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

Event:	Women's 100 metre freestyle
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	22 June (heats and semifinals) 23 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	63
Nations:	58
Win Value:	52.67
Gold:	Mollie O'Callaghan
Gold Nation:	AUS
Silver:	Sarah Sjöström
Silver Nation:	SWE
Bronze:	Torri Huske
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 22 June at 09:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	4	53.49	Q
2	5	4	53.70	Q
3	7	6	53.72	Q
4	6	5	53.78	Q
5	6	3	54.06	Q
6	5	5	54.08	Q
7	7	7	54.13	Q
8	7	3	54.18	Q, WD
9	5	3	54.25	Q
9	7	1	54.25	Q, NR
11	5	2	54.28	Q
11	7	2	54.28	Q
13	6	2	54.37	Q
14	6	6	54.40	Q
15	5	7	54.48	Q
16	6	7	54.56	Q
17	5	6	54.61	Q
18	6	1	54.78
19	6	8	54.97
20	7	8	55.14
21	5	1	55.30
22	5	8	55.39
23	7	0	55.50
24	7	9	55.85
25	5	9	56.19
26	4	5	56.31
27	5	0	56.43
28	4	4	56.46
29	4	2	57.24
29	4	3	57.24
31	4	6	57.80
32	4	7	57.99
33	2	1	58.16
34	4	8	58.96
35	4	1	59.00
36	4	9	59.08
37	4	0	59.13
38	3	5	59.53
39	1	7
40	3	6
41	3	4
42	3	3
43	2	8
44	3	0
45	3	7
46	3	1
47	1	6
48	3	9
49	3	8
50	2	7
51	2	9
52	1	3
53	1	5
54	3	2
55	2	2
56	1	4
57	2	4
58	1	8
59	2	0
60	2	5
61	2	3
62	1	2
63	2	6		NR
	1	1
	6	0
	6	9
	7	4
	7	5

The semifinals were started on 22 June at 18:11.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	52.85	Q
2	1	5	53.02	Q
3	2	5	53.04	Q
4	1	4	53.18	Q
5	1	2	53.36	Q
6	2	3	53.61	Q
7	2	7	53.62	Q
8	1	6	53.82	Q
9	1	3	53.92
10	1	1	54.10
11	2	6	54.11
12	2	1	54.19
13	2	2	54.24	NR
14	2	8	54.36
15	1	8	54.70
16	1	7	54.73

The final was held on 23 June at 18:02.^[5]