Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre backstroke
Championship:	2017 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	24 July (heats and semifinals) 25 July (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	59
Nations:	52
Win Value:	58.10
Gold:	Kylie Masse
Gold Nation:	CAN
Silver:	Kathleen Baker
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Emily Seebohm
Bronze Nation:	AUS
Prev:	2015
Next:	2019

The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 24 and 25 July 2017.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The following new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 24 July at 09:30.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	4			58.62	Q
2	5	4			58.80	Q,
3	6	5			58.95	Q
4	4	3			59.58	Q
5	4	5			59.70	Q
6	4	4			59.76	Q
7	6	6			59.87	Q
8	5	3			59.88	Q
8	5	6			59.88	Q
10	4	6			59.90	Q
11	6	3			1:00.24	Q
12	5	7			1:00.28	Q
13	4	2			1:00.37	Q
14	4	7			1:00.52	Q
	5	5				Q
16	6	2			1:00.59	Q
17	5	8			1:00.70	Q
18	6	9			1:00.88
19	3	6			1:00.89
20	4	0			1:01.03
21	5	0			1:01.07
22	4	8			1:01.26
23	5	1			1:01.33
24	3	5			1:01.40
25	4	1			1:01.63
26	6	0			1:01.80
27	3	0			1:02.02	NR
28	3	4			1:02.03
29	4	9			1:02.10
	6	7
31	5	9			1:02.23
32	3	1			1:02.24
	5	2
34	6	8			1:02.42
35	6	1			1:02.51
36	2	2			1:02.96
37	3	3			1:03.08
38	3	7			1:03.56
39	3	2			1:04.03
40	3	8			1:04.06
41	2	5			1:04.50
42	2	3			1:04.96
43	2	6			1:05.05
44	2	8			1:05.50
45	3	9			1:05.88
46	2	7			1:06.08
47	2	0			1:07.10
48	1	4			1:07.49
49	2	4			1:07.67
50	2	1			1:08.38
51	1	6			1:08.60
52	1	2			1:10.36
53	1	8			1:12.12
54	1	3			1:12.38
55	1	5			1:14.32
56	1	7			1:14.77
57	1	0			1:16.34
58	2	9			1:18.24
59	1	1			1:20.95

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 24 July at 18.24.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			58.85	Q
2	5			59.07	Q
3	6			59.82	Q
4	2			59.94
5	3			59.95
6	7			1:00.29
7	1			1:00.39
8	8			1:00.44

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			58.18	Q, AM
2	3			59.03	Q
3	5			59.26	Q
4	7			59.65	Q, NR
5	2			59.74	Q
6	6			59.85
7	8			1:00.40
8	1			1:00.76

Final

The final was held on 25 July at 18:21.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			58.10
	3			58.58
	5			58.59
4	6			58.77
5	2			58.83
6	1			59.50
7	7			59.71
8	8			59.90

Notes and References

1. https://www.fina-budapest2017.com/downloads/BP2017_WC_schedule_5.pdf Schedule
2. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0202EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF00 Start list
3. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0202EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Heats results
4. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0202EC02FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Semifinals results
5. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0202EC04FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Final results