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 | ||||||||||
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Dates | 2 August (heats and semifinals) 3 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 69 from 57 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 55.64 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior 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 |
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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 |
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2 August | Semifinal 2 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 55.74 | WR, CR |
3 August | Final | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 55.64 | WR, CR |
Results
editHeats
editThe heats were held on 2 August at 09:30.[2]
Swim-off
editThe swim-off was held at 11:56.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Rachael Kelly | Great Britain | 58.17 | Q |
2 | 5 | Farida Osman | Egypt | 58.22 | NR |
Semifinals
editThe semifinals were held on 2 August at 17:32.[4]
Semifinal 1
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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
editThe final was held on 3 August at 17:40.[5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 |