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

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held in July 2011; the heats and the semifinals were held on 28 July and the final on 29 July.

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates28 July 2011 (heats and semifinals)
29 July 2011 (final)
Competitors79 from 66 nations
Winning time53.45
Medalists
gold medal    Denmark
gold medal    Belarus
bronze medal    Netherlands
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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
Britta Steffen   Germany 52.07 Rome 31 July 2009

Results edit

Heats edit

77 swimmers participated in 10 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 4 Femke Heemskerk   Netherlands 53.75 Q
2 8 6 Jeanette Ottesen   Denmark 53.88 Q
3 9 3 Ranomi Kromowidjojo   Netherlands 54.10 Q
4 8 5 Dana Vollmer   United States 54.24 Q
5 10 3 Camille Muffat   France 54.35 Q
6 8 3 Yolane Kukla   Australia 54.37 Q
6 10 5 Alicia Coutts   Australia 54.37 Q
6 10 6 Tang Yi   China 54.37 Q
9 10 4 Francesca Halsall   Great Britain 54.38 Q
10 9 5 Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 54.47 Q
11 8 8 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace   Bahamas 54.51 Q NR
12 9 4 Natalie Coughlin   United States 54.72 Q
13 8 2 Victoria Poon   Canada 54.74 Q
14 8 7 Ida Marko-Varga   Sweden 54.81 Q
15 9 1 Gabriella Fagundez   Sweden 54.81 Q
16 9 6 Britta Steffen   Germany 54.86 Q
17 10 2 Veronika Popova   Russia 54.88
18 10 7 Amy Smith   Great Britain 54.93
19 9 7 Wang Shijia   China 54.99
20 7 6 Hanna-Maria Seppälä   Finland 55.06
21 7 4 Chantal Vanlandegem   Canada 55.07
22 10 1 Pernille Blume   Denmark 55.14
23 8 1 Daniela Schreiber   Germany 55.24
24 7 1 Theodora Drakou   Greece 55.52
25 9 8 Tatiana Lemos Barbosa   Brazil 55.55
26 6 5 Karin Prinsloo   South Africa 55.57
27 7 3 Hannah Wilson   Hong Kong 55.71
28 7 5 Natasha Hind   New Zealand 55.72
29 6 4 Birgit Koschischek   Austria 55.75
30 9 2 Evelyn Verrasztó   Hungary 55.76
31 6 3 Sara Isakovič   Slovenia 55.81
32 7 8 Nina Rangelova   Bulgaria 55.81
33 6 2 Liliana Ibanez   Mexico 56.07
34 6 6 Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir   Iceland 56.28
35 7 7 Natsuki Hasegawa   Japan 56.30
36 7 2 Miroslava Najdanovski   Serbia 56.42
37 6 8 Katarina Listopadova   Slovakia 56.52
38 5 5 Natthanan Junkrajang   Thailand 56.86
39 6 1 Amanda Lim   Singapore 57.00
40 6 7 Katarina Filova   Slovakia 57.06
41 5 2 Chinyere Pigot   Suriname 57.34
42 5 6 Nicole Horn   Zimbabwe 57.70
43 5 3 Megan Fonteno   American Samoa 57.85
44 5 4 Jasmine Al-Khaldi   Philippines 58.02
45 4 5 Karen Torrez   Bolivia 58.05
46 4 4 Anna-Liza Mopio   Papua New Guinea 58.86
47 5 8 Bayan Jumah   Syria 59.22
48 5 7 Kiera Aitken   Bermuda 59.39
49 5 1 Clelia Tini   San Marino 59.50
50 4 3 Karen Schulz   Paraguay 59.52
51 4 2 Christine Briedenhann   Namibia 59.55
52 4 6 Jessica Vieira   Mozambique 1:00.14
53 4 8 Branka Vranjes   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:00.40
54 4 7 Jade Ashleigh Howard   Zambia 1:01.24
55 3 6 Britany van Lange   Guyana 1:01.39
56 3 3 Judith Meauri   Papua New Guinea 1:01.54
57 3 5 Monica Vasilyan   Armenia 1:01.82
58 3 2 Zamantha Hoss   Panama 1:02.12
59 3 1 Ifiezegbe Gagbe   Nigeria 1:02.44
60 4 1 Fabiola Isabel Espinoza   Nicaragua 1:03.54
61 3 4 Estellah Fils Rabetsara   Madagascar 1:03.62
62 2 4 Amelie Trinquier   Monaco 1:04.08
63 3 7 Reshika Udugampola   Sri Lanka 1:04.23
64 2 3 Magdalena Moshi   Tanzania 1:05.39
65 2 6 Celeste Brown   Cook Islands 1:05.76
66 2 2 Kuheilani Snow   French Polynesia 1:05.99
67 2 1 Keesha Keane   Palau 1:06.15
68 3 8 Mareme Faye   Senegal 1:06.37
69 2 8 Debra Daniel   Micronesia 1:06.87
70 1 5 Osisang Chilton   Palau 1:07.62
71 1 7 Antoinette Guedia Mouafo   Cameroon 1:09.28
72 2 7 Grace Kimball   Northern Mariana Islands 1:09.70
73 1 2 Shreya Dhital     Nepal 1:10.82
74 1 4 Katerina Izmailova   Tajikistan 1:11.56
75 1 3 Sara Al Flaij   Bahrain 1:14.86
76 1 1 Elsie Uwamahoro   Burundi 1:17.70
77 1 6 Sihame Ayouba Ali   Comoros 1:21.54
2 5 Gouri Kotecha   Tanzania DNS
10 8 Federica Pellegrini   Italy DNS

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held at 18:02.[2]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Francesca Halsall   Great Britain 53.48 Q
2 4 Jeanette Ottesen   Denmark 53.88 Q
3 5 Dana Vollmer   United States 54.05 Q
4 2 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace   Bahamas 54.46 NR
5 7 Victoria Poon   Canada 54.82
6 3 Yolane Kukla   Australia 54.87
7 1 Gabriella Fagundez   Sweden 54.92
8 8 Amy Smith   Great Britain 55.33

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Femke Heemskerk   Netherlands 53.67 Q
2 6 Alicia Coutts   Australia 53.78 Q
3 5 Ranomi Kromowidjojo   Netherlands 53.94 Q
4 7 Natalie Coughlin   United States 54.05 Q
5 2 Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 54.26 Q
6 3 Camille Muffat   France 54.28
7 1 Ida Marko-Varga   Sweden 54.78
8 8 Veronika Popova   Russia 54.82

Final edit

The final was held at 18:02.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  6 Jeanette Ottesen   Denmark 53.45
  8 Aleksandra Gerasimenya   Belarus 53.45
  2 Ranomi Kromowidjojo   Netherlands 53.66
4 4 Francesca Halsall   Great Britain 53.72
4 5 Femke Heemskerk   Netherlands 53.72
6 3 Alicia Coutts   Australia 53.81
7 7 Dana Vollmer   United States 54.19
8 1 Natalie Coughlin   United States 54.22

References edit

  1. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 28 July 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 28 July 2011.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 29 July 2011.[permanent dead link]

External links edit