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

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Palau Sant Jordi
Date	July 29, 2013 (heats & semifinals) July 30, 2013 (final)
Competitors	50 from 43 nations
Winning time	58.42
Medalists
Missy Franklin    United States   Emily Seebohm    Australia   Aya Terakawa    Japan
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Barcelona Palau San Jordi

The women's 100 metre backstroke 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]

Records[]

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

World record	Gemma Spofforth (GBR)	58.12	Rome, Italy	28 July 2009	[3]
Competition record	Gemma Spofforth (GBR)	58.12	Rome, Italy	28 July 2009	[3]

Results[]

Heats[]

The heats were held at 10:00.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Missy Franklin	United States	59.13	Q
2	4	6	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	59.40	Q, NR, WD
3	5	5	Elizabeth Pelton	United States	59.94	Q
4	3	5	Fu Yuanhui	China	1:00.01	Q
5	5	4	Emily Seebohm	Australia	1:00.02	Q
6	4	3	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	1:00.05	Q
7	3	4	Aya Terakawa	Japan	1:00.09	Q
8	5	3	Sinead Russell	Canada	1:00.17	Q
9	4	5	Belinda Hocking	Australia	1:00.39	Q
10	5	2	Daryna Zevina	Ukraine	1:00.43	Q
11	4	2		France	1:00.70	Q
12	3	6	Duane Da Rocha	Spain	1:00.80	Q
13	4	7		China	1:00.99	Q
14	3	1	Mercedes Peris	Spain	1:01.19	Q
15	3	3	Lauren Quigley	Great Britain	1:01.23	Q
16	3	0	Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	1:01.25	Q
17	4	1	Kimberly Buys	Belgium	1:01.35	Q
18	5	0	Carolina Colorado Henao	Colombia	1:01.41
19	5	6	Georgia Davies	Great Britain	1:01.61
20	5	1	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	Iceland	1:01.71
21	3	7	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	1:01.75
22	5	9	Klaudia Nazieblo	Poland	1:01.77
23	5	8	María Fernanda González	Mexico	1:01.84
24	1	9	Daria Ustinova	Russia	1:02.04
25	2	5	Stephanie Au	Hong Kong	1:02.10
26	2	6	Gisela Morales	Guatemala	1:02.12
27	3	9	Yekaterina Rudenko	Kazakhstan	1:02.49
28	3	2	Sayaka Akase	Japan	1:02.51
29	4	9	Ekaterina Avramova	Bulgaria	1:02.79
30	2	4		Turkey	1:02.91
31	4	8		Germany	1:02.94
32	5	7		Canada	1:03.15
33	3	8	Tao Li	Singapore	1:03.31
34	2	8		Namibia	1:03.36
35	2	3	Yulduz Kuchkarova	Uzbekistan	1:03.54
36	2	9		Moldova	1:03.59
37	4	0	Kim Ji-Hyun	South Korea	1:04.66
38	2	1	Karen Vilorio	Honduras	1:04.79
39	2	2		Bahamas	1:04.97
40	2	0		Faroe Islands	1:05.64	NR
41	2	7	Inés Remersaro	Uruguay	1:06.70
42	1	4		Saint Lucia	1:09.05
43	1	3	Evelina Afoa	Samoa	1:09.11
44	1	5		Macau	1:09.70
44	1	6		Sri Lanka	1:09.70
46	1	7	Caylee Watson	Virgin Islands	1:09.90	NR
47	1	2		Azerbaijan	1:10.47
48	1	8		Brunei	1:13.25
49	1	1		Mongolia	1:18.95
50	1	0		Laos	1:29.16

Semifinals[]

The semifinals were held at 18:55.^[5]

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Emily Seebohm	Australia	59.38	Q
2	4	Elizabeth Pelton	United States	59.44	Q
3	3	Aya Terakawa	Japan	59.80	Q
4	6	Belinda Hocking	Australia	1:00.24	Q
5	7		China	1:00.85
6	1	Lauren Quigley	Great Britain	1:00.96
7	2		France	1:01.16
8	8	Kimberly Buys	Belgium	1:01.24

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Missy Franklin	United States	59.31	Q
2	5	Fu Yuanhui	China	59.82	Q
3	2	Daryna Zevina	Ukraine	59.90	Q, NR
4	3	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	59.99	Q, =NR
5	6	Sinead Russell	Canada	1:00.37
6	7	Duane Da Rocha	Spain	1:00.53
7	8	Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	1:01.05
8	1	Mercedes Peris	Spain	1:01.59

Final[]

The final was held at 18:10.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Missy Franklin	United States	58.42
	5	Emily Seebohm	Australia	59.06
	6	Aya Terakawa	Japan	59.23
4	3	Elizabeth Pelton	United States	59.45
5	2	Fu Yuanhui	China	59.61
6	1	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	59.84	NR
7	7	Daryna Zevina	Ukraine	1:00.16
8	8	Belinda Hocking	Australia	1:00.29

References[]

External links[]

• Barcelona 2013 Swimming Coverage