| Women's 100m freestyle at the 2005 FINA World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 28 July (prelims and semifinals) 29 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 86 from 64 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 54.18 seconds | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2005 FINA World Championships | ||
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| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Swimming | ||
| 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 | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Free | women | |
| Team | ||
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
The Women's 100m Freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships was swum 28 – 29 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Preliminary heats and Semifinal heats were 28 July; the final was 29 July.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:
| World record | 53.52 | Athens, Greece | 18 August 2004 | |
| Championship record | 54.01 | Rome, Italy | 5 September 1994 |
| Rank | Heat + Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S2 L5 | Jodie Henry | | 54.52 | q |
| 2 | S1 L4 | Marleen Veldhuis | | 54.54 | q |
| 3 | S2 L4 | Amanda Weir | | 54.61 | q |
| 4 | S1 L6 | Natalie Coughlin | | 54.65 | q |
| 5 | S1 L5 | Malia Metella | | 54.93 | q |
| 6 | S2 L7 | Daniela Götz | | 54.98 | q |
| 7 | S1 L3 | Nery-Mantey Niangkouara | | 55.07 | q |
| 8 | S2 L2 | Alice Mills | | 55.13 | q |
| 9 | S2 L3 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | | 55.32 | |
| 10 | S2 L6 | Federica Pellegrini | | 55.37 | |
| 11 | S1 L7 | Josefin Lillhage | | 55.61 | |
| 12 | S1 L2 | Therese Alshammar | | 55.64 | |
| 13 | S1 L8 | Chantal Groot | | 55.78 | |
| 14 | S2 L1 | Jana Kolukanova | | 55.81 | NR |
| 15 | S1 L1 | Alison Fitch | | 56.22 | |
| 16 | S2 L8 | Norie Urabe | | 56.53 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jodie Henry | | 54.18 | ||
| Malia Metella | | 54.74 | ||
| Natalie Coughlin | | 54.74 | ||
| 4 | Amanda Weir | | 54.77 | |
| 5 | Marleen Veldhuis | | 54.90 | |
| 6 | Alice Mills | | 54.92 | |
| 7 | Nery-Mantey Niangkouara | | 54.93 | |
| 8 | Daniela Gotz | | 55.27 | |