Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke
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The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
were held on July 25 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and July 26 with the final.
No new world or competition records were set during this competition.
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
The Swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.-Qualifying criteria:...
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
2011 World Aquatics Championships
The 14th FINA World Championships were held at July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronised swimming...
were held on July 25 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and July 26 with the final.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record Championship record |
Gemma Spofforth Gemma Spofforth Gemma Mary Spofforth is an English swimmer who is a world champion and record-holder in the backstroke.Spofforth was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, England. She overcame pancreatitis in 2005, taking a year in and out of the water undecided on future plans to continue swimming. This was a turning point... |
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July 28, 2009 |
No new world or competition records were set during this competition.
Heats
53 swimmers participated in 7 heats, qualified swimmers are listed:| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 3 | Natalie Coughlin Natalie Coughlin Natalie Anne Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive... |
59.73 | Q | |
| 2 | 7 | 2 | Sinead Russell | 59.80 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Emily Seebohm Emily Seebohm Emily Jane Seebohm OAM is an Australian backstroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer.-Career:... |
59.87 | Q | |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Aya Terakawa Aya Terakawa is a Japanese backstroke swimmer.-Major achievements:* 2001 World Aquatics Championships - 200m backstroke 8th * 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships - 200m backstroke 2nd... |
59.95 | Q | |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Elizabeth Pelton Elizabeth Pelton Elizabeth Anne Pelton is an American swimmer.-2009:At the 2009 USA Nationals and World Championship Trials, Pelton placed second in the 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and 200 m individual medley, earning berths on the US roster for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome... |
1:00.19 | Q | |
| 6 | 7 | 3 | Belinda Hocking Belinda Hocking Belinda Jane Hocking is an Australian backstroke swimmer.-2007:Hocking was fifth in the 200m back and sixth in the 50 and 100m back at the Telstra Australian Championships in Brisbane ….won gold in 4x200m free and was fourth in 200m back at Jnr Pan Pacs in Maui….claimed gold in 100 and 200m back... |
1:00.23 | Q | |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Shiho Sakai Shiho Sakai is a Japanese backstroke swimmer.-Major achievements:2009 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships* 100m backstroke 1st * 200m backstroke 2nd -Personal bests:In long course* 50m backstroke: 27.88... |
1:00.34 | Q | |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | Elizabeth Simmonds Elizabeth Simmonds Elizabeth Clare Simmonds is a British backstroke swimmer.Simmonds represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke swimming events.... |
1:00.38 | Q | |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Sharon van Rouwendaal Sharon van Rouwendaal Sharon van Rouwendaal is a Dutch swimmer. She grew up in Soest, and later moved to France with her parents. In 2009, she moved to Eindhoven to train with Jeanet Mulder, after she had qualified for the 2010 European Aquatics Championships she changed coaches to Jacco Verhaeren... |
1:00.61 | Q | |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Zhao Jing Zhao Jing (swimmer) Zhao Jing is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Records:*2006 Asian Championships - 28.50, 50 m back... |
1:00.66 | Q | |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | Julia Wilkinson Julia Wilkinson Julia Rose Wilkinson is a Canadian backstroke, medley, and freestyle swimmer. She was born in Stratford, Ontario.-2008 Olympics:... |
1:00.82 | Q | |
| 12 | 7 | 5 | Anastasia Zuyeva | 1:00.88 | Q | |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Duane da Rocha | 1:01.19 | Q | |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Karin Prinsloo | 1:01.34 | Q | |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Daryna Zevina Daryna Zevina Daryna Zevina is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won several international juniors medals in her career, a gold medal at the 100 meter Backstroke and a bronze medal at the 200 meter Backstroke during the 2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships... |
1:01.36 | Q | |
| 16 | 7 | 8 | Ekaterina Avramova | 1:01.39 | Q NR | |
| 17 | 6 | 7 | Melissa Ingram Melissa Ingram Melissa Ingram is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Alison Fitch in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.... |
1:01.48 | ||
| 18 | 7 | 7 | Mercedes Peris Mercedes Peris Mercedes Peris Minguet is an Olympic and national record holding backstroke swimmer from Spain. She competed for Spain at the 2008 Olympics.- References :* at www.sports-reference.com... |
1:01.55 | ||
| 19 | 5 | 7 | Kseniya Moskvina | 1:01.59 | ||
| 20 | 7 | 1 | Elena Gemo | 1:01.62 | ||
| 21 | 6 | 2 | Jenny Mensing | 1:01.64 | ||
| 22 | 7 | 6 | Gao Chang Gao Chang Gao Chang is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and who was a part of China's 2008 Olympic Team... |
1:01.84 | ||
| 23 | 5 | 5 | Gemma Spofforth Gemma Spofforth Gemma Mary Spofforth is an English swimmer who is a world champion and record-holder in the backstroke.Spofforth was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, England. She overcame pancreatitis in 2005, taking a year in and out of the water undecided on future plans to continue swimming. This was a turning point... |
1:01.89 | ||
| 24 | 4 | 2 | Mie Nielsen | 1:01.90 | ||
| 25 | 4 | 7 | Alicja Tchorz | 1:02.04 | ||
| 26 | 6 | 8 | Maria Gonzalez Ramirez | 1:02.16 | ||
| 27 | 4 | 8 | Lau Yin Yan | 1:02.45 | ||
| 28 | 4 | 1 | Kimberly Buys | 1:02.48 | ||
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Anja Čarman Anja Carman Anja Čarman is a Slovenian swimmer. She won several medals at European LC and SC Championships and competed at 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.- References :*... |
1:02.61 | ||
| 30 | 4 | 5 | Simona Baumrtová | 1:02.71 | ||
| 31 | 3 | 1 | Sanja Jovanović Sanja Jovanovic Sanja Jovanović is a female backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who made her Olympic debut for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she competed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, where she finished in 17th and 13th position... |
1:02.75 | ||
| 32 | 5 | 8 | Alina Vats | 1:02.80 | ||
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Yulduz Kuchkarova | 1:02.98 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 6 | Anna Volchkov | 1:03.12 | ||
| 35 | 3 | 2 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | 1:03.18 | ||
| 36 | 4 | 6 | Therese Svendsen Therese Svendsen Therese Svendsen is a Swedish swimmer from Malmö, representing SK Ran. She holds the Swedish Record in short-course 200m backstroke, and swam for Sweden at the 2007 World Championships .... |
1:03.36 | ||
| 37 | 3 | 5 | Melanie Nocher | 1:03.43 | ||
| 38 | 2 | 4 | Kiera Aitken Kiera Aitken Kiera Aitken is an Olympic and national-record holding swimmer from Bermuda. She is one of Bermuda's most successful swimmers, and has twice been named Bermuda's Female Athlete of the Year... |
1:03.59 | ||
| 39 | 3 | 6 | Hazal Sarikaya | 1:03.69 | ||
| 40 | 3 | 7 | Yekaterina Rudenko | 1:03.78 | ||
| 41 | 4 | 4 | Sviatlana Khakhlova | 1:03.99 | ||
| 42 | 3 | 3 | Alana Dillette Alana Dillette Alana Kathryn Dillette is an Olympic-swimmer from The Bahamas. She swam for the Bahamas at the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as at the 2007 Pan American Games... |
1:04.27 | ||
| 43 | 3 | 4 | Etiene Medeiros | 1:05.18 | ||
| 44 | 2 | 2 | Tiffany Sudarma | 1:05.19 | ||
| 45 | 2 | 1 | Tatiana Perstneva | 1:05.35 | ||
| 46 | 2 | 7 | Monica Ramirez Abella | 1:05.56 | ||
| 47 | 1 | 4 | Ines Remersaro Coronel | 1:05.73 | ||
| 48 | 2 | 8 | Karen Vilorio | 1:07.15 | ||
| 49 | 3 | 8 | Shana Lim | 1:07.23 | ||
| 50 | 1 | 5 | Siona Huxley | 1:08.96 | ||
| 51 | 1 | 3 | Anahit Barseghyan | 1:08.99 | ||
| 52 | 1 | 6 | Jessika Cossa | 1:09.74 | ||
| 53 | 1 | 2 | Angelique Trinquier | 1:11.38 |
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Anastasia Zuyeva | 59.41 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Zhao Jing Zhao Jing (swimmer) Zhao Jing is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Records:*2006 Asian Championships - 28.50, 50 m back... |
59.44 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | Sinead Russell | 59.68 | Q, NR | |
| 4 | 3 | Belinda Hocking Belinda Hocking Belinda Jane Hocking is an Australian backstroke swimmer.-2007:Hocking was fifth in the 200m back and sixth in the 50 and 100m back at the Telstra Australian Championships in Brisbane ….won gold in 4x200m free and was fourth in 200m back at Jnr Pan Pacs in Maui….claimed gold in 100 and 200m back... |
59.69 | Q | |
| 5 | 6 | Elizabeth Simmonds Elizabeth Simmonds Elizabeth Clare Simmonds is a British backstroke swimmer.Simmonds represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke swimming events.... |
59.80 | Q | |
| 6 | 5 | Aya Terakawa Aya Terakawa is a Japanese backstroke swimmer.-Major achievements:* 2001 World Aquatics Championships - 200m backstroke 8th * 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships - 200m backstroke 2nd... |
59.81 | Q | |
| 7 | 8 | Ekaterina Avramova | 1:01.10 | NR | |
| 8 | 1 | Karin Prinsloo | 1:01.54 | ||
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Natalie Coughlin Natalie Coughlin Natalie Anne Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive... |
59.38 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | Emily Seebohm Emily Seebohm Emily Jane Seebohm OAM is an Australian backstroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer.-Career:... |
59.54 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | Shiho Sakai Shiho Sakai is a Japanese backstroke swimmer.-Major achievements:2009 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships* 100m backstroke 1st * 200m backstroke 2nd -Personal bests:In long course* 50m backstroke: 27.88... |
59.94 | ||
| 4 | 8 | Daryna Zevina Daryna Zevina Daryna Zevina is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won several international juniors medals in her career, a gold medal at the 100 meter Backstroke and a bronze medal at the 200 meter Backstroke during the 2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships... |
1:00.05 | NR | |
| 5 | 2 | Sharon van Rouwendaal Sharon van Rouwendaal Sharon van Rouwendaal is a Dutch swimmer. She grew up in Soest, and later moved to France with her parents. In 2009, she moved to Eindhoven to train with Jeanet Mulder, after she had qualified for the 2010 European Aquatics Championships she changed coaches to Jacco Verhaeren... |
1:00.14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Elizabeth Pelton Elizabeth Pelton Elizabeth Anne Pelton is an American swimmer.-2009:At the 2009 USA Nationals and World Championship Trials, Pelton placed second in the 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and 200 m individual medley, earning berths on the US roster for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome... |
1:00.14 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Julia Wilkinson Julia Wilkinson Julia Rose Wilkinson is a Canadian backstroke, medley, and freestyle swimmer. She was born in Stratford, Ontario.-2008 Olympics:... |
1:00.35 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Duane da Rocha | 1:00.55 | ||
Final
The final was held at 18:11.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Zhao Jing Zhao Jing (swimmer) Zhao Jing is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Records:*2006 Asian Championships - 28.50, 50 m back... |
59.05 | |||
| 5 | Anastasia Zuyeva | 59.06 | |||
| 4 | Natalie Coughlin Natalie Coughlin Natalie Anne Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive... |
59.15 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Emily Seebohm Emily Seebohm Emily Jane Seebohm OAM is an Australian backstroke, freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer.-Career:... |
59.21 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Aya Terakawa Aya Terakawa is a Japanese backstroke swimmer.-Major achievements:* 2001 World Aquatics Championships - 200m backstroke 8th * 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships - 200m backstroke 2nd... |
59.35 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Belinda Hocking Belinda Hocking Belinda Jane Hocking is an Australian backstroke swimmer.-2007:Hocking was fifth in the 200m back and sixth in the 50 and 100m back at the Telstra Australian Championships in Brisbane ….won gold in 4x200m free and was fourth in 200m back at Jnr Pan Pacs in Maui….claimed gold in 100 and 200m back... |
59.53 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Elizabeth Simmonds Elizabeth Simmonds Elizabeth Clare Simmonds is a British backstroke swimmer.Simmonds represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke swimming events.... |
59.89 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Sinead Russell | 1:00.20 |
External links
- 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre backstroke start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-22.