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.
