Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre butterfly
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	23 July (heats and semifinals) 24 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	49
Nations:	43
Win Value:	56.12
Gold:	Zhang Yufei
Gold Nation:	CHN
Silver:	Maggie Mac Neil
Silver Nation:	CAN
Bronze:	Torri Huske
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The women's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2023.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[4]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 23 July at 11:21.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5				Q
2	4	5				Q
3	5	6				Q
4	5	3				Q
5	5	5				Q
6	5	4				Q
7	3	3				Q
8	3	4				Q
9	4	3				Q
10	4	6				Q
11	4	4				Q
12	4	7				Q
13	3	6				Q
14	3	0				Q, NR
15	4	8				Q
16	3	2				Q
17	4	2
18	4	1
19	5	2
20	5	1
21	3	1
22	5	0
23	5	7
24	3	7
25	3	8
26	5	8
27	4	0
28	3	9			1:00.20
29	2	3			1:00.27
30	4	9			1:00.51
31	2	5			1:00.56
32	5	9			1:00.95
33	2	4			1:01.16
34	2	2			1:01.80	NR
35	2	6			1:01.94
36	2	1			1:02.13
37	1	4			1:02.41	NR
38	1	5			1:02.56
39	2	9			1:02.85
40	2	7			1:03.14
41	1	8			1:03.15
42	2	8			1:03.17
43	2	0			1:03.52
44	1	3			1:04.88
45	1	6			1:05.70
46	1	7			1:09.14
47	1	2			1:09.52
48	1	1			1:09.69
49	1	0			1:29.91

Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 23 July at 20:12.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			56.40	Q
2	1	3			56.76	Q
3	2	3			56.78	Q
4	1	4			56.89	Q
5	2	5			57.05	Q, NR
6	1	6			57.14	Q
6	2	2			57.14	Q
8	2	7			57.17	Q
9	1	5			57.29
10	1	2			57.34
11	2	6			57.74
12	1	7			57.97
13	1	8			58.18
14	2	1			58.27
15	1	1			58.49	NR
16	2	8			58.54

Final

The final was held on 24 July at 20:09.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			56.12
	3			56.45
	5			56.61
4	6			56.88
5	2			57.05	=NR
6	8			57.13
7	1			57.34
8	7			57.58

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
2. Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
3. Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152447/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010204EC0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
4. Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
5. Web site: 22 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230810221808/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010204EC0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 10 August 2023 . omegatiming.com.
6. Web site: 23 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231212094000/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010204EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 12 December 2023 . omegatiming.com.
7. Web site: 24 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230724112820/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010204EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 24 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.