Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre backstroke
Championship:	2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	12 February (heats and semifinals) 13 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	56
Nations:	53
Win Value:	58.29
Gold:	Claire Curzan
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Iona Anderson
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Ingrid Wilm
Bronze Nation:	CAN
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 February 2024.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

The heats were started on 12 February at 09:32.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	4	59.72	Q
2	5	4	59.82	Q
3	4	3	59.88	Q
4	4	4	1:00.05	Q
5	6	3	1:00.27	Q
6	4	6	1:00.36	Q
7	4	5	1:00.44	Q
8	5	3	1:00.50	Q
9	6	5	1:00.61	Q
10	5	5	1:01.03	Q
11	5	6	1:01.20	Q
12	6	6	1:01.43	Q
13	6	2	1:01.51	Q
14	6	7	1:01.54	Q
15	5	8	1:01.65	Q
16	4	2	1:01.80	Q
17	4	0	1:01.83
18	5	2	1:01.87
19	5	9	1:01.88	NR
20	4	7	1:01.99
21	5	1	1:02.02
22	6	9	1:02.19
23	5	0	1:02.49
24	4	8	1:02.72
25	6	1	1:02.74
26	4	1	1:02.80
26	5	7	1:02.80
28	6	8	1:02.81
29	6	0	1:02.83
30	3	4	1:03.70
31	3	2	1:04.22
32	3	6	1:04.29
33	3	7	1:04.41
33	4	9	1:04.41
35	3	1	1:04.50
36	3	9	1:04.51
37	3	3	1:04.83
38	3	0	1:04.93
39	2	4	1:05.26
40	2	2	1:05.27
41	3	5	1:05.31
42	3	8	1:05.39
43	2	3	1:05.47
44	2	7	1:05.68
45	2	5	1:06.06
46	2	6	1:06.64
47	1	4	1:09.14
48	2	8	1:09.27
49	2	0	1:09.31
50	2	9	1:09.47
51	2	1	1:09.56
52	1	5	1:10.37
53	1	7	1:10.61
54	1	6	1:13.56
55	1	3	1:14.93
56	1	2	1:18.71

The semifinals were held on 12 February at 19:53.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	58.73	Q
2	1	4	59.55	Q
3	1	5	59.83	Q
4	2	5	59.94	Q
5	2	3	1:00.03	Q
6	1	6	1:00.37	Q
7	1	3	1:00.40	Q
8	2	2	1:00.68	Q
9	2	6	1:00.81
10	2	1	1:00.91
11	1	2	1:00.99
12	1	7	1:01.24
13	2	8	1:01.42
14	1	8	1:01.50
15	2	7	1:01.67
16	1	1	1:01.68

The final were was on 13 February at 19:51.^[6]

Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
Web site: Start list. 9 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213143638/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000202EC0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 12 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213134952/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000202EC0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 12 February 2024. 12 February 2024. 12 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240212184942/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000202EC0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213170025/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000202EC0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.