Prior to the start of the 2016 Summer Olympics, the world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Gemma Spoffort ( GBR ) | 58.12 | Rome | July 28, 2009 |
| Olympic record | Emily Cibom ( AUS ) | 58.23 | London | July 29, 2012 |
Preliminary Heats
In the semi-finals are 16 swimmers, who showed the best time, regardless of the place occupied in his swim.
Heat 1| A place | Sportswoman | A country | Time |
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| one | Gaurika Singh | Nepal | 1: 08.45 | | 2 | Evelina Afoa | Samoa | 1: 08.74 | | 3 | Rita Zekiri | Kosovo | 1: 12.31 |
Swim 2| A place | Sportswoman | A country | Time |
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| one | Claudia Lau | Hong Kong | 1: 01.27 | | 2 | Alice thoosh | Poland | 1: 01.31 | | 3 | Alexus laird | Seychelles | 1: 03.33 | | four | Kimiko Rahim | Sri Lanka | 1: 04.21 | | five | Lara Butler | Cayman islands | 1: 04.98 | | 6 | Kylie Watson | US Virgin Islands | 1: 07,19 | | 7 | Talisa Lana | Kenya | 1: 10.02 |
Swim 3| A place | Sportswoman | A country | Time |
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| one | Olivia Smoliga | USA | 59,60 | | 2 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 59.92 | | 3 | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 1: 00.04 | | four | Kirstie Coventry | Zimbabwe | 1: 00,13 | | five | Eyglow Ousk Gustafsdouttir | Iceland | 1: 00.89 | | 6 | Simone Baumrtova | Czech | 1: 01.08 | | 7 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 1: 01.45 | | eight | Mimosa Yallov | Finland | 1: 01.58 |
Swim 4| A place | Sportswoman | A country | Time |
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| one | Caitlin Baker | USA | 58,84 | | 2 | Mie nielsen | Denmark | 59.13 | | 3 | Georgia Davis | Great Britain | 59.86 | | four | Fu Yuanhui | China | 1: 00.02 | | five | Matea Samardzic | Croatia | 1: 00.46 | | 6 | Wang Xueer | China | 1:00 am | | 7 | Dawan da Rocha | Spain | 1: 00.87 | | eight | Katarina Listopadova | Slovakia | 1: 01.43 |
Swim 5| A place | Sportswoman | A country | Time |
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| one | Emily Cibom | Australia | 58,99 | | 2 | Kylie Mass | Canada | 59.07 | | 3 | Katinka Hossu | Hungary | 59.13 | | four | Dominic Bouchard | Canada | 1: 00.18 | | five | Kira Tussan | Netherlands | 1: 01.17 | | 6 | Ekaterina Rudenko | Kazakhstan | 1: 01.28 | | 7 | Etienne Medeiros | Brazil | 1: 01,70 | | eight | Natsumi Sakai | Japan | 1: 01.74 |
| Summary Table| A place | Sportswoman | A country | Time | Lag |
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| 01! one | Caitlin Baker | USA | 58,84 | +0.00 | | 02! 2 | Emily Cibom | Australia | 58,99 | +0.15 | | 03! 3 | Kylie Mass | Canada | 59.07 | +0.23 | | 04! four | Mie nielsen | Denmark | 59.13 | +0.29 | | 04! four | Katinka Hossu | Hungary | 59.13 | +0.29 | | 06! 6 | Olivia Smoliga | USA | 59,60 | +0.76 | | 07! 7 | Georgia Davis | Great Britain | 59.86 | +1.02 | | 08! eight | Madison Wilson | Australia | 59.92 | +1.08 | | 09! 9 | Fu Yuanhui | China | 1: 00.02 | +1.18 | | ten | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 1: 00.04 | +1.20 | | eleven | Kirstie Coventry | Zimbabwe | 1: 00,13 | +1.29 | | 12 | Dominic Bouchard | Canada | 1: 00.18 | +1.34 | | 13 | Matea Samardzic | Croatia | 1: 00.46 | +1.62 | | 14 | Wang Xueer | China | 1:00 am | +1.75 | | 15 | Dawan da Rocha | Spain | 1: 00.87 | +2.03 | | sixteen | Eyglow Ousk Gustafsdouttir | Iceland | 1: 00.89 | +2.05 | | 17 | Simone Baumrtova | Czech | 1: 01.08 | +2.24 | | 18 | Kira Tussan | Netherlands | 1: 01.17 | +2.33 | | nineteen | Claudia Lau | Hong Kong | 1: 01.27 | +2.43 | | 20 | Ekaterina Rudenko | Kazakhstan | 1: 01.28 | +2,44 | | 21 | Alice thoosh | Poland | 1: 01.31 | +2.47 | | 22 | Katarina Listopadova | Slovakia | 1: 01.43 | +2.59 | | 23 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 1: 01.45 | +2.61 | | 24 | Mimosa Yallov | Finland | 1: 01.58 | +2.74 | | 25 | Etienne Medeiros | Brazil | 1: 01,70 | +2.86 | | 26 | Natsumi Sakai | Japan | 1: 01.74 | +2.90 | | 27 | Alexus laird | Seychelles | 1: 03.33 | +4.49 | | 28 | Kimiko Rahim | Sri Lanka | 1: 04.21 | +5.37 | | 29 | Lara Butler | Cayman islands | 1: 04.98 | +6.14 | | thirty | Kylie Watson | US Virgin Islands | 1: 07,19 | +8.35 | | 31 | Gaurika Singh | Nepal | 1: 08.45 | +9.61 | | 32 | Evelina Afoa | Samoa | 1: 08.74 | +9.90 | | 33 | Talisa Lana | Kenya | 1: 10.02 | +11.18 | | 34 | Rita Zekiri | Kosovo | 1: 12.31 | +13.47 |
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Semifinals
In the finals are 8 swimmers, who showed the best time, regardless of the place occupied in his swim.
Heat 1| A place | Sportswoman | A country | Time |
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| one | Madison Wilson | Australia | 59.03 | | 2 | Mie nielsen | Denmark | 59.18 | | 3 | Emily Cibom | Australia | 59.32 | | four | Olivia Smoliga | USA | 59.35 | | five | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 59.68 | | 6 | Dominic Bouchard | Canada | 1: 00,54 | | 7 | Eyglow Ousk Gustafsdouttir | Iceland | 1: 00,65 | | eight | Wang Xueer | China | 1: 01.44 |
Swim 2| A place | Sportswoman | A country | Time |
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| one | Caitlin Baker | USA | 58,84 | | 2 | Katinka Hossu | Hungary | 58.94 | | 3 | Fu Yuanhui | China | 58.95 | | four | Kylie Mass | Canada | 59.06 | | five | Georgia Davis | Great Britain | 59.85 | | 6 | Kirstie Coventry | Zimbabwe | 1: 00.26 | | 7 | Matea Samardzic | Croatia | 1: 00.60 | | eight | Dawan da Rocha | Spain | 1: 00.85 |
| Summary Table| A place | Sportswoman | A country | Time | Lag |
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| 01! one | Caitlin Baker | USA | 58,84 | +0.00 | | 02! 2 | Katinka Hossu | Hungary | 58.94 | +0.10 | | 03! 3 | Fu Yuanhui | China | 58.95 | +0.11 | | 04! four | Madison Wilson | Australia | 59.03 | +0.19 | | 05! five | Kylie Mass | Canada | 59.06 | +0.22 | | 06! 6 | Mie nielsen | Denmark | 59.18 | +0.34 | | 07! 7 | Emily Cibom | Australia | 59.32 | +0.48 | | 08! eight | Olivia Smoliga | USA | 59.35 | +0.51 | | 09! 9 | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 59.68 | +0.84 | | ten | Georgia Davis | Great Britain | 59.85 | +1.01 | | eleven | Kirstie Coventry | Zimbabwe | 1: 00.26 | +1.42 | | 12 | Dominic Bouchard | Canada | 1: 00,54 | 1.70 | | 13 | Matea Samardzic | Croatia | 1: 00.60 | +1.76 | | 14 | Eyglow Ousk Gustafsdouttir | Iceland | 1: 00,65 | +1.81 | | 15 | Dawan da Rocha | Spain | 1: 00.85 | +2.01 | | sixteen | Wang Xueer | China | 1: 01.44 | +2,60 |
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Final
| A place | Track | Sportswoman | A country | 50 m | Time | Lag |
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| 01! | five | Katinka Hossu | Hungary | 28.84 | 58.45 | +0.00 |
| 02! | four | Caitlin Baker | USA | 28.28 | 58.75 | +0.30 |
| 03! | 2 | Kylie Mass | Canada | 28,56 | 58.76 | +0.31 |
| 03! | 3 | Fu Yuanhui | China | 28,34 | 58.76 | +0.31 |
| five | 7 | Mie nielsen | Denmark | 28.83 | 58.80 | +0.35 |
| 6 | eight | Olivia Smoliga | USA | 29.19 | 58.95 | +0.50 |
| 7 | one | Emily Cibom | Australia | 28.23 | 59.19 | +0.74 |
| eight | 6 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 28,89 | 59.23 | +0.78 |