The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships were held on July 25 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and July 26 with the final.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld record Championship recordGemma Spofforth 58.12 RomeJuly 28, 2009

Results

Heats 53 swimmers participated in 7 heats, qualified swimmers are listed: Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 3 Natalie Coughlin Q 2 7 2 Sinead Russell Q 3 5 4 Emily Seebohm Q 4 6 4 Aya Terakawa Q 5 6 6 Elizabeth Pelton Q 6 7 3 Belinda Hocking Q 7 5 3 Shiho Sakai Q 8 6 5 Elizabeth Simmonds Q 9 6 1 Sharon van Rouwendaal Q 10 7 4 Zhao Jing Q 11 5 6 Julia Wilkinson Q 12 7 5 Anastasia Zuyeva Q 13 5 2 Duane da Rocha Q 14 4 3 Karin Prinsloo Q 15 5 1 Daryna Zevina Q 16 7 8 Ekaterina Avramova Q NR 17 6 7 Melissa Ingram 18 7 7 Mercedes Peris 19 5 7 Kseniya Moskvina 20 7 1 Elena Gemo 21 6 2 Jenny Mensing 22 7 6 Gao Chang 23 5 5 Gemma Spofforth 24 4 2 Mie Nielsen 25 4 7 Alicja Tchorz 26 6 8 Maria Gonzalez Ramirez 27 4 8 Lau Yin Yan 28 4 1 Kimberly Buys 29 2 5 Anja Čarman 30 4 5 Simona Baumrtová 31 3 1 Sanja Jovanović 32 5 8 Alina Vats 33 2 3 Yulduz Kuchkarova 34 2 6 Anna Volchkov 35 3 2 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 36 4 6 Therese Svendsen 37 3 5 Melanie Nocher 38 2 4 Kiera Aitken 39 3 6 Hazal Sarikaya 40 3 7 Yekaterina Rudenko 41 4 4 Sviatlana Khakhlova 42 3 3 Alana Dillette 43 3 4 Etiene Medeiros 44 2 2 Tiffany Sudarma 45 2 1 Tatiana Perstneva 46 2 7 Monica Ramirez Abella 47 1 4 Ines Remarsaro 48 2 8 Karen Vilorio 49 3 8 Shana Lim 50 1 5 Siona Huxley 51 1 3 Anahit Barseghyan 52 1 6 Jessika Cossa 53 1 2 Angelique Trinquier

Semifinals The semifinals were held at 18:46.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 Anastasia Zuyeva Q 2 2 Zhao Jing Q 3 4 Sinead Russell Q, NR 4 3 Belinda Hocking Q 5 6 Elizabeth Simmonds Q 6 5 Aya Terakawa Q 7 8 Ekaterina Avramova NR 8 1 Karin Prinsloo

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Natalie Coughlin Q 2 5 Emily Seebohm Q 3 6 Shiho Sakai 4 8 Daryna Zevina NR 5 2 Sharon van Rouwendaal 5 3 Elizabeth Pelton 7 7 Julia Wilkinson 8 1 Duane da Rocha

Final The final was held at 18:11.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Zhao Jing 5 Anastasia Zuyeva 4 Natalie Coughlin 4 6 Emily Seebohm 5 8 Aya Terakawa 6 7 Belinda Hocking 7 1 Elizabeth Simmonds 8 2 Sinead Russell

References

External links 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre backstroke start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-22.