The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships took place 7 January.

Results

Heats The heats were held on 7 January at 10:03.Heat Summary Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Catherine Plewinski 55.61 2 Nicole Haislett 56.09 3 Yevgeniya Yermakova 56.55 4 Zhuang Yong 56.67 5 Simone Osygus 56.82 6 Karin Brienesse 56.86 7 Manuela Stellmach 56.96 8 Julie Cooper 56.98 9 Suzu Chiba 56.99 10 Wang Xiaohong 57.01 11 Gitta Jensen 57.29 12 Inge de Bruijn 57.37 13 Susie O'Neill 57.40 14 Karen van Wirdum 57.52 15 Toni Jeffs 57.60 16 Luminița Dobrescu 57.62 17 Jacqueline Delord 58.10 18 Silvia Persi 58.13 19 Karen Pickering 58.10 20 Silvia Poll 58.22 21 Ilaria Sciorelli 58.42 22 Laura Sánchez 58.63 23 Annette Poulsen 58.60 24 María Rivera 59.05 25 Tea Cerkverik 59.09 26 Annika Nilsson 59.17 27 Lejia Kucukalic 59.48 28 Anne Boivoisin 59.61 29 Sharon Page 59.82 30 Timea Toth 1:00.85 31 Tamara Costache 1:00.96 32 Hung Cee Kay 1:01.00 33 Elsa Manora Nasution 1:01.54 34 Yeyen Gunawan 1:01.66 35 Veronica Cummings 1:02.99 36 Sara Casadei 1:07.11 - Senda Gharbi DNS - Eva Nyberg DNS

Finals

Final B The final B was held on 7 January at 19:39.Final B Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Susie O'Neill 56.20 10 Inge de Bruijn 56.58 11 Suzu Chiba 56.63 12 Luminița Dobrescu 56.90 13 Karen van Wirdum 57.08 14 Jacqueline Delord 57.57 15 Silvia Persi 57.66 16 Toni Jeffs 57.85

Final A The final A was held on 7 January at 19:34.Final A Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Nicole Haislett 55.17 Catherine Plewinski 55.31 Zhuang Yong 55.65 4 Karin Brienesse 56.34 5 Manuela Stellmach 56.45 6 Simone Osygus 56.55 7 Yevgeniya Yermakova 56.56 8 Julie Cooper 56.66

References

USASwimming