Women's 100 metre individual medley at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | ||||||||||
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Venue | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
Location | Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||
Dates | 15 December (heats and semifinals) 16 December (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 30 from 28 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 57.53 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2022 FINA World Swimming Championships | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×50 m | men | women |
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×50 m | men | women |
4×100 m | men | women |
Mixed relay | ||
4×50 m | freestyle | medley |
The Women's 100 metre individual medley competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 and 16 December 2022. [1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 56.51 | Berlin, Germany | 7 August 2017 |
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Competition record | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 56.70 | Doha, Qatar | 5 December 2014 |
The heats were started on 15 December at 12:02. [2]
The semifinals were started on 15 December at 20:57. [3]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | 4 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 57.65 | Q |
2 | 2 | 4 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 58.05 | Q |
3 | 2 | 7 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 58.54 | Q |
4 | 1 | 3 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 58.61 | Q |
5 | 1 | 6 | Rebecca Meder | South Africa | 58.98 | Q, AF |
6 | 2 | 6 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 59.04 | Q, NR |
7 | 1 | 5 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | Canada | 59.13 | Q |
8 | 2 | 5 | Helena Gasson | New Zealand | 59.15 | Q |
9 | 2 | 2 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 59.27 | NR |
10 | 2 | 3 | Costanza Cocconcelli | Italy | 59.34 | |
11 | 1 | 2 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 59.45 | |
11 | 2 | 8 | Diana Petkova | Bulgaria | 59.45 | |
13 | 2 | 1 | Tamara Potocká | Slovakia | 59.55 | NR |
14 | 1 | 7 | Emelie Fast | Sweden | 59.61 | |
15 | 1 | 8 | Kayla Hardy | Australia | 59.75 | |
1 | 1 | África Zamorano | Spain | Disqualified |
The final was held on 16 December at 20:56. [4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 57.53 | NR | |
6 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 57.63 | ||
5 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | 57.68 | ||
4 | 3 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 58.26 | |
5 | 8 | Helena Gasson | New Zealand | 58.40 | NR |
6 | 2 | Rebecca Meder | South Africa | 58.46 | AF |
7 | 7 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 58.79 | NR |
8 | 1 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | Canada | 59.11 |
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