Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates28 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
29 July 2001 (final)
Competitors64 from 49 nations
Winning time24.47 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    Netherlands
silver medal    Sweden
bronze medal    Germany
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The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships was held on 28 (heats[1] and semifinals[2]) and 29 July 2001 (final[3]) at the Fukuoka, Japan.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World record  Inge de Bruijn (NED) 24.13 Sydney, Australia 22 September 2000
Championship record  Le Jingyi (CHN) 24.51 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
28 July Semifinal 2 Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands 24.45 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands 24.79 Q
2 Alison Sheppard  United Kingdom 25.07 Q
3 Tammie Spatz-Stone  United States 25.11 Q
4 Sandra Völker  Germany 25.37 Q
5 Sumika Minamoto  Japan 25.62 Q
6 Olga Mukomol  Ukraine 25.68 Q
7 Therese Alshammar  Sweden 25.72 Q
8 Katrin Meissner  Germany 25.79 Q
9 Rosalind Brett  United Kingdom 25.82 Q
9 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 25.82 Q
11 Jana Kolukanova  Estonia 25.83 Q
12 Haley Cope  United States 25.84 Q
12 Alena Popchanka  Belarus 25.84 Q
14 Michelle Engelsman  Australia 25.87 Q
15 Judith Draxler  Austria 25.92 Q
16 Ekaterina Kibalo  Russia 25.93 Q
17 Xue Han  China 25.95
18 Anna-Karin Kammerling  Sweden 25.96
18 Laura Nicholls  Canada 25.96
20 Sarah Ryan  Australia 25.97
21 Agata Korc  Poland 26.01
22 Urska Slapsak  Slovenia 26.06
23 Inna Yaitskaya  Russia 26.09
24 Cecilia Vianini  Italy 26.11
25 Vivienne Rignall  New Zealand 26.14
26 Leah Martindale  Barbados 26.15
27 Aliaksandra Herasimenia  Belarus 26.16
28 Cristina Chiuso  Italy 26.17
29 Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland 26.23
30 Yingwen Zhu  China 26.30
31 Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato  Brazil 26.32
31 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 26.32
33 Wilma van Rijn van Hofwegen  Netherlands 26.35
34 Julie Douglas  Ireland 26.37
35 Tomoko Nagai  Japan 26.43
36 Ilona Hlaváčková  Czech Republic 26.57
37 Dominique Diezi  Switzerland 26.60
38 Karen Egdal  Denmark 26.64
39 Florina Herea  Romania 26.74
40 Nina van Koeckhoven  Belgium 26.79
41 Anna Gostomelsky  Israel 26.86
42 Elina Partoka  Estonia 26.99
43 Jacqueline Lim  Singapore 27.12
44 Chantal Gibney  Ireland 27.13
45 Sharntelle McLean  Trinidad and Tobago 27.21
46 Maria Wong  Peru 27.68
47 Nicole Hayes  Palau 27.99
48 Yi Chieh Sung  Chinese Taipei 28.01
49 Shikha Tandon  India 28.02
50 Weng Tong Cheong  Macau 28.09
51 Ayeisha Collymore  Trinidad and Tobago 28.11
52 Reshma Millet  India 28.20
53 Wai Man Lam  Macau 28.51
54 Chin Kuei Lang  Chinese Taipei 28.68
55 Xenavee Pangelinan  Northern Mariana Islands 28.78
56 Yuliana Mikheeva  Armenia 29.15
57 Khadija Ciss  Senegal 29.37
58 Xenia Peni  Papua New Guinea 30.65
59 Monika Bakale  Republic of the Congo 30.78
60 Lasm Quissoh Genevieve Meledje  Ivory Coast 31.01
61 Miriam Nakolo  Kenya 31.59
62 Amanda Onyango  Kenya 31.66
63 Larissa Inangorore  Burundi 37.02
64 Lkhundev Bilguun  Mongolia DNS

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands 24.45 Q, CR
2 Therese Alshammar  Sweden 24.87 Q
3 Tammie Spatz-Stone  United States 25.11 Q
4 Alison Sheppard  United Kingdom 25.13 Q
5 Sandra Völker  Germany 25.20 Q
6 Haley Cope  United States 25.26 Q
7 Alena Popchanka  Belarus 25.45 Q
8 Katrin Meissner  Germany 25.48 Q
9 Sumika Minamoto  Japan 25.49
10 Olga Mukomol  Ukraine 25.53
11 Ekaterina Kibalo  Russia 25.64
12 Jana Kolukanova  Estonia 25.65
13 Michelle Engelsman  Australia 25.77
13 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 25.77
15 Rosalind Brett  United Kingdom 25.81
15 Judith Draxler  Austria 25.81

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands 24.47
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Therese Alshammar  Sweden 24.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sandra Völker  Germany 24.96
4 Alison Sheppard  United Kingdom 25.00
5 Tammie Spatz-Stone  United States 25.10
6 Haley Cope  United States 25.25
7 Katrin Meissner  Germany 25.40
7 Alena Popchanka  Belarus 25.73

References

  1. ^ "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 2004-10-24. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  2. ^ "Semifinals Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 2004-12-10. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  3. ^ "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 2004-10-19. Retrieved 2023-08-07.