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

The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 February 2024.

Women's 50 metre breaststroke at the Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Aspire Dome
Location	Doha, Qatar
Dates	17 February (heats and semifinal) 18 February (final)
Competitors	42 from 39 nations
Winning time	29.40
Medalists
Rūta Meilutytė   Lithuania   Tang Qianting   China   Benedetta Pilato   Italy

Records

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

World record	Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)	29.16	Fukuoka, Japan	30 July 2023
Competition record	Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)	29.16	Fukuoka, Japan	30 July 2023

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 17 February at 10:08.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Benedetta Pilato	Italy	29.89	Q
2	3	5	Tang Qianting	China	29.93	Q
3	5	4	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	30.05	Q
4	3	4	Lara van Niekerk	South Africa	30.28	Q
5	5	7	Ida Hulkko	Finland	30.36	Q
6	5	3	Veera Kivirinta	Finland	30.53	Q
7	4	5	Mona McSharry	Ireland	30.72	Q
8	4	3	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	30.83	Q
=9	4	7	Silje Slyngstadli	Norway	30.86	Q, NR
=9	4	1	Sophie Angus	Canada	30.86	Q
11	5	6	Dominika Sztandera	Poland	30.91	Q
12	5	5	Anita Bottazzo	Italy	30.94	Q
13	3	7	Yang Chang	China	31.02	Q
14	4	6	Fleur Vermeiren	Belgium	31.08	Q
15	5	2	Piper Enge	United States	31.09	Q
16	3	6	Ana Rodrigues	Portugal	31.25	Q
17	3	8	Rianna Dela Cruz	Philippines	31.27
18	5	1	Macarena Ceballos	Argentina	31.32
19	4	8	Jenjira Srisaard	Thailand	31.35
20	3	2	Maria-Thaleia Drasidou	Greece	31.49
21	2	3	Chen Pui Lam	Macau	31.56	NR
22	4	9	Tara Vovk	Slovenia	31.65
23	5	9	Stefanía Gómez	Colombia	31.75
24	3	1	Ana Carolina Vieira	Brazil	31.81
25	5	0	Jimena Ruiz	Spain	31.99
26	2	6	Lanihei Connolly	Cook Islands	32.03
27	5	8	Lin Pei-wun	Chinese Taipei	32.10
28	3	9	Melissa Rodríguez	Mexico	32.15
29	2	5	Lam Hoi Kiu	Hong Kong	32.57
30	2	4	Phee Jinq En	Malaysia	32.70
31	2	7	Ellie Shaw	Antigua and Barbuda	32.73	NR
32	3	0	Lisa Mamié	Switzerland	32.88
33	1	6	Alicia Kok Shun	Mauritius	33.19
34	2	0	Kirabo Namutebi	Uganda	33.71
35	2	2	Victoria Russell	Bahamas	34.03
36	2	1	Naiara Roca	Bolivia	35.20
37	2	8	N'Hara Fernandes	Angola	36.34
38	2	9	Taeyanna Adams	Micronesia	37.87
39	1	4	Mariama Touré	Guinea	40.83
40	1	5	Nina Amison	Djibouti	45.87
41	1	3	Olamide Sam	Sierra Leone	1:04.78
—	4	0	Adelaida Pchelintseva	Kazakhstan	Disqualified
	1	2	Rita Acaba Ocomo	Equatorial Guinea	Did not start
	3	3	Kotryna Teterevkova	Lithuania
	4	2	Charlotte Bonnet	France

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 17 February at 19:25.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29.42	Q
2	1	4	Tang Qianting	China	29.80	Q, AS
3	2	4	Benedetta Pilato	Italy	29.91	Q
4	2	8	Piper Enge	United States	30.53	Q
5	1	5	Lara van Niekerk	South Africa	30.56	Q
6	1	3	Veera Kivirinta	Finland	30.57	Q
6	2	6	Mona McSharry	Ireland	30.57	Q
8	2	3	Ida Hulkko	Finland	30.69	Q
9	1	6	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	30.71
10	2	7	Dominika Sztandera	Poland	30.78
11	2	1	Yang Chang	China	30.86
12	2	2	Sophie Angus	Canada	30.87
13	1	7	Anita Bottazzo	Italy	30.89
14	1	8	Ana Rodrigues	Portugal	31.09
16	1	2	Silje Slyngstadli	Norway	31.34
15	1	1	Fleur Vermeiren	Belgium	31.60

Final

The final was held on 18 February at 19:09.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	29.40
	5	Tang Qianting	China	29.51	AS
	3	Benedetta Pilato	Italy	30.01
4	2	Lara van Niekerk	South Africa	30.47
5	7	Ida Hulkko	Finland	30.60
6	6	Piper Enge	United States	30.69
7	8	Veera Kivirinta	Finland	30.73
8	1	Mona McSharry	Ireland	30.96