| Women 50m Freestyle XI Swimming World Championship 2005 Montreal, Canada - Sunday, 31st July - Gold Medal: Lisbeth (Libby) Lenton, Australia | 
| | 1. Lisbeth Lenton |  Australia | 24.59s |  |  | 3 | 20 |  | 2. Magdalena Veldhuis |  Netherlands | 24.83s |  | +0.24s | 4 | 26 |  | 3. Yingwen Zhu |  China | 24.91s |  | +0.32s | 2 | 23 |  | 4. Therese Alshammar |  Sweden | 24.96s |  | +0.37s | 5 | 27 |  | 5. Alice Mills |  Australia | 25.02s |  | +0.43s | 6 | 19 |  | 6. Sviatlana Khakhlova |  Belarus | 25.17s |  | +0.58s | 1 | 20 |  | 7. Kara Lynn Joyce |  United States | 25.36s |  | +0.77s | 7 | 19 |  | 8. Jana Kolukanova |  Estonia | 25.56s |  | +0.97s | 8 | 23 |  | Final 18:28 |  | time |  | gap | 50m | 100m | pts | Heat F W_F_50m | L | Ag |  | Final 18:02 |  | time |  | gap | 400m | 800m | pts | Heat F W_F_50m | L | Ag | 
 | World Record: Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands 24.13s OG Sydney, Australia 22nd September 2000 |  | Championship Record: Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands 24.45s Fukuoka, Japan 28th July 2001 | 
 |
 |  |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final. | 
 | Semi 1 |  | time |  | gap | L | Ag | Rk. |  | 1. Magdalena Veldhuis |  Netherlands | 24.92s | Q |  | 5 | 26 | 1. |  | 2. Therese Alshammar |  Sweden | 24.99s | Q | +0.07s | 4 | 27 | 2. |  | 6. Kara Lynn Joyce |  United States | 25.14s | Q | +0.22s | 3 | 19 | 3. |  | 8. Jana Kolukanova |  Estonia | 25.28s | Q | +0.36s | 2 | 23 | 4. |  | 11.Cristina Chiuso |  Italy | 25.51s |  | +0.59s | 1 | 31 | 5. |  | 12.Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato |  Brazil | 25.53s |  | +0.61s | 6 | 21 | 6. |  | 15.Anna-Karin Kammerling |  Sweden | 25.75s |  | +0.83s | 7 | 24 | 7. |  | 16.Nery Mantey Niangkouara |  Greece | 25.78s |  | +0.86s | 8 | 22 | 8. |  | Semi 1 19:24 |  | time |  | gap | 50m | 100m | pts | Heat S1 W_F_50m | L | Ag |  | Semi 1 18:38 |  | time |  | gap | pts | Heat S1 W_F_50m | Ag | 
 | Semi 2 |  | time |  | gap | L | Ag | Rk. |  | 3. Lisbeth Lenton |  Australia | 25.05s | Q | +0.13s | 3 | 20 | 1. |  | 4. Alice Mills |  Australia | 25.10s | Q | +0.18s | 4 | 19 | 2. |  | 4. Yingwen Zhu |  China | 25.10s | Q | +0.18s | 5 | 23 | 3. |  | 6. Sviatlana Khakhlova |  Belarus | 25.14s | Q | +0.22s | 2 | 20 | 4. |  | 9. Malia Metella |  France | 25.35s |  | +0.43s | 6 | 23 | 5. |  | 10.Amanda Weir |  United States | 25.46s |  | +0.54s | 1 | 19 | 6. |  | 13.Celine Couderc |  France | 25.64s |  | +0.72s | 8 | 22 | 7. |  | 14.Hanna-Maria Seppala |  Finland | 25.70s |  | +0.78s | 7 | 20 | 8. |  | Semi 1 |  | time |  | gap | 50m | 100m | pts | Heat S2 W_F_50m | L | Ag |  | Semi 2 |  | time |  | gap | pts | Heat S2 W_F_50m | Ag | 
 |  | 
| | Heat 11 |  | time |  | gap | L | Ag | Rk. |  | 1. Alice Mills |  Australia | 25.15s | Q |  | 4 | 19 | 1. |  | 2. Therese Alshammar |  Sweden | 25.19s | Q | +0.04s | 5 | 27 | 2. |  | 12.Anna-Karin Kammerling |  Sweden | 25.68s | q | +0.53s | 3 | 24 | 3. |  | 14.Cristina Chiuso |  Italy | 25.71s | q | +0.56s | 2 | 31 | 4. |  | 16.Nery Mantey Niangkouara |  Greece | 25.91s | q | +0.76s | 6 | 22 | 5. |  | 18.Nichola Chellingworth |  New Zealand | 25.95s |  | +0.80s | 8 | 25 | 6. |  | 19.Martina Moravcova |  Slovakia | 26.19s |  | +1.04s | 7 | 29 | 7. |  | 26.Maryia Hanchar |  Belarus | 26.48s |  | +1.33s | 1 | 19 | 8. | 
 |  | | Heat 10 |  | time |  | gap | L | Ag | Rk. |  | 5. Kara Lynn Joyce |  United States | 25.29s | Q | +0.14s | 5 | 19 | 1. |  | 5. Lisbeth Lenton |  Australia | 25.29s | Q | +0.14s | 4 | 20 | 1. |  | 8. Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato |  Brazil | 25.55s | q | +0.40s | 3 | 21 | 3. |  | 13.Amanda Weir |  United States | 25.69s | q | +0.54s | 2 | 19 | 4. |  | 15.Celine Couderc |  France | 25.83s | q | +0.68s | 7 | 22 | 5. |  | 20.Triin Aljand |  Estonia | 26.23s |  | +1.08s | 1 | 20 | 6. |  | 29.Jeanette Ottesen |  Denmark | 26.51s |  | +1.36s | 8 | 17 | 7. |  | -. Rebeca Gusmao |  Brazil | DNS |  |  | 6 | 20 |  | 
 | 
| | Heat 9 |  | time |  | gap | L | Ag | Rk. |  | 3. Yingwen Zhu |  China | 25.22s | Q | +0.07s | 7 | 23 | 1. |  | 4. Magdalena Veldhuis |  Netherlands | 25.27s | Q | +0.12s | 5 | 26 | 2. |  | 7. Malia Metella |  France | 25.42s | q | +0.27s | 4 | 23 | 3. |  | 9. Sviatlana Khakhlova |  Belarus | 25.56s | Q | +0.41s | 3 | 20 | 4. |  | 10.Jana Kolukanova |  Estonia | 25.64s | Q | +0.49s | 8 | 23 | 5. |  | 11.Hanna-Maria Seppala |  Finland | 25.65s | q | +0.50s | 2 | 20 | 6. |  | 17.Chantal Groot |  Netherlands | 25.94s |  | +0.79s | 6 | 22 | 7. |  | -. Daniela Goetz |  Germany | DNS |  |  | 1 | 17 |  | 
 |  | | Heat 8 |  | time |  | gap | L | Ag | Rk. |  | 21.Vanessa Garcia Vega |  Puerto Rico | 26.24s |  | +1.09s | 7 | 21 | 1. |  | 22.Binan Wu |  China | 26.26s |  | +1.11s | 5 | 19 | 2. |  | 23.Kaori Yamada |  Japan | 26.39s |  | +1.24s | 6 | 23 | 3. |  | 25.Petra Klosova |  Czechia | 26.47s |  | +1.32s | 1 | 19 | 4. |  | 27.Atsumi Yamada |  Japan | 26.49s |  | +1.34s | 8 | 23 | 5. |  | 31.Alison Fitch |  New Zealand | 26.60s |  | +1.45s | 2 | 25 | 6. |  | 35.Pin-Chieh Nieh |  Chinese Taipei | 26.72s |  | +1.57s | 3 | 17 | 7. |  | -. Fabienne Nadarajah |  Austria | DNS |  |  | 4 | 20 |  | 
 | 
| | Heat 7 |  | time |  | gap | L | Ag | Rk. |  | 24.Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir |  Iceland | 26.42s |  | +1.27s | 4 | 20 | 1. |  | 27.Ionela Cozma |  Romania | 26.49s |  | +1.34s | 3 | 16 | 2. |  | 30.Hannah Wilson |  Hong Kong | 26.53s |  | +1.38s | 5 | 16 | 3. |  | 33.Keora Lee |  South Korea | 26.68s |  | +1.53s | 1 | 16 | 4. |  | 34.Jennifer Carroll |  Canada | 26.69s |  | +1.54s | 8 | 24 | 5. |  | 37.Wei Ling Joscelin Yeo |  Singapore | 27.00s |  | +1.85s | 6 | 26 | 6. |  | 38.Shikha Tandon |  India | 27.04s |  | +1.89s | 7 | 20 | 7. |  | 41.Annette Hansen |  Denmark | 27.23s |  | +2.08s | 2 |  | 8. | 
 |  | | Heat 6 |  | time |  | gap | L | Ag | Rk. |  | 36.Hang Yu Sze |  Hong Kong | 26.74s |  | +1.59s | 6 | 17 | 1. |  | 39.Chin Kuei Yang |  Chinese Taipei | 27.08s |  | +1.93s | 3 | 17 | 2. |  | 40.Shu Yong Ho |  Singapore | 27.16s |  | +2.01s | 4 | 16 | 3. |  | 42.Yamile Bahamonde |  Ecuador | 27.28s |  | +2.13s | 7 | 18 | 4. |  | 43.Irina Shlemova |  Uzbekistan | 27.43s |  | +2.28s | 2 | 21 | 5. |  | 44.Nikia Deveaux |  Bahamas | 27.49s |  | +2.34s | 8 | 19 | 6. |  | 47.Sarah Yasmine Chahed |  Tunisia | 27.73s |  | +2.58s | 1 | 17 | 7. |  | -. Jiratida Phinyosophon |  Thailand | DNS |  |  | 5 | 16 |  | 
 | 
| | Heat 5 |  | time |  | gap | L | Ag | Rk. |  | 45.Carolina Colorado Henao |  Colombia | 27.70s |  | +2.55s | 5 | 17 | 1. |  | 46.Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane |  Papua New Guinea | 27.72s |  | +2.57s | 3 | 18 | 2. |  | 49.Melissa Vincent |  Mauritius | 27.80s |  | +2.65s | 7 |  | 3. |  | 50.Kiera Aitken |  Bermuda | 27.89s |  | +2.74s | 8 | 21 | 4. |  | 50.Gisela Morales |  Guatemala | 27.89s |  | +2.74s | 4 | 17 | 4. |  | 52.Samantha Fajardo |  Ecuador | 27.90s |  | +2.75s | 6 | 15 | 6. |  | 54.Ashley Aitken |  Bermuda | 28.19s |  | +3.04s | 2 |  | 7. |  | 56.Khadija Ciss |  Senegal | 28.27s |  | +3.12s | 1 | 22 | 8. | 
 |  | | Heat 4 |  | time |  | gap | L | Ag | Rk. |  | 32.Heather Brand |  Zimbabwe | 26.65s |  | +1.50s | 6 | 22 | 1. |  | 48.Alexis Jordan |  Barbados | 27.77s |  | +2.62s | 3 | 17 | 2. |  | 53.Carolina Cerqueda |  Andora | 28.13s |  | +2.98s | 8 | 19 | 3. |  | 55.Jasna Ovsenik |  Slovenia | 28.23s |  | +3.08s | 1 | 17 | 4. |  | 56.Jakie Wellman |  Zambia | 28.27s |  | +3.12s | 7 | 17 | 5. |  | 59.Sharon Paola Fajardo Sierra |  Honduras | 28.59s |  | +3.44s | 5 | 15 | 6. |  | 61.Man Wai Fong |  Macau | 29.06s |  | +3.91s | 2 | 16 | 7. |  | 64.Mireille Hakimeh |  Syria | 29.42s |  | +4.27s | 4 | 14 | 8. | 
 | 
| | Heat 3 |  | time |  | gap | L | Ag | Rk. |  | 58.Cheok Mei Ma | S.MAC Macau | 28.32s |  | +3.17s | 4 | 16 | 1. |  | 62.Katerine Moreno |  Bolivia | 29.08s |  | +3.93s | 7 | 31 | 2. |  | 63.Jonay Briedenhann |  Namibia | 29.38s |  | +4.23s | 6 | 15 | 3. |  | 66.Jessica Vieira |  Mozambique | 29.61s |  | +4.46s | 1 | 13 | 4. |  | 67.Binta Zahra Diop |  Senegal | 30.07s |  | +4.92s | 2 | 15 | 5. |  | 68.Hiba Bashouti |  Jordan | 30.34s |  | +5.19s | 8 | 15 | 6. |  | -. Eliane Droubry Dohi |  Ivory Coast | DNS |  |  | 3 | 17 |  |  | -. Lenient Obia |  Nigeria | DNS |  |  | 5 | 27 |  | 
 |  | | Heat 2 |  | time |  | gap | L | Ag | Rk. |  | 60.Mbolatiana Ramanisa |  Madagascar | 28.99s |  | +3.84s | 4 | 23 | 1. |  | 65.Rubab Raza |  Pakistan | 29.57s |  | +4.42s | 5 | 14 | 2. |  | 69.Aya Nakitanda |  Uganda | 30.51s |  | +5.36s | 1 | 20 | 3. |  | 70.Sussie Pineda |  Honduras | 30.54s |  | +5.39s | 6 |  | 4. |  | 71.Aminath Rouya Hussain |  Maldives | 30.62s |  | +5.47s | 7 | 14 | 5. |  | 72.Kiran Khan |  Pakistan | 31.18s |  | +6.03s | 3 | 15 | 6. |  | 73.Sameera Albitar |  Bahrain | 31.19s |  | +6.04s | 2 | 15 | 7. |  | 74.Christal O'Reilly Clashing |  Antigua Barbuda | 31.45s |  | +6.30s | 8 | 15 | 8. | 
 | 
| | Heat 1 |  | time |  | gap | L | Ag | Rk. |  | 75.Oshin Bharati |  Nepal | 34.14s |  | +8.99s | 5 | 12 | 1. |  | 76.Raksmey Hem |  Cambodia | 35.29s |  | +10.14s | 6 | 21 | 2. |  | -. Ayele Sika Ornella Pamela Dossavi |  Togo | DNS |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | -. Lasm Quissoh Genevieve Meledje |  Ivory Coast | DNS |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | -. Anifath F. M. Okanla |  Benin | DNS |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | -. Yelena Rojkova |  Turkmenistan | DNS |  |  | 3 | 16 |  | 
 |  | 
Prepared and maintained by Todor Krastev
todor1966@yahoo.com
Last updated: 12 Aug 2025
Facebook Todor Krastev