| Event: | Women's 100 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 2014 |
| Venue: | Tollcross International Swimming Centre |
| Dates: | (heats & semis) (final) |
| Competitors: | 47 |
| Nations: | 28 |
| Win Value: | 52.68 GR |
| Gold: | Cate Campbell |
| Goldcga: | AUS |
| Silver: | Bronte Campbell |
| Silvercga: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Emma McKeon |
| Bronzecga: | AUS |
| Prev: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme is scheduled to take place on 27 and 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
The medals were presented by Louise Martin, Honorary Secretary of the Commonwealth Games Federation, Immediate Past Chair of Commonwealth Games Scotland and Vice-Chair of Glasgow 2014 and the quaichs were presented by Alfred C. Weir, Chairman of NVT Group.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
| data-sort-type="number" | Rank ! | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 53.20 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 54.19 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4 | 54.42 | Q | ||||
| 6 | 5 | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 54.90 | Q | |||
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 55.16 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 55.60 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 6 | 55.71 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 6 | 55.77 | Q | |||
| 10 | 4 | 3 | 55.99 | Q | |||
| 11 | 6 | 6 | 56.02 | Q | |||
| 12 | 5 | 1 | 56.50 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 56.53 | Q | ||||
| 6 | 7 | ||||||
| 15 | 6 | 2 | 57.20 | Q | |||
| 16 | 6 | 1 | 57.37 | Q | |||
| 17 | 6 | 8 | 57.60 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 7 | 57.76 | ||||
| 19 | 4 | 7 | 57.78 | ||||
| 20 | 5 | 2 | 57.92 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 1 | 58.15 | ||||
| 22 | 3 | 4 | 58.78 | ||||
| 23 | 5 | 8 | 58.82 | ||||
| 24 | 3 | 1 | 58.92 | ||||
| 25 | 2 | 4 | 59.04 | ||||
| 26 | 3 | 3 | 59.24 | ||||
| 27 | 3 | 7 | 59.79 | ||||
| 28 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| 29 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| 30 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 31 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| 32 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| 33 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 34 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| 35 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 36 | 2 | 8 | NR[1] | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 38 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 39 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| 40 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 41 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 42 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 43 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 44 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 45 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | ||||||
| 6 | 3 |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 53.19 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 53.67 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 53.92 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 54.41 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 5 | 54.88 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 55.09 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 6 | 55.19 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 55.71 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 55.77 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 1 | 55.86 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | 55.95 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 6 | 56.09 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 1 | 56.13 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 8 | 56.53 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 7 | 56.58 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 8 | 57.49 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 52.68 | GR | ||||
| 5 | 52.86 | |||||
| 3 | 53.61 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 53.99 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 54.37 | ||||
| 1 | 55.15 | |||||
| 7 | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | 55.47 |