Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre butterfly
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	18 June (heats and semifinals) 19 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	31
Nations:	29
Win Value:	55.64
Gold:	Torri Huske
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Marie Wattel
Silver Nation:	FRA
Bronze Nation:	CHN
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Women's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 18 June at 09:44.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	4	56.82	Q
2	2	4	57.21	Q
3	4	4	57.37	Q
4	3	5	57.48	Q
5	4	5	57.53	Q
6	3	6	57.76	Q, AF
7	2	5	57.85	Q
8	2	7	57.87	Q
9	2	3	57.97	Q
10	4	6	58.22	Q
11	4	7	58.44	Q
12	2	6	58.65	Q
13	3	3	58.90	Q
14	4	3	59.13	Q
15	4	1	59.29	Q
16	4	2	59.46	Q
17	3	1	59.58
18	4	8	1:00.12
19	3	8	1:01.19
20	2	1	1:01.25
21	2	8	1:01.34
22	2	0	1:02.20
23	4	0	1:02.48
24	3	0	1:02.83
25	2	9	1:04.98
26	4	9	1:06.51
27	3	9	1:07.79
28	1	4	1:10.15
29	1	6	1:13.32
30	1	5	1:15.01
31	1	3	1:18.67
–	2	2	Did not start
	3	2
	3	7

The heats were started on 18 June at 18:13.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	56.29	Q
2	1	4	56.80	Q
3	1	5	56.93	Q
4	2	6	56.96	Q
5	2	3	56.97	Q
6	2	5	57.03	Q
7	2	1	57.67	Q
8	1	3	57.91	Q
9	1	1	57.93
10	1	6	57.94
11	1	2	57.98
12	1	7	58.15
13	2	2	58.44
14	2	7	58.46
15	1	8	58.71
16	2	8	59.42

The final was held on 19 June at 18:10.^[5]