The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships took place 1 August.

Results

Heats Heat Summary Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Birgit Meineke 55.34 2 Annemarie Verstappen 56.02 3 Jill Sterkel 56.89 4 Irina Gerasimova 57.00 5 Kathy Treible 57.02 6 Caren Metschuck 57.19 7 Karin Seick 57.20 8 Agneta Eriksson 57.44 9 Kaori Yanase 57.49 10 Susanne Schuster 57.54 11 June Croft 57.82 12 Wilma van Velsen 57.92 13 Carol Klimpel 58.10 14 Nataliya Strunnikova 58.49 15 Isabel Reuss 58.51 16 Sylvie Boube 58.57 17 Susie Baumer 58.58 18 Virginia Sachero 58.70 19 Naomi Marubashi 58.78 20 Miki Saito 59.18 21 Pascale Verbauwen 59.24 22 Marie-Thérèse Armentero 59.29 23 Beda Leirvaag 59.38 24 Silvia Persi 59.50 25 Claudia Zierold 59.81 26 Caroline Foot 59.94 27 Vilma Aguilera 59.98 28 Sofia Dara 1:00.02 29 Carol Ann Heavey 1:00.47 30 Frederique Piegao 1:00.96 31 Anita Hill 1:01.36 32 Shelley Cramer 1:01.65 33 Tanya Dangalakova 1:01.83 34 Maria Bendito 1:02.30

Finals

Final B Final B Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 June Croft 57.06 10 Kaori Yanase 57.55 11 Susanne Schuster 57.66 12 Carol Klimpel 57.82 13 Isabel Reuss 57.91 14 Wilma van Velsen 58.07 15 Sylvie Boube 58.38 16 Nataliya Strunnikova 58.45

Final A Final A Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Birgit Meineke 55.79 Annemarie Verstappen 55.87 Jill Sterkel 56.27 4 Irina Gerasimova 56.61 5 Kathy Treible 56.69 6 Caren Metschuck 56.71 7 Karin Seick 56.90 8 Agneta Eriksson 56.92

References

USASwimming