2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Women's 100m Backstroke
at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Women's 100m Backstroke ; at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates	12 December (heats and semifinals); 13 December (final)
Winning time	56.64
Medalists
	← 2010 2014 →

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12 – 13 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Records edit

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Shiho Sakai	Japan	55.23	Berlin	15 November 2009
Championship record	Natalie Coughlin	United States	56.08	Dubai	16 December 2010

No new records were set during this competition.

Results edit

Heats edit

67 swimmers participated in 7 heats.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	6	5	Simona Baumrtová (CZE)	57.65	Q
2	7	4	Daryna Zevina (UKR)	57.66	Q
3	5	8	Olivia Smoliga (USA)	57.75	Q
4	7	3	Mie Nielsen (DEN)	57.83	Q
5	5	5	Grace Loh (AUS)	57.89	Q
6	5	3	Georgia Davies (GBR)	57.94	Q
7	7	2	Arianna Barbieri (ITA)	58.02	Q
8	7	5	Kira Toussaint (NED)	58.23	Q
9	5	4	Rachel Goh (AUS)	58.35	Q
10	6	3	Duane Da Rocha (ESP)	58.40	Q
11	5	9	Megan Romano (USA)	58.45	Q
12	6	4	Elizabeth Simmonds (GBR)	58.48	Q
13	7	6	Zhou Yanxin (CHN)	58.73	Q
14	5	1	Marie Kamimura (JPN)	58.75	Q
15	6	6	Michelle Coleman (SWE)	58.83	Q
16	5	6	Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)	58.86	Q
17	5	7	Fernanda González (MEX)	58.94	NR
18	6	2	Anja Čarman (SLO)	59.02
19	4	4	Carolina Colorado Henao (COL)	59.19	NR
20	5	0	Jessica Ashley-Cooper (RSA)	59.35
21	6	8	Melissa Ingram (NZL)	59.36
22	6	7	Fabíola Molina (BRA)	59.37
23	7	9	Karin Prinsloo (RSA)	59.68
24	4	3	Evelyn Verrasztó (HUN)	59.69
25	7	1	Jenny Mensing (GER)	59.76
26	7	0	Alicja Tchórz (POL)	59.84
27	6	1	Polina Lapshina (RUS)	1:00.10
28	6	0	Etiene Medeiros (BRA)	1:00.88
29	7	8	Noriko Inada (JPN)	1:00.93
30	6	9	Fu Yuanhui (CHN)	1:01.08
30	7	7	Chantal van Landeghem (CAN)	1:01.08
32	4	6	Hanna-Maria Seppälä (FIN)	1:01.14
33	1	8	Yekaterina Rudenko (KAZ)	1:01.16
34	4	5	Ida Lindborg (SWE)	1:01.23
35	4	1	Sarah Rolko (LUX)	1:01.37
36	4	0	Birita Debes (FRO)	1:01.68
37	4	2	Hazal Sarıkaya (TUR)	1:01.86
38	4	7	Halime Zulal Zeren (TUR)	1:02.40
39	4	8	Kätlin Sepp (EST)	1:02.97
40	3	5	Lynette Ng (SIN)	1:03.54	NR
41	5	2	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên (VIE)	1:03.63
42	3	7	Araya Wongvat (THA)	1:03.78
43	3	2	Inés Remersaro (URU)	1:04.32
44	3	9	Caroline Pickering Puamau (FIJ)	1:04.37
45	3	6	Vong Erica Man Wai (MAC)	1:04.69
46	3	4	Agata Magner (POL)	1:04.94
47	4	9	Tatiana Perstniova (MDA)	1:05.07
48	2	3	Mariangel Hidalgo (CRC)	1:05.43
49	2	5	Lanoe Talisa Erwan (KEN)	1:05.64	NR
50	3	1	Anahit Barseghyan (ARM)	1:05.71	NR
51	3	0	Mónica Ramírez (AND)	1:05.81
52	3	3	Yessy Yosaputra (INA)	1:05.84
53	2	4	Kuan Weng I (MAC)	1:06.71
54	3	8	Kimiko Shihara Raheem (SRI)	1:07.25
55	2	6	Naomi Ruele (BOT)	1:07.59
56	2	2	Field Anita Zahra (KEN)	1:08.32
57	2	8	Nur Hamizah Ahmad (BRU)	1:09.68	NR
58	2	7	Fabiola Espinoza (NCA)	1:10.88
59	2	1	Lianna Catherine Swan (PAK)	1:11.53
60	2	0	Monica Saili (SAM)	1:11.88
61	1	7	K. Zin Win (MYA)	1:12.01
62	2	9	Tegan McCarthy (PNG)	1:12.61
63	1	4	Victoria Chentsova (NMI)	1:14.14
64	1	2	Domoinanavalona Amboaratiana (MAD)	1:14.39
65	1	6	Felicity Passon (SEY)	1:15.64
66	1	3	Danielle Atoigue (GUM)	1:19.86
67	1	5	Ann Marie Hepler (MHL)	1:21.89
	1	0	Erika Torrellas (VEN)	DNS
	1	1	Andreina Pinto (VEN)	DNS

Semifinals edit

16 swimmers participated in 2 heats.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	5	Mie Nielsen	Denmark	57.15	Q, NR
2	2	2	Rachel Goh	Australia	57.39	Q
3	1	3	Georgia Davies	Great Britain	57.41	Q
4	2	4	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	57.62	Q
4	2	3	Grace Loh	Australia	57.62	Q
6	1	4	Daryna Zevina	Ukraine	57.66	Q
7	2	5	Olivia Smoliga	United States	57.74	Q
8	1	2	Duane Da Rocha	Spain	58.15	Q
9	2	1	Zhou Yanxin	China	58.21
10	1	7	Elizabeth Simmonds	Great Britain	58.34
11	1	6	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	58.36
12	2	7	Megan Romano	United States	58.46
13	2	6	Arianna Barbieri	Italy	58.50
14	2	8	Michelle Coleman	Sweden	58.65
15	1	8	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Netherlands	58.89
16	1	1	Marie Kamimura	Japan	59.23

Final edit

The final was held at 19:59.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Olivia Smoliga	United States	56.64
	4	Mie Nielsen	Denmark	57.07	NR
	6	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	57.18	NR
4	5	Rachel Goh	Australia	57.31
5	3	Georgia Davies	Great Britain	57.32
6	2	Grace Loh	Australia	57.34
7	7	Daryna Zevina	Ukraine	57.67
8	8	Duane Da Rocha	Spain	58.14

References edit

^ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre backstroke (heats)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
^ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre backstroke (semifinals)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
^ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre backstroke (final)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2012-12-13.

External links edit

2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Women's 100 metre backstroke entry list, from OmegaTiming.com.

[1] "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre backstroke (heats)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2012-12-12.

[2] "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre backstroke (semifinals)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-12.

[3] "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre backstroke (final)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2012-12-13.

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