The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 28 July. The heats and semifinals took place 27 July, with the final being held on 28 July.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows: World record 56.61 Sydney, Australia 17 September 2000Championship record 58.46 Perth, Australia 15 January 1998 The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord 28 July Final Petria Thomas 58.27 CR
Results
Heats
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Petria Thomas 58.53 Q 2 Otylia Jędrzejczak 59.24 Q 3 Junko Onishi 59.30 Q 4 Mary Descenza 59.73 Q 5 Natalia Soutiaguina 59.89 Q 6 Vered Borochovski 59.94 Q 7 Irina Bespalova 59.96 Q 8 Shelly Ripple 1:00.12 Q 9 Johanna Sjöberg 1:00.35 Q 10 Sophia Skou 1:00.53 Q 11 Fabienne Dufour 1:00.55 Q 12 Mireia García 1:00.81 Q 13 Audrey Lacroix 1:00.84 Q 14 Ruan Yi 1:01.00 Q 15 Petra Zahrl 1:01.08 Q 16 Julia Ham 1:01.14 Q 17 Sara Parise 1:01.24 18 Anna Kopatchenia 1:01.27 19 Angela San Juan 1:01.56 20 Saori Haruguchi 1:01.58 21 Jennifer Fratesi 1:01.63 22 Elizabeth Van Welie 1:02.69 23 Raquel Felgueiras 1:02.77 24 Natalia Roubina 1:04.05 25 Christel Bouvron 1:04.51 26 Sung Yi-Chien 1:05.51 27 Ayse Tugce Diker 1:05.58 28 Mariela Solange Yepez Pallo 1:05.80 29 Yang Chin-Kuei 1:06.25 30 Xenavee Pangelinan 1:06.66 31 Sharntelle McLean 1:08.20 32 Weng Tong Cheong 1:09.07 33 Weng Lam Cheong 1:09.87 34 Nicole Hayes 1:10.51 35 Khadisa Ciss 1:13.08 36 Xenia Peni 1:14.21 37 Amanda Onyango 1:21.30 – Anna-Karin Kammerling DNS – Martina Moravcová DNS – Inge de Bruijn DNS
Semifinals
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Petria Thomas 58.59 Q 2 Otylia Jędrzejczak 58.73 Q 3 Junko Onishi 59.21 Q 4 Mary Descenza 59.38 Q 5 Vered Borochovski 59.63 Q 6 Johanna Sjöberg 59.82 Q 7 Natalia Soutiaguina 59.89 Q 8 Shelly Ripple 59.96 Q 9 Sophia Skou 1:00.15 10 Audrey Lacroix 1:00.20 11 Irina Bespalova 1:00.37 12 Mireia García 1:00.46 13 Julia Ham 1:00.62 14 Ruan Yi 1:00.67 15 Petra Zahrl 1:00.80 16 Fabienne Dufour 1:01.02
Final
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Petria Thomas 58.27 CR Otylia Jędrzejczak 58.72 Junko Onishi 58.88 4 Mary Descenza 59.30 5 Johanna Sjöberg 59.43 6 Shelly Ripple 59.67 7 Vered Borochovski 59.75 8 Natalia Soutiaguina 1:00.00
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