Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 3 August with the heats and the semifinals and 4 August with the final.Start list

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Results

Heats The heats were held on 3 August at 09:30.Heats results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 5 Katinka Hosszú Q, , NR 2 7 4 Emily Seebohm Q 3 6 4 Madison Wilson Q 4 5 4 Mie Nielsen Q 5 7 5 Missy Franklin Q 6 5 1 Anastasia Fesikova Q 7 5 6 Lauren Quigley 1:00.14 Q 7 6 8 Kirsty Coventry 1:00.14 Q 9 5 0 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir 1:00.25 Q, NR 10 7 3 Etiene Medeiros 1:00.33 Q 11 6 6 Elizabeth Simmonds 1:00.38 Q 12 4 3 Michelle Coleman 1:00.55 Q, 12 6 5 Fu Yuanhui 1:00.55 Q 14 6 3 Chen Jie 1:00.58 Q 15 4 8 Alicja Tchórz 1:00.61 Q, NR 15 7 2 Dominique Bouchard 1:00.61 Q 17 7 6 Kathleen Baker 1:00.62 Q 18 5 7 Hilary Caldwell 1:00.69 Q 19 4 6 Lisa Graf 1:00.71 20 7 7 Simona Baumrtová 1:00.91 21 6 7 Jenny Mensing 1:00.97 22 5 3 Daria Ustinova 1:01.00 23 5 8 Mimosa Jallow 1:01.10 NR 23 6 2 Elena Gemo 1:01.10 25 3 5 Theodora Drakou 1:01.15 NR 26 4 1 Bobbie Gichard 1:01.26 27 3 4 Stephanie Au 1:01.41 28 7 9 Katarína Listopadová 1:01.61 29 7 8 Yekaterina Rudenko 1:01.62 29 7 0 Sayaka Akase 1:01.62 31 6 1 Duane Da Rocha 1:01.63 32 5 2 Daryna Zevina 1:01.68 33 4 5 Mathilde Cini 1:01.77 34 7 1 Béryl Gastaldello 1:01.91 35 6 9 Gisela Morales 1:02.09 36 4 9 Park Han-byeol 1:02.12 37 6 0 Margherita Panziera 1:02.17 38 4 4 Andrea Berrino 1:02.37 39 3 7 Yulduz Kuchkarova 1:02.80 40 3 6 Ekaterina Avramova 1:02.81 41 3 2 Jördis Steinegger 1:02.99 42 4 0 Carolina Colorado Henao 1:03.26 43 5 9 Maaike de Waard 1:03.81 44 3 3 Matea Samardžić 1:04.07 45 3 8 Zanre Oberholzer 1:04.09 46 2 4 Karen Vilorio 1:04.54 47 2 5 Inés Remersaro 1:04.73 48 3 9 Jessika Cossa 1:04.96 49 2 3 Kimiko Raheem FINA Independent Athletes 1:05.61 50 4 7 Lourdes Villasenor 1:05.76 51 3 0 Roxanne Yu 1:06.10 52 2 6 Heather Arseth 1:06.25 53 3 1 Anak Ratih 1:06.34 54 2 1 Lara Butler 1:06.71 55 4 2 Andrea García 1:06.77 56 2 7 Talisa Lanoe 1:07.05 57 2 2 Caylee Watson 1:07.34 58 1 4 Gaurika Singh 1:08.12 59 2 8 Evelina Afoa 1:08.43 60 2 0 Noura Mana 1:10.79 61 2 9 Ani Poghosyan 1:10.82 62 1 5 Enkhkhuslen Batbayar 1:13.52 63 1 3 Flaka Pruthi 1:14.29 64 1 6 Awa Ly N'diaye 1:16.27 65 1 2 Roylin Akiwo 1:20.72 66 1 7 Nada Al-Bedwawi 1:35.83

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 3 August at 18:24.Semifinals results

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Madison Wilson Q 2 5 Missy Franklin Q 3 3 Lauren Quigley Q 4 1 Dominique Bouchard 1:00.31 5 8 Hilary Caldwell 1:00.39 6 2 Elizabeth Simmonds 1:00.40 7 7 Chen Jie 1:00.42 8 6 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir 1:00.69

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Emily Seebohm Q 2 5 Mie Nielsen Q, NR 3 7 Fu Yuanhui Q 4 3 Anastasia Fesikova Q 5 8 Kathleen Baker Q 6 2 Etiene Medeiros 7 6 Kirsty Coventry 1:00.09 8 1 Alicja Tchórz 1:01.09

Final

The final was held on 4 August at 17:40.Final results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Emily Seebohm 58.26 3 Madison Wilson 58.75 5 Mie Nielsen 58.86 4 6 Fu Yuanhui 59.02 5 2 Missy Franklin 59.40 6 7 Anastasia Fesikova 59.66 7 8 Lauren Quigley 59.78 8 1 Kathleen Baker 59.99

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