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Swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

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Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships
LocationPerth, Australia
Dates13 January (heats and final)
Winning time25.47
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
← 1986
1994 →

The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships were held on January 12, 1991.

Records

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

World record  Yang Wenyi (CHN) 24.98 Guangzhou, China 11 April 1988
Competition record  Tamara Costache (ROU) 25.28 Madrid, Spain 1986

Results

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Heats

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The heats was held on 12 January at 11:25.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 5 Catherine Plewinski  France 25.77
2 3 4 Yong Zhuang  China 25.94
3 5 5 Simone Osygus  Germany 25.99
4 4 5 Jenny Thompson  United States 26.01
5 4 4 Leigh Ann Fetter  United States 26.09
6 3 6 Yevgeniya Yermakova  Soviet Union 26.17
7 5 4 Yang Wenyi  China 26.26
8 4 3 Daniela Hunger  Germany 26.27
9 5 3 Karen van Wirdum  Australia 26.56
10 4 7 Tonni Jeffs  New Zealand 26.59
11 5 1 Louise Karlsson  Sweden 26.62
12 3 3 Karin Brienesse  Netherlands 26.63
13 5 2 Liliana Dobrescu  Romania 26.69
14 5 6 Marieke Mastenbroek  Netherlands 26.70
15 3 2 Susie O'Neill  Australia 26.88
16 4 1 Maria Soledad Rivera  Mexico 26.91
17 2 5 Silvia Poll  Costa Rica 26.92
18 3 1 Silvia Persi  Italy 26.99
19 5 8 Gitta Jensen  Denmark 27.00
20 4 2 Lejla Kucukalic  Yugoslavia 27.04
21 4 6 Tamara Costache  Romania 27.16
22 5 7 Suzu Chiba  Japan 27.17
23 2 4 Tea Cerkverik  Yugoslavia 27.24
24 3 1 Karen Pickering  Great Britain 27.27
25 4 8 Ilaria Sciorelli  Italy 27.38
26 2 1 Gabriela Gaja  Mexico 27.45
27 2 7 Anne Boivoisin  Belgium 27.52
28 2 3 Annika Nilsson  Sweden 27.61
29 2 2 Sze Ki Celeste Hung  Hong Kong 27.71
30 1 4 Trude Aasbo  Norway 27.86
31 2 6 Maren Johannesen  Norway 28.12
32 1 5 Yeyen Gunawan  Indonesia 28.40
33 1 3 Veronica Cummings  Guam 29.24
3 7 Senda Al-Gharbi  Tunisia DNS

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Karen van Wirdum  Australia 26.54
10 5 Tonni Jeffs  New Zealand 26.61
11 6 Karin Brienesse  Netherlands 26.72
12 2 Liliana Dobrescu  Romania 26.74
13 8 Maria Soledad Rivera  Mexico 26.75
14 3 Louise Karlsson  Sweden 26.83
15 7 Marieke Mastenbroek  Netherlands 26.88
16 1 Susie O'Neill  Australia 27.05

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Yong Zhuang  China 25.47
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Catherine Plewinski  France 25.50
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Leigh Ann Fetter  United States 25.50
4 6 Jenny Thompson  United States 25.87
4 1 Yang Wenyi  China 25.87
6 3 Simone Osygus  Germany 25.95
7 7 Yevgeniya Yermakova  Soviet Union 26.00
8 8 Daniela Hunger  Germany 26.01

References

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  1. ^ "Competition Results | FINA Official".