon	30.44
3	RWARwanda	Alphonsine Agahozo	30.72
4	QATQatar	Nada Arkaji	30.89
5	TJKTajikistan	Katerina Izmaylova	31.27
6	MLIMali	Fatoumata Samassekou	31.88
7	MDVMaldives	Aminath Shajan	32.23
8	ETHEthiopia	Yanet Seyoum Gebremehdin	32.41

Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 2
1	FSMFederated States of Micronesia	Debra Daniel	30.32
2	BURBurkina Faso	Angelika Ouedraogo	32.19
3	CIVIvory Coast	Toure Assita	33.09
4	BDIBurundi	Elsie Uwamahoro	33.14
5	BRNBahrain	Sara Al Flaij	33.81
6	CGORepublic of the Congo	Aminata Aboubakar Yakoub	34.64
7	SUDSudan	Mhasin El Nour Fadlalla	35.07

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Women's 50m Freestyle
August 3 - Final
	NEDNetherlands	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	24.05
	BLRBelarus	Aliaksandra Herasimenia	24.28
	NEDNetherlands	Marleen Veldhuis	24.39
4	GERGermany	Britta Steffen	24.46
5	GBRGreat Britain	Francesca Halsall	24.47
6	SWESweden	Therese Alshammar	24.61
7	USAUnited States	Jessica Hardy	24.62
8	BAHBahamas	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace	24.69
9	GBRGreat Britain	Amy Smith	24.87
10	AUSAustralia	Bronte Campbell	24.94
10	FRAFrance	Anna Santamans	24.94
12	DENDenmark	Jeanette Ottesen	24.99
13	AUSAustralia	Cate Campbell	25.01
14	SWESweden	Sarah Sjöström	25.08
15	CANCanada	Victoria Poon	25.17
16	GREGreece	Theodora Drakou	25.28
17	ISLIceland	Sarah Blake Bateman	25.28
17	USAUnited States	Kara Lynn Joyce	25.28
19	ESTEstonia	Triin Aljand	25.33
20	BLRBelarus	Sviatlana Khakhlova	25.36
21	GREGreece	Nery-Mantey Niangkouara	25.40
22	BRABrazil	Graciele Herrmann	25.44
23	NZLNew Zealand	Hayley Palmer	25.47
24	CHNChina	Zhu Qianwei	25.54
24	DENDenmark	Pernille Blume	25.54
26	FINFinland	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	25.55
26	LTULithuania	Ruta Meilutyte	25.55
28	VENVenezuela	Arlene Semeco	25.56
29	PURPuerto Rico	Vanessa Garcia	25.58
30	POLPoland	Anna Dowgiert	25.59
31	BELBelgium	Jolien Sysmans	25.60
32	ITAItaly	Erika Ferraioli	25.69
33	UKRUkraine	Darya Stepanyuk	25.70
34	TURTürkiye	Burcu Dolunay	25.72
35	JPNJapan	Yayoi Matsumoto	25.73
36	RSASouth Africa	Trudi Maree	25.78
37	JAMJamaica	Alia Atkinson	25.98
38	SVKSlovakia	Miroslava Syllabová	26.07
39	LATLatvia	Gabriela Nikitina	26.26
40	SURSuriname	Chinyere Pigot	26.30
41	EGYEgypt	Farida Osman	26.34
42	SRBSerbia Republic	Miroslava Najdanovski	26.46
43	MLTMalta	Nicola Muscat	27.22
44	MOZMozambique	Jessica Vieira	27.39
45	JORJordan	Talita Baqlah	27.45
46	MAWMalawi	Joyce Tafatatha	27.74
47	PNGPapua New Guinea	Judith Meauri	27.84
48	IOCInd. Olympic Participant	Faye Sultan	27.92
49	MHLMarshall Islands	Ann-Marie Hepler	28.06
50	PLWPalau	Keesha Keane	28.25
51	PLEPalestine	Sabine Hazboun	28.28
52	UGAUganda	Jamila Lunkuse	28.44
53	CMRCameroon	Guedia Mouafo	29.28
54	COKCook Islands	Celeste Brown	29.36
55	ANTAntigua and Barbuda	Karin Clashing	30.01
56	FSMFederated States of Micronesia	Debra Daniel	30.32
57	CAMCambodia	Vitiny Hemthon	30.44
58	RWARwanda	Alphonsine Agahozo	30.72
59	QATQatar	Nada Arkaji	30.89
60	TJKTajikistan	Katerina Izmaylova	31.27
61	ANGAngola	Mariana Henriques	31.36
62	MLIMali	Fatoumata Samassekou	31.88
63	BURBurkina Faso	Angelika Ouedraogo	32.19
64	MDVMaldives	Aminath Shajan	32.23
65	ETHEthiopia	Yanet Seyoum Gebremehdin	32.41
66	CIVIvory Coast	Toure Assita	33.09
67	BDIBurundi	Elsie Uwamahoro	33.14
68	BRNBahrain	Sara Al Flaij	33.81
69	CGORepublic of the Congo	Aminata Aboubakar Yakoub	34.64
70	SUDSudan	Mhasin El Nour Fadlalla	35.07
71	NIGNiger	Nafissatou Adamou	37.29
72	TOGTogo	Rebecca Kpossi	37.55
73	LESLesotho	Esther Theko	42.35
74	HUNHungary	Eszter Dara	DNS

Women's 50m Freestyle, Final
August 4 - Final
1	NEDNetherlands	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	24.05 OR
2	BLRBelarus	Aliaksandra Herasimenia	24.28
3	NEDNetherlands	Marleen Veldhuis	24.39
4	GERGermany	Britta Steffen	24.46
5	GBRGreat Britain	Francesca Halsall	24.47
6	SWESweden	Therese Alshammar	24.61
7	USAUnited States	Jessica Hardy	24.62
8	BAHBahamas	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace	24.69