Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly

The Women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 2 August with the heats and the semifinals and 3 August with the final.[1]

Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates2 August (heats and semifinals)
3 August (final)
Competitors69 from 57 nations
Winning time55.64 WR
Medalists
gold medal    Sweden
silver medal    Denmark
bronze medal    China
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Records edit

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

World record   Dana Vollmer (USA) 55.98 London, Great Britain 29 July 2012
Competition record   Sarah Sjöström (SWE) 56.06 Rome, Italy 27 July 2009

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
2 August Semifinal 2 Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 55.74 WR, CR
3 August Final Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 55.64 WR, CR

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were held on 2 August at 09:30.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 56.47 Q
2 6 4 Jeanette Ottesen   Denmark 57.79 Q
3 5 5 Inge Dekker   Netherlands 57.82 Q
4 7 2 Lu Ying   China 57.84 Q
5 5 4 Katerine Savard   Canada 57.96 Q
6 6 7 Alexandra Wenk   Germany 58.05 Q
7 5 6 Kendyl Stewart   United States 58.06 Q
8 7 5 Emma McKeon   Australia 58.12 Q
9 7 1 An Se-hyeon   South Korea 58.24 Q, NR
10 6 5 Madeline Groves   Australia 58.31 Q
11 6 6 Chen Xinyi   China 58.34 Q, =WJ
12 7 7 Noemie Thomas   Canada 58.35 Q
13 7 8 Kimberly Buys   Belgium 58.36 Q, NR
14 6 3 Ilaria Bianchi   Italy 58.37 Q
15 7 0 Natsumi Hoshi   Japan 58.47 Q
16 5 3 Rachael Kelly   Great Britain 58.48 QSO
16 6 9 Farida Osman   Egypt 58.48 QSO, NR
18 5 1 Daynara de Paula   Brazil 58.59
19 5 2 Jemma Lowe   Great Britain 58.74
20 6 2 Claire Donahue   United States 58.77
21 6 1 Marie Wattel   France 58.84
22 6 8 Katarína Listopadová   Slovakia 58.87
23 4 5 Anna Ntountounaki   Greece 58.90
24 7 9 Béryl Gastaldello   France 59.06
25 5 8 Evelyn Verrasztó   Hungary 59.09
26 5 7 Nataliya Lovtsova   Russia 59.11
27 5 9 Danielle Villars    Switzerland 59.21 NR
28 5 0 Anna Polyakova   Russia 59.42
29 4 8 Sze Hang Yu   Hong Kong 59.72
30 4 4 Park Jin-young   South Korea 59.74
31 6 0 Daiene Dias   Brazil 59.75
32 7 6 Elena Di Liddo   Italy 59.78
33 4 3 Judit Ignacio Sorribes   Spain 59.87
34 4 7 Emilia Pikkarainen   Finland 1:00.16
34 4 1 Lucie Svěcená   Czech Republic 1:00.16
36 4 9 Quah Ting Wen   Singapore 1:00.30
37 3 4 Jessica Camposano   Colombia 1:00.42
38 3 5 Isabella Páez   Venezuela 1:00.58 NR
39 4 0 Nastja Govejšek   Slovenia 1:01.15
40 3 7 Ana Monteiro   Portugal 1:01.53
41 3 3 Marie Meza   Costa Rica 1:01.59
42 3 2 Jasmine Al-Khaldi   Philippines 1:02.37
43 3 6 Jóhanna Gústafsdóttir   Iceland 1:02.43
44 3 8 Sotiria Neofytou   Cyprus 1:02.83
45 4 6 Sharo Rodríguez   Mexico 1:02.97
46 4 2 Laura Arroyo   Mexico 1:03.18
47 2 7 Felicity Passon   Seychelles 1:03.29
48 3 9 Amina Kajtaz   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:03.39
49 1 4 Noel Borshi   Albania 1:03.65
50 3 1 Monalisa Lorenza   Indonesia 1:03.85
51 3 0 Talita Baqlah   Jordan 1:04.23
52 2 5 Jannah Sonnenschein   Mozambique 1:04.48
53 2 4 Estefania Urzua   Chile 1:04.64
54 2 2 Dalia Torrez Zamora   Nicaragua 1:04.75
55 2 1 Emily Muteti   Kenya 1:04.91
56 2 6 Caylee Watson   Virgin Islands 1:05.70
57 2 3 Ana Nobrega   Angola 1:05.84
58 2 8 Lara Butler   Cayman Islands 1:06.10
59 2 9 Alsu Bayramova   Azerbaijan 1:06.79
60 1 3 María Ribera   Bolivia 1:07.09
61 1 6 Amarah Phillip   British Virgin Islands 1:08.60
62 1 5 Tegan McCarthy   Papua New Guinea 1:08.82
63 2 0 Choe Su-rim   North Korea 1:08.98
64 1 1 Bo-Anne Bos   Curaçao 1:12.43
65 1 2 Johanna Umurungi   Rwanda 1:13.14
66 1 0 Dirngulbai Misech   Palau 1:14.05
67 1 7 Nooran Ba Matraf   Yemen 1:14.43
68 1 9 Charissa Panuve   Tonga 1:16.48
69 1 8 Nada Arkaji   Qatar 1:17.30
7 3 Liliána Szilágyi   Hungary DNS

Swim-off edit

The swim-off was held at 11:56.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Rachael Kelly   Great Britain 58.17 Q
2 5 Farida Osman   Egypt 58.22 NR

Semifinals edit

The semifinals were held on 2 August at 17:32.[4]

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jeanette Ottesen   Denmark 57.04 Q
2 5 Lu Ying   China 57.36 Q
3 6 Emma McKeon   Australia 57.59 Q
4 3 Alexandra Wenk   Germany 57.77 Q, NR
5 7 Noemie Thomas   Canada 58.05 QSO
6 2 Madeline Groves   Australia 58.17
7 8 Rachael Kelly   Great Britain 58.27
8 1 Ilaria Bianchi   Italy 58.49

Semifinal 2 edit

 
Sarah Sjöström
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 55.74 Q, WR
2 3 Katerine Savard   Canada 57.52 Q
3 7 Chen Xinyi   China 57.63 Q, WJ
4 5 Inge Dekker   Netherlands 58.05 QSO
5 6 Kendyl Stewart   United States 58.14
6 2 An Se-hyeon   South Korea 58.44
7 8 Natsumi Hoshi   Japan 58.45
8 1 Kimberly Buys   Belgium 59.08

Final edit

The final was held on 3 August at 17:40.[5]

 
Sjöström wins gold with a world record
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 55.64 WR
  5 Jeanette Ottesen   Denmark 57.05
  3 Lu Ying   China 57.48
4 2 Emma McKeon   Australia 57.67
5 6 Katerine Savard   Canada 57.69
6 7 Chen Xinyi   China 57.85
7 8 Noemie Thomas   Canada 57.94
8 1 Alexandra Wenk   Germany 58.22

References edit