Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre backstroke
Games:	2013 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	24 June
Venue:	Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool
Location:	Mersin, Turkey
Competitors:	12
Nations:	7
Win Value:	1:01.57
Gold:	Elena Gemo
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Theodora Drakou
Silver Nation:	GRE
Bronze:	Margherita Panziera
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2009
Next:	2018

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 24 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time

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

World record		58.12	Rome, Italy	28 July 2009
Mediterranean Games record		1:01.72	Pescara, Italy	1 July 2009

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Margherita Panziera	1:02.83	Q
2	2	4	Elena Gemo	1:02.91	Q
3	2	5	Theodora Drakou	1:03.36	Q
4	2	2	Lidón Muñoz	1:03.47	Q
5	1	5	Hazal Sarıkaya	1:03.48	Q
6	1	3	Aspasia Petradaki	1:03.68	Q
7	2	7	Halime Zülal Zeren	1:04.42	Q
8	2	3	Mathilde Cini	1:04.52	Q
9	1	2	Natalia Torné	1:04.74
10	1	6	Lucija Kous	1:04.77
11	2	6	Fantine Lesaffre	1:04.92
11	1	7	Amel Melih	1:07.47

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	5	Elena Gemo	1:01.57	GR
	3	Theodora Drakou	1:01.75
	4	Margherita Panziera	1:01.86
4	1	Halime Zülal Zeren	1:02.70
5	6	Lidón Muñoz	1:02.95
6	8	Mathilde Cini	1:04.04
7	7	Aspasia Petradaki	1:04.15
8	2	Hazal Sarıkaya	1:04.52

Web site: Sessions. Mersin 2013. 20 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130622023520/http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/disiplineDetails_SW.aspx. 22 June 2013.
http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr:80/pdf/SW/SWW041100..C74A.ENG.1.0.pdf Swimming - Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Summary (Official)
http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr:80/pdf/SW/SWW041301..C73A1.ENG.1.0.pdf Swimming - Women's 100m Backstroke Final (Official)