2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 21, 2014 (heats & finals)
Competitors	21
Winning time	58.84
Medalists
Emily Seebohm   Australia   Belinda Hocking   Australia   Missy Franklin   United States

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 21 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Emily Seebohm of Australia.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record	Gemma Spofforth (GBR)	58.12	Rome, Italy	July 28, 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record	Emily Seebohm (AUS)	59.45	Irvine, United States	August 18, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 21, at 10:55.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Emily Seebohm	Australia	59.72	QA
2	Belinda Hocking	Australia	1:00.46	QA
3	Missy Franklin	United States	1:00.60	QA
4	Elizabeth Pelton	United States	1:01.05	QA
5	Kathleen Baker	United States	1:01.09	QA
6	Dominique Bouchard	Canada	1:01.10	QA
7	Rachel Bootsma	United States	1:01.27	QA
8	Hilary Caldwell	Canada	1:01.34	QA
9	Brooklynn Snodgrass	Canada	1:01.54	QB
9	Miyuki Takemura	Japan	1:01.54	QB
11	Sayaka Akase	Japan	1:01.72	QB
12	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	1:01.81	QB
13	Shiho Sakai	Japan	1:01.86	QB
14	Genevieve Cantin	Canada	1:02.03	QB
15	Kendyl Stewart	United States	1:02.08	QB
16	Zhao Ying	China	1:02.99	QB
17	Lisa Bratton	United States	1:03.19
18	Claudia Lau	Hong Kong	1:04.12
19	Marie Kamimura	Japan	1:04.27
20	Marce Loubser	South Africa	1:05.37
21	Beatrix Malan	South Africa	1:06.22

B Final

The B final was held on August 21, at 20:06.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Kathleen Baker	United States	1:00.35
10	Brooklynn Snodgrass	Canada	1:00.57
11	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	1:00.82
12	Shiho Sakai	Japan	1:01.86
13	Zhao Ying	China	1:02.88
14	Claudia Lau	Hong Kong	1:03.43
15	Marce Loubser	South Africa	1:04.95
16	Beatrix Malan	South Africa	1:05.66

A Final

The A final was held on August 21, at 20:06.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Emily Seebohm	Australia	58.84	CR
	Belinda Hocking	Australia	59.78
	Missy Franklin	United States	1:00.30
4	Sayaka Akase	Japan	1:00.65
5	Dominique Bouchard	Canada	1:00.82
6	Hilary Caldwell	Canada	1:00.99
7	Elizabeth Pelton	United States	1:01.37
8	Miyuki Takemura	Japan	1:01.88