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

Event:	Women's 100-metre breaststroke
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	24 July (heats and semi-finals) 25 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	57
Nations:	51
Win Value:	1:04.62
Gold:	Rūta Meilutytė
Gold Nation:	LTU
Silver:	Tatjana Schoenmaker
Silver Nation:	RSA
Bronze:	Lydia Jacoby
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The women's 100-metre breaststroke competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 24 and 25 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 24 July at 11:09.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	6	1:04.67	Q
2	5	6	1:05.55	Q, NR
3	6	3	1:05.56	Q
4	6	4	1:05.93	Q
5	4	7	1:06.20	Q
6	4	3	1:06.28	Q
7	5	1	1:06.42	Q, NR
8	4	5	1:06.46	Q
9	6	2	1:06.54	Q
10	4	4	1:06.61	Q
11	5	2	1:06.63	Q
12	4	6	1:06.69	Q
12	6	8	1:06.69	Q, SA
14	5	4	1:06.71	Q
15	6	1	1:06.86	Q
16	4	8	1:06.87	Q
17	4	2	1:06.96
18	6	5	1:07.03
19	5	5	1:07.09
20	5	3	1:07.15
21	5	8	1:07.28
22	6	0	1:07.34
23	5	7	1:07.52
24	4	9	1:07.58
25	5	9	1:07.65
26	5	0	1:08.08
27	4	0	1:08.34
28	6	9	1:08.64
29	6	7	1:08.66
30	3	7	1:08.70
31	4	1	1:08.79
32	3	1	1:09.11
33	3	3	1:09.16
34	3	2	1:09.39
35	3	6	1:09.68
36	3	5	1:09.72
37	3	4	1:09.97
38	2	4	1:10.37
39	2	3	1:10.57
40	3	8	1:10.67
41	1	1	1:11.11
42	3	0	1:11.41
43	2	7	1:11.57	NR
44	2	5	1:11.78
45	2	6	1:11.79
46	3	9	1:12.62
47	2	1	1:13.83
48	2	2	1:13.89
49	2	0	1:13.95
50	2	9	1:14.09	NR
51	1	6	1:14.32	NR
52	2	8	1:15.36
53	1	4	1:15.77
54	1	2	1:16.45
55	1	5	1:19.29
56	1	7	1:25.99
57	1	3	1:35.41	NR

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were started on 24 July at 20:28.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	1:05.09	Q
2	1	5	1:05.45	Q
3	2	5	1:05.53	Q
4	1	4	1:05.96	Q
5	2	2	1:06.18	Q, NR
6	1	7	1:06.19	Q
7	1	1	1:06.29	Q
8	2	3	1:06.31	Q
9	1	2	1:06.32
10	1	6	1:06.53
11	2	7	1:06.56
12	2	1	1:06.75
13	1	8	1:06.97
14	1	3	1:07.03
15	2	8	1:07.11
16	2	6	1:07.13

Final

The final was held on 25 July at 21:45.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Time
	4	1:04.62
	3	1:05.84
	1	1:05.94
4	5	1:06.02
5	6	1:06.07
6	2	1:06.36
7	7	1:06.61
8	8	1:06.67

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/20230723152444/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010203EC0101FFFFFFFFFF00.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: 24 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230726133200/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010203EC0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 26 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 24 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231009104610/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010203EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 9 October 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 25 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230803233436/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010203EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 3 August 2023 . omegatiming.com.