2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly
The Women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships was held on 4 December with the heats and the semifinals and 5 December with the final.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
| World record | Therese Alshammar | 24.38 | Singapore | 22 November 2009 | |
| Championship record | Therese Alshammar | 24.87 | Dubai | 17 December 2010 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 5 December | Final | Sarah Sjöström | 24.58 | CR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 10:40.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | 25.08 | Q | |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Jeanette Ottesen | 25.39 | Q | |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | Inge Dekker | 25.61 | Q | |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Lu Ying | 25.65 | Q | |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | Silvia di Pietro | 25.66 | Q | |
| 6 | 7 | 2 | Daynara de Paula | 25.81 | Q | |
| 7 | 8 | 5 | Qiu Yuhan | 25.83 | Q | |
| 7 | 9 | 3 | Aleksandra Urbańczyk | 25.83 | Q | |
| 7 | 9 | 2 | Felicia Lee | 25.83 | Q | |
| 10 | 8 | 7 | Kimberly Buys | 25.87 | Q | |
| 11 | 9 | 6 | Anastasiia Liazeva | 25.97 | Q | |
| 12 | 9 | 8 | Marie Wattel | 25.99 | Q | |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Mélanie Henique | 26.04 | Q | |
| 14 | 9 | 7 | Claire Donahue | 26.05 | Q | |
| 15 | 7 | 6 | Rozaliya Nasretdinova | 26.07 | Q | |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Daiene Dias | 26.11 | Q | |
| 17 | 8 | 6 | Katerine Savard | 26.16 | ||
| 18 | 9 | 5 | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | 26.22 | ||
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Rino Hosoda | 26.26 | ||
| 20 | 8 | 1 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | 26.31 | ||
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Ilaria Bianchi | 26.37 | ||
| 22 | 8 | 8 | Brianna Throssell | 26.46 | ||
| 23 | 7 | 8 | Liliána Szilágyi | 26.54 | ||
| 24 | 8 | 0 | Lucie Svěcená | 26.61 | ||
| 25 | 7 | 0 | Nastja Govejšek | 26.84 | ||
| 26 | 7 | 7 | Elise Olsen | 26.92 | ||
| 27 | 6 | 0 | Jenjira Srisa-Ard | 27.04 | ||
| 28 | 8 | 9 | Carolina Colorado Henao | 27.10 | ||
| 29 | 9 | 9 | Danielle Villars | 27.37 | ||
| 30 | 6 | 4 | Sezin Eligül | 27.45 | ||
| 30 | 6 | 3 | Lehesta Kemp | 27.45 | ||
| 32 | 5 | 3 | Anna Schegoleva | 27.52 | ||
| 33 | 6 | 2 | Miyu Nakano | 27.67 | ||
| 34 | 5 | 2 | Karen Torrez | 27.69 | ||
| 35 | 6 | 8 | Trudi Maree | 27.70 | ||
| 36 | 5 | 4 | Hannah Dato | 27.80 | ||
| 37 | 6 | 1 | Mary Meza | 27.99 | ||
| 38 | 6 | 5 | Esra Kaçmaz | 28.09 | ||
| 39 | 5 | 5 | Hannah Miley | 28.13 | ||
| 40 | 7 | 9 | Yamilé Bahamonde | 28.23 | ||
| 41 | 5 | 6 | Felicity Passon | 28.49 | ||
| 42 | 6 | 9 | Nina Žarković | 28.53 | ||
| 43 | 4 | 4 | Maria Ribera | 28.89 | ||
| 44 | 5 | 9 | Aditi Dhumatkar | 28.91 | ||
| 45 | 5 | 8 | Joyce Tafatatha | 29.09 | ||
| 46 | 6 | 7 | Talita Baqlah | 29.21 | ||
| 47 | 4 | 5 | Ana Nóbrega | 29.31 | ||
| 48 | 5 | 0 | San Su Moe Theint | 29.45 | ||
| 49 | 4 | 1 | Emily Muteti | 29.52 | ||
| 50 | 4 | 2 | Lara Butler | 29.72 | ||
| 51 | 5 | 1 | Zabrina Holder | 29.81 | ||
| 52 | 3 | 7 | Gessica Stagno | 29.96 | ||
| 53 | 4 | 0 | Samantha Roberts | 29.97 | ||
| 54 | 3 | 1 | Oreoluwa Cherebin | 30.09 | ||
| 55 | 4 | 3 | Ophelia Swayne | 30.13 | ||
| 55 | 5 | 7 | Amboaratiana Domoinanavalona | 30.13 | ||
| 57 | 4 | 9 | Annie Hepler | 30.41 | ||
| 58 | 4 | 8 | Kimiko Raheem | 30.43 | ||
| 59 | 3 | 5 | Tegan McCarthy | 30.71 | ||
| 59 | 3 | 0 | Merjen Saryyeva | 30.71 | ||
| 61 | 3 | 2 | Amarah Phillip | 30.81 | ||
| 62 | 3 | 3 | Evelina Afoa | 30.98 | ||
| 63 | 2 | 3 | Tsogtgerel Mungunsor | 31.39 | ||
| 64 | 2 | 9 | Irene Prescott | 31.57 | ||
| 65 | 3 | 4 | Choi Weng Tong | 31.82 | ||
| 66 | 2 | 4 | Areeba Shaikh | 31.86 | ||
| 67 | 2 | 1 | Sonia Aktar | 32.10 | ||
| 68 | 2 | 2 | Deandra van der Cloff | 32.14 | ||
| 69 | 3 | 8 | Catherine Mason | 32.18 | ||
| 70 | 2 | 7 | Dirngulbai Misech | 32.42 | ||
| 71 | 3 | 6 | Johanna Umurungi | 32.54 | ||
| 72 | 2 | 8 | Anisha Payet | 32.64 | ||
| 73 | 2 | 5 | Diana Basho | 32.89 | ||
| 74 | 2 | 6 | Angela Kendrick | 33.04 | ||
| 76 | 2 | 0 | Adora Lawrence | 33.09 | ||
| 75 | 3 | 9 | Nada Arkaji | 33.64 | ||
| 77 | 1 | 5 | Seabe Ebineng | 33.77 | ||
| 78 | 1 | 4 | Veomany Siriphone | 33.98 | ||
| 79 | 1 | 2 | Mayra-Linda Paul | 34.31 | ||
| 80 | 1 | 3 | Fatou Diagne | 36.15 | ||
| 81 | 1 | 7 | Elsie Uwamahoro | 38.97 | ||
| — | 1 | 1 | Nazlati Mohamed | DNS | ||
| — | 1 | 6 | Kokoe Ahyee | DNS | ||
| — | 4 | 6 | Elinah Phillip | DNS | ||
| — | 4 | 7 | Anna Manchenkova | DNS | ||
| — | 6 | 6 | Anni Alitalo | DNS | ||
| — | 9 | 0 | Katarína Listopadová | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 18:39.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was held at 18:44.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | Sarah Sjöström | 24.58 | CR | ||
| 4 | Jeanette Ottesen | 24.71 | |||
| 3 | Inge Dekker | 24.73 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Lu Ying | 25.21 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Silvia di Pietro | 25.38 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Aleksandra Urbańczyk | 25.65 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Mélanie Henique | 25.75 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Daynara de Paula | 25.94 |