Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates	27 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 28 July 2001 (final)
Competitors	42
Winning time	1:00.37
Medalists
Natalie Coughlin    United States   Diana Mocanu    Romania   Antje Buschschulte    Germany
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The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 28 July. The heats^[1] and semifinals^[2] took place 27 July, with the final being held on 28 July.^[3]

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

World record	He Cihong (CHN)	1:00.16	Rome, Italy	10 September 1994
Championship record	He Cihong (CHN)	1:00.16	Rome, Italy	10 September 1994

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalie Coughlin	United States	1:00.94	Q
2	Antje Buschschulte	Germany	1:01.60	Q
3	Diana Mocanu	Romania	1:01.81	Q
4	Nina Zhivanevskaya	Spain	1:01.91	Q
5	Sarah Price	United Kingdom	1:01.99	Q
6	Mai Nakamura	Japan	1:02.36	Q
7	Ilona Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	1:02.48	Q
7	Katy Sexton	United Kingdom	1:02.48	Q
9	Hanae Ito	Japan	1:02.64	Q
10	Stanislava Komarova	Russia	1:02.70	Q
11	Louise Ørnstedt	Denmark	1:03.05	Q
12	Dyana Calub	Australia	1:03.17	Q
13	Zhan Shu	China	1:03.22	Q
14	Haley Cope	United States	1:03.23	Q
15	Anu Koivisto	Finland	1:03.25	Q
16	Giaan Rooney	Australia	1:03.58	Q
17	Michelle Lischinsky	Canada	1:03.63
18	Jennifer Carroll	Canada	1:04.49
19	Dominique Diezi	Switzerland	1:04.52
20	Ania Gustomelski	Israel	1:04.59
21	Maria Santos	Portugal	1:04.65
22	Shim Min-Ji	South Korea	1:04.67
23	Alenka Kejžar	Slovenia	1:04.75
23	Alessandra Cappa	Italy	1:04.75
25	Helen Nolfolk	New Zealand	1:05.89
26	Deirdre Hughes	Ireland	1:06.82
27	Kuan Chia-Hsien	Chinese Taipei	1:07.63
28	Saida Iskandarova	Uzbekistan	1:07.96
29	Valeria Silva	Peru	1:08.22
30	Ayeisha Collymore	Trinidad and Tobago	1:08.31
31	Elena Efimenko	Uzbekistan	1:08.73
32	Yang Chin-Kuei	Chinese Taipei	1:08.86
33	María Costanzo	Paraguay	1:09.22
34	Jacqueline Lim	Singapore	1:09.25
35	Khadisa Ciss	Senegal	1:09.47
36	Perla Martinez	Honduras	1:10.09
37	Denyse Tan	Singapore	1:10.52
38	Reshma Millet	India	1:11.29
39	Shun Kwan Andrea Chum	Macau	1:13.96
40	Yelena Rojkova	Turkmenistan	1:19.72
41	Lasm Meledje	Ivory Coast	1:19.81
42	Miriam Nakolo	Kenya	1:21.93
–	Ivana Gabrilo	Switzerland	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalie Coughlin	United States	1:00.91	Q
2	Diana Mocanu	Romania	1:01.26	Q
3	Nina Zhivanevskaya	Spain	1:01.44	Q
4	Antje Buschschulte	Germany	1:01.55	Q
5	Sarah Price	United Kingdom	1:01.60	Q
6	Mai Nakamura	Japan	1:01.94	Q
7	Ilona Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	1:02.19	Q
8	Hanae Ito	Japan	1:02.23	Q
9	Dyana Calub	Australia	1:02.25
10	Stanislava Komarova	Russia	1:02.53
11	Haley Cope	United States	1:02.61
12	Louise Ørnstedt	Denmark	1:02.67
13	Zhan Shu	China	1:02.70
14	Anu Koivisto	Finland	1:03.04
15	Katy Sexton	United Kingdom	1:03.16
16	Giaan Rooney	Australia	1:03.85

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Natalie Coughlin	United States	1:00.37
	Diana Mocanu	Romania	1:00.68
	Antje Buschschulte	Germany	1:01.42
4	Nina Zhivanevskaya	Spain	1:01.75
5	Mai Nakamura	Japan	1:01.80
6	Sarah Price	United Kingdom	1:01.82
7	Hanae Ito	Japan	1:02.40
8	Ilona Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	1:02.60