Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates	July 25, 2011 (heats and semifinals) July 26, 2011 (final)
Competitors	53 from 44 nations
Winning time	59.05
Medalists
Zhao Jing    China   Anastasia Zuyeva    Russia   Natalie Coughlin    United States

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships were held on July 25 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and July 26 with the final.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record Championship record	Gemma Spofforth	United Kingdom	58.12	Rome	July 28, 2009

Results

Heats

53 swimmers participated in 7 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	3	Natalie Coughlin	United States	!!!!!!!59.73 59.73	Q
2	7	2	Sinead Russell	Canada	!!!!!!!59.80 59.80	Q
3	5	4	Emily Seebohm	Australia	!!!!!!!59.87 59.87	Q
4	6	4	Aya Terakawa	Japan	!!!!!!!59.95 59.95	Q
5	6	6	Elizabeth Pelton	United States	!!!!!1:00.19 1:00.19	Q
6	7	3	Belinda Hocking	Australia	!!!!!1:00.23 1:00.23	Q
7	5	3	Shiho Sakai	Japan	!!!!!1:00.34 1:00.34	Q
8	6	5	Elizabeth Simmonds	Great Britain	!!!!!1:00.38 1:00.38	Q
9	6	1	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Netherlands	!!!!!1:00.61 1:00.61	Q
10	7	4	Zhao Jing	China	!!!!!1:00.66 1:00.66	Q
11	5	6	Julia Wilkinson	Canada	!!!!!1:00.82 1:00.82	Q
12	7	5	Anastasia Zuyeva	Russia	!!!!!1:00.88 1:00.88	Q
13	5	2	Duane da Rocha	Spain	!!!!!1:01.19 1:01.19	Q
14	4	3	Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	!!!!!1:01.34 1:01.34	Q
15	5	1	Daryna Zevina	Ukraine	!!!!!1:01.36 1:01.36	Q
16	7	8	Ekaterina Avramova	Bulgaria	!!!!!1:01.39 1:01.39	Q NR
17	6	7	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	!!!!!1:01.48 1:01.48
18	7	7	Mercedes Peris	Spain	!!!!!1:01.55 1:01.55
19	5	7	Kseniya Moskvina	Russia	!!!!!1:01.59 1:01.59
20	7	1	Elena Gemo	Italy	!!!!!1:01.62 1:01.62
21	6	2	Jenny Mensing	Germany	!!!!!1:01.64 1:01.64
22	7	6	Gao Chang	China	!!!!!1:01.84 1:01.84
23	5	5	Gemma Spofforth	Great Britain	!!!!!1:01.89 1:01.89
24	4	2	Mie Nielsen	Denmark	!!!!!1:01.90 1:01.90
25	4	7	Alicja Tchorz	Poland	!!!!!1:02.04 1:02.04
26	6	8	Maria Gonzalez Ramirez	Mexico	!!!!!1:02.16 1:02.16
27	4	8	Lau Yin Yan	Hong Kong	!!!!!1:02.45 1:02.45
28	4	1	Kimberly Buys	Belgium	!!!!!1:02.48 1:02.48
29	2	5	Anja Čarman	Slovenia	!!!!!1:02.61 1:02.61
30	4	5	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	!!!!!1:02.71 1:02.71
31	3	1	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia	!!!!!1:02.75 1:02.75
32	5	8	Alina Vats	Ukraine	!!!!!1:02.80 1:02.80
33	2	3	Yulduz Kuchkarova	Uzbekistan	!!!!!1:02.98 1:02.98
34	2	6	Anna Volchkov	Israel	!!!!!1:03.12 1:03.12
35	3	2	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	Finland	!!!!!1:03.18 1:03.18
36	4	6	Therese Svendsen	Sweden	!!!!!1:03.36 1:03.36
37	3	5	Melanie Nocher	Ireland	!!!!!1:03.43 1:03.43
38	2	4	Kiera Aitken	Bermuda	!!!!!1:03.59 1:03.59
39	3	6	Hazal Sarikaya	Turkey	!!!!!1:03.69 1:03.69
40	3	7	Yekaterina Rudenko	Kazakhstan	!!!!!1:03.78 1:03.78
41	4	4	Sviatlana Khakhlova	Belarus	!!!!!1:03.99 1:03.99
42	3	3	Alana Dillette	Bahamas	!!!!!1:04.27 1:04.27
43	3	4	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	!!!!!1:05.18 1:05.18
44	2	2	Tiffany Sudarma	Indonesia	!!!!!1:05.19 1:05.19
45	2	1	Tatiana Perstneva	Moldova	!!!!!1:05.35 1:05.35
46	2	7	Monica Ramirez Abella	Andorra	!!!!!1:05.56 1:05.56
47	1	4	Ines Remarsaro	Uruguay	!!!!!1:05.73 1:05.73
48	2	8	Karen Vilorio	Honduras	!!!!!1:07.15 1:07.15
49	3	8	Shana Lim	Singapore	!!!!!1:07.23 1:07.23
50	1	5	Siona Huxley	Saint Lucia	!!!!!1:08.96 1:08.96
51	1	3	Anahit Barseghyan	Armenia	!!!!!1:08.99 1:08.99
52	1	6	Jessika Cossa	Mozambique	!!!!!1:09.74 1:09.74
53	1	2	Angelique Trinquier	Monaco	!!!!!1:11.38 1:11.38

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:46.^[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	Anastasia Zuyeva	Russia	!!!!!!!59.41 59.41	Q
2	2	Zhao Jing	China	!!!!!!!59.44 59.44	Q
3	4	Sinead Russell	Canada	!!!!!!!59.68 59.68	Q, NR
4	3	Belinda Hocking	Australia	!!!!!!!59.69 59.69	Q
5	6	Elizabeth Simmonds	Great Britain	!!!!!!!59.80 59.80	Q
6	5	Aya Terakawa	Japan	!!!!!!!59.81 59.81	Q
7	8	Ekaterina Avramova	Bulgaria	!!!!!1:01.10 1:01.10	NR
8	1	Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	!!!!!1:01.54 1:01.54

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Natalie Coughlin	United States	!!!!!!!59.38 59.38	Q
2	5	Emily Seebohm	Australia	!!!!!!!59.54 59.54	Q
3	6	Shiho Sakai	Japan	!!!!!!!59.94 59.94
4	8	Daryna Zevina	Ukraine	!!!!!1:00.05 1:00.05	NR
5	2	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Netherlands	!!!!!1:00.14 1:00.14
5	3	Elizabeth Pelton	United States	!!!!!1:00.14 1:00.14
7	7	Julia Wilkinson	Canada	!!!!!1:00.35 1:00.35
8	1	Duane da Rocha	Spain	!!!!!1:00.55 1:00.55

Final

The final was held at 18:11.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	3	Zhao Jing	China	!!!!!!!59.05 59.05
02 !	5	Anastasia Zuyeva	Russia	!!!!!!!59.06 59.06
03 !	4	Natalie Coughlin	United States	!!!!!!!59.15 59.15
4	6	Emily Seebohm	Australia	!!!!!!!59.21 59.21
5	8	Aya Terakawa	Japan	!!!!!!!59.35 59.35
6	7	Belinda Hocking	Australia	!!!!!!!59.53 59.53
7	1	Elizabeth Simmonds	Great Britain	!!!!!!!59.89 59.89
8	2	Sinead Russell	Canada	!!!!!1:00.20 1:00.20

References

External links

• 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre backstroke start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-22.