Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 3 August with the heats and the semifinals and 4 August with the final.[1]

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates3 August (heats and semifinals)
4 August (final)
Competitors66 from 56 nations
Winning time58.26
Medalists
 Emily Seebohm   Australia
 Madison Wilson   Australia
 Mie Nielsen   Denmark
2015 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
3 m & 10 m mixed team
Synchronised
3 mmenwomen
3 m mixed
10 mmenwomen
10 m mixed
High diving
20 mwomen
27 mmen
Open water swimming
Single
5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
25 kmmenwomen
Team
5 km mixed
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×100 m mixed
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×100 m mixed
Synchronised swimming
Solo
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Duet
Technicalwomen
Technical mixed
Freewomen
Free mixed
Team
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Combinationwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen

Records

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

World record  Gemma Spofforth (GBR)58.12Rome, Italy28 July 2009
Competition record  Gemma Spofforth (GBR)58.12Rome, Italy28 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 3 August at 09:30.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
155Katinka Hosszú Hungary58.78Q, WD, NR
274Emily Seebohm Australia59.04Q
364Madison Wilson Australia59.17Q
454Mie Nielsen Denmark59.40Q
575Missy Franklin United States59.59Q
651Anastasia Fesikova Russia59.84Q
756Lauren Quigley Great Britain1:00.14Q
768Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe1:00.14Q
950Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Iceland1:00.25Q, NR
1073Etiene Medeiros Brazil1:00.33Q
1166Elizabeth Simmonds Great Britain1:00.38Q
1243Michelle Coleman Sweden1:00.55Q, WD
1265Fu Yuanhui China1:00.55Q
1463Chen Jie China1:00.58Q
1548Alicja Tchórz Poland1:00.61Q, NR
1572Dominique Bouchard Canada1:00.61Q
1776Kathleen Baker United States1:00.62Q
1857Hilary Caldwell Canada1:00.69Q
1946Lisa Graf Germany1:00.71
2077Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic1:00.91
2167Jenny Mensing Germany1:00.97
2253Daria Ustinova Russia1:01.00
2358Mimosa Jallow Finland1:01.10NR
2362Elena Gemo Italy1:01.10
2535Theodora Drakou Greece1:01.15NR
2641Bobbie Gichard New Zealand1:01.26
2734Stephanie Au Hong Kong1:01.41
2879Katarína Listopadová Slovakia1:01.61
2978Yekaterina Rudenko Kazakhstan1:01.62
2970Sayaka Akase Japan1:01.62
3161Duane Da Rocha Spain1:01.63
3252Daryna Zevina Ukraine1:01.68
3345Mathilde Cini France1:01.77
3471Beryl Gastaldello France1:01.91
3569Gisela Morales Guatemala1:02.09
3649Park Han-byeol South Korea1:02.12
3760Margherita Panziera Italy1:02.17
3844Andrea Berrino Argentina1:02.37
3937Yulduz Kuchkarova Uzbekistan1:02.80
4036Ekaterina Avramova Turkey1:02.81
4132Jördis Steinegger Austria1:02.99
4240Carolina Colorado Henao Colombia1:03.26
4359Maaike de Waard Netherlands1:03.81
4433Matea Samardžić Croatia1:04.07
4538Zanre Oberholzer Namibia1:04.09
4624Karen Vilorio Honduras1:04.54
4725Inés Remersaro Uruguay1:04.73
4839Jessika Cossa Mozambique1:04.96
4923Kimiko RaheemFINA Independent Athletes1:05.61
5047Lourdes Villasenor Mexico1:05.76
5130Roxanne Yu Philippines1:06.10
5226Heather Arseth Mauritius1:06.25
5331Anak Ratih Indonesia1:06.34
5421Lara Butler Cayman Islands1:06.71
5542Andrea García Mexico1:06.77
5627Talisa Lanoe Kenya1:07.05
5722Caylee Watson Virgin Islands1:07.34
5814Gaurika Singh   Nepal1:08.12
5928Evelina Afoa Samoa1:08.43
6020Noura Mana Morocco1:10.79
6129Ani Poghosyan Armenia1:10.82
6215Enkhkhuslen Batbayar Mongolia1:13.52
6313Flaka Pruthi Kosovo1:14.29
6416Awa Ly N'diaye Senegal1:16.27
6512Roylin Akiwo Palau1:20.72
6617Nada Al-Bedwawi United Arab Emirates1:35.83

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 3 August at 18:24.[3]

Semifinal 1
Wilson wins the first semi
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Madison Wilson Australia59.05Q
25Missy Franklin United States59.42Q
33Lauren Quigley Great Britain59.71Q
41Dominique Bouchard Canada1:00.31
58Hilary Caldwell Canada1:00.39
62Elizabeth Simmonds Great Britain1:00.40
77Chen Jie China1:00.42
86Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Iceland1:00.69

Semifinal 2
Seebohm and Fesikova before the second semifinal
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Emily Seebohm Australia58.56Q
25Mie Nielsen Denmark58.84Q, NR
37Fu Yuanhui China59.33Q
43Anastasia Fesikova Russia59.55Q
58Kathleen Baker United States59.63Q
62Etiene Medeiros Brazil59.97
76Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe1:00.09
81Alicja Tchórz Poland1:01.09

Final
Nielsen and Seebohm after finish

The final was held on 4 August at 17:40.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Emily Seebohm Australia58.26
3Madison Wilson Australia58.75
5Mie Nielsen Denmark58.86
46Fu Yuanhui China59.02
52Missy Franklin United States59.40
67Anastasia Fesikova Russia59.66
78Lauren Quigley Great Britain59.78
81Kathleen Baker United States59.99

References
  1. Start list
  2. Heats results
  3. Semifinals results
  4. Final results
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