Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

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Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Venue World Aquatics Championships Arena
Location Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang
Dates28 July (heats and semifinals)
29 July (final)
Competitors56 from 50 nations
Winning time1:05.19
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2024
2027  

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships WAS held from 28 to 29 July 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore. [1] [2]

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Background

China’s Tang Qianting is the favourite for the event, as she won the event at the 2024 World Championships and finished second at the 2024 Olympics. She won the 2025 Chinese Championships in 1:05.57, the second-fastest time this year, and holds the fastest time of 1:04.39 from the past two years. In April, Great Britain’s Angharad Evans swam 1:05.37, which is the fastest time this year. She is aiming for her first major long course medal. Germany’s Anna Elendt ranks third in 2025 with 1:05.72, her fastest since earning silver in 2022. [3]

The USA’s Kate Douglass, Estonia’s Eneli Jefimova, and Italy’s Anita Bottazzo have all swum under 1:06 in 2025 and are close in rankings. Lithuania’s Rūta Meilutytė and the USA’s Lilly King, both former world champions, are in contention but must return to their past form to reach the podium. Other finalists could include Ireland’s Mona McSharry, Russia’s Evgeniia Chikunova, Japan’s Satomi Suzuki, Italy’s Lisa Angiolini, and Belarus’s Alina Zmushka. [3]

Qualification

Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but they could do so only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 1:06.87 seconds. Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time. For this event, the "B" standard qualification time was 1:09.21 seconds. Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an "A" or "B" standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else. Additional considerations applied to Federations who had few swimmers enter through the standard qualification times. Federations in this category could at least enter two men and two women to the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events. [4] [5]

Top 10 fastest qualification times [6]
SwimmerCountryTimeCompetition
Tang Qianting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:04.392024 Chinese Championships
Tatjana Smith Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:05.00 2024 Summer Olympics
Angharad Evans Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:05.372025 Great British Championships
Lilly King Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.43 2024 United States Olympic Trials
Benedetta Pilato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:05.44Sette Colli 2024
Mona McSharry Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:05.51 2024 Summer Olympics
Anna Elendt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:05.722025 German Championships
Lydia Jacoby Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.74Texas stop of the 2024 TYR Pro Swim Series
Reona Aoki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:05.762024 Japanese Olympic Trials
Kate Douglass Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.79 2025 United States Championships

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. [7]

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Lilly King  (USA)1:04.13 Budapest, Hungary25 July 2017
Competition recordFlag of the United States.svg Lilly King (USA)1:04.13 Budapest, Hungary25 July 2017

Heats

The heats took place on 28 July 10:44. [8] [9]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
165 Mona McSharry Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:05.99Q
255 Anna Elendt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:06.01Q
356 Satomi Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:06.13Q
452 Evgeniia Chikunova   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 1:06.19Q
561 Kotryna Teterevkova Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:06.21Q
663 Kate Douglass Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.32Q
764 Tang Qianting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:06.45Q
857 Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:06.55Q
962 Lisa Angiolini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:06.59Q
1053 Anita Bottazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:06.83Q
1067 Yang Chang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:06.83Q
1250 Dominika Sztandera Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:06.85Q
1266 Eneli Jefimova Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1:06.85Q
1449 Florine Gaspard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:06.89Q, NR
1544 Lilly King Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.93Q
1646 Alina Zmushka   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes A 1:06.96Q
1758 Macarena Ceballos Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:06.99
1854 Angharad Evans Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:07.04
1941 Henrietta Fángli Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:07.08
2045 Reona Aoki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:07.19
2151 Ella Ramsay Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:07.23
2247 Sienna Toohey Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:07.24
2348 Letitia Sim Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:07.25
2442 Anastasia Gorbenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:07.34
2568 Alexanne Lepage Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:07.35
2630 Lanihei Connolly Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 1:07.40 NR [10]
2769 Rebecca Meder Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:07.50
2843 Sophie Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:07.67
2959 Silje Slyngstadli Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:08.31
3024 Veera Kivirinta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:08.33
3140 Clara Rybak-Andersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:08.39
3235 Ko Ha-ru Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:08.46
3336 Teya Nikolova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:08.59
3434 Kristýna Horská Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:08.79
3560 Lisa Mamié Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:08.84
3638 Melissa Rodríguez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:09.30
3737 Emily Santos Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1:09.62
3839 Nikoletta Pavlopoulou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:09.83
3933 Jimena Ruiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:09.84
4032 Andrea Podmaníková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:10.35
4125 Mercedes Toledo Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:10.44
4223 Lynn El Hajj Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1:10.85
4328 Candice Gao Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1:10.86
4429 Maria Erokhina Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1:10.90
4522 Chen Pui Lam Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 1:11.51
4626 Nicole Frank Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1:12.18
4716 Avigayle Tromp Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 1:12.25 NR
4820 Lea Osberg Højsted Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 1:13.19
4927 Nàdia Tudó Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1:13.28
5021 Adelaida Pchelintseva Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1:13.46
5114 Jayla Pina Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 1:14.00
5213 Stella Gjoka Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 1:15.07
5315 Marina Abu Shamaleh Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 1:15.60
5411 Maria Batallones Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 1:17.38
5517 Duana Lama Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 1:17.71
5612 Sairy Escalante Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 1:19.67
31 Phee Jinq En Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Did not start

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 28 July at 19:29. [8] [11]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
113 Kate Douglass Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.49Q
212 Anita Bottazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:05.61Q
326 Tang Qianting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:05.87Q
415 Evgeniia Chikunova   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 1:05.97Q
518 Alina Zmushka   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes A 1:06.09Q
625 Satomi Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:06.12Q
714 Anna Elendt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:06.13Q
823 Kotryna Teterevkova Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:06.17Q
928 Lilly King Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.26
1021 Eneli Jefimova Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1:06.28
1124 Mona McSharry Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:06.33
1222 Lisa Angiolini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:06.40
1316 Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:06.57
1427 Yang Chang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:06.84
1517 Dominika Sztandera Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:07.34
1611 Florine Gaspard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:07.46

Final

The final took place on 29 July at 20:44. [8] [12]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg1 Anna Elendt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:05.19 NR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Kate Douglass Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.27
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Tang Qianting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:05.64
47 Satomi Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:05.78
56 Evgeniia Chikunova   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B 1:06.04
65 Anita Bottazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:06.06
72 Alina Zmushka   World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes A 1:06.38
88 Kotryna Teterevkova Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:06.61

References

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