Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke
Appearance
Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 3 August (heats and semifinals) 4 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 66 from 56 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 58.26 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2015 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
3 m | mixed | |
10 m | men | women |
10 m | mixed | |
High diving | ||
20 m | women | |
27 m | men | |
Open water swimming | ||
Single | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Team | ||
5 km | mixed | |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×100 m | mixed | |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×100 m | mixed | |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Technical | mixed | |
Free | women | |
Free | mixed | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
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]
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Gemma Spofforth (GBR) | 58.12 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |
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Competition record | Gemma Spofforth (GBR) | 58.12 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The heats were held on 3 August at 09:30.[2]
Semifinals
[edit]The semifinals were held on 3 August at 18:24.[3]
Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 59.05 | Q |
2 | 5 | Missy Franklin | United States | 59.42 | Q |
3 | 3 | Lauren Quigley | Great Britain | 59.71 | Q |
4 | 1 | Dominique Bouchard | Canada | 1:00.31 | |
5 | 8 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 1:00.39 | |
6 | 2 | Elizabeth Simmonds | Great Britain | 1:00.40 | |
7 | 7 | Chen Jie | China | 1:00.42 | |
8 | 6 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 1:00.69 |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 58.56 | Q |
2 | 5 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 58.84 | Q, NR |
3 | 7 | Fu Yuanhui | China | 59.33 | Q |
4 | 3 | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 59.55 | Q |
5 | 8 | Kathleen Baker | United States | 59.63 | Q |
6 | 2 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | 59.97 | |
7 | 6 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 1:00.09 | |
8 | 1 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 1:01.09 |
Final
[edit]The final was held on 4 August at 17:40.[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 58.26 | ||
3 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 58.75 | ||
5 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 58.86 | ||
4 | 6 | Fu Yuanhui | China | 59.02 | |
5 | 2 | Missy Franklin | United States | 59.40 | |
6 | 7 | Anastasia Fesikova | Russia | 59.66 | |
7 | 8 | Lauren Quigley | Great Britain | 59.78 | |
8 | 1 | Kathleen Baker | United States | 59.99 |