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

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The Women's 100m Backstroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 26 March (prelims & semifinals) and the evening of 27 March (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 87 swimmers were entered in the event, of which, 86 swam.

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Existing records at the start of the event started were:

Results

Finals

PlaceNameNationalityTimeNote
1st Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg USA 59.44 WR
50m= 28.30 CR*
2nd Laure Manaudou Flag of France.svg France 59.87 ER
3rd Reiko Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1:00.40 NR
4th Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1:00.52
5th Hanae Ito Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1:00.63
6th Iryna Amshennikova Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1:00.79
7th Anastasia Zuyeva Flag of Russia.svg Russia 1:01.38
8th Tayliah Zimmer Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1:02.68

Note: Coughlin's 50m split of 28.30 in the Final, established a new Championship Record for the distance. The existing CR for the distance had been 28.31 by China's Gao Chang from Montreal 2005.

Semifinals

RankSwimmerNationTimeNote
1 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1:00.51Q, NR
2 Laure Manaudou Flag of France.svg France 1:00.55Q
3 Hanae Ito Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1:00.62Q
4 Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg USA 1:00.64Q
5 Reiko Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1:00.71Q
6 Tayliah Zimmer Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1:01.06Q
7 Iryna Amshennikova Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1:01.21Q
8 Anastasia Zuyeva Flag of Russia.svg Russia 1:01.23Q
9 Nikolett Szepesi Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 1:01.29
10 Leila Vaziri Flag of the United States.svg USA 1:01.39
11 Sanja Jovanović Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 1:01.59
12 XU Tianlongzi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1:01.70
13 Antje Buschschulte Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1:01.71
14 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 1:01.73
15 Hannah McLean Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1:01.80
16 Kateryna Zubkova Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1:02.04

Preliminaries

RankSwimmerNationTimeNote
1 Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg USA 1:00.36Q
2 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 1:00.57Q
3 Reiko Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1:00.80Q
4 Laure Manaudou Flag of France.svg France 1:00.92Q
5 Hanae Ito Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1:01.25Q
6 Leila Vaziri Flag of the United States.svg USA 1:01.36Q
7 Tayliah Zimmer Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1:01.38Q
8 Iryna Amshennikova Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1:01.43Q
9 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1:01.70Q
10 Nikolett Szepesi Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 1:01.74Q
11 Anastasia Zuyeva Flag of Russia.svg Russia 1:01.89Q
12 Antje Buschschulte Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1:01.94Q
Hannah McLean Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Q
14 XU Tianlongzi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1:02.03Q
15 Kateryna Zubkova Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1:02.05Q
16 Sanja Jovanović Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 1:02.11Q
17 Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 1:02.41
18 Fabíola Molina Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1:02.43
Elena Gemo Flag of Italy.svg Italy
20 Louise Ørnstedt Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 1:02.49
21 Janine Pietsch Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1:02.72
22 Alessia Filippi Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1:02.73
23 Esther Baron Flag of France.svg France 1:02.79
24 Elizabeth Simmonds Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 1:02.87
25 ZHAO Jing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1:02.98
26 Aliaksandra Kavaleva Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 1:03.25
27 Karin Prinsloo Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1:03.31
28 Kelly Stefanyshyn Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1:03.38
29 Petra Klosova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 1:03.40
30 Iwona Lefanowicz Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1:03.43
31 Anna Gostomelsky Flag of Israel.svg Israel 1:03.44
32 Carin Möller Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1:03.47
33 Liz Coster Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1:03.58
34 Mercedes Peris Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1:03.69
35 Erin Volcán Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 1:03.85
36 Yoo Jin Jung Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1:03.97
37 Julia Wilkinson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1:04.02
38 Therese Svendsen Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1:04.15
39 Carolina Colorado Henao Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 1:04.39
40 Melanie Nocher Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 1:04.44
41 Escarlata Bernard Gonzalez Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1:04.93
42 Nam Eun Lee Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1:05.01
43 Hikelien Schreuder Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1:05.09
44 Triin Aljand Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 1:05.53
45 Kiera Aitken Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda 1:05.65
46 Lynette Ng Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 1:05.84
47 Lourdes Villaseñor Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 1:06.05
48 Valentina Georgiana Brat Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1:06.19
49 Man Hsu Lin Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 1:06.79
50 Caroline Pickering Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 1:07.27
51 Hsu Jung He Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 1:07.28
52 Felicia Leksono Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 1:07.32
53 Nazli Ege Calisal Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 1:07.43
54 Sook Fun Chai Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 1:07.85
55 Layla Alghul Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 1:08.13
56 Natalie Ferdinand Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 1:08.74
57 Ming Xiu Ong Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 1:08.97
58 Christie Bodden Flag of Panama.svg Panama 1:09.31
59 Slavica Pavic Flag of Peru.svg Peru 1:09.32
60 Wenika Kaewchaiwong Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1:09.47
61 Madelein Scerri Flag of Malta.svg Malta 1:09.59
62 Massie Milagros Carrillo Flag of Peru.svg Peru 1:09.75
63 Weng Kuan Flag of Macau.svg Macao 1:09.83
64 Jonay Briedenhann Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 1:10.46
65 Karen Torrez Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 1:10.78
66 Khadija Ciss Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 1:11.15
67 Thi Cuc Hoang Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 1:11.28
68 Yulduz Kuchkarova Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 1:11.47
69 Obia Inyengiyikabo Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1:11.61
70 Lacy Palmer-Martin Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia 1:12.07
71 Man Wai Fong Flag of Macau.svg Macao 1:12.25
72 Jessica Teixeira Vieira Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 1:12.32
73 Maria Virginia Baez Franco Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 1:12.46
74 Rachel Fortunato Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar 1:12.93
75 Marie Laura Meza Peraza Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 1:13.01
76 Mirjana Stojanova Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia 1:15.07
77 Dalia Massiel Torrez Zamora Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 1:16.20
78 Siona Huxley Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia 1:16.60
79 Binta Zahra Diop Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 1:16.96
80 Anouchka Diane Etiennette Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 1:17.40
81 Uche Monu Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1:17.93
82 Maxine Pardo Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar 1:18.24
83 Judith Meauri Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 1:19.64
84 Sarah Elizabeth Johnson Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands 1:19.90
85 Amber Sikosang Yobech Flag of Palau.svg Palau 1:20.78
86 Natasha Ratter Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 1:2.54
-- Aleksandra Gerasimenya Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus DNS

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