50 m Freestyle, Women

Competition 1986 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Madrid ESP
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 40
Countries 25
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Tamara Costache ROU 25.74
(1 h1)		 25.28
(1 FA)
🥈 Kristin Otto GDR 25.98
(2 h1)		 25.50
(2 FA)
🥉 Marie-Thérèse Armentero SUI 26.09
(3 h1)		 25.93
(3 FA)
4 Jenna Johnson USA 26.16
(4 h1)		 26.07
(4 FA)
5 Annemarie Verstappen NED 26.24
(7 h1)		 26.08
(5 FA)
6 Conny van Bentum NED 26.21
(6 h1)		 26.14
(6 FA)
7 Lisa Dorman USA 26.17
(5 h1)		 26.15
(7 FA)
8 Sophie Kamoun FRA 26.37
(8 h1)		 26.60
(8 FA)
9 Inna Abramova URS 26.60
(11 h1)		 26.49
(1 FB)
10 Sylvia Poll CRC 26.70
(12 h1)		 26.69
(2 FB)
11 Iris Zscherpe GER 26.43
(9 h1)		 26.72
(3 FB)
12 Heike Friedrich GDR 26.59
(10 h1)		 26.78
(4 FB)
13 Evita Paraskevopoulou GRE 26.86
(16 h1)		 26.86
(5 FB)
14 Andrea Nugent CAN 26.73
(13 h1)		 26.87
(6 FB)
15 Karin Seick GER 26.75
(14 h1)		 26.96
(7 FB)
16 Silvia Persi ITA 26.79
(15 h1)		 27.07
(8 FB)
17 Irina Capon URS 26.97
(17 h1)		 —
18 Agneta Eriksson SWE 27.00
(18 h1)		 —
19 Adriana Pereira BRA 27.13
(19 h1)		 —
20 Sabine Aeschlimann SUI 27.16
(20 h1)		 —
21 Christina Myhrbro SWE 27.18
(21 h1)		 —
22 Maija Airas FIN 27.22
(22 h1)		 —
23 Virginia Sachero ARG 27.27
(23 h1)		 —
24 Maruzza Silva BRA 27.31
(24 h1)		 —
25 Caroline Cooper GBR 27.35
(25 h1)		 —
26 Lori Melien CAN 27.38
(26 h1)		 —
27 Karen Dieffenthaler TTO 27.49
(27 h1)		 —
28 Ana Ríos PUR 27.60
(28 h1)		 —
=29 Nancy Engelen BEL 27.69
(=29 h1)		 —
=29 Caroline Foot GBR 27.69
(=29 h1)		 —
31 Alicia Cordero ESP 27.91
(31 h1)		 —
32 Marcela Cuesta CRC 28.12
(32 h1)		 —
33 Vilma Aguilera PUR 28.14
(33 h1)		 —
34 Inma Tarragó ESP 28.18
(34 h1)		 —
35 Fiona McLay NZL 28.19
(35 h1)		 —
36 Tanya Vannini ITA 28.20
(36 h1)		 —
37 Chen Yinghong CHN 28.35
(37 h1)		 —
38 Ding Jilian CHN 28.88
(38 h1)		 —
39 Lan Lee-Yu TPE 29.70
(39 h1)		 —
40 Beatríz Vilalta DOM 30.31
(40 h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Tamara Costache ROU 25.74
2 Kristin Otto GDR 25.98
3 Marie-Thérèse Armentero SUI 26.09
4 Jenna Johnson USA 26.16
5 Lisa Dorman USA 26.17
6 Conny van Bentum NED 26.21
7 Annemarie Verstappen NED 26.24
8 Sophie Kamoun FRA 26.37
9 Iris Zscherpe GER 26.43
10 Heike Friedrich GDR 26.59
11 Inna Abramova URS 26.60
12 Sylvia Poll CRC 26.70
13 Andrea Nugent CAN 26.73
14 Karin Seick GER 26.75
15 Silvia Persi ITA 26.79
16 Evita Paraskevopoulou GRE 26.86
17 Irina Capon URS 26.97
18 Agneta Eriksson SWE 27.00
19 Adriana Pereira BRA 27.13
20 Sabine Aeschlimann SUI 27.16
21 Christina Myhrbro SWE 27.18
22 Maija Airas FIN 27.22
23 Virginia Sachero ARG 27.27
24 Maruzza Silva BRA 27.31
25 Caroline Cooper GBR 27.35
26 Lori Melien CAN 27.38
27 Karen Dieffenthaler TTO 27.49
28 Ana Ríos PUR 27.60
=29 Nancy Engelen BEL 27.69
=29 Caroline Foot GBR 27.69
31 Alicia Cordero ESP 27.91
32 Marcela Cuesta CRC 28.12
33 Vilma Aguilera PUR 28.14
34 Inma Tarragó ESP 28.18
35 Fiona McLay NZL 28.19
36 Tanya Vannini ITA 28.20
37 Chen Yinghong CHN 28.35
38 Ding Jilian CHN 28.88
39 Lan Lee-Yu TPE 29.70
40 Beatríz Vilalta DOM 30.31

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Tamara Costache ROU 25.28
2 Kristin Otto GDR 25.50
3 Marie-Thérèse Armentero SUI 25.93
4 Jenna Johnson USA 26.07
5 Annemarie Verstappen NED 26.08
6 Conny van Bentum NED 26.14
7 Lisa Dorman USA 26.15
8 Sophie Kamoun FRA 26.60

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Inna Abramova URS 26.49
2 Sylvia Poll CRC 26.69
3 Iris Zscherpe GER 26.72
4 Heike Friedrich GDR 26.78
5 Evita Paraskevopoulou GRE 26.86
6 Andrea Nugent CAN 26.87
7 Karin Seick GER 26.96
8 Silvia Persi ITA 27.07