Olympic Swimming 2024: Women's 50M Freestyle Medal Winners, Times and Results

Sweden's Sarah Sjoestroem pulled off the sweep in the short-distance freestyle events at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Sjoestroem took first place in the women's 50-meter freestyle ahead of Australia's Meg Harris and China's Zhang Yufei.

American Gretchen Walsh started strong, but she missed out on the bronze medal by one-hundredth of a second.

Results

1. Sarah Sjoestroem (Sweden) - 23.71 seconds

2. Meg Harris (Australia) - 23.97

3. Zhang Yufei (China) - 24.20

4. Gretchen Walsh (United States) - 24.21

5. Katarzyna Wasick (Poland) - 24.33

6. Neza Klancar (Slovenia) - 24.35

7. Wu Qingfeng (China) - 24.37

8. Shayna Jack (Australia) - 24.39

Sjoestroem completed the 50-100-meter sweep in 23.71 seconds.

The 30-year-old Swede got faster as the 50-meter race went on and ended with a winning advantage of 26-hundredths of a second.

She is now a three-time gold medalist in three different events at the Summer Olympics. She also won the 100-meter butterfly eight years ago in Rio de Janeiro.

Sjoestroem cruised past American Gretchen Walsh as part of her move up to first place.

Walsh appeared to have a strong start, but faded a bit toward the end and came one-hundredth of a second short of a medal.

Harris added to Australia's medal haul in the pool, which now stands at 17. The Aussies and Americans will go head-to-head in relays later on Sunday to determine who will emerge with the most golds in swimming.