Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke
Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center | |||||||||
Location | Gwangju, South Korea | |||||||||
Dates | 22 July (heats and semifinals) 23 July (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 63 from 55 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 58.60 | |||||||||
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The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 22 and 23 July 2019.[1][2]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 58.00 | Irvine, United States | 28 July 2018 |
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Competition record | ![]() | 58.10 | Budapest, Hungary | 25 July 2017 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 22 July at 10:00.[3]
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 22 July at 20:54.[4]
Semifinal 1
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Minna Atherton | ![]() | 58.60 | Q |
2 | 3 | Taylor Ruck | ![]() | 58.83 | Q |
3 | 5 | Kathleen Baker | ![]() | 59.03 | Q |
4 | 8 | Daria Vaskina | ![]() | 59.46 | Q |
5 | 2 | Natsumi Sakai | ![]() | 59.71 | Q |
6 | 6 | Simona Kubová | ![]() | 59.79 | |
7 | 7 | Kira Toussaint | ![]() | 1:00.13 | |
8 | 1 | Ingeborg Løyning | ![]() | 1:00.35 | NR |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Kylie Masse | ![]() | 58.50 | Q |
2 | 5 | Kaylee McKeown | ![]() | 59.13 | Q |
3 | 3 | Olivia Smoliga | ![]() | 59.36 | Q |
4 | 7 | Laura Riedemann | ![]() | 59.82 | |
5 | 2 | Margherita Panziera | ![]() | 59.83 | |
6 | 6 | Georgia Davies | ![]() | 59.90 | |
7 | 1 | Anastasia Fesikova | ![]() | 1:00.33 | |
8 | 8 | Chen Jie | ![]() | 1:01.68 |
Final
The final was held on 23 July at 20:51.[5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Kylie Masse | ![]() | 58.60 | |
![]() | 5 | Minna Atherton | ![]() | 58.85 | |
![]() | 7 | Olivia Smoliga | ![]() | 58.91 | |
4 | 3 | Taylor Ruck | ![]() | 58.96 | |
5 | 2 | Kaylee McKeown | ![]() | 59.10 | |
6 | 6 | Kathleen Baker | ![]() | 59.56 | |
6 | 8 | Natsumi Sakai | ![]() | 59.56 | |
8 | 1 | Daria Vaskina | ![]() | 59.74 |