2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Women's 100 metre backstroke ; at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates	11 December (heats and semifinals); 12 December (final)
Competitors	55 from 47 nations
Winning time	56.19
Medalists
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The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 11 and 12 December 2018.^[1]

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record Championship record	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	55.03	Doha	4 December 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 11 December at 11:49.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	5	Olivia Smoliga	United States	55.47	Q, AM
2	6	4	Emily Seebohm	Australia	57.08	Q
3	4	4	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	57.09	Q
4	4	3	Simona Kubová	Czech Republic	57.13	Q
5	5	4	Kathleen Baker	United States	57.16	Q
6	6	5	Minna Atherton	Australia	57.17	Q
7	5	5	Michelle Coleman	Sweden	57.21	Q
8	6	3	Georgia Davies	Great Britain	57.24	Q
9	5	6	Sayaka Akase	Japan	57.36	Q
10	5	3	Emi Moronuki	Japan	57.42	Q
11	6	6	Fu Yuanhui	China	57.66	Q
12	4	2	Alicja Tchórz	Poland	57.78	Q
13	4	6	Anastasia Fesikova	Russia	57.85	Q
14	5	2	Mimosa Jallow	Finland	57.93	Q
15	4	0	Margherita Panziera	Italy	58.14	Q
16	4	7	Mathilde Cini	France	58.16	Q
17	6	2	Daria Ustinova	Russia	58.21
18	5	9	Laura Riedemann	Germany	58.27
19	5	1	Anastasiya Shkurdai	Belarus	58.44
20	4	8	Andrea Berrino	Argentina	58.58
21	6	7	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	58.62
22	5	7	Hanna Rosvall	Sweden	58.80
23	3	5	Isabella Arcila	Colombia	58.83
24	4	1	Caroline Pilhatsch	Austria	58.91
25	6	9	Jenny Mensing	Germany	59.08
26	3	1	Karolína Hájková	Slovakia	59.25
27	6	0	Ekaterina Avramova	Turkey	59.26
28	3	6	Ingrid Wilm	Canada	59.31
29	6	1	Chen Jie	China	59.36
30	5	8	Stephanie Au	Hong Kong	59.38
31	5	0	Carlotta Zofkova	Italy	59.57
32	3	3	Krystal Lara	Dominican Republic	1:00.28	NR
33	3	4	Gabriela Georgieva	Bulgaria	1:00.58
34	3	2	África Zamorano	Spain	1:00.74
35	3	8	Lushavel Stickland	Samoa	1:00.75	NR
36	1	5	Felicity Passon	Seychelles	1:00.81	NR
37	6	8	Paige Flynn	New Zealand	1:00.89
38	4	9	Signhild Joensen	Faroe Islands	1:00.98
39	2	4	Celina Márquez	El Salvador	1:01.27	NR
40	3	7	Tatiana Salcuțan	Moldova	1:02.96
41	2	3	Andrea Becali	Cuba	1:03.96
42	3	9	Mónica Ramírez	Andorra	1:04.06
43	3	0	Trinidad Ardiles	Chile	1:04.23	NR
44	1	6	Camille Koenig	Mauritius	1:04.47
45	2	6	Nimia Murua	Panama	1:05.09
46	1	3	Ri Hye-gyong	North Korea	1:05.53
47	2	2	Danielle Treasure	Barbados	1:06.74
48	2	8	Colleen Furgeson	Marshall Islands	1:07.44
49	2	1	Kimberly Ince	Grenada	1:07.68
50	2	5	Yolani Blake	Fiji	1:07.87
51	2	7	Eda Zeqiri	Kosovo	1:08.69
52	1	4	Britheny Joassaint	Haiti	1:09.58
53	2	0	Osisang Chilton	Palau	1:12.10
54	2	9	Ada Thioune	Senegal	1:16.82
55	1	7	Amanda Poppe	Guam	1:21.44
	1	1	Hamna Ahmed	Maldives		DNS
	1	2	Naima Akter	Bangladesh		DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 11 December at 20:14.^[3]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Georgia Davies	Great Britain	56.49	Q
2	4	Emily Seebohm	Australia	56.84	Q
3	3	Minna Atherton	Australia	57.05	Q
4	5	Simona Kubová	Czech Republic	57.18	Q
5	2	Emi Moronuki	Japan	57.32	Q
6	8	Mathilde Cini	France	57.70
7	1	Mimosa Jallow	Finland	57.86
8	7	Alicja Tchórz	Poland	58.40

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Olivia Smoliga	United States	56.13	Q
2	3	Kathleen Baker	United States	56.27	Q
3	5	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	56.46	Q
4	2	Sayaka Akase	Japan	57.48
5	6	Michelle Coleman	Sweden	57.57
6	7	Fu Yuanhui	China	57.83
7	1	Anastasia Fesikova	Russia	57.88
8	8	Margherita Panziera	Italy	58.31

Final

The final was held on 12 December at 20:31.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Olivia Smoliga	United States	56.19
	3	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	56.26
	6	Georgia Davies	Great Britain	56.74
	7	Minna Atherton	Australia	56.74
5	5	Kathleen Baker	United States	56.89
6	2	Emily Seebohm	Australia	56.98
7	1	Simona Kubová	Czech Republic	57.03
8	8	Emi Moronuki	Japan	57.18

References

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