2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	19 December (heats and semifinals) 20 December (final)
Competitors:	50
Nations:	46
Win Value:	1:03.47
Gold:	Tang Qianting
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Sophie Hansson
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Mona McSharry
Bronzenoc:	IRL
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 19 and 20 December 2021.^[1]

Records

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

The heats were started on 19 December at 10:45.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	6	1:04.50	Q
2	6	3	1:04.59	Q
3	6	4	1:04.88	Q
4	4	8	1:04.94	Q
5	4	6	1:05.03	Q
6	6	2	1:05.15	Q
7	4	2	1:05.36	Q
8	6	7	1:05.42	Q
9	4	3	1:05.47	Q
10	6	5	1:05.57	Q
11	4	4	1:05.61	Q
12	4	5	1:05.69	Q
13	4	7	1:05.83	Q
14	5	5	1:05.90	Q
15	5	6	1:06.08	Q
16	6	0	1:06.33	Q
17	5	7	1:06.41
18	5	0	1:06.44
19	6	1	1:06.52
20	4	0	1:06.86
21	4	9	1:07.00
22	1	6	1:07.46
23	6	8	1:07.52
24	5	9	1:07.54
25	5	8	1:07.76
26	3	2	1:07.87	NR
27	3	4	1:07.89
28	6	9	1:07.98	NR
29	3	6	1:08.22
30	3	3	1:08.89
31	3	5	1:08.92
32	3	1	1:10.26	NR
33	2	7	1:10.35
34	3	7	1:11.11
35	3	8	1:11.31
36	3	9	1:11.36	NR
37	2	4	1:12.51
38	3	0	1:13.18	NR
39	2	1	1:14.01
40	2	2	1:15.09	NR
41	2	3	1:15.13	NR
42	2	8	1:16.24
43	2	6	1:16.56
44	2	9	1:18.73
45	1	7	1:19.65
46	1	2	1:19.87
47	1	4	1:20.90
48	2	0	1:21.77
49	1	5	1:36.59
50	1	8	1:51.78
	1	1	DSQ
	2	5
	5	3
	5	4
	1	3	DNS
	4	1
	5	1
	5	2

The semifinals were started on 19 December at 19:48.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	5	1:03.99	Q, AS
2	2	4	1:04.17	Q, NR
3	1	4	1:04.22	Q, NR
4	2	5	1:04.26	Q
5	2	8	1:04.34	Q
6	2	3	1:04.43	Q, NR
7	1	3	1:04.54	Q
8	1	7	1:04.81	Q
9	1	1	1:04.85
10	2	7	1:04.89
11	2	2	1:04.95
12	2	6	1:05.28
13	1	2	1:05.44
14	2	1	1:05.54
15	1	6	1:05.80
16	1	8	1:05.83

The final was held on 20 December at 19:42.^[4]