The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships took place 17 August.
Results
Heats Heat Summary Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Jenna Johnson 55.58 2 Kristin Otto 55.88 3 Tamara Costache 56.25 4 Conny van Bentum 56.36 5 Manuela Stellmach 56.61 6 Mary T. Meagher 56.70 7 Annemarie Verstappen 56.82 8 Iris Zscherpe 56.85 9 Sophie Kamoun 56.93 10 Karin Seick 57.15 11 Silvia Poll 57.19 12 Yelena Dendeberova 57.50 13 Romana Frydlova 57.64 14 Agneta Eriksson 57.74 15 Silvia Persi 57.96 16 Marie-Thérèse Armentero 58.00 17 Virginia Sachero 58.18 18 Edit Ormos 58.18 19 Jane Kerr 58.26 20 Sibylle Spati 58.34 21 Eva Nyberg 58.42 22 Inna Abramova 58.52 23 Pamela Rai 58.72 24 Evita Paraskevopoulou 59.06 25 Maija Airas 59.09 26 Pernille Nimb 59.12 27 Tiitta Latosuo 59.27 28 Caroline Cooper 59.45 29 Fiona Mclay 59.57 30 Imma Tarrago 59.71 31 Nancy Engelen 59.74 32 Ana C Rios 59.82 33 Karen Dieffenthaler 59.92 34 Alicia Cordero 59.98 35 Anne Eriksen 1:00.07 36 Adriana Pereira 1:00.18 37 Bente Rist 1:00.44 38 Ding Jilian 1:00.58 39 Marion Madine 1:01.19 40 Debby Frochtengarten 1:01.27 41 Carolina Mauri 1:01.45 42 Nancy Kemp-Arendt 1:01.66 43 Chang Hui-chien 1:01.89 44 Yinghong Chen 1:02.16 45 Rita Garay 1:02.99 46 Lee-Yu Lan 1:03.83 47 Beatriz Vilalta 1:06.21
Finals
Final B Final B Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Karin Seick 56.98 10 Silvia Poll 57.11 11 Yelena Dendeberova 57.15 12 Sophie Kamoun 57.28 13 Marie-Thérèse Armentero 57.37 14 Silvia Persi 57.62 15 Romana Frydlova 58.03 16 Agneta Eriksson 58.57
Final A Final A Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Kristin Otto 55.05 Jenna Johnson 55.70 Conny van Bentum 55.79 4 Manuela Stellmach 55.86 5 Tamara Costache 56.03 6 Mary T. Meagher 56.33 7 Iris Zscherpe 56.95 8 Annemarie Verstappen 57.01
References
USASwimming