Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle

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The Women's 100m Freestyle event at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships occurred on 29 March (prelims and semifinals) and March (30) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 135 swimmers were entered in the event.

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Four days prior to the event—and still during the 2007 Worlds--Lisbeth Lenton set the Championship Record (CR) in the event on the opening leg of Australia's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with her 53.42. The previous record had been 54.01 by China's Le Jingyi from the Rome 1994 (on 5 September 1994).

The existing records at the start of the event:

Finals

PlaceLaneNameNationalitySplit (50m)TimeNote
Med 1.png 5 Lisbeth Lenton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25.3853.40 CR
Med 2.png 2 Marleen Veldhuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.1553.70
Med 3.png 3 Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.7653.74
44 Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.5653.87
56 Erica Morningstar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.8454.10
67 Jodie Henry Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 26.0754.21
78 Josefin Lillhage Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26.2554.67
81 Malia Metella Flag of France.svg  France 25.8454.77

Semifinals

RankHeat
(Lane)
NameNationality50mTimeNotes
12 (4) Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg  USA 25.6753.40Q
CR, AM
22 (5) Lisbeth Lenton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25.5553.85Q
31 (5) Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.7754.05Q
41 (4) Erica Morningstar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.9854.08Q
51 (6) Marleen Veldhuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.8154.17Q
61 (3) Jodie Henry Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 26.3254.23Q
71 (1) Malia Metella Flag of France.svg  France 26.2654.61Q
72 (3) Josefin Lillhage Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26.2554.61Q
92 (6) Francesca Halsall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25.9854.85
101 (2) Alena Popchanka Flag of France.svg  France 26.6154.99
112 (7) Xu Yanwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 26.2055.10
121 (7) Hanna-Maria Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26.1655.31
132 (1) Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 26.6855.33
142 (8) Aleksandra Gerasimenya Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 26.1055.39
152 (2) Amanda Weir Flag of the United States.svg  USA 26.3955.47
161 (8) Vanessa García Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 26.2556.27

Preliminaries

RankHeat
(Lane)
NameNationality50mTimeQ
116 (5) Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg  USA 25.9154.04Q
216 (7) Erica Morningstar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.2454.30Q
316 (4) Lisbeth Lenton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25.9654.32Q
417 (4) Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26.3754.60Q
515 (2) Josefin Lillhage Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26.4454.74Q
617 (5) Jodie Henry Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 26.6054.76Q
717 (6) Fran Halsall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26.2954.80Q
815 (5) Marleen Veldhuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.8454.89Q
915 (4) Amanda Weir Flag of the United States.svg  USA 26.3755.03Q
1016 (3) Alena Popchanka Flag of France.svg  France 26.5255.11Q
1115 (6) Xu Yanwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 26.4755.24Q
1217 (2) Hanna-Maria Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26.5655.33Q
1314 (7) Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 26.4755.38Q
1416 (2) Malia Metella Flag of France.svg  France 26.7155.57Q
1515 (7) Aleksandra Gerasimenya Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 26.4355.59Q
1617 (1) Vanessa García Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 26.3155.69Q
1712 (4) Jeanette Ottesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 26.7855.99
1816 (6) Pang Jiaying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 26.8356.03
1817 (8) Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 27.1956.03
2012 (6) Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 26.8056.06
2113 (1) Jana Myskova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 27.3656.24
2216 (8) Victoria Poon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.6156.30
2313 (3) Arlene Semeco Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 26.7556.35
2414 (6) Keo Ra Lee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 27.6656.44
2513 (4) Sviatlana Khakhlova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 26.4956.52
2515 (3) Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 27.1056.52
2711 (3) Ganna Dzerkal Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 26.9556.53
2817 (7) Cristina Chiuso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26.8456.56
2915 (8) Magdalena Kuras Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26.8156.58
3013 (5) Jana Kolukanova Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 26.9456.67
3112 (3) Birgit Koschischek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 27.2356.75
3212 (1) Elina Partõka Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 27.6056.90
3214 (5) Flávia Delaroli Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 26.6356.90
3410 (8) Karin Prinsloo Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27.5457.06
3514 (8) Hannah Wilson Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 27.4457.08
3612 (7) Miroslava Najdanovski Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 26.8357.11
3616 (1) Ionela Cozma Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 27.2357.11
3814 (2) Jorina Aerents Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 27.4857.18
3913 (7) Haruka Ueda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 27.9757.21
4014 (3) Petra Klosova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 27.5557.28
4112 (2) Oxana Serikova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 27.0457.29
4213 (2) Chin Kuei Yang Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 27.5157.30
4312 (5) Olga Shulgina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 27.6257.48
4410 (5) Melanie Nocher Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 27.9057.72
4511 (6) Caroline Pickering Puamau Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 27.8357.85
4514 (4) Emily Vavourakis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 27.6957.85
4713 (8) Pin Chieh Nieh Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 28.2357.93
488 (1) Heather Brand Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 27.8457.95
4912 (8) Jiratida Phinyosophon Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 28.1058.03
5011 (5) Sarah Yasmine Chahed Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 27.7458.07
5111 (8) Loren Bahamonde Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 28.3258.21
5211 (4) Hang Yu Sze Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 27.6758.25
539 (4) Madeleine Scerri Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 28.7758.47
549 (3) Carolina Colorado Henao Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 27.9258.60
5514 (1) Heysi Villarreal Navarro Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 28.0458.61
569 (6) Natasha Moodie Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 28.3858.65
5711 (7) Anna Stylianou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 28.0558.78
5810 (6) Alexia Pamela Benitez Quijada Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 28.4858.84
5910 (2) Charlotte Johannsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 28.3058.85
6010 (7) Mylene Ong Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 28.5059.01
6110 (3) Ximena Vilar Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 27.9859.10
6210 (4) Nicole Marmol Gilbert Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 28.0859.25
6311 (1) Pannika Prachgosin Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 28.7259.48
647 (1) Sharntelle McLean Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 28.4359.51
6511 (2) Cecilia Elizabeth Biagioli Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 28.5259.52
6610 (1) Shu Yong Ho Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 28.5759.55
678 (3) Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 28.1559.84
689 (7) Irina Shlemova Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 28.5559.90
699 (1) Raffaella Rodoni Palma Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 29.171:00.08
708 (5) Kimberly Eeson Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 28.711:00.09
708 (8) Ellen Hight Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 28.791:00.09
727 (5) Marianella Quesada Barrantes Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 28.871:00.10
736 (5) Felicia Leksono Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 28.371:00.49
748 (4) Cheok Mei Ma Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 28.731:00.52
757 (8) Marie Laura Meza Peraza Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 29.231:00.69
767 (6) Elena Popovska Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 29.361:00.73
778 (6) Nancy Suryaatmadja Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 28.871:00.80
789 (5) Khadija Ciss Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 29.151:01.05
793 (6) Kshipra Mahajan Flag of India.svg  India 29.371:01.51
806 (1) Ximene Vaz Gomez Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 29.631:01.55
806 (8) Davina Mangion Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 30.161:01.55
826 (2) Tuesday Watts Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 29.221:01.60
834 (8) Jessica Teixeira Vieira Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 29.441:01.78
847 (4) Ngozi Monu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 29.141:01.88
855 (3) Emma Hunter Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 29.421:01.89
866 (7) Jonay Briedenhann Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 29.771:02.04
876 (4) Maria Alejandra Torres Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 29.741:02.17
886 (6) Nilshaira Isenia Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Netherlands Antilles 29.331:02.18
895 (2) Parita Parekh Flag of India.svg  India 29.331:02.27
908 (2) Miriam Hatamleh Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 29.991:02.29
918 (7) Rachel Ah Koy Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 29.871:02.41
927 (2) Fiorella Gomez−Sanchez Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 30.201:02.52
935 (5) Tojohanitra
   Andriamanjatoprimamama
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 29.451:02.60
945 (4) Nicole Ellsworth Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 30.141:02.89
956 (3) Matana Wellman Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 29.311:02.99
964 (1) Mona Simonsen Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 30.561:03.01
973 (5) Dashtserengiin Saintsetseg Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 30.151:03.04
984 (4) Shannon Austin Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 30.511:03.09
995 (6) Marike Meyer Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 30.581:03.46
1007 (3) Sook Fun Chai Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 30.501:03.69
1015 (1) Rovena Marku Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 30.361:03.72
1024 (2) Dalia Massiel Torrez Zamora Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 30.311:03.84
1034 (7) Karen Torrez Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 30.721:04.04
1047 (7) Razan Taha Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 30.201:04.06
1053 (4) Binta Zahra Diop Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 30.881:04.09
1064 (5) Ekaterina Mamatkulova Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 30.211:04.17
1074 (6) Dohi Eliane Droubry Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 30.191:04.47
1082 (4) Kiran Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 30.391:04.69
1092 (5) Rachel Lannen Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 30.671:05.23
1105 (8) Uche Monu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 31.471:05.34
1114 (3) Anouchka Diane Etiennette Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 31.011:05.65
1125 (7) Prisca Rose Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 31.381:05.70
1133 (1) Stephanie Anne Maitland Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 30.591:06.12
1143 (8) Batjargalyn Telmen Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 31.831:06.28
1152 (7) Sarah Elizabeth Johnson Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 31.911:06.56
1162 (2) Pina Ercolano Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 31.801:06.58
1173 (3) Herinantenaina
   Ravoajanahary
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 31.791:06.90
1182 (6) Hussain Aminath Rouya Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 31.731:07.11
1192 (8) April Chang Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 31.971:07.61
1203 (2) Sameera Albitar Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 31.671:09.07
1211 (4) Olivia Aya Nakitanda Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 33.191:09.76
1222 (1) Julianne Kirchner Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 32.981:10.62
1231 (3) Amber Sikosang Yobech Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 33.531:10.65
1241 (2) Maria Gibbons Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 34.801:14.76
1251 (1) Ruth Magdalena Moshi Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 35.011:15.87
1261 (5) Olga Hachatryan Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 34.011:16.91
1271 (7) Aminath Inas Ismail Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 38.331:22.74
1282 (3) Nahed Akhlif Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 37.481:25.88
1 (6) Katerina Izmailova Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan DNS
3 (7) Ana Roxiero Flag of Angola.svg  Angola DNS
9 (2) Chanelle van Wyk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa DNS
13 (6) Maria Fuster Martinez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNS
15 (1) Soraya Abdourahmane Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania DNS
17 (3) Petra Dallmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS
9 (8) Sharon Paola Fajardo Sierra Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras DSQ

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