The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 June 2022.

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

Results Heats The heats were started on 22 June at 09:00.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 4Mollie O'Callaghan 53.49 Q 2 5 4 Penny Oleksiak 53.70 Q 3 7 6 Torri Huske 53.72 Q 4 6 5 Sarah Sjöström 53.78 Q 5 6 3 Kayla Sanchez 54.06 Q 6 5 5 Anna Hopkin 54.08 Q 7 7 7 Marrit Steenbergen 54.13 Q 8 7 3 Yang Junxuan 54.18 Q, WD 9 5 3 Marie Wattel 54.25 Q 9 7 1 Kalia Antoniou 54.25 Q, NR 11 5 2 Cheng Yujie 54.28 Q 11 7 2 Claire Curzan 54.28 Q 13 6 2 Charlotte Bonnet 54.37 Q 14 6 6 Freya Anderson 54.40 Q 15 5 7 Stephanie Balduccini 54.48 Q 16 6 7 Janja Šegel 54.56 Q 17 5 6 Signe Bro 54.61 Q 18 6 1 Maria Ugolkova 54.78 19 6 8 Fanni Gyurinovics 54.97 20 7 8 Valentine Dumont 55.14 21 5 1 Chiara Tarantino 55.30 22 5 8 Emma Chelius 55.39 23 7 0 Hur Yeon-kyung 55.50 24 7 9 Daria Golovaty 55.85 25 5 9 Aleksa Gold 56.19 26 4 5 Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir 56.31 27 5 0 Anicka Delgado 56.43 28 4 4 Ieva Maļuka 56.46 29 4 2 Jillian Crooks 57.24 29 4 3 Rafaela Fernandini 57.24 31 4 6 Miranda Renner 57.80 32 4 7 Kenisha Gupta 57.99 33 2 1 Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen 58.16 34 4 8 Karen Torrez 58.96 35 4 1 Isabella Alas 59.00 36 4 9 Maxine Egner 59.08 37 4 0 Chloe Farro 59.13 38 3 5 Oumy Diop 59.53 39 1 7 Olivia Fuller 40 3 6 Cheyenne Rova 41 3 4 Lina Khiyara 42 3 3 Zaylie Thompson 43 2 8 Tilly Collymore 44 3 0 Dorcas Oka 45 3 7 Georgia-Leigh Vele 46 3 1 Nomvula Mjimba 47 1 6 Anastasiya Morginshtern 48 3 9 Khema Elizabeth 49 3 8 Jamie Joachim 50 2 7 Avice Meya 51 2 9 Kaya Forson 52 1 3 Mia Lee 53 1 5 Hana Beiqi 54 3 2 Bisma Khan 55 2 2 Makelyta Singsombath 56 1 4 Ekaterina Bordachyova NR 57 2 4 Nafissath Radji 58 1 8 Jinie Thompson 59 2 0 Yuri Hosei 60 2 5 Alyse Maniriho 61 2 3 Tayamika Chang'anamuno 62 1 2 Kayla Temba 63 2 6 Roukaya Mahamane NR 1 1 Mashael Al-Ayed 6 0 Laura Littlejohn 6 9 Diana Petkova 7 4 Siobhán Haughey 7 5 Shayna Jack

Semifinals The semifinals were started on 22 June at 18:11.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Mollie O'Callaghan 52.85 Q 2 1 5 Sarah Sjöström 53.02 Q 3 2 5 Torri Huske 53.04 Q 4 1 4 Penny Oleksiak 53.18 Q 5 1 2 Cheng Yujie 53.36 Q 6 2 3 Kayla Sanchez 53.61 Q 7 2 7 Claire Curzan 53.62 Q 8 1 6 Marie Wattel 53.82 Q 9 1 3 Anna Hopkin 53.92 10 1 1 Stephanie Balduccini 54.10 11 2 6 Marrit Steenbergen 54.11 12 2 1 Freya Anderson 54.19 13 2 2 Kalia Antoniou 54.24 NR 14 2 8 Janja Šegel 54.36 15 1 8 Signe Bro 54.70 16 1 7 Charlotte Bonnet 54.73

Final The final was held on 23 June at 18:02.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Mollie O'Callaghan 52.67 5 Sarah Sjöström 52.80 3 Torri Huske 52.92 4 6 Penny Oleksiak 52.98 5 2 Cheng Yujie 53.58 6 7 Kayla Sanchez 53.59 7 8 Marie Wattel 53.60 8 1 Claire Curzan 53.81

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