Women’s 50m Freestyle – Short Course World Record & Splits

World record history, all-time fastest performers, race splits, and technical comparisons for the women’s 50m freestyle in a 25m pool (SCM).

Updated September 2026

Current Records

Record Swimmer Nation Time Meet / Date
World Record Gretchen Walsh United States 22.83 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m), Budapest · 15 Dec 2024
World Junior Record Eva Okaro Great Britain 23.66 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m), Budapest · 15 Dec 2024
Commonwealth Record Emma McKeon Australia 23.04 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m), Melbourne · 17 Dec 2022

All-Time Fastest Performers

Rank Swimmer Nation 25m Splits Time
1 Gretchen Walsh United States 11.12 / 11.71 22.83
2 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands — 22.93
3 Sarah Sjöström Sweden — 23.00
4 Emma McKeon Australia — 23.04
5 Kate Douglass United States 11.24 / 11.81 23.05
6 Cate Campbell Australia — 23.19
7 Magdalena Veldhuis Netherlands — 23.25
8 Therese Alshammar Sweden — 23.27
9 Katarzyna Wasick Poland — 23.30

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