The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events

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...

 was held in July 2011; the heats and the semifinals were held on 28th July and the final on 29th July.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record Championship record	Britta Steffen Britta Steffen Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle....		52.07	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	July 31, 2009

No new world or competition records were set during this competition.

Heats

77 swimmers partiecipated in 10 heats.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8	4	Femke Heemskerk Femke Heemskerk Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle, but also has a strong backstroke and medley....		53.75	Q
2	8	6	Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently holds the Danish record in 100 m freestyle...		53.88	Q
3	9	3	Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle but also has potential in backstroke and butterfly events. As part of the Dutch team, she holds the world records in the 4×50 m and 4×200 m freestyle relays on short course , and 4×100 m freestyle relay on long course...		54.10	Q
4	8	5	Dana Vollmer Dana Vollmer Dana Vollmer is an American college and international swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Natalie Coughlin, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Carly Piper that set the world record in the event.She has won...		54.24	Q
5	10	3	Camille Muffat Camille Muffat Camille Muffat is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from France. She swam for France at the 2008 Olympics....		54.35	Q
6	8	3	Yolane Kukla Yolane Kukla Yolane Nicole Kukla is an Australian butterfly and freestyle swimmer.-Career:At the 2010 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney at just 14, Kukla earned selection for the Commonwealth Games team for Delhi, where she won the gold medal in the 50m freestyle, and Australian team for the...		54.37	Q
6	10	5	Alicia Coutts Alicia Coutts Alicia Jayne Coutts is an Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games .-Career:...		54.37	Q
6	10	6	Tang Yi Tang Yi Tang Yi is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.She has won six gold medals at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore.-Major achievements:...		54.37	Q
9	10	4	Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European...		54.38	Q
10	9	5	Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya is a swimmer from Belarus.-References:...		54.47	Q
11	8	8	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace is a national-record holding and Olympic swimmer from the Bahamas. She swam for the Bahamas at the 2008 Olympics. She swims collegiately in the USA for Auburn University...		54.51	Q NR
12	9	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...		54.72	Q
13	8	2	Victoria Poon		54.74	Q
14	8	7	Ida Marko-Varga Ida Marko-Varga Ida Marko-Varga is a Swedish swimmer. She represents SK Triton.Marko-Varga was an early prospect, winning two individual freestyle titles at the 1998 Swedish Swimming Championships at the age of 13. The winning marks were 2:03.95 on 200 m freestyle and 4:21.41 on the 400 m freestyle...		54.81	Q
15	9	1	Gabriella Fagundez Gabriella Fagundez Gabriella Fagundez is a Swedish swimmer. She currently holds 400 m freestyle , 800 m and 1500 m freestyle national records.-Long course :...		54.81	Q
16	9	6	Britta Steffen Britta Steffen Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle....		54.86	Q
17	10	2	Veronika Popova		54.88
18	10	7	Amy Smith		54.93
19	9	7	Wang Shijia		54.99
20	7	6	Hanna-Maria Seppälä		55.06
21	7	4	Chantal Vanlandegem		55.07
22	10	1	Pernille Blume		55.14
23	8	1	Daniela Schreiber Daniela Schreiber -External links:*Swim Rankings...		55.24
24	7	1	Theodora Drakou		55.52
25	9	8	Tatiana Lemos Barbosa		55.55
26	6	5	Karin Prinsloo		55.57
27	7	3	Hannah Wilson Hannah Wilson Hannah Wilson is a Hong Kong amateur swimmer. She is a two-time Olympic swimmer for Hong Kong, having swam at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in the Water Cube in Beijing. She has won two career Universiade gold medals...		55.71
28	7	5	Natasha Hind		55.72
29	6	4	Birgit Koschischek		55.75
30	9	2	Evelyn Verrasztó Evelyn Verrasztó Evelyn Verrasztó is a Hungarian swimmer, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008.Her father and coach, Zoltán Verrasztó, and her brother, Dávid Verrasztó are also swimmers....		55.76
31	6	3	Sara Isakovič Sara Isakovic Sara Isakovič is a freestyle swimmer from Slovenia. She spent much of her childhood in Dubai. Isakovič was a member of the Žito Gorenjka Radovljica Swimming Club from Radovljica, Slovenia and trained under the supervision of coach Miha Potočnik.Isakovič competed for Slovenia at the 2004 Summer...		55.81
32	7	8	Nina Rangelova		55.81
33	6	2	Liliana Ibanez		56.07
34	6	6	Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir		56.28
35	7	7	Natsuki Hasegawa		56.30
36	7	2	Miroslava Najdanovski Miroslava Najdanovski Miroslava Najdanovski is a 2-time Serbian Olympic swimmer.Najdanovski represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At only 16 years of age, she was the youngest member of the Serbo-Montenegrin delegation and also one of the youngest athletes to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics...		56.42
37	6	8	Katarina Listopadova		56.52
38	5	5	Natthanan Junkrajang		56.86
39	6	1	Amanda Lim		57.00
40	6	7	Katarina Filova		57.06
41	5	2	Chinyere Pigot		57.34
42	5	6	Nicole Horn		57.70
43	5	3	Megan Fonteno		57.85
44	5	4	Jasmine Al-Khaldi		58.02
45	4	5	Karen Torrez		58.05
46	4	4	Anna-Liza Mopio		58.86
47	5	8	Bayan Jumah		59.22
48	5	7	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...		59.39
49	5	1	Clelia Tini		59.50
50	4	3	Karen Schulz		59.52
51	4	2	Christine Briedenhann		59.55
52	4	6	Jessica Vieira		1:00.14
53	4	8	Branka Vranjes		1:00.40
54	4	7	Jade Ashleigh Howard		1:01.24
55	3	6	Britany van Lange		1:01.39
56	3	3	Judith Meauri		1:01.54
57	3	5	Monica Vasilyan		1:01.82
58	3	2	Zamantha Hoss		1:02.12
59	3	1	Ifiezegbe Gagbe		1:02.44
60	4	1	Fabiola Isabel Espinoza		1:03.54
61	3	4	Estellah Fils Rabetsara		1:03.62
62	2	4	Amelie Trinquier		1:04.08
63	3	7	Reshika Udugampola		1:04.23
64	2	3	Magdalena Moshi		1:05.39
65	2	6	Celeste Brown		1:05.76
66	2	2	Kuheilani Snow		1:05.99
67	2	1	Keesha Keane		1:06.15
68	3	8	Mareme Faye		1:06.37
69	2	8	Debra Daniel		1:06.87
70	1	5	Osisang Chilton		1:07.62
71	1	7	Guedia Mouafo		1:09.28
72	2	7	Grace Kimball		1:09.70
73	1	2	Shreya Dhital		1:10.82
74	1	4	Katerina Izmailova Katerina Izmailova (swimmer) Katerina Izmailova is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Tajikistan. She competed for Tajikistan at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics.-References:...		1:11.56
75	1	3	Sara Al Flaij		1:14.86
76	1	1	Elsie Uwamahoro		1:17.70
77	1	6	Sihame Ayouba Ali		1:21.54
–	2	5	Gouri Kotecha			DNS
–	10	8	Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...			DNS

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European...		53.48	Q
2	4	Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently holds the Danish record in 100 m freestyle...		53.88	Q
3	5	Dana Vollmer Dana Vollmer Dana Vollmer is an American college and international swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Natalie Coughlin, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Carly Piper that set the world record in the event.She has won...		54.05	Q
4	2	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace is a national-record holding and Olympic swimmer from the Bahamas. She swam for the Bahamas at the 2008 Olympics. She swims collegiately in the USA for Auburn University...		54.46	NR
5	7	Victoria Poon		54.82
6	3	Yolane Kukla Yolane Kukla Yolane Nicole Kukla is an Australian butterfly and freestyle swimmer.-Career:At the 2010 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney at just 14, Kukla earned selection for the Commonwealth Games team for Delhi, where she won the gold medal in the 50m freestyle, and Australian team for the...		54.87
7	1	Gabriella Fagundez Gabriella Fagundez Gabriella Fagundez is a Swedish swimmer. She currently holds 400 m freestyle , 800 m and 1500 m freestyle national records.-Long course :...		54.92
8	8	Amy Smith		55.33

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Femke Heemskerk Femke Heemskerk Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle, but also has a strong backstroke and medley....		53.67	Q
2	6	Alicia Coutts Alicia Coutts Alicia Jayne Coutts is an Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games .-Career:...		53.78	Q
3	5	Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle but also has potential in backstroke and butterfly events. As part of the Dutch team, she holds the world records in the 4×50 m and 4×200 m freestyle relays on short course , and 4×100 m freestyle relay on long course...		53.94	Q
4	7	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...		54.05	Q
5	2	Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya is a swimmer from Belarus.-References:...		54.26	Q
6	3	Camille Muffat Camille Muffat Camille Muffat is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from France. She swam for France at the 2008 Olympics....		54.28
7	1	Ida Marko-Varga Ida Marko-Varga Ida Marko-Varga is a Swedish swimmer. She represents SK Triton.Marko-Varga was an early prospect, winning two individual freestyle titles at the 1998 Swedish Swimming Championships at the age of 13. The winning marks were 2:03.95 on 200 m freestyle and 4:21.41 on the 400 m freestyle...		54.78
8	8	Veronika Popova		54.82

Final

The final was held at 18:02.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently holds the Danish record in 100 m freestyle...		53.45
	8	Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya is a swimmer from Belarus.-References:...		53.45
	2	Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle but also has potential in backstroke and butterfly events. As part of the Dutch team, she holds the world records in the 4×50 m and 4×200 m freestyle relays on short course , and 4×100 m freestyle relay on long course...		53.66
4	4	Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European...		53.72
4	5	Femke Heemskerk Femke Heemskerk Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle, but also has a strong backstroke and medley....		53.72
6	3	Alicia Coutts Alicia Coutts Alicia Jayne Coutts is an Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games .-Career:...		53.81
7	7	Dana Vollmer Dana Vollmer Dana Vollmer is an American college and international swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Natalie Coughlin, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Carly Piper that set the world record in the event.She has won...		54.19
8	1	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...		54.22

External links

• 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 100 metre freestyle start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.