2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 100m Breaststroke
Competition:	2010 Short Course Worlds
Dates:	17 December 2010 (heats and semifinals) 18 December 2010 (final)
Competitors:	55
Win Value:	1:03.98
Gold:	Rebecca Soni
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Leisel Jones
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Ji Liping
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	2008
Next:	2012

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The Women's 100 Breaststroke at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum 17 - 18 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Preliminary heats and semifinals were on 17 December,^{[1] [2]} the final on 18 December.^[3]

55 swimmers swam the race. At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:

• WR: 1:02.70, Rebecca Soni, (Manchester, UK, 19 December 2009)
• CR: 1:04.22, Jessica Hardy, (Manchester 2008)

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	WR	CR
17 December 2010	Semifinals			1:04.17		CR
18 December 2010	Final	Rebecca Soni		1:03.98		CR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	7	4		1:04.64	Q
2	1	7		1:05.32	Q
3	6	4		1:05.36	Q
4	5	5		1:05.68	Q
5	7	5		1:05.75	Q
6	7	3		1:05.79	Q
7	5	4		1:05.84	Q
8	6	6		1:06.01	Q
9	6	3		1:06.14	Q
10	5	3		1:06.53	Q
11	3	4		1:06.77	Q
11	6	1		1:06.77	Q
13	5	7		1:06.80	Q
14	5	6		1:06.83	Q
15	6	2		1:07.18	Q
16	4	4		1:07.26	Q
17	7	7		1:07.45
18	6	7		1:07.65
19	5	2		1:07.69
20	6	5		1:07.78
21	4	6		1:08.40
22	6	8		1:08.60
23	4	5		1:08.74
23	7	2		1:08.74
25	5	8		1:09.02
26	5	1		1:09.03
27	7	6		1:09.08
28	7	1		1:09.12
29	4	3		1:09.36
30	4	1		1:09.52
31	3	5		1:10.02
32	7	8		1:10.07
33	4	2		1:10.56
34	3	1		1:10.57
35	3	2		1:10.85
36	3	6		1:11.22
37	4	8		1:11.39
38	3	7		1:11.54
39	1	1		1:13.10
40	3	8		1:13.44
41	4	7		1:13.45
42	2	7		1:14.50
43	2	4		1:15.63
44	2	5		1:16.80
45	2	3		1:18.36
46	2	6		1:18.76
47	2	8		1:19.71	NR
48	2	2		1:19.75
49	1	3		1:20.42
50	1	6		1:20.68
51	2	1		1:21.01
52	1	4		1:24.37
53	1	6		1:25.05
54	1	2		1:41.01
–	3	3		DSQ

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	4		1:04.78	Q
2	5		1:05.22	Q
3	6		1:05.60	Q
4	3		1:05.71	Q
5	7		1:06.45
6	1		1:06.56
7	2		1:07.21
8	8		1:07.30

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	4		1:04.17	Q, CR
2	5		1:04.75	Q
3	6		1:05.33	Q
4	3		1:05.92	Q
5	7		1:06.05
6	2		1:06.13
7	8		1:06.66
8	1		1:06.77

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	4		1:03.98	CR
	5		1:04.26
	3		1:04.79
4	2		1:04.80
5	1		1:05.31
6	7		1:05.43
7	6		1:05.50
8	8		1:05.99

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre breaststroke (heats). Omega Timing. 2010-12-17.
2. Web site: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre breaststroke (semifinals). Omega Timing. 2010-12-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20120316144229/http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2010/WSC_DUBAI/C74A_ResSummary_221_Semifinals_Women_100_Breast.pdf. 16 March 2012. dead.
3. Web site: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre breaststroke (final). Omega Timing. 2010-12-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20120316144707/http://omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2010/WSC_DUBAI/C73A1_Res1Heat_121_Finals_1_Women_100_Breast.pdf. 16 March 2012. dead.