The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 and 17 December 2022.

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

The following new records were set during this competition: Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 17 December Final Emma McKeon 23.04 CR

Results Heats The heats were started on 16 December at 11:58.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 8 4 Katarzyna Wasick 23.74 Q 2 6 5 Meg Harris 23.77 Q 3 8 2 Julie Kepp Jensen 23.79 Q 4 7 3 Anna Hopkin 23.86 Q 4 7 6 Melanie Henique 23.86 Q 6 7 4 Emma McKeon 23.93 Q 7 7 5 Michelle Coleman 23.94 Q 8 6 6 Erika Brown 23.98 Q 9 8 8 Neža Klančar 24.16 Q, NR 10 6 4 Claire Curzan 24.17 Q 11 8 7 Barbora Seemanová 24.24 Q 12 6 3 Valerie van Roon 24.33 Q 12 8 3 Wu Qingfeng 24.33 Q 14 7 2 Kim Busch 24.37 Q 15 6 1 Rebecca Moynihan 24.59 Q 16 5 4 Caitlin de Lange 24.67 Q 17 8 1 Jenjira Srisa-Ard 24.69 NR 18 7 7 Yume Jinno 24.74 19 6 2 Isabella Hindley 24.86 20 5 2 Anna Hadjiloizou 24.93 20 5 5 Andrea Berrino 24.93 20 6 7 Lillian Slušná 24.93 23 7 1 Diana Petkova 24.96 24 5 1 Hur Yeon-kyung 24.99 25 4 3 Huang Mei-chien 25.07 NR 26 4 4 Amel Melih 25.09 NR 27 6 8 Sirena Rowe 25.19 28 7 8 Stephanie Balduccini 25.24 29 5 6 Rafaela Fernandini 25.36 30 5 3 Chan Kin Lok 25.61 31 4 6 Elisabeth Timmer 25.64 NR 32 5 7 Jasmine Alkhaldi 25.69 33 5 8 Karen Torrez 26.09 34 4 5 Kirabo Namutebi 26.15 35 4 7 Rhaniska Gibbs 26.16 36 4 1 Aleka Persaud 26.42 36 4 2 Marie Khoury 26.42 38 3 4 Hana Beiqi 26.84 39 4 8 Nomvula Mjimba 27.15 40 3 5 Kaiya Brown 27.43 41 3 2 Sophia Latiff 27.63 42 2 1 Cassandre Zenon 27.87 43 3 6 Noelani Day 28.18 44 1 5 Rachel Sanders 28.73 45 1 4 Taeyanna Adams 28.84 45 2 6 Jhnayali Tokome-Garap 28.84 47 2 4 Anushiya Tandukar 28.92 48 2 5 Saba Sultan 29.04 49 3 1 Ammara Pinto 29.71 50 1 7 Sonia Aktar 29.75 51 3 7 Abbi Illis 29.77 52 1 6 Mashael Al-Ayed 29.87 53 3 8 Kayla Hepler 30.31 54 2 3 Hamna Ahmed 30.35 55 2 8 Ungilreng Ruluked 32.04 56 2 2 Imelda Ximenes Belo 32.95 57 2 7 Marie Amenou 34.70 58 1 1 Mary Yongai 41.41 1 2 Mahra Al-Shehhi 1 3 Vanessa Bobimbo 3 3 Rosemarie Rova 8 5 Zhang Yufei 8 6 Silvia Di Pietro

Semifinals The semifinals were started on 16 December at 20:25.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Katarzyna Wasick 23.37 Q 2 1 3 Emma McKeon 23.51 Q 3 2 6 Michelle Coleman 23.77 Q 4 1 5 Anna Hopkin 23.79 Q 5 2 5 Julie Kepp Jensen 23.93 Q 6 1 4 Meg Harris 23.97 Q 7 1 6 Erika Brown 24.00 Q 7 2 3 Mélanie Henique 24.00 Q 9 2 2 Neža Klančar 24.13 NR 10 1 7 Valerie van Roon 24.19 11 2 1 Wu Qingfeng 24.21 12 1 2 Claire Curzan 24.22 13 2 7 Barbora Seemanová 24.25 14 1 1 Kim Busch 24.34 15 1 8 Caitlin de Lange 24.53 16 2 8 Rebecca Moynihan 24.67

Final The final was held on 17 December at 21:33.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Emma McKeon 23.04 CR, OC 4 Katarzyna Wasick 23.55 6 Anna Hopkin 23.68 4 2 Julie Kepp Jensen 23.71 5 3 Michelle Coleman 23.72 6 7 Meg Harris 23.73 7 1 Erika Brown 23.76 8 8 Mélanie Henique 23.90

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