Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29–30 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2]

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
VenuePalau Sant Jordi
DateJuly 29, 2013 (heats &
semifinals)
July 30, 2013 (final)
Competitors59 from 51 nations
Winning time1:04.42
Medalists
gold medal    Lithuania
silver medal    Russia
bronze medal    United States
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Barcelona Palau San Jordi

Records edit

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

World record   Jessica Hardy (USA) 1:04.45 Federal Way, United States 7 August 2009 [3][4]
Competition record   Rebecca Soni (USA) 1:04.84 Rome, Italy 27 July 2009 [5]

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
29 July Heats Rūta Meilutytė   Lithuania 1:04.52 CR
29 July Semifinal 2 Rūta Meilutytė   Lithuania 1:04.35 WR

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were held at 10:30.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Rūta Meilutytė   Lithuania 1:04.52 Q, CR, ER
2 7 5 Jessica Hardy   United States 1:05.18 Q
3 5 5 Yuliya Yefimova   Russia 1:05.24 Q, NR
4 6 4 Rikke Møller Pedersen   Denmark 1:06.30 Q
5 6 3 Viktoriya Solnceva   Ukraine 1:06.79 Q, NR
6 5 4 Breeja Larson   United States 1:06.83 Q
7 6 1 Marina García   Spain 1:07.18 Q, NR
8 7 3 Jennie Johansson   Sweden 1:07.21 Q
9 6 6 Sally Foster   Australia 1:07.59 Q
10 5 3 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 1:07.76 Q
11 6 5 Satomi Suzuki   Japan 1:07.79 Q
12 5 1 Fiona Doyle   Ireland 1:07.88 Q
13 5 7 Petra Chocová   Czech Republic 1:08.18 Q, NR
14 7 6 Moniek Nijhuis   Netherlands 1:08.29 Q
15 6 2 Samantha Marshall   Australia 1:08.33 Q
16 5 0 Kim Janssens   Belgium 1:08.36 Q, NR
17 7 7 Sun Ye   China 1:08.49
18 4 3 Amit Ivry   Israel 1:08.52 NR
19 7 8 Lisa Fissneider   Italy 1:08.53
20 5 8 Shi Jinglin   China 1:08.59
20 7 9 Jenna Laukkanen   Finland 1:08.59 NR
22 5 2 Sophie Allen   Great Britain 1:08.62
22 7 0 Caroline Ruhnau   Germany 1:08.62
24 6 8 Joline Höstman   Sweden 1:08.63
25 6 7 Anna Belousova   Russia 1:08.69
26 5 9 Back Su-Yeon   South Korea 1:09.11
27 5 6 Kanako Watanabe   Japan 1:09.28
28 7 2 Tera van Beilen   Canada 1:09.45
29 7 1 Michela Guzzetti   Italy 1:09.54
30 4 4 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir   Iceland 1:09.75
31 6 0 Mariia Liver   Ukraine 1:09.95
32 4 5 Tara-Lynn Nicholas   South Africa 1:10.22
33 3 4 Yvette Man Yi Kong   Hong Kong 1:10.37
34 4 6 Julia Sebastian   Argentina 1:10.56
35 4 2 Erica Dittmer   Mexico 1:10.82
36 4 7 Samantha Yeo   Singapore 1:11.17
37 4 1 Siow Yi Ting   Malaysia 1:11.25
37 4 0 Alona Ribakova   Latvia 1:11.25
39 6 9 Beatriz Travalon   Brazil 1:11.39
40 4 9 Caroline Reitshammer   Austria 1:11.43
41 1 3 Dariya Talanova   Kyrgyzstan 1:11.45 NR
42 4 8 Zuzana Mimovicova   Slovakia 1:11.67
43 3 5 Ioana Alexandra Popa   Romania 1:11.81
44 3 7 Daniela Lindemeier   Namibia 1:12.06
45 3 3 Ivana Ninković   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:12.39
46 3 6 Chen I-chuan   Chinese Taipei 1:13.25
47 3 1 Tatiana Chişca   Moldova 1:14.11
48 2 6 Vanessa Rivas   Dominican Republic 1:14.77 NR
49 3 8 Evita Leter   Suriname 1:15.31
50 3 2 Irene Chrysostomou   Cyprus 1:15.45
51 2 3 Barbara Vali-Skelton   Papua New Guinea 1:16.03
52 3 0 Jamila Lunkuse   Uganda 1:16.15
53 2 4 Natalia Gomez   Costa Rica 1:16.96
54 2 7 Lianna Swan   Pakistan 1:19.61 NR
55 2 2 Rachael Tonjor   Nigeria 1:19.81
56 2 5 Chade Nersicio   Netherlands Antilles 1:21.47
57 2 8 Bonita Imsirovic   Botswana 1:21.97
58 2 1 Mira Shami   Jordan 1:22.05
59 1 4 Shne Joachim   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:23.09
60 1 5 Charmel Sogbadji   Benin 1:43.41
60 1 6 Ramatoulaye Camara   Guinea 1:43.41
3 9 Ngô Thị Ngọc Quỳnh   Vietnam DNS

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held at 18:29.[7]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Rikke Møller Pedersen   Denmark 1:05.99 Q
2 4 Jessica Hardy   United States 1:06.10 Q
3 3 Breeja Larson   United States 1:06.61 Q
4 6 Jennie Johansson   Sweden 1:06.96 Q, NR
5 2 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 1:07.63
6 1 Moniek Nijhuis   Netherlands 1:07.77
7 7 Fiona Doyle   Ireland 1:07.81
8 8 Kim Janssens   Belgium 1:08.73

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Rūta Meilutytė   Lithuania 1:04.35 Q, WR
2 5 Yuliya Yefimova   Russia 1:05.29 Q
3 3 Viktoriya Solnceva   Ukraine 1:06.67 Q, NR
4 6 Marina García   Spain 1:07.12 Q, NR
5 7 Satomi Suzuki   Japan 1:07.83
6 2 Sally Foster   Australia 1:08.04
7 1 Petra Chocová   Czech Republic 1:08.10
8 8 Samantha Marshall   Australia 1:08.31

Final edit

The final was held at 19:48.[8]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Rūta Meilutytė   Lithuania 1:04.42
  5 Yuliya Yefimova   Russia 1:05.02 NR
  6 Jessica Hardy   United States 1:05.52
4 3 Rikke Møller Pedersen   Denmark 1:05.93
5 2 Breeja Larson   United States 1:06.74
6 7 Viktoriya Solnceva   Ukraine 1:06.81
7 8 Marina García   Spain 1:07.08 NR
8 1 Jennie Johansson   Sweden 1:07.41

References edit

  1. ^ "BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule". FINA. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "Jessica Hardy wins her third medal at U.S. Open". USA Today. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Hardy claims third medal in 50 free". ESPN. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  5. ^ "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Rebecca Soni Breaks 1:05 in 100 Breast For World Record in Semis". Swimming World Magazine. 27 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  6. ^ Heats Results
  7. ^ Semifinals Results
  8. ^ Final Results

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