| Event: | Women's 100m Backstroke |
| Competition: | 2012 Short Course Worlds |
| Dates: | 12 December (heats and semifinals) 13 December (final) |
| Win Value: | 56.64 |
| Gold: | Olivia Smoliga |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Mie Nielsen |
| Silvernoc: | DEN |
| Bronze: | Simona Baumrtová |
| Bronzenoc: | CZE |
| Prev: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2014 |
See main article: article and 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m).
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.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Shiho Sakai | align=left | 55.23 | 15 November 2009 | |||
| Championship record | align=left | 56.08 | 16 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.
67 swimmers participated in 7 heats.[1]
| 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 |
16 swimmers participated in 2 heats.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 57.15 | Q, NR | |||
| 2 | 2 | 2 |  | 57.39 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | 3 |  | 57.41 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 4 |  | 57.62 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 3 | | 57.62 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | 4 |  | 57.66 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 5 |  | 57.74 | Q | ||
| 8 | 1 | 2 |  | 58.15 | Q | ||
| 9 | 2 | 1 |  | 58.21 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 7 | | 58.34 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 6 | 58.36 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 7 | | 58.46 | |||
| 13 | 2 | 6 |  | 58.50 | |||
| 14 | 2 | 8 |  | 58.65 | |||
| 15 | 1 | 8 | 58.89 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 1 |  | 59.23 |
The final was held at 19:59.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 56.64 | ||||
| 4 | 57.07 | NR | ||||
| 6 | | 57.18 | NR | |||
| 4 | 5 | | 57.31 | |||
| 5 | 3 | | 57.32 | |||
| 6 | 2 | | 57.34 | |||
| 7 | 7 | | 57.67 | |||
| 8 | 8 | | 58.14 |