50 m Freestyle, Women

Competition 1991 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Perth AUS
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 33
Countries 22
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Zhuang Yong CHN 25.94
(2 h3)		 25.47
(1 FA)
🥈 Catherine Plewinski FRA 25.77
(1 h3)		 25.50
(=2 FA)
🥈 Leigh Ann Fetter USA 26.09
(5 h4)		 25.50
(=2 FA)
4 Jenny Thompson USA 26.01
(4 h4)		 25.87
(=4 FA)
5 Yang Wenyi CHN 26.26
(7 h5)		 25.87
(=4 FA)
6 Simone Osygus GER 25.99
(3 h5)		 25.95
(6 FA)
7 Yevgeniya Yermakova URS 26.17
(6 h3)		 26.00
(7 FA)
8 Daniela Hunger GER 26.27
(8 h4)		 26.01
(8 FA)
9 Karen Van Wirdum AUS 26.56
(9 h5)		 26.54
(1 FB)
10 Toni Jeffs NZL 26.59
(10 h4)		 26.61
(2 FB)
11 Karin Brienesse NED 26.63
(12 h3)		 26.72
(3 FB)
12 Luminița Dobrescu ROU 26.69
(13 h5)		 26.74
(4 FB)
13 María Rivera MEX 26.91
(16 h4)		 26.75
(5 FB)
14 Louise Karlsson SWE 26.62
(11 h5)		 26.83
(6 FB)
15 Marieke Mastenbroek NED 26.70
(14 h5)		 26.88
(7 FB)
16 Susie O'Neill AUS 26.88
(15 h3)		 27.05
(8 FB)
17 Sylvia Poll CRC 26.92
(17 h2)		 —
18 Silvia Persi ITA 26.99
(18 h3)		 —
19 Gitta Jensen DEN 27.00
(19 h5)		 —
20 Lejia Kucukalić YUG 27.04
(20 h4)		 —
21 Tamara Costache ROU 27.16
(21 h4)		 —
22 Suzu Chiba JPN 27.17
(22 h5)		 —
23 Tea Cerkverik YUG 27.24
(23 h2)		 —
24 Karen Pickering GBR 27.27
(24 h3)		 —
25 Ilaria Sciorelli ITA 27.38
(25 h4)		 —
26 Gabriela Gaja MEX 27.45
(26 h2)		 —
27 Anne Bonvoisin BEL 27.52
(27 h2)		 —
28 Annika Nilsson SWE 27.61
(28 h2)		 —
29 Celeste Hung HKG 27.71
(29 h2)		 —
30 Trude Åsbo NOR 27.86
(30 h1)		 —
31 Maren Johannesen NOR 28.12
(31 h2)		 —
32 Yen Yen Gunawan INA 28.40
(32 h1)		 —
33 Veronica Cummings GUM 29.24
(33 h1)		 —
DNS Senda GharbiDNS TUN —
(DNS h3)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
30 Trude Åsbo NOR 27.86
32 Yen Yen Gunawan INA 28.40
33 Veronica Cummings GUM 29.24

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
17 Sylvia Poll CRC 26.92
23 Tea Cerkverik YUG 27.24
26 Gabriela Gaja MEX 27.45
27 Anne Bonvoisin BEL 27.52
28 Annika Nilsson SWE 27.61
29 Celeste Hung HKG 27.71
31 Maren Johannesen NOR 28.12

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Catherine Plewinski FRA 25.77
2 Zhuang Yong CHN 25.94
6 Yevgeniya Yermakova URS 26.17
12 Karin Brienesse NED 26.63
15 Susie O'Neill AUS 26.88
18 Silvia Persi ITA 26.99
24 Karen Pickering GBR 27.27
DNS Senda GharbiDNS TUN —

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
4 Jenny Thompson USA 26.01
5 Leigh Ann Fetter USA 26.09
8 Daniela Hunger GER 26.27
10 Toni Jeffs NZL 26.59
16 María Rivera MEX 26.91
20 Lejia Kucukalić YUG 27.04
21 Tamara Costache ROU 27.16
25 Ilaria Sciorelli ITA 27.38

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
3 Simone Osygus GER 25.99
7 Yang Wenyi CHN 26.26
9 Karen Van Wirdum AUS 26.56
11 Louise Karlsson SWE 26.62
13 Luminița Dobrescu ROU 26.69
14 Marieke Mastenbroek NED 26.70
19 Gitta Jensen DEN 27.00
22 Suzu Chiba JPN 27.17

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Zhuang Yong CHN 25.47
=2 Catherine Plewinski FRA 25.50
=2 Leigh Ann Fetter USA 25.50
=4 Jenny Thompson USA 25.87
=4 Yang Wenyi CHN 25.87
6 Simone Osygus GER 25.95
7 Yevgeniya Yermakova URS 26.00
8 Daniela Hunger GER 26.01

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Karen Van Wirdum AUS 26.54
2 Toni Jeffs NZL 26.61
3 Karin Brienesse NED 26.72
4 Luminița Dobrescu ROU 26.74
5 María Rivera MEX 26.75
6 Louise Karlsson SWE 26.83
7 Marieke Mastenbroek NED 26.88
8 Susie O'Neill AUS 27.05