| Women 50m Breaststroke XX Swimming World Championship 2023 Fukuoka, Japan - Sunday, 30th July - Gold Medal: Ruta Meilutyte, Lithuania | 
| Final 20:12 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts |  | 1. Ruta Meilutyte |   Lithuania | 29.16s | WR | 4 | 26 | 0.61 | 1014 |  | 2. Lilly King |   United States | 29.94s | +0.78s | 5 | 26 | 0.65 | 937 |  | 3. Benedetta Pilato |   Italy | 30.04s | +0.88s | 6 | 18 | 0.67 | 927 |  | 4. Lara Van Niekerk |   South Africa | 30.09s | +0.93s | 3 | 20 | 0.76 | 923 |  | 5. Anita Bottazzo |   Italy | 30.11s | +0.95s | 1 | 19 | 0.67 | 921 |  | 6. Qianting Tang |   China | 30.22s | +1.06s | 2 | 19 | 0.69 | 911 |  | 7. Satomi Suzuki |   Japan | 30.44s | +1.28s | 8 | 32 | 0.61 | 891 |  | 8. Eneli Jefimova |   Estonia | 30.48s | +1.32s | 7 | 16 | 0.66 | 888 |   
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| Semi 1 20:29 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Lara Van Niekerk |   South Africa | 29.91s | +0.61s | 8 | 20 | 0.74 | 940 | 3. |  | 2. Qianting Tang |   China | 30.12s | +0.82s | 5 | 19 | 0.68 | 920 | 5. |  | 3. Eneli Jefimova |   Estonia | 30.22s | +0.92s | 6 | 16 | 0.66 | 911 | 6. |  | 4. Anita Bottazzo |   Italy | 30.28s | +0.98s | 4 | 19 | 0.71 | 906 | 7. |  | 5. Sophie Hansson |   Sweden | 30.40s | +1.10s | 2 | 24 | 0.69 | 895 | 9. |  | 6. Mona Mc Sharry |   Ireland | 30.54s | +1.24s | 7 | 22 | 0.68 | 883 | 11. |  | 7. Veera Kivirinta |   Finland | 30.56s | +1.26s | 3 | 28 | 0.73 | 881 | 13. |  | 8. Fleur Vermeiren |   Belgium | 31.26s | +1.96s | 1 | 21 | 0.66 | 823 | 16. |   
| Semi 2 20:33 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Ruta Meilutyte |   Lithuania | 29.30s | =WR | 2 | 26 | 0.60 | 1000 | 1. |  | 2. Lilly King |   United States | 29.72s | +0.42s | 5 | 26 | 0.67 | 958 | 2. |  | 3. Benedetta Pilato |   Italy | 30.09s | +0.79s | 4 | 18 | 0.68 | 923 | 4. |  | 4. Satomi Suzuki |   Japan | 30.33s | +1.03s | 3 | 32 | 0.64 | 901 | 8. |  | 5. Lydia Jacoby |   United States | 30.40s | +1.10s | 7 | 19 | 0.68 | 895 | 9. |  | 6. Anna Elendt |   Germany | 30.55s | +1.25s | 6 | 21 | 0.67 | 882 | 12. |  | 7. Dominika Sztandera |   Poland | 30.59s | +1.29s | 1 | 26 | 0.60 | 878 | 14. |  | 8. Florine Gaspard |   Belgium | 30.67s | +1.37s | 8 | 21 | 0.65 | 871 | 15. |   
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| Heat 6 11:21 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Anita Bottazzo |   Italy | 30.02s | +0.42s | 1 | 19 | 0.66 | 929 | 2. |  | 2. Lilly King |   United States | 30.05s | +0.45s | 5 | 26 | 0.66 | 926 | 3. |  | 3. Satomi Suzuki |   Japan | 30.29s | +0.69s | 2 | 32 | 0.64 | 905 | 5. |  | 4. Anna Elendt |   Germany | 30.33s | +0.73s | 3 | 21 | 0.68 | 901 | 6. |  | 5. Sophie Hansson |   Sweden | 30.39s | +0.79s | 7 | 24 | 0.71 | 896 | 8. |  | 5. Ruta Meilutyte |   Lithuania | 30.39s | +0.79s | 4 | 26 | 0.61 | 896 | 8. |  | 7. Mona Mc Sharry |   Ireland | 30.45s | +0.85s | 6 | 22 | 0.68 | 890 | 12. |  | 6. Chang Yang |   China | 30.85s | +1.25s | 8 | 21 | 0.64 | 856 | 18. |  | 8. Kotryna Teterevkova |   Lithuania | 30.94s | +1.34s | 8 | 21 | 0.70 | 849 | 19. |  | 9. Macarena Ceballos |   Argentina | 30.97s | +1.37s | 0 | 28 | 0.65 | 846 | 20. |  | 10.Abbey Harkin |   Australia | 31.63s | +2.03s | 9 | 25 | 0.74 | 794 | 29. |   
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| Heat 5 11:19 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Benedetta Pilato |   Italy | 29.60s |   | 4 | 18 | 0.69 | 969 | 1. |  | 2. Qianting Tang |   China | 30.08s | AS +0.48s | 3 | 19 | 0.67 | 920 | 4. |  | 3. Veera Kivirinta |   Finland | 30.33s | +0.73s | 6 | 28 | 0.72 | 901 | 6. |  | 4. Lydia Jacoby |   United States | 30.44s | +0.84s | 5 | 19 | 0.70 | 891 | 11. |  | 5. Dominika Sztandera |   Poland | 30.68s | +1.08s | 7 | 26 | 0.65 | 871 | 13. |  | 7. Anastasia Gorbenko |   Israel | 31.41s | +1.81s | 2 | 19 | 0.68 | 811 | 25. |  | 8. Maria Thaleia Drasidou |   Greece | 31.44s | +1.84s | 1 | 28 | 0.67 | 809 | 27. |  | 9. Tara Vovk |   Slovenia | 31.97s | +2.37s | 0 | 23 | 0.68 | 769 | 31. |  | 10.Jenjira Srisa - Ard |   Thailand | 32.02s | +2.42s | 9 | 28 | 0.61 | 766 | 33. |   
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| Heat 4 11:17 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Eneli Jefimova |   Estonia | 30.39s | +0.79s | 5 | 16 | 0.66 | 896 | 8. |  | 2. Tatjana Schoenmaker |   South Africa | 30.70s | +1.10s | 6 | 26 | 0.67 | 869 | 14. |  | 3. Fleur Vermeiren |   Belgium | 30.73s | +1.13s | 7 | 21 | 0.69 | 866 | 15. |  | 4. Florine Gaspard |   Belgium | 30.75s | +1.15s | 2 | 21 | 0.67 | 865 | 16. |  | 5. Lara Van Niekerk |   South Africa | 30.76s | +1.16s | 4 | 20 | 0.73 | 864 | 17. |  | 6. Ida Hulkko |   Finland | 30.98s | +1.38s | 1 | 24 | 0.67 | 845 | 21. |  | 7. Sophie Angus |   Canada | 31.01s | +1.41s | 0 | 24 | 0.68 | 843 | 22. |  | 8. Jhennifer Conceicao |   Brazil | 31.04s | +1.44s | 3 | 26 | 0.66 | 841 | 23. |  | 9. Thanya Angelyn Cacho Dela Cruz |  SMF | 32.25s | +2.65s | 9 | 20 | 0.61 | 749 | 36. |  | -. Ana Pinho Rodrigues |  POR Portugal | DNS |   | 1 | 19 | - | - | -. |   
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| Heat 3 11:15 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. En Yi Letitia Sim |   Singapore | 31.33s | +1.73s | 4 | 20 | 0.65 | 817 | 24. |  | 2. Andrea Podmanikova |   Slovakia | 31.43s | +1.83s | 2 | 25 | 0.70 | 810 | 26. |  | 3. Adelaida Pchelintseva |   Kazakhstan | 31.61s | +2.01s | 3 | 23 | 0.63 | 796 | 28. |  | 4. Lisa Mamie |   Switzerland | 31.67s | +2.07s | 5 | 24 | 0.76 | 791 | 30. |  | 5. Mercedes Toledo |   Venezuela | 32.00s | +2.40s | 7 | 34 | 0.65 | 767 | 32. |  | 6. Byanca Melissa Rodriguez Villanueva |   Mexico | 32.05s | +2.45s | 6 | 28 | 0.68 | 764 | 34. |  | 7. Emily Emily Santos |   Panama | 32.23s | +2.63s | 8 | 18 | 0.68 | 751 | 35. |  | 8. Imane Houda El Barodi |   Marocco | 32.64s | +3.04s | 0 | 22 | 0.66 | 723 | 38. |  | 9. Lynn El Hajj |   Lebanon | 33.10s | +3.50s | 9 | 16 | 0.72 | 693 | 39. |  | -. Hoi Kiu Lam |   Hong Kong | 32.51s | DSQ | 1 | 19 | - | - | -. |   
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| Heat 2 11:13 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Marina Abu Shamaleh |   Palestine | 34.86s | +5.26s | 4 | 18 | 0.68 | 593 | 40. |  | 2. Lara Dashti |   Kuwait | 35.44s | +5.84s | 5 | 19 | 0.72 | 565 | 41. |  | 3. Maria Corazon Ayson Batallones |   Northern Marianas | 35.96s | +6.36s | 6 | 15 | 0.67 | 540 | 42. |  | 4. Kestra Kihleng |   FS Micronesia | 36.55s | +6.95s | 2 | 19 | 0.71 | 515 | 43. |  | 5. Makelyta Singsombath |   Laos | 36.83s | +7.23s | 3 | 17 | 0.70 | 503 | 44. |  | 6. La Troya Pina |   Cabo Verde | 38.14s | +8.54s | 9 | 27 | 0.70 | 453 | 45. |  | 7. Ria Save |   Tanzania | 40.30s | +10.70s | 0 | 16 | 0.69 | 384 | 46. |  | 8. Mariama Toure |   Guinea | 41.81s | +12.21s | 7 | 19 | 0.71 | 344 | 47. |  | 9. Nina Amison |   Djibouti | 49.61s | +20.01s | 8 | 19 | 0.84 | 206 | 50. |  | -. Abbi Illis |  MAA | DNS |   | 1 | 19 | - | - | -. |   
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| Heat 1 11:10 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Pui Lam Chen |   Macau | 32.31s | +2.71s | 3 | 15 | 0.69 | 745 | 37. |  | 2. Estelle Divine Nguelo'O Noubissi |   Cameroon | 43.59s | +13.99s | 5 | 15 | 0.80 | 303 | 48. |  | 3. Salima Ahmadou Youssoufou |   Niger | 45.97s | +16.37s | 6 | 19 | 0.71 | 258 | 49. |  | -. Dorcas Abeng |   Nigeria | 34.90s | DSQ | 4 | 21 | - | - | -. |  | -. Olamide Sam |   Siera Leone | 1:07.60 | DSQ | 2 | 23 | - | - | -. |   
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