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

Event:	Women's 100 metre freestyle
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	27 July (heats and semifinals) 28 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	79
Nations:	74
Win Value:	52.16
Gold:	Mollie O'Callaghan
Gold Nation:	AUS
Silver:	Siobhán Haughey
Silver Nation:	HKG
Bronze:	Marrit Steenbergen
Bronze Nation:	NED
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 27 and 28 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 27 July at 10:32.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	4	53.15	Q
2	8	5	53.25	Q
3	6	4	53.40	Q
4	7	3	53.59	Q
5	6	2	53.72	Q
6	6	5	53.82	Q
7	8	4	54.01	Q
8	8	3	54.11	Q
9	6	6	54.15	Q
10	6	3	54.16	Q
11	8	5	54.41	Q
12	8	6	54.45	Q
13	7	8	54.50	Q
14	6	1	54.60	Q
15	8	2	54.61	Q
16	7	6	54.67	Q
17	6	8	54.74	NR
17	7	2	54.74
19	6	7	54.82
20	8	8	54.97
21	7	1	55.04
22	8	7	55.17
23	5	5	55.32	NR
24	6	0	55.40
25	7	0	55.46
26	8	0	55.56
27	5	3	55.57
28	8	1	55.89
29	8	9	56.04
30	5	4	56.16
31	6	9	56.52
32	7	9	56.60
33	5	2	56.90	NR
34	4	5	57.86
35	5	6	58.01
36	5	7	58.05
37	5	9	58.80
38	4	2	58.86
39	1	9	59.00
40	5	1	59.02
41	4	3	59.17
42	4	4	59.27
43	5	8	59.38
44	4	7	59.50
45	4	8	59.85
46	4	1
47	4	6
48	5	0
49	4	0		NR
50	3	2
51	3	3
52	1	0
53	4	9		NR
54	3	4
54	3	8
56	3	5
57	1	1
58	3	0
59	3	9
60	3	6
61	1	8
62	3	7
63	1	4
64	2	4
65	3	1
66	1	7
67	2	5
68	2	3
69	1	6
70	2	1
71	2	7
72	1	3
73	2	9
74	2	2
75	2	6
76	1	5
77	2	8
	1	2
	2	0
	7	7

Swim-off

The swim-off to determine the first reserve was held on 27 July at 12:05.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			54.87
2	5			55.07

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 27 July at 20:11.^[7]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	3	52.82	Q
2	2	6	52.86	Q
3	2	4	52.90	Q
4	2	5	53.00	Q
5	1	4	53.36	Q
6	2	7	53.38	Q
7	2	3	53.41	Q
8	1	7	53.67	Q
9	1	5	53.83
10	1	6	53.92
11	2	8	53.94
12	1	2	54.49
13	2	2	54.69
14	2	1	54.72
15	1	8	54.86
16	1	1	54.87

Final

The final was started on 28 July at 20:02.^[8]

Rank	Lane	Time
	5	52.16
	3	52.49
	4	52.71
4	7	52.81
5	6	52.83
6	2	53.34
7	1	53.83
8	8	54.09

Notes and References

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.
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.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152520/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EC0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
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.
Web site: 27 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230727062502/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EC0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 27 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 27 July 2023 . Swim-off results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230810151215/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EC0106FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 10 August 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 27 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230810151226/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 10 August 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 28 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230810165954/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010201EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 10 August 2023 . omegatiming.com.