The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 11 and 12 December 2018.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordChampionship recordKatinka Hosszú55.03Doha4 December 2014
Results Heats The heats were started on 11 December at 11:49.Heats results
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 5 Olivia Smoliga 55.47 Q, AM 2 6 4 Emily Seebohm 57.08 Q 3 4 4 Katinka Hosszú 57.09 Q 4 4 3 Simona Kubová 57.13 Q 5 5 4 Kathleen Baker 57.16 Q 6 6 5 Minna Atherton 57.17 Q 7 5 5 Michelle Coleman 57.21 Q 8 6 3 Georgia Davies 57.24 Q 9 5 6 Sayaka Akase 57.36 Q 10 5 3 Emi Moronuki 57.42 Q 11 6 6 Fu Yuanhui 57.66 Q 12 4 2 Alicja Tchórz 57.78 Q 13 4 6 Anastasia Fesikova 57.85 Q 14 5 2 Mimosa Jallow 57.93 Q 15 4 0 Margherita Panziera 58.14 Q 16 4 7 Mathilde Cini 58.16 Q 17 6 2 Daria Ustinova 58.21 18 5 9 Laura Riedemann 58.27 19 5 1 Anastasiya Shkurdai 58.44 20 4 8 Andrea Berrino 58.58 21 6 7 Etiene Medeiros 58.62 22 5 7 Hanna Rosvall 58.80 23 3 5 Isabella Arcila 58.83 24 4 1 Caroline Pilhatsch 58.91 25 6 9 Jenny Mensing 59.08 26 3 1 Karolína Hájková 59.25 27 6 0 Ekaterina Avramova 59.26 28 3 6 Ingrid Wilm 59.31 29 6 1 Chen Jie 59.36 30 5 8 Stephanie Au 59.38 31 5 0 Carlotta Zofkova 59.57 32 3 3 Krystal Lara NR 33 3 4 Gabriela Georgieva 34 3 2 África Zamorano 35 3 8 Lushavel Stickland NR 36 1 5 Felicity Passon NR 37 6 8 Paige Flynn 38 4 9 Signhild Joensen 39 2 4 Celina Márquez NR 40 3 7 Tatiana Salcuțan 41 2 3 Andrea Becali 42 3 9 Mónica Ramírez 43 3 0 Trinidad Ardiles NR 44 1 6 Camille Koenig 45 2 6 Nimia Murua 46 1 3 Ri Hye-gyong 47 2 2 Danielle Treasure 48 2 8 Colleen Furgeson 49 2 1 Kimberly Ince 50 2 5 Yolani Blake 51 2 7 Eda Zeqiri 52 1 4 Britheny Joassaint 53 2 0 Osisang Chilton 54 2 9 Ada Thioune 55 1 7 Amanda Poppe 1 1 Hamna Ahmed 1 2 Naima Akter
Semifinals The semifinals were started on 11 December at 20:14.Semifinals results
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Georgia Davies 56.49 Q 2 4 Emily Seebohm 56.84 Q 3 3 Minna Atherton 57.05 Q 4 5 Simona Kubová 57.18 Q 5 2 Emi Moronuki 57.32 Q 6 8 Mathilde Cini 57.70 7 1 Mimosa Jallow 57.86 8 7 Alicja Tchórz 58.40
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Olivia Smoliga 56.13 Q 2 3 Kathleen Baker 56.27 Q 3 5 Katinka Hosszú 56.46 Q 4 2 Sayaka Akase 57.48 5 6 Michelle Coleman 57.57 6 7 Fu Yuanhui 57.83 7 1 Anastasia Fesikova 57.88 8 8 Margherita Panziera 58.31
Final The final was held on 12 December at 20:31.Final results
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Olivia Smoliga 56.19 3 Katinka Hosszú 56.26 6 Georgia Davies 56.74 7 Minna Atherton 56.74 5 5 Kathleen Baker 56.89 6 2 Emily Seebohm 56.98 7 1 Simona Kubová 57.03 8 8 Emi Moronuki 57.18
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