The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12 – 13 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordShiho Sakai 55.23 Berlin 15 November 2009 Championship record Natalie Coughlin 56.08 Dubai 16 December 2010

No new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

67 swimmers participated in 7 heats.

Rank Heat Lane Name Time Notes 1 6 5 57.65 Q 2 7 4 57.66 Q 3 5 8 57.75 Q 4 7 3 57.83 Q 5 5 5 57.89 Q 6 5 3 57.94 Q 7 7 2 58.02 Q 8 7 5 58.23 Q 9 5 4 58.35 Q 10 6 3 58.40 Q 11 5 9 58.45 Q 12 6 4 58.48 Q 13 7 6 58.73 Q 14 5 1 58.75 Q 15 6 6 58.83 Q 16 5 6 58.86 Q 17 5 7 58.94 NR 18 6 2 59.02 19 4 4 59.19 NR 20 5 0 59.35 21 6 8 59.36 22 6 7 59.37 23 7 9 59.68 24 4 3 59.69 25 7 1 59.76 26 7 0 59.84 27 6 1 1:00.10 28 6 0 1:00.88 29 7 8 1:00.93 30 6 9 1:01.08 30 7 7 1:01.08 32 4 6 1:01.14 33 1 8 1:01.16 34 4 5 1:01.23 35 4 1 1:01.37 36 4 0 1:01.68 37 4 2 1:01.86 38 4 7 1:02.40 39 4 8 1:02.97 40 3 5 1:03.54 NR 41 5 2 1:03.63 42 3 7 1:03.78 43 3 2 1:04.32 44 3 9 1:04.37 45 3 6 1:04.69 46 3 4 1:04.94 47 4 9 1:05.07 48 2 3 1:05.43 49 2 5 1:05.64 NR 50 3 1 1:05.71 NR 51 3 0 1:05.81 52 3 3 1:05.84 53 2 4 1:06.71 54 3 8 1:07.25 55 2 6 1:07.59 56 2 2 1:08.32 57 2 8 1:09.68 NR 58 2 7 1:10.88 59 2 1 1:11.53 60 2 0 1:11.88 61 1 7 1:12.01 62 2 9 1:12.61 63 1 4 1:14.14 64 1 2 1:14.39 65 1 6 1:15.64 66 1 3 1:19.86 67 1 5 1:21.89 1 0 1 1

Semifinals

16 swimmers participated in 2 heats.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 5 Mie Nielsen 57.15 Q, NR 2 2 2 Rachel Goh 57.39 Q 3 1 3 Georgia Davies 57.41 Q 4 2 4 Simona Baumrtová 57.62 Q 4 2 3 Grace Loh 57.62 Q 6 1 4 Daryna Zevina 57.66 Q 7 2 5 Olivia Smoliga 57.74 Q 8 1 2 Duane Da Rocha 58.15 Q 9 2 1 Zhou Yanxin 58.21 10 1 7 Elizabeth Simmonds 58.34 11 1 6 Kira Toussaint 58.36 12 2 7 Megan Romano 58.46 13 2 6 Arianna Barbieri 58.50 14 2 8 Michelle Coleman 58.65 15 1 8 Sharon van Rouwendaal 58.89 16 1 1 Marie Kamimura 59.23

Final

The final was held at 19:59.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Olivia Smoliga 56.64 4 Mie Nielsen 57.07 NR 6 Simona Baumrtová 57.18 NR4 5 Rachel Goh 57.31 5 3 Georgia Davies 57.32 6 2 Grace Loh 57.34 7 7 Daryna Zevina 57.67 8 8 Duane Da Rocha 58.14

References

External links 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Women's 100 metre backstroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com.