2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Duna Arena
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Dates	11 December (heats and semifinals) 12 December (final)
Competitors	79
Winning time	50.31 CR AM
Medalists
Gretchen Walsh   United States   Beryl Gastaldello   France   Kate Douglass   United States

The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 11 and 12 December 2024.

Records

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

World record	Cate Campbell (AUS)	50.25	Adelaide, Australia	26 October 2017
Competition record	Emma McKeon (AUS)	50.77	Melbourne, Australia	15 December 2022

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
11 December	Semifinal 2	Gretchen Walsh	United States	50.49	CR
12 December	Final	Gretchen Walsh	United States	50.31	CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 11 December at 09:02.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	7	Gretchen Walsh	United States	51.64	Q
2	6	4	Siobhan Haughey	Hong Kong	52.12	Q
=3	6	5	Freya Anderson	United Kingdom	52.27	Q
=3	8	4	Kate Douglass	United States	52.27	Q
5	8	3	Daria Trofimova	Neutral Athletes B	52.30	Q
6	7	4	Beryl Gastaldello	France	52.47	Q
=7	6	3	Sara Curtis	Italy	52.51	Q
=7	7	3	Milla Jansen	Australia	52.51	Q
9	5	5	Nina Holt	Germany	52.73	Q
10	7	6	Milou Van Wijk	Netherlands	52.76	Q
11	6	7	S.S. Jorunnardottir	Iceland	52.77	Q
12	7	5	Katarzyna Wasick	Poland	52.80	Q
13	8	2	Sara Junevik	Sweden	52.84	Q
14	8	5	Daria Klepikova	Neutral Athletes B	52.97	Q
15	7	2	Barbora Janickova	Czech Republic	52.99	Q
16	6	6	Sofia Morini	Italy	53.02	Q
17	6	0	Sofia Aastedt	Sweden	53.12	R
18	8	1	Analia Pigree	France	53.25	R
19	8	6	Shuhan Liu	China	53.33
20	8	9	Iris Julia Berger	Austria	53.35
21	6	8	Maria Daza Garcia	Spain	53.38
22	6	1	Sum Yiu Li	Hong Kong	53.41
23	5	3	Kalia Antoniou	Cyprus	53.45
=24	7	1	Mingyu Luo	China	53.50
=24	7	9	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	53.50
26	8	7	Danielle Hill	Ireland	53.66
27	7	0	Nikolett Padar	Hungary	53.69
=28	5	1	Hedda Oritsland	Norway	53.79
=28	7	8	Nicole Maier	Germany	53.79
30	8	8	Panna Ugrai	Hungary	53.82
31	4	3	Zoe Pedersen	New Zealand	53.86
32	5	4	Caitlin De Lange	South Africa	53.91
33	4	4	J.J.G. Crooks	Cayman Islands	54.13
34	6	9	Kornelia Fiedkiewicz	Poland	54.17
35	8	0	Yume Jinno	Japan	54.24
36	4	6	Gloria Anna Muzito	Uganda	54.45
37	5	2	Lillian Slusna	Slovakia	54.52
38	5	8	Smilte Plytnykaite	Lithuania	54.64
39	5	6	Yeonkyung Hur	South Korea	54.66
40	5	7	Fernanda Gomes Celidonio	Brazil	54.69
41	5	9	Pei-Yin Liu	Chinese Taipei	55.02
42	4	1	Maria Thaleia Drasidou	Greece	55.29
43	4	5	Rafaela Fernandini	Peru	55.47
44	5	0	Nicholle Toh	Singapore	55.67
45	4	8	Marina Spadoni	El Salvador	55.70
46	4	9	Elisabeth Timmer	Aruba	55.77
47	4	7	A.A. Becali Marti	Cuba	55.83
48	4	2	Carla Gonzalez	Venezuela	55.96
49	4	0	Paige Van Der Westhuizen	Zimbabwe	56.93
=50	3	3	Sara Mose	Kenya	57.12
=50	3	4	Mi Song Pak	North Korea	57.12
52	3	5	Hana Beiqi	Kosovo	57.79
53	3	7	Aunjelique Liddie	Netherlands Antilles	58.02
54	3	1	Adaku Nkem Nwandu	Nigeria	58.21
55	3	6	Darielys Ortiz	Dominican Republic	58.52
56	2	4	Christina Rach	Eritrea	58.74
57	3	0	Riley Sofia Miller	United States Virgin Islands	58.87
58	3	2	Mia Laban	Cook Islands	59.01
59	3	8	Aiymkyz Aidaralieva	Kyrgyzstan	59.56
60	3	9	Antsa Rabejaona	Madagascar	59.66
61	1	6	Maral Batsanal	Mongolia	1:00.08
62	2	0	Naekeisha Louis	Saint Lucia	1:00.33
63	2	7	Marseleima Moss	Fiji	1:00.48
64	2	6	Kaltra Meca	Albania	1:00.51
65	2	5	Anastasiya Morginshtern	Turkmenistan	1:00.98
66	2	3	V. Howell Wellington	Panama	1:01.15
67	2	2	Kaiya Brown	Samoa	1:01.22
68	1	0	Sharmeen Mohd Mharvin	Brunei	1:01.34
69	1	3	Jasmine Schofield	Dominica	1:03.43
70	2	9	Rana Saadeldin	Sudan	1:03.64
71	1	4	Siwakhile Dlamini	Eswatini	1:04.39
72	1	2	Southada Daviau	Laos	1:04.97
73	1	5	Lina Goyayi	Tanzania	1:05.22
74	1	7	Amazya Eliya Ann Macrooy	Suriname	1:05.64
75	1	1	Meher Maqbool	Pakistan	1:08.38
76	1	8	Emiliya Khalikova	Tajikistan	1:12.91
	2	1	Anushiya Tandukar	Nepal	Did not start
	2	8	Angelina Smythe	Seychelles
	6	2	Lani Pallister	Australia

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 11 December at 17:48.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Gretchen Walsh	United States	50.49	Q, CR, AM
2	1	3	Beryl Gastaldello	France	51.56	Q
3	1	5	Kate Douglass	United States	51.67	Q
4	1	1	Daria Klepikova	Neutral Athletes B	51.68	Q
5	1	4	Siobhan Haughey	Hong Kong	51.83	Q
6	2	5	Freya Anderson	United Kingdom	52.07	Q
7	1	7	Katarzyna Wasick	Poland	52.28	Q
8	1	6	Milla Jansen	Australia	52.31	Q
=9	1	2	Milou Van Wijk	Netherlands	52.34	R
=9	2	3	Daria Trofimova	Neutral Athletes B	52.34	R
11	2	1	Sara Junevik	Sweden	52.54
12	2	2	Nina Holt	Germany	52.56
13	2	7	S.S. Jorunnardottir	Iceland	52.68
14	1	8	Sofia Morini	Italy	52.79
15	2	6	Sara Curtis	Italy	52.80
16	2	8	Barbora Janickova	Czech Republic	52.81

Final

The final was held on 12 December at 17:32.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Gretchen Walsh	United States	50.31	CR, AM
	5	Beryl Gastaldello	France	50.63
	3	Kate Douglass	United States	50.73
4	2	Siobhan Haughey	Hong Kong	51.41
5	6	Daria Klepikova	Neutral Athletes B	51.62
6	1	Katarzyna Wasick	Poland	51.99
7	7	Freya Anderson	United Kingdom	52.22
8	8	Milla Jansen	Australia	52.36