Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre backstroke
Competition:	2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Palau Sant Jordi
Date:	July 29, 2013 (heats &<br/>semifinals) July 30, 2013 (final)
Competitors:	50
Nations:	43
Win Value:	58.42
Gold:	Missy Franklin
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Emily Seebohm
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Aya Terakawa
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The women's 100 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29–30 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were held at 10:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4		Q
2	4	6		Q, NR,
3	5	5		Q
4	3	5	1:00.01	Q
5	5	4	1:00.02	Q
6	4	3	1:00.05	Q
7	3	4	1:00.09	Q
8	5	3	1:00.17	Q
9	4	5	1:00.39	Q
10	5	2	1:00.43	Q
11	4	2	1:00.70	Q
12	3	6	1:00.80	Q
13	4	7	1:00.99	Q
14	3	1	1:01.19	Q
15	3	3	1:01.23	Q
16	3	0	1:01.25	Q
17	4	1	1:01.35	Q
18	5	0	1:01.41
19	5	6	1:01.61
20	5	1	1:01.71
21	3	7	1:01.75
22	5	9	1:01.77
23	5	8	1:01.84
24	1	9	1:02.04
25	2	5	1:02.10
26	2	6	1:02.12
27	3	9	1:02.49
28	3	2	1:02.51
29	4	9	1:02.79
30	2	4	1:02.91
31	4	8	1:02.94
32	5	7	1:03.15
33	3	8	1:03.31
34	2	8	1:03.36
35	2	3	1:03.54
36	2	9	1:03.59
37	4	0	1:04.66
38	2	1	1:04.79
39	2	2	1:04.97
40	2	0	1:05.64	NR
41	2	7	1:06.70
42	1	4	1:09.05
43	1	3	1:09.11
44	1	5	1:09.70
44	1	6	1:09.70
46	1	7	1:09.90	NR
47	1	2	1:10.47
48	1	8	1:13.25
49	1	1	1:18.95
50	1	0	1:29.16

The semifinals were held at 18:55.^[4]

The final was held at 18:10.^[5]