The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 17 and 18 December 2021.

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

The following new records were set during this competition: Date Event Name Nation Time Record 18 December Final Siobhán Haughey 50.98 CR

Results Heats The heats were started on 17 December at 10:03.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 9 4 Siobhán Haughey 51.97 Q 2 8 4 Sarah Sjöström 52.21 Q 3 8 3 Kayla Sanchez 52.38 Q 4 7 4 Abbey Weitzeil 52.81 Q 5 8 5 Katarzyna Wasick 52.98 Q 6 9 5 Freya Anderson 53.02 Q 7 7 5 Marie Wattel 53.32 Q 8 9 9 Torri Huske 53.34 Q 9 9 6 Michelle Coleman 53.41 Q 10 8 0 Zhu Menghui 53.47 Q 11 9 2 Lucy Hope 53.49 Q 12 8 6 Charlotte Bonnet 53.50 Q 13 7 3 Marrit Steenbergen 53.51 Q 14 7 6 Julie Kepp Jensen 53.63 Q 15 8 1 Rebecca Smith 53.70 Q 16 7 8 Cheng Yujie 53.86 Q 17 9 8 Janja Šegel 53.95 18 6 4 Laura Littlejohn 53.96 19 5 4 Diana Petkova 54.05 20 7 7 Costanza Cocconcelli 54.07 20 9 7 Ekaterina Nikonova Russian Swimming Federation 54.07 22 6 3 Holly Barratt 54.18 23 6 1 Kalia Antoniou 54.29 NR 24 8 2 Kim Busch 54.32 25 6 5 Fanni Gyurinovics 54.39 25 8 7 Fanny Teijonsalo 54.39 27 6 8 Farida Osman 54.42 NR 28 7 2 Annika Bruhn 54.50 29 6 2 Kim Seo-yeong 54.83 30 5 3 Bianca Costea 54.84 31 9 0 Danielle Hill 54.98 32 9 1 Julie Meynen 55.09 33 7 1 Marie Pietruschka 55.24 34 6 6 Jóhanna Elín Guðmundsdóttir 55.27 35 6 7 Ieva Maļuka 55.30 36 5 2 Amel Melih 55.34 NR 37 6 0 Jana Pavalić 55.45 38 7 9 Nina Stanisavljević 55.52 39 7 0 Cornelia Pammer 55.71 40 5 6 Maddy Moore 55.72 41 5 7 Krystal Lara 55.81 NR 42 5 8 Inés Marín 55.99 NR 43 5 5 Kornkarnjana Sapianchai 56.29 44 5 1 Mia Blaževska Eminova 56.55 45 4 5 María Schutzmeier 56.97 46 8 8 Selen Özbilen 57.07 47 5 9 Isabella Alas 57.22 NR 48 3 5 Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen 57.25 49 4 3 Chloe Farro 57.57 50 4 1 Alison Jackson 57.70 51 5 0 Mònica Ramírez 58.24 52 4 0 Leiya Istambouli 58.52 53 4 2 Lina Khiyara 58.62 54 1 2 Alisa Bech Vestergård 58.83 55 4 8 Catarina Sousa 58.88 56 4 7 Jeanne Boutbien 58.96 57 1 7 Tessa Ip Hen Cheung 59.34 58 4 6 Colleen Furgeson 59.35 NR 59 4 9 Ani Poghosyan 59.56 60 3 1 Aleka Persaud 59.70 61 4 4 Gabriela Santis 59.93 62 3 3 Mariam Imnadze 63 3 9 Jehanara Nabi 64 3 6 Andela Antunović 65 3 2 Bhakthi Karunasena 66 3 8 Mona Kilani 67 3 0 Mya de Freitas 68 1 0 Viktoriia Kutuzova 68 3 7 Fjorda Shabani 70 2 5 Khema Elizabeth 71 2 6 Anushiya Tandukar 72 2 3 Ammara Pinto 73 2 1 Ekaterina Bordachyova 74 2 2 Charissa Panuve 75 1 6 Sonia Aktar 76 1 1 Jourdyn Adams 77 2 4 Mineri Gomez 78 1 3 Asaka Litulumar 79 2 7 Nafissath Radji 80 1 9 Yuri Hosei 81 1 5 Abbi Illis 82 2 9 Imelda Ximenes Belo 83 2 8 Darcelle Ishimwe 84 1 4 Haneen Ibrahim 85 1 8 Naima-Zahra Amison 2 0 Ria Save 3 4 Abiola Ogunbanwo 6 9 Chan Zi Yi 8 9 Nina Kost 9 3 Barbora Seemanová

Semifinals The semifinals were started on 17 December at 19:09. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Sarah Sjöström 51.53 Q 2 2 4 Siobhán Haughey 51.82 Q 3 2 3 Katarzyna Wasick 52.28 Q 3 2 5 Kayla Sanchez 52.28 Q 5 1 5 Abbey Weitzeil 52.29 Q 5 2 1 Marrit Steenbergen 52.29 Q 7 1 6 Torri Huske 52.48 Q 8 2 6 Marie Wattel 52.59 Q 9 2 2 Michelle Coleman 52.64 10 1 3 Freya Anderson 52.67 11 1 7 Charlotte Bonnet 53.06 12 2 8 Rebecca Smith 53.22 13 1 8 Cheng Yujie 53.29 14 1 1 Julie Kepp Jensen 53.30 15 1 2 Zhu Menghui 53.36 16 2 7 Lucy Hope 53.41

Final The final was held on 18 December at 18:07.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Siobhán Haughey 50.98 CR 4 Sarah Sjöström 51.31 2 Abbey Weitzeil 51.64 4 3 Katarzyna Wasick 51.71 5 6 Kayla Sanchez 51.86 6 1 Torri Huske 51.93 7 8 Marie Wattel 52.37 8 7 Marrit Steenbergen 52.40

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