| Event: | Women's 100 metre backstroke |
| Championship: | 2022 World Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 19 June (heats and semifinals) 20 June (final) |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Location: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Competitors: | 43 |
| Nations: | 37 |
| Win Value: | 58.22 |
| Gold: | Regan Smith |
| Gold Nation: | USA |
| Silver: | Kylie Masse |
| Silver Nation: | CAN |
| Bronze: | Claire Curzan |
| Bronze Nation: | USA |
| Prev: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 June 2022.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The heats were started on 19 June at 09:00.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Q | ||||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Q | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Q | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Q | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Q | ||||
| 6 | 4 | 6 | Q | ||||
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Q | ||||
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 1:00.03 | Q | |||
| 9 | 3 | 5 | 1:00.40 | Q | |||
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 1:00.46 | Q | |||
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 1:00.77 | Q | |||
| 12 | 5 | 7 | 1:00.78 | Q | |||
| 13 | 3 | 6 | 1:00.83 | Q | |||
| 14 | 4 | 0 | 1:00.99 | Q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 7 | 1:01.01 | Q | |||
| 16 | 5 | 2 | 1:01.13 | Q | |||
| 17 | 4 | 3 | 1:01.14 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 7 | 1:01.19 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 2 | 1:01.26 | ||||
| 20 | 5 | 8 | 1:01.59 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 1 | 1:01.62 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 8 | 1:01.65 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 8 | 1:02.13 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 1 | 1:02.86 | ||||
| 25 | 5 | 9 | 1:02.95 | ||||
| 26 | 2 | 4 | 1:03.16 | ||||
| 27 | 2 | 5 | 1:03.79 | ||||
| 28 | 3 | 0 | 1:03.92 | ||||
| 29 | 5 | 0 | 1:03.95 | ||||
| 30 | 2 | 1 | 1:04.11 | NR | |||
| 31 | 2 | 3 | 1:04.15 | ||||
| 32 | 2 | 8 | 1:04.72 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 9 | 1:04.80 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 2 | 1:05.16 | ||||
| 35 | 2 | 6 | 1:05.41 | ||||
| 36 | 4 | 9 | 1:05.50 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 7 | 1:06.70 | ||||
| 38 | 1 | 6 | 1:09.28 | ||||
| 39 | 1 | 4 | 1:10.31 | ||||
| 40 | 2 | 0 | 1:12.76 | ||||
| 41 | 1 | 3 | 1:13.05 | ||||
| 42 | 2 | 9 | 1:16.28 | ||||
| 43 | 1 | 5 | 1:18.76 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | ||||||
The semifinals were started on 19 June at 18:56.[4]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 57.65 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 58.57 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 58.96 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 59.16 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 6 | 59.61 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 59.63 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 6 | 59.96 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Q | ||||
| 9 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 10 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 11 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| 13 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 14 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 15 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 16 | 1 | 8 |
The final was held on 20 June at 18:51.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 58.22 | |||||
| 5 | 58.40 | |||||
| 3 | 58.67 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 59.77 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 59.98 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 59.99 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | 2 |