Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships were held on July 25 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and July 26 with the final.

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 25, 2011 (heats and semifinals)
July 26, 2011 (final)
Competitors53 from 44 nations
Winning time59.05
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    Russia
bronze medal    United States
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Records edit

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
Championship record
Gemma Spofforth   United Kingdom 58.12 Rome July 28, 2009

Results edit

Heats edit

53 swimmers participated in 7 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 3 Natalie Coughlin   United States 59.73 Q
2 7 2 Sinead Russell   Canada 59.80 Q
3 5 4 Emily Seebohm   Australia 59.87 Q
4 6 4 Aya Terakawa   Japan 59.95 Q
5 6 6 Elizabeth Pelton   United States 1:00.19 Q
6 7 3 Belinda Hocking   Australia 1:00.23 Q
7 5 3 Shiho Sakai   Japan 1:00.34 Q
8 6 5 Elizabeth Simmonds   Great Britain 1:00.38 Q
9 6 1 Sharon van Rouwendaal   Netherlands 1:00.61 Q
10 7 4 Zhao Jing   China 1:00.66 Q
11 5 6 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 1:00.82 Q
12 7 5 Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia 1:00.88 Q
13 5 2 Duane da Rocha   Spain 1:01.19 Q
14 4 3 Karin Prinsloo   South Africa 1:01.34 Q
15 5 1 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 1:01.36 Q
16 7 8 Ekaterina Avramova   Bulgaria 1:01.39 Q NR
17 6 7 Melissa Ingram   New Zealand 1:01.48
18 7 7 Mercedes Peris   Spain 1:01.55
19 5 7 Kseniya Moskvina   Russia 1:01.59
20 7 1 Elena Gemo   Italy 1:01.62
21 6 2 Jenny Mensing   Germany 1:01.64
22 7 6 Gao Chang   China 1:01.84
23 5 5 Gemma Spofforth   Great Britain 1:01.89
24 4 2 Mie Nielsen   Denmark 1:01.90
25 4 7 Alicja Tchorz   Poland 1:02.04
26 6 8 Maria Gonzalez Ramirez   Mexico 1:02.16
27 4 8 Lau Yin Yan   Hong Kong 1:02.45
28 4 1 Kimberly Buys   Belgium 1:02.48
29 2 5 Anja Čarman   Slovenia 1:02.61
30 4 5 Simona Baumrtová   Czech Republic 1:02.71
31 3 1 Sanja Jovanović   Croatia 1:02.75
32 5 8 Alina Vats   Ukraine 1:02.80
33 2 3 Yulduz Kuchkarova   Uzbekistan 1:02.98
34 2 6 Anna Volchkov   Israel 1:03.12
35 3 2 Hanna-Maria Seppälä   Finland 1:03.18
36 4 6 Therese Svendsen   Sweden 1:03.36
37 3 5 Melanie Nocher   Ireland 1:03.43
38 2 4 Kiera Aitken   Bermuda 1:03.59
39 3 6 Hazal Sarikaya   Turkey 1:03.69
40 3 7 Yekaterina Rudenko   Kazakhstan 1:03.78
41 4 4 Sviatlana Khakhlova   Belarus 1:03.99
42 3 3 Alana Dillette   Bahamas 1:04.27
43 3 4 Etiene Medeiros   Brazil 1:05.18
44 2 2 Tiffany Sudarma   Indonesia 1:05.19
45 2 1 Tatiana Perstneva   Moldova 1:05.35
46 2 7 Monica Ramirez Abella   Andorra 1:05.56
47 1 4 Ines Remarsaro   Uruguay 1:05.73
48 2 8 Karen Vilorio   Honduras 1:07.15
49 3 8 Shana Lim   Singapore 1:07.23
50 1 5 Siona Huxley   Saint Lucia 1:08.96
51 1 3 Anahit Barseghyan   Armenia 1:08.99
52 1 6 Jessika Cossa   Mozambique 1:09.74
53 1 2 Angelique Trinquier   Monaco 1:11.38

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held at 18:46.[2]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia 59.41 Q
2 2 Zhao Jing   China 59.44 Q
3 4 Sinead Russell   Canada 59.68 Q, NR
4 3 Belinda Hocking   Australia 59.69 Q
5 6 Elizabeth Simmonds   Great Britain 59.80 Q
6 5 Aya Terakawa   Japan 59.81 Q
7 8 Ekaterina Avramova   Bulgaria 1:01.10 NR
8 1 Karin Prinsloo   South Africa 1:01.54

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Natalie Coughlin   United States 59.38 Q
2 5 Emily Seebohm   Australia 59.54 Q
3 6 Shiho Sakai   Japan 59.94
4 8 Daryna Zevina   Ukraine 1:00.05 NR
5 2 Sharon van Rouwendaal   Netherlands 1:00.14
5 3 Elizabeth Pelton   United States 1:00.14
7 7 Julia Wilkinson   Canada 1:00.35
8 1 Duane da Rocha   Spain 1:00.55

Final edit

The final was held at 18:11.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Zhao Jing   China 59.05
  5 Anastasia Zuyeva   Russia 59.06
  4 Natalie Coughlin   United States 59.15
4 6 Emily Seebohm   Australia 59.21
5 8 Aya Terakawa   Japan 59.35
6 7 Belinda Hocking   Australia 59.53
7 1 Elizabeth Simmonds   Great Britain 59.89
8 2 Sinead Russell   Canada 1:00.20

References edit

  1. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-25.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-25.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-26.

External links edit