The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 and 11 December 2016.

[1] Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The heats were held at 11:28.

[2] The semifinals were held at 19:16.

[3] The Final was held at 20:02.