| Venue: | Akita Prefectural Pool, Akita, Japan |
| Date: | 25 August 2001 |
| Competitors: | 20 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Gold: |  Liu Qi |
| Silver: |  Tatiana Komarova |
| Bronze: | Zhu Baozhen |
| Prev: | 1997 |
| Next: | 2005 |
The women's 100 m surface competition in finswimming at the 2001 World Games took place on 25 August 2001 at the Akita Prefectural Pool in Akita, Japan.[1]
A total of 20 athletes entered the competition. The best eight athletes from preliminary round qualifies to the final.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liu Qi | China | 43.29 | Q | |
| 2 | Tatiana Komarova | 43.83 | Q | ||
| 3 | Suzanne Jentsch | 43.96 | Q | ||
| 4 | Irina Egoruchkina | Russia | 44.13 | Q | |
| 5 | Zhu Baozhen | China | 44.33 | Q | |
| 6 | Helena Kocourková |  Czech Republic | 44.87 | Q | |
| 7 | Ivonne Bohada |  Colombia | 46.04 | Q | |
| 8 | Kamila David |  Austria | 46.29 | Q | |
| 9 | Tina Hirschfeldt | Germany | 46.69 | ||
| 10 | Viktoria Pikaly |  Hungary | 46.99 | ||
| 11 | Olga Loginova |  Estonia | 47.12 | ||
| 12 | Juliet Tompkins |  New Zealand | 47.13 | ||
| 13 | Yayoi Sakamoto |  Japan | 47.15 | ||
| 14 | Petra Hostinska | Czech Republic | 47.18 | ||
| 15 | Lee Ji-eun |  South Korea | 47.30 | ||
| 16 | Beatrix Erdody | Hungary | 47.75 | ||
| 17 | Rosalina Buis | Netherlands | 48.18 | ||
| 18 | Azusa Kamio | Japan | 48.38 | ||
| 19 | Lee Hye-min | South Korea | 49.04 | ||
| 20 | Yumiko Sagehashi | Japan | 49.75 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liu Qi | China | 43.06 | ||
| Tatiana Komarova | 43.11 | |||
| Zhu Baozhen | 43.50 | |||
| 4 | Suzanne Jentsch | Germany | 43.67 | |
| 5 | Irina Egoruchkina | Russia | 44.68 | |
| 6 | Helena Kocourková | Czech Republic | 45.10 | |
| 7 | Kamila David | Austria | 46.44 | |
| 8 | Ivonne Bohada | Colombia | 46.50 |