Fastest swim short course 100 metres freestyle (female)

Fastest swim short course 100 metres freestyle (female)
Who
Kate Douglass
What
50.19 minute(s):second(s)
Where
United States (Westmont)
When
19 October 2025

The fastest swim short course 100 metres freestyle (female) is 50.19 seconds, achieved by Kate Douglass (USA) in Westmont, Illinois, USA, on 19 October 2025.

Kate Douglass was competing at a stage of the 2025 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup. She broke Cate Campbell’s record of 50.25 seconds, which had stood since 2017. It was the third different stroke, together with the breaststroke and the individual medley, with which Douglass had broken a short course world record.