The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 4 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena.

[1] Sweden's Sarah Sjöström was the favourite going into the event and set a new Olympic record of 23.66 seconds in the semifinal to qualify as the top seed.

Slovenia's Neža Klančar set new national records in her heat, semifinal and in the final, which she qualified for despite originally being seeded 23rd.

[9] Kenya's Maria Brunlehner and Slovenia's Neža Klančar set national records of 25.82 and 24.64 seconds, respectively.

[17] Klančar qualified in seventh despite being initially seeded 23rd,[18] setting another new national record of 24.40 seconds and becoming the first Slovenian Olympic finalist in swimming since Sara Isakovič in 2008.

[21] Sarah Sjöström had the fastest reaction time of 0.61 seconds but stated after the race that she dove too deep and resurfaced at around 12 metres.

Harris had further elevated herself to second place and pushed Walsh to third, with Jack having dropped to seventh.