| Women 50m Butterfly XX Swimming World Championship 2023 Fukuoka, Japan - Saturday, 29th July - Gold Medal: Sarah Sjoestroem, Sweden | 
| Final 20:05 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts |  | 1. Sarah Sjoestroem |   Sweden | 24.77s |   | 4 | 29 | 0.63 | 959 |  | 2. Yufei Zhang |   China | 25.05s | AS +0.28s | 5 | 25 | 0.65 | 927 |  | 3. Gretchen Walsh |   United States | 25.46s | +0.69s | 3 | 20 | 0.75 | 883 |  | 4. Farida Osman |   Egypt | 25.62s | +0.85s | 7 | 28 | 0.65 | 867 |  | 5. Torri Huske |   United States | 25.64s | +0.87s | 1 | 20 | 0.61 | 865 |  | 6. Sara Junevik |   Sweden | 25.74s | +0.97s | 8 | 23 | 0.73 | 854 |  | 7. Rikako Ikee |   Japan | 25.78s | +1.01s | 2 | 23 | 0.69 | 850 |  | 8. Melanie Henique |   France | 25.80s | +1.03s | 6 | 30 | 0.58 | 849 |   
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 Semi-Finals - Friday, 28th July 21:10 |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Semi 1 21:10 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Yufei Zhang |   China | 25.17s | +0.43s | 4 | 25 | 0.66 | 914 | 2. |  | 2. Gretchen Walsh |   United States | 25.48s | +0.74s | 3 | 20 | 0.76 | 881 | 3. |  | 3. Melanie Henique |   France | 25.70s | +0.96s | 5 | 30 | 0.58 | 858 | 4. |  | 4. Anna Ntountounaki |   Greece | 25.82s | +1.08s | 7 | 27 | 0.62 | 847 | 9. |  | 5. Angelina Kohler |   Germany | 25.88s | +1.14s | 2 | 22 | 0.67 | 841 | 11. |  | 6. Katerine Savard |   Canada | 25.98s | +1.24s | 8 | 30 | 0.62 | 831 | 12. |  | 7. Ai Soma |   Japan | 26.18s | +1.44s | 6 | 25 | 0.65 | 812 | 15. |  | 8. Yiting Yu |   China | 26.27s | +1.53s | 1 | 17 | 0.68 | 804 | 16. |   
| Semi 2 21:15 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Sarah Sjoestroem |   Sweden | 24.74s |   | 4 | 29 | 0.65 | 962 | 1. |  | 2. Rikako Ikee |   Japan | 25.72s | +0.98s | 5 | 23 | 0.70 | 856 | 5. |  | 3. Farida Osman |   Egypt | 25.74s | +1.00s | 3 | 28 | 0.68 | 854 | 6. |  | 4. Torri Huske |   United States | 25.75s | +1.01s | 2 | 20 | 0.60 | 853 | 7. |  | 5. Sara Junevik |   Sweden | 25.77s | +1.03s | 7 | 23 | 0.76 | 851 | 8. |  | 6. Neza Klancar |   Slovenia | 25.83s | +1.09s | 6 | 23 | 0.69 | 846 | 10. |  | 7. Maaike De Waard |   Netherlands | 26.02s | +1.28s | 1 | 26 | 0.71 | 827 | 13. |  | 8. Kim Busch |   Netherlands | 26.14s | +1.40s | 8 | 25 | 0.71 | 816 | 14. |   
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| Heat 7 11:54 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Sarah Sjoestroem |   Sweden | 25.04s |   | 4 | 29 | 0.65 | 928 | 1. |  | 2. Yufei Zhang |   China | 25.33s | +0.29s | 5 | 25 | 0.67 | 897 | 2. |  | 3. Rikako Ikee |   Japan | 25.50s | +0.46s | 3 | 23 | 0.68 | 879 | 3. |  | 4. Ai Soma |   Japan | 25.96s | +0.92s | 6 | 25 | 0.67 | 833 | 8. |  | 5. Yiting Yu |   China | 26.21s | +1.17s | 2 | 17 | 0.69 | 809 | 14. |  | 6. Katerine Savard |   Canada | 26.23s | +1.19s | 1 | 30 | 0.62 | 807 | 15. |  | 7. Helena Gasson |   New Zealand | 26.29s | +1.25s | 8 | 28 | 0.62 | 802 | 17. |  | 8. Emilie Beckmann |   Denmark | 26.43s | +1.39s | 7 | 26 | 0.74 | 789 | 21. |  | 9. Tamara Potocka |   Slovakia | 26.55s | +1.51s | 0 | 20 | 0.68 | 779 | 22. |  | 10.Hoi Lam Tam |   Hong Kong | 26.91s | +1.87s | 9 | 25 | 0.66 | 748 | 31. |   
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| Heat 6 11:52 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Gretchen Walsh |   United States | 25.78s | +0.74s | 4 | 20 | 0.79 | 850 | 6. |  | 2. Torri Huske |   United States | 25.98s | +0.94s | 5 | 20 | 0.63 | 831 | 9. |  | 3. Sara Junevik |   Sweden | 26.04s | +1.00s | 6 | 23 | 0.75 | 825 | 11. |  | 4. Maaike De Waard |   Netherlands | 26.17s | +1.13s | 3 | 26 | 0.73 | 813 | 13. |  | 6. Margaret MacNeil |   Canada | 26.33s | +1.29s | 2 | 23 | 0.70 | 798 | 19. |  | 7. Julie Kepp Jensen |   Denmark | 26.36s | +1.32s | 1 | 23 | 0.69 | 796 | 20. |  | 8. Celine Bispo |   Brazil | 26.55s | +1.51s | 8 | 18 | 0.65 | 779 | 22. |  | 0. Ting Wen Quah |   Singapore | 26.67s | +1.63s | 9 | 30 | 0.64 | 768 | 25. |  | 10.Barbora Seemanova |   Czechia | 27.02s | +1.98s | 0 | 23 | 0.61 | 739 | 32. |   
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| Heat 5 11:50 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Melanie Henique |   France | 25.75s | +0.71s | 4 | 30 | 0.58 | 853 | 4. |  | 2. Farida Osman |   Egypt | 25.77s | +0.73s | 5 | 28 | 0.65 | 851 | 5. |  | 3. Neza Klancar |   Slovenia | 25.81s | +0.77s | 8 | 23 | 0.66 | 848 | 7. |  | 4. Angelina Kohler |   Germany | 26.02s | +0.98s | 3 | 22 | 0.69 | 827 | 10. |  | 5. Anna Ntountounaki |   Greece | 26.14s | +1.10s | 6 | 27 | 0.65 | 816 | 12. |  | 6. Kim Busch |   Netherlands | 26.23s | +1.19s | 1 | 25 | 0.69 | 807 | 15. |  | 5. Brianna Throssell |   Australia | 26.30s | +1.26s | 7 | 27 | 0.74 | 801 | 18. |  | 7. Vanessa Hazel Ouwehand |   New Zealand | 26.57s | +1.53s | 7 | 23 | 0.63 | 777 | 24. |  | 8. Paulina Peda |   Poland | 26.71s | +1.67s | 2 | 25 | 0.65 | 765 | 26. |  | 9. Jenjira Srisa - Ard |   Thailand | 26.78s | +1.74s | 0 | 28 | 0.62 | 759 | 28. |  | 10.Tayde Sansores |   Mexico | 26.82s | +1.78s | 9 | 23 | 0.68 | 755 | 29. |   
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| Heat 4 11:49 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Mei-Chien Huang |   Chinese Taipei | 26.73s | +1.69s | 6 | 25 | 0.66 | 763 | 27. |  | 2. Danielle Hill |   Ireland | 26.90s | +1.86s | 4 | 23 | 0.65 | 749 | 30. |  | 3. Sirena Carolina Rowe Cervantes |   Colombia | 27.19s | +2.15s | 5 | 25 | 0.70 | 725 | 33. |  | 4. Lismar Lyon |   Venezuela | 27.53s | +2.49s | 3 | 22 | 0.58 | 698 | 34. |  | 5. Olivia Borg |   Samoa | 27.77s | +2.73s | 1 | 22 | 0.71 | 680 | 35. |  | 6. Amel Melih |   Algeria | 27.79s | +2.75s | 2 | 29 | 0.70 | 679 | 36. |  | 7. Oumy Diop |   Senegal | 27.86s | +2.82s | 8 | 19 | 0.74 | 674 | 37. |  | 8. Luana Alonso |   Paraguay | 28.13s | +3.09s | 7 | 19 | 0.65 | 655 | 38. |  | 9. Emily Muteti |  SMF | 28.46s | +3.42s | 0 | 25 | 0.70 | 632 | 40. |  | 10.Maria Victoria Schutzmeier |   Nicaragua | 28.58s | +3.54s | 9 | 23 | 0.69 | 624 | 41. |   
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| Heat 3 11:47 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Rhanishka Gibbs |   Bahamas | 28.43s | +3.39s | 5 | 17 | 0.60 | 634 | 39. |  | 2. Maria Jose Ribera |   Bolivia | 28.58s | +3.54s | 3 | 26 | 0.67 | 624 | 41. |  | 3. Cherelle Thompson |   Trinidad Tobago | 28.84s | +3.80s | 7 | 31 | 0.70 | 607 | 43. |  | 4. Tara Ann Mary Naluwoza |   Uganda | 29.07s | +4.03s | 6 | 14 | 0.77 | 593 | 44. |  | 5. Mikaili Charlemagne |   Saint Lucia | 29.39s | +4.35s | 4 | 20 | 0.70 | 574 | 46. |  | 6. Chloe Farro |   Aruba | 29.41s | +4.37s | 2 | 20 | 0.71 | 573 | 47. |  | 7. Nubia Adjei |   Ghana | 29.54s | +4.50s | 1 | 20 | 0.71 | 565 | 48. |  | 8. Bisma Khan |   Pakistan | 29.63s | +4.59s | 8 | 21 | 0.79 | 560 | 49. |  | 9. Kennice Aphenie Greene |   St. Vincent Gren. | 29.90s | +4.86s | 0 | 16 | 0.79 | 545 | 50. |  | 10.Bianca Mitchell |   Antigua Barbuda | 29.97s | +4.93s | 9 | 22 | 0.69 | 541 | 51. |   
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| Heat 2 11:45 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Hayley Hoy |   Swaziland | 30.73s | +5.69s | 4 | 15 | 0.67 | 502 | 52. |  | 2. Ayah Binrajab |   Bahrain | 30.86s | +5.82s | 5 | 16 | 0.69 | 496 | 53. |  | 3. Abigail Ai Tom |   Papua New Guinea | 31.46s | +6.42s | 0 | 14 | 0.66 | 468 | 54. |  | 4. Mst Sonia Khatun |   Bangladesh | 31.51s | +6.47s | 3 | 23 | 0.72 | 466 | 55. |  | 5. Ekaterina Bordachyova |   Tajikistan | 32.09s | +7.05s | 2 | 20 | 0.74 | 441 | 56. |  | 6. Arleigha Hall |  TCN | 32.55s | +7.51s | 7 | 22 | 0.74 | 422 | 58. |  | 7. Alyse Leilla Maniriho |   Burundi | 36.57s | +11.53s | 9 | 16 | 0.85 | 298 | 60. |  | 8. Galyah Ngerchesiuch Mikel |   Palaw | 38.22s | +13.18s | 1 | 17 | 0.79 | 261 | 62. |  | 9. Marie Amenou |   Togo | 39.50s | +14.46s | 8 | 16 | 0.75 | 236 | 63. |  | -. Taffi Illis |  MAA | DNS |   | 6 | 21 | - | - | -. |   
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| Heat 1 11:43 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk |  | 1. Adaku Nwandu |   Nigeria | 29.38s | +4.34s | 7 | 15 | 0.75 | 574 | 45. |  | 2. Taeyanna Adams |   FS Micronesia | 32.53s | +7.49s | 4 | 21 | 0.70 | 423 | 57. |  | 3. Maria Corazon Ayson Batallones |   Northern Marianas | 33.49s | +8.45s | 5 | 15 | 0.67 | 388 | 59. |  | 4. Lina Alemayehu Selo |   Ethiopia | 37.68s | +12.64s | 6 | 22 | 0.84 | 272 | 61. |  | 5. Claudette Ishimwe |   Rwanda | 41.44s | +16.40s | 2 | 18 | 0.84 | 204 | 64. |  | -. Ruth Turay |   Siera Leone | DNS |   | 3 | 25 | - | - | -. |   
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