Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre backstroke
Competition:	2001 FINA World Championships
Dates:	27 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 28 July 2001 (final)
Competitors:	42
Win Value:	1:00.37
Gold:	Natalie Coughlin
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Diana Mocanu
Silvernoc:	ROU
Bronze:	Antje Buschschulte
Bronzenoc:	GER
Previous:	1998
Next:	2003

See main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships.

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 28 July. The heats^[1] and semifinals^[2] took place 27 July, with the final being held on 28 July.^[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World record		1:00.16	Rome, Italy	align=right	10 September 1994
Championship record		1:00.16	Rome, Italy	align=right	10 September 1994

Results

Heats

Rank	Time	Notes
1	1:00.94	Q
2	1:01.60	Q
3	1:01.81	Q
4	1:01.91	Q
5	1:01.99	Q
6	1:02.36	Q
7	1:02.48	Q
7	1:02.48	Q
9	1:02.64	Q
10	1:02.70	Q
11	1:03.05	Q
12	1:03.17	Q
13	1:03.22	Q
14	1:03.23	Q
15	1:03.25	Q
16	1:03.58	Q
17	1:03.63
18	1:04.49
19	1:04.52
20	1:04.59
21	1:04.65
22	1:04.67
23	1:04.75
23	1:04.75
25	1:05.89
26	1:06.82
27	1:07.63
28	1:07.96
29	1:08.22
30	1:08.31
31	1:08.73
32	1:08.86
33	1:09.22
34	1:09.25
35	1:09.47
36	1:10.09
37	1:10.52
38	1:11.29
39	1:13.96
40	1:19.72
41	1:19.81
42	1:21.93
–	DNS

Semifinals

Rank	Time	Notes
1	1:00.91	Q
2	1:01.26	Q
3	1:01.44	Q
4	1:01.55	Q
5	1:01.60	Q
6	1:01.94	Q
7	1:02.19	Q
8	1:02.23	Q
9	1:02.25
10	1:02.53
11	1:02.61
12	1:02.67
13	1:02.70
14	1:03.04
15	1:03.16
16	1:03.85

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:00.37
			1:00.68
			1:01.42
4			1:01.75
5			1:01.80
6			1:01.82
7			1:02.40
8			1:02.60

Notes and References

Web site: Heats Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20011218003242/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay6.html#100BackW . 18 December 2001 .
Web site: Semifinals Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024130432/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay6FINAL.html#100BackW . 24 October 2004 .
Web site: Final Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20040821133952/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsW100back.html . 21 August 2004 .