The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 6 August with the heats and the semifinals and 7 August with the final.Start list

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

Results

Heats The heats were held at 09:30.Heats results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 9 4 Sarah Sjöström 53.22 Q 10 4 Cate Campbell Q 3 10 5 Bronte Campbell 53.50 Q 4 10 3 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 53.85 Q 5 8 4 Femke Heemskerk 53.89 Q 6 8 3 Shen Duo 53.93 Q 7 9 5 Simone Manuel 53.99 Q 8 10 6 Charlotte Bonnet 54.01 Q 9 9 3 Michelle Coleman 54.10 Q10 8 5 Missy Franklin 54.22 Q 8 2 Miki Uchida Q 12 9 8 Zhu Menghui 54.41 Q 13 10 1 Chantal van Landeghem 54.54 Q 14 9 2 Nataliya Lovtsova 54.68 Q 15 10 2 Pernille Blume 54.72 Q16 9 7 Aliaksandra Herasimenia 54.90 Q 9 6 Veronika Popova 18 8 8 Siobhán Haughey 54.95 19 10 0 Larissa Oliveira 55.02 20 10 7 Michelle Williams 55.08 21 8 6 Béryl Gastaldello 55.11 22 8 7 Erika Ferraioli 55.12 23 10 9 Nina Rangelova 55.22 24 9 9 Katarzyna Wilk 55.24 25 6 5 Anna Kolářová 55.26 26 7 7 Farida Osman 55.46 27 7 6 Cecilie Johannessen 55.51 28 7 4 Julie Meynen 55.54 29 7 0 Miroslava Syllabová 55.60 30 7 3 Hanna-Maria Seppälä 55.65 31 7 2 Kimberly Buys 55.66 32 9 1 Yayoi Matsumoto 55.71 33 8 0 Annika Bruhn 55.75 34 9 0 Graciele Herrmann 55.80 35 6 2 Anastasia Bogdanovski 56.12 36 7 1 Nastja Govejšek 56.19 37 7 8 Sasha Touretski 56.20 38 8 9 Theodora Giareni 56.24 39 6 6 Jasmine Al-Khaldi 56.40 7 5 Birgit Koschischek 41 7 9 Isabella Arcila 56.41 42 6 8 Ekaterina Avramova 56.51 43 5 4 Zohar Shikler 56.84 6 4 Quah Ting Wen 45 6 3 Bryndis Hansen 56.87 46 6 1 Natthanan Junkrajang 56.95 47 6 7 Miroslava Najdanovski 57.34 48 5 3 Chinyere Pigot 57.36 49 6 0 Elisbet Gámez 57.52 50 5 9 Bayan Jumah 57.81 51 5 1 Tracy Keith-Matchitt 57.85 52 6 9 Tess Grossmann 57.91 53 5 5 Karen Torrez 57.93 54 5 6 Ariel Weech 58.07 55 4 4 Matelita Buadromo 58.53 56 5 2 Chrysoula Karamanou 58.65 57 5 0 Rebecca Heyliger 58.71 58 3 6 Jade Howard 58.74 59 4 5 Shivani Kataria 58.76 5 7 Allyson Ponson 61 4 0 Mónica Ramírez 58.85 62 4 1 Karen Riveros 58.95 63 4 2 Dorian McMenemy 59.37 64 4 6 Machiko Raheem FINA Independent Athletes 59.50 65 3 4 Beatrice Felici 59.51 66 4 9 Naomi Ruele 59.62 67 4 3 Faye Sultan 59.66 68 4 8 Jovana Terzić 59.78 69 4 7 Nicola Muscat 70 3 0 Emily Muteti 71 3 5 Sofia Usher 72 3 2 Elinah Phillip 73 3 3 Rahaf Baqleh 74 5 8 Monika Vasilyan 75 3 8 Jennifer Rizkallah 76 3 1 Tiara Anwar 77 3 9 Samantha Roberts 78 2 4 Fatima Alkaramova 3 7 Long Chi Wai 80 2 3 Nikol Merizaj 81 2 6 Gaurika Singh 82 2 5 Enkhkhuslen Batbayar 83 2 7 Colleen Furgeson 84 2 8 Charissa Panuve 85 2 2 Merjen Saryyeva 86 1 5 Magdalena Moshi 87 2 9 Zahra Pinto 88 2 1 Aminath Shajan 89 2 0 Karina Klimyk 90 1 4 Elsie Uwamahoro 1 3 Teona Bostashvili DNS 8 1 Federica Pellegrini DNS 10 8 Katinka Hosszú DNS

Semifinals The semifinals were held at 17:32.Semifinal results

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Cate Campbell 52.84 Q 2 5 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 53.78 Q 3 3 Shen Duo 53.91 Q 4 2 Missy Franklin 53.92 Q 5 6 Charlotte Bonnet 54.15 6 1 Nataliya Lovtsova 54.44 7 8 Aleksandra Gerasimenya 54.68 8 7 Zhu Menghui 54.77

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Sarah Sjöström 52.78 Q 2 5 Bronte Campbell 53.00 Q 3 3 Femke Heemskerk 53.38 Q 4 6 Simone Manuel 53.81 Q 5 1 Chantal van Landeghem 53.93 6 2 Michelle Coleman 54.22 7 7 Miki Uchida 54.30 8 8 Pernille Blume 54.60

Final The final was held on 7 August at 17:32.Final results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Bronte Campbell 52.52 4 Sarah Sjöström 52.70 5 Cate Campbell 52.82 4 2 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 53.17 5 6 Femke Heemskerk 53.58 6 7 Simone Manuel 53.93 7 8 Missy Franklin 54.00 8 1 Shen Duo 54.76

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