Gretchen Walsh
#2 · 50 m freestyle · United States
23.55sVerified
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Kate Douglass
The long-course all-time list and SwimHeats print 23.19 for Kate Douglass at the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine on 15 August 2026. A compiled world-record table still marked the time as awaiting ratification.
Race time
23.19s
Long-course women's 50 m freestyle, Irvine. Personal best, not a short-course time.
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Why it's so fast
The women's 50 metre freestyle is a start, an underwater phase, and a short burst of strokes. Tiny differences in the dive show up in the clock.
The dive
Reaction and the entry into the water are a large share of a one-length race. A slow start is not recovered over 50 metres.
Clean speed on the surface
After the underwater kicks, the swimmer has to stay high and straight. Extra drag from a poor line costs time immediately.
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Provenance
Every measurement
Claimed, measured and official figures side by side, each with its source. The ranked figure is marked.
- 23.19sRanked figure
Long-course women's 50 m freestyle, Irvine. Personal best, not a short-course time.
The compiled world-record table marked 23.19 with a pending-ratification flag. The time is stored as verified, not official, until World Aquatics prints it without that flag.
Verified
Reference
Specs
- Country
- United States
- Event
- 50 m freestyle, long course
- Time
- 23.19 s
- Date
- 15 August 2026
Context
Background
The long-course all-time list and SwimHeats print 23.19 for Kate Douglass at the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine on 15 August 2026. A compiled world-record table still marked the time as awaiting ratification.
The compiled world-record table marked 23.19 with a pending-ratification flag. The time is stored as verified, not official, until World Aquatics prints it without that flag.
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