Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

World record	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	23.61	Fukuoka, Japan	29 July 2023
Competition record	Sarah Sjöström (SWE)	23.61	Fukuoka, Japan	29 July 2023

The heats were held on 17 February at 09:32.^[4]

The semifinals were held on 17 February at 19:50.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	23.90	Q
2	1	5	Katarzyna Wasick	Poland	24.01	Q, NR
3	1	4	Kate Douglass	United States	24.24	Q
4	2	5	Shayna Jack	Australia	24.44	Q
5	2	3	Anna Hopkin	Great Britain	24.51	Q
6	1	3	Michelle Coleman	Sweden	24.65	Q
7	1	6	Kornelia Fiedkiewicz	Poland	24.71	Q
8	2	6	Taylor Ruck	Canada	24.72	Q
9	1	2	Marrit Steenbergen	Netherlands	24.74
9	2	2	Melanie Henique	France	24.74
11	2	7	Julie Kepp Jensen	Denmark	24.80
12	1	1	Kim Busch	Netherlands	24.86
13	2	1	Neža Klančar	Slovenia	24.87
14	1	8	Kalia Antoniou	Cyprus	24.96
15	2	8	Lyu Yue	China	25.04
16	1	7	Farida Osman	Egypt	25.07

The final was held on 18 February at 19:46.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	23.69
	3	Kate Douglass	United States	23.91	AM
	5	Katarzyna Wasick	Poland	23.95	NR
4	6	Shayna Jack	Australia	24.27
5	8	Taylor Ruck	Canada	24.50
6	2	Anna Hopkin	Great Britain	24.51
7	1	Kornelia Fiedkiewicz	Poland	24.69
8	7	Michelle Coleman	Sweden	24.79