Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 23 July. The heats[1] and semifinals[2] took place 22 July, with the final[3] being held on 23 July.

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates22 July 2001 (heats, semifinals)
23 July 2001 (final)
Competitors42
Winning time1 minute 7.18 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Hungary
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Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World record   Penelope Heyns (RSA) 1:06.52 Sydney, Australia 23 August 1999
Championship record   Samantha Riley (AUS) 1:07.69 Rome, Italy 9 September 1994

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
22 July Semifinal 1 Luo Xuejuan   China 1:07.48 CR
23 July Final Luo Xuejuan   China 1:07.18 CR

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sarah Poewe   South Africa 1:08.71 Q
2 Luo Xuejuan   China 1:08.78 Q
3 Leisel Jones   Australia 1:08.86 Q
4 Ágnes Kovács   Hungary 1:08.98 Q
5 Kristy Kowal   United States 1:09.02 Q
6 Rhiannon Leier   Canada 1:09.40 Q
7 Megan Quann   United States 1:09.71 Q
8 Mirna Jukić   Austria 1:09.85 Q
9 Tarnee White   Australia 1:09.94 Q
10 Simone Weiler   Germany 1:09.96 Q
11 Elena Bogomazova   Russia 1:09.99 Q
12 Junko Isoda   Japan 1:10.45 Q
13 Jaime King   United Kingdom 1:10.85 Q
14 Roberta Crescentini   Italy 1:10.90 Q
15 Madelon Baans   Netherlands 1:11.08 Q
16 Elvira Fischer   Austria 1:11.14 Q
17 Emma Igelström   Sweden 1:11.24
18 Yuko Sakaguchi   Japan 1:11.27
19 Christin Petelski   Canada 1:11.42
20 Najken Thorup   Denmark 1:11.45
21 Maria Östling   Sweden 1:11.51
22 Emma Robinson   Ireland 1:11.70
23 Anne-Mari Gulbrandsen   Norway 1:12.45
24 Natalia Hissamutdinova   Estonia 1:12.60
25 Carmela Schlegel   Switzerland 1:13.00
26 Nicolette Teo   Singapore 1:13.01
27 Ku Hyo-Jin   South Korea 1:13.20
28 İlkay Dikmen   Turkey 1:13.34
29 Ziada Jardine   South Africa 1:14.23
30 Yi Ting Siow   Malaysia 1:14.47
31 Valeria Silva   Peru 1:15.57
32 Agata Czaplicki   Switzerland 1:15.69
33 Chen Yi-Fan   Chinese Taipei 1:15.93
34 Anastasiya Korolyova   Uzbekistan 1:17.06
35 Katerine Moreno   Bolivia 1:17.55
36 Weng Lam Cheong   Macau 1:17.66
37 Rebecca Heng   Singapore 1:18.73
38 Beatriz Cordon Towsend   Guatemala 1:20.07
39 Yang Chin-Kuei   Chinese Taipei 1:20.88
40 Kwan Andrea Shun Chum   Macau 1:21.42
41 Xenia Peni   Papua New Guinea 1:23.64
42 Lkhundev Bilguun   Mongolia 1:29.95

Semifinals edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Luo Xuejuan   China 1:07.48 Q, CR
2 Ágnes Kovács   Hungary 1:08.02 Q
3 Leisel Jones   Australia 1:08.58 Q
4 Sarah Poewe   South Africa 1:08.98 Q
5 Mirna Jukić   Austria 1:09.31 Q
6 Megan Quann   United States 1:09.32 Q
7 Kristy Kowal   United States 1:09.37 Q
8 Rhiannon Leier   Canada 1:09.69 Q
9 Tarnee White   Australia 1:09.77
10 Elena Bogomazova   Russia 1:09.92
11 Simone Weiler   Germany 1:10.44
12 Junko Isoda   Japan 1:10.79
13 Madelon Baans   Netherlands 1:10.98
14 Jaime King   United Kingdom 1:11.04
15 Roberta Crescentini   Italy 1:11.12
16 Elvira Fischer   Austria 1:11.18

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Luo Xuejuan   China 1:07.18 CR
  Leisel Jones   Australia 1:07.96
  Ágnes Kovács   Hungary 1:08.50
4 Sarah Poewe   South Africa 1:08.52
5 Megan Quann   United States 1:08.80
6 Kristy Kowal   United States 1:08.92
7 Mirna Jukić   Austria 1:09.48
8 Rhiannon Leier   Canada 1:09.90

References edit

  1. ^ "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Semifinals Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.