Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 23 July. The heats and semifinals took place 22 July, with the final being held on 23 July.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows: World record 1:06.52 Sydney, Australia 23 August 1999Championship record 1:07.69 Rome, Italy 9 September 1994 The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord 22 July Semifinal 1 Luo Xuejuan 1:07.48 CR 23 July Final Luo Xuejuan 1:07.18 CR

Results

Heats

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sarah Poewe 1:08.71 Q 2 Luo Xuejuan 1:08.78 Q 3 Leisel Jones 1:08.86 Q 4 Ágnes Kovács 1:08.98 Q 5 Kristy Kowal 1:09.02 Q 6 Rhiannon Leier 1:09.40 Q 7 Megan Quann 1:09.71 Q 8 Mirna Jukić 1:09.85 Q 9 Tarnee White 1:09.94 Q 10 Simone Weiler 1:09.96 Q 11 Elena Bogomazova 1:09.99 Q 12 Junko Isoda 1:10.45 Q 13 Jaime King 1:10.85 Q 14 Roberta Crescentini 1:10.90 Q 15 Madelon Baans 1:11.08 Q 16 Elvira Fischer 1:11.14 Q 17 Emma Igelström 1:11.24 18 Yuko Sakaguchi 1:11.27 19 Christin Petelski 1:11.42 20 Najken Thorup 1:11.45 21 Maria Östling 1:11.51 22 Emma Robinson 1:11.70 23 Anne-Mari Gulbrandsen 1:12.45 24 Natalia Hissamutdinova 1:12.60 25 Carmela Schlegel 1:13.00 26 Nicolette Teo 1:13.01 27 Ku Hyo-Jin 1:13.20 28 İlkay Dikmen 1:13.34 29 Ziada Jardine 1:14.23 30 Yi Ting Siow 1:14.47 31 Valeria Silva 1:15.57 32 Agata Czaplicki 1:15.69 33 Chen Yi-Fan 1:15.93 34 Anastasiya Korolyova 1:17.06 35 Katerine Moreno 1:17.55 36 Weng Lam Cheong 1:17.66 37 Rebecca Heng 1:18.73 38 Beatriz Cordon Towsend 1:20.07 39 Yang Chin-Kuei 1:20.88 40 Kwan Andrea Shun Chum 1:21.42 41 Xenia Peni 1:23.64 42 Lkhundev Bilguun 1:29.95

Semifinals

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Luo Xuejuan 1:07.48 Q, CR 2 Ágnes Kovács 1:08.02 Q 3 Leisel Jones 1:08.58 Q 4 Sarah Poewe 1:08.98 Q 5 Mirna Jukić 1:09.31 Q 6 Megan Quann 1:09.32 Q 7 Kristy Kowal 1:09.37 Q 8 Rhiannon Leier 1:09.69 Q 9 Tarnee White 1:09.77 10 Elena Bogomazova 1:09.92 11 Simone Weiler 1:10.44 12 Junko Isoda 1:10.79 13 Madelon Baans 1:10.98 14 Jaime King 1:11.04 15 Roberta Crescentini 1:11.12 16 Elvira Fischer 1:11.18

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Luo Xuejuan 1:07.18 CR Leisel Jones 1:07.96 Ágnes Kovács 1:08.50 4 Sarah Poewe 1:08.52 5 Megan Quann 1:08.80 6 Kristy Kowal 1:08.92 7 Mirna Jukić 1:09.48 8 Rhiannon Leier 1:09.90

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