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

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

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 
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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
  5 Yong Zhuang   China 25.47
  4 Catherine Plewinski   France 25.50
  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".