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

Event:	Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	19 June (heats and semifinals) 20 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	52
Nations:	46
Win Value:	1:05.93
Gold:	Benedetta Pilato
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Anna Elendt
Silver Nation:	GER
Bronze:	Rūta Meilutytė
Bronze Nation:	LTU
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Women's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 19 June at 09:32.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	6	1:05.99	Q
2	6	2	1:06.16	Q
3	4	4	1:06.33	Q
4	5	3	1:06.49	Q
5	6	5	1:06.54	Q
6	4	5	1:06.61	Q
7	6	4	1:06.65	Q
8	4	3	1:06.68	Q
9	4	1	1:06.71	Q
10	6	3	1:06.75	Q
11	5	6	1:06.83	Q
12	4	6	1:06.97	Q
13	5	2	1:07.09	Q
14	6	1	1:07.18	Q
15	5	5	1:07.19	Q
16	5	4	1:07.35	Q
17	6	8	1:07.40
18	5	7	1:07.88
19	4	7	1:08.12
20	5	1	1:08.38
21	3	6	1:08.50
22	6	0	1:08.59
23	4	9	1:08.63
24	5	8	1:08.76
25	4	0	1:08.95
26	4	8	1:09.22
27	3	4	1:09.26
28	3	5	1:09.39
29	3	8	1:09.66
30	3	3	1:09.68
31	6	7	1:09.81
32	2	4	1:10.48
33	3	0	1:10.60
34	6	9	1:10.81
35	3	1	1:11.00
36	5	0	1:11.09
37	3	2	1:11.24
38	2	3	1:12.11
39	2	6	1:12.40
40	3	7	1:13.09
41	3	9	1:13.13
42	2	5	1:13.23
43	2	1	1:14.83
44	2	2	1:15.57
45	2	7	1:15.80
46	2	0	1:16.14
47	1	3	1:17.58	NR
48	2	8	1:18.02
49	2	9	1:18.55
50	1	4	1:21.00
51	1	6	1:22.75
52	1	5	1:26.01
–	4	2	Did not start
–	5	9

The semifinals were started on 18 June at 18:29.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	3	1:05.62	Q
2	1	6	1:05.88	Q
3	2	4	1:05.97	Q
4	2	2	1:06.04	Q
5	1	8	1:06.07	Q
6	1	3	1:06.30	Q
7	2	7	1:06.39	Q
8	2	6	1:06.40	Q
9	2	1	1:06.48
10	1	4	1:06.49
11	1	5	1:06.59
12	1	7	1:06.74
13	1	2	1:06.75
14	2	8	1:06.78
15	1	1	1:07.20
	2	5	Disqualified

The finals was started on 20 June at 19:48.^[5]