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

Event:	Women's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Etihad Arena
Location:	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates:	17 December (heats and semifinals) 18 December (final)
Competitors:	85
Nations:	77
Win Value:	50.98 CR
Gold:	Siobhán Haughey
Goldnoc:	HKG
Silver:	Sarah Sjöström
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Abbey Weitzeil
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 17 and 18 December 2021.^[1]

Records

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

The following new records were set during this competition:

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 17 December at 10:03.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	9	4			51.97	Q
2	8	4			52.21	Q
3	8	3			52.38	Q
4	7	4			52.81	Q
5	8	5			52.98	Q
6	9	5			53.02	Q
7	7	5			53.32	Q
8	9	9			53.34	Q
9	9	6			53.41	Q
10	8	0			53.47	Q
11	9	2			53.49	Q
12	8	6			53.50	Q
13	7	3			53.51	Q
14	7	6			53.63	Q
15	8	1			53.70	Q
16	7	8			53.86	Q
17	9	8			53.95
18	6	4			53.96
19	5	4			54.05
20	7	7			54.07
20	9	7			54.07
22	6	3			54.18
23	6	1			54.29	NR
24	8	2			54.32
25	6	5			54.39
25	8	7			54.39
27	6	8			54.42	NR
28	7	2			54.50
29	6	2			54.83
30	5	3			54.84
31	9	0			54.98
32	9	1			55.09
33	7	1			55.24
34	6	6			55.27
35	6	7			55.30
36	5	2			55.34	NR
37	6	0			55.45
38	7	9			55.52
39	7	0			55.71
40	5	6			55.72
41	5	7			55.81	NR
42	5	8			55.99	NR
43	5	5			56.29
44	5	1			56.55
45	4	5			56.97
46	8	8			57.07
47	5	9			57.22	NR
48	3	5			57.25
49	4	3			57.57
50	4	1			57.70
51	5	0			58.24
52	4	0			58.52
53	4	2			58.62
54	1	2			58.83
55	4	8			58.88
56	4	7			58.96
57	1	7			59.34
58	4	6			59.35	NR
59	4	9			59.56
60	3	1			59.70
61	4	4			59.93
62	3	3
63	3	9
64	3	6
65	3	2
66	3	8
67	3	0
68	1	0
68	3	7
70	2	5
71	2	6
72	2	3
73	2	1
74	2	2
75	1	6
76	1	1
77	2	4
78	1	3
79	2	7
80	1	9
81	1	5
82	2	9
83	2	8
84	1	4
85	1	8
	2	0
	3	4
	6	9
	8	9
	9	3

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 17 December at 19:09.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4			51.53	Q
2	2	4			51.82	Q
3	2	3			52.28	Q
3	2	5			52.28	Q
5	1	5			52.29	Q
5	2	1			52.29	Q
7	1	6			52.48	Q
8	2	6			52.59	Q
9	2	2			52.64
10	1	3			52.67
11	1	7			53.06
12	2	8			53.22
13	1	8			53.29
14	1	1			53.30
15	1	2			53.36
16	2	7			53.41

Final

The final was held on 18 December at 18:07.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			50.98	CR
	4			51.31
	2			51.64
4	3			51.71
5	6			51.86
6	1			51.93
7	8			52.37
8	7			52.40

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule. Omega Timing. 17 December 2021. 17 December 2021.
2. Web site: 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Heats . 17 December 2021. Swiss-Timing Corgemont Switzerland. 17 December 2021.
3. Web site: 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Semifinals . 17 December 2021. Swiss-Timing Corgemont Switzerland. 17 December 2021.
4. Web site: 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Final . 18 December 2021. Swiss-Timing Corgemont Switzerland. 25 December 2021.