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

The women's 100 metre breaststroke 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]

Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Palau Sant Jordi
Date	July 29, 2013 (heats & semifinals) July 30, 2013 (final)
Competitors	59 from 51 nations
Winning time	1:04.42
Medalists
Rūta Meilutytė    Lithuania   Yuliya Yefimova    Russia   Jessica Hardy    United States

Records

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

World record	Jessica Hardy (USA)	1:04.45	Federal Way, United States	7 August 2009	[3][4]
Competition record	Rebecca Soni (USA)	1:04.84	Rome, Italy	27 July 2009	[5]

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
29 July	Heats	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	1:04.52	CR
29 July	Semifinal 2	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	1:04.35	WR, CR

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:30.[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	4	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	1:04.52	Q, CR, EU
2	7	5	Jessica Hardy	United States	1:05.18	Q
3	5	5	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	1:05.24	Q, NR
4	6	4	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	1:06.30	Q
5	6	3	Viktoriya Solnceva	Ukraine	1:06.79	Q, NR
6	5	4	Breeja Larson	United States	1:06.83	Q
7	6	1	Marina García	Spain	1:07.18	Q, NR
8	7	3	Jennie Johansson	Sweden	1:07.21	Q
9	6	6	Sally Foster	Australia	1:07.59	Q
10	5	3	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	1:07.76	Q
11	6	5	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	1:07.79	Q
12	5	1	Fiona Doyle	Ireland	1:07.88	Q
13	5	7	Petra Chocová	Czech Republic	1:08.18	Q, NR
14	7	6	Moniek Nijhuis	Netherlands	1:08.29	Q
15	6	2	Samantha Marshall	Australia	1:08.33	Q
16	5	0	Kim Janssens	Belgium	1:08.36	Q, NR
17	7	7	Sun Ye	China	1:08.49
18	4	3	Amit Ivry	Israel	1:08.52	NR
19	7	8	Lisa Fissneider	Italy	1:08.53
20	5	8	Shi Jinglin	China	1:08.59
20	7	9	Jenna Laukkanen	Finland	1:08.59	NR
22	5	2	Sophie Allen	Great Britain	1:08.62
22	7	0	Caroline Ruhnau	Germany	1:08.62
24	6	8	Joline Höstman	Sweden	1:08.63
25	6	7	Anna Belousova	Russia	1:08.69
26	5	9	Back Su-Yeon	South Korea	1:09.11
27	5	6	Kanako Watanabe	Japan	1:09.28
28	7	2	Tera van Beilen	Canada	1:09.45
29	7	1	Michela Guzzetti	Italy	1:09.54
30	4	4	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	Iceland	1:09.75
31	6	0	Mariia Liver	Ukraine	1:09.95
32	4	5	Tara-Lynn Nicholas	South Africa	1:10.22
33	3	4	Yvette Man Yi Kong	Hong Kong	1:10.37
34	4	6	Julia Sebastian	Argentina	1:10.56
35	4	2	Erica Dittmer	Mexico	1:10.82
36	4	7	Samantha Yeo	Singapore	1:11.17
37	4	1	Siow Yi Ting	Malaysia	1:11.25
37	4	0	Alona Ribakova	Latvia	1:11.25
39	6	9	Beatriz Travalon	Brazil	1:11.39
40	4	9	Caroline Reitshammer	Austria	1:11.43
41	1	3	Dariya Talanova	Kyrgyzstan	1:11.45
42	4	8	Zuzana Mimovicova	Slovakia	1:11.67
43	3	5	Ioana Alexandra Popa	Romania	1:11.81
44	3	7	Daniela Lindemeier	Namibia	1:12.06
45	3	3	Ivana Ninković	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:12.39
46	3	6	Chen I-chuan	Chinese Taipei	1:13.25
47	3	1	Tatiana Chişca	Moldova	1:14.11
48	2	6	Vanessa Rivas	Dominican Republic	1:14.77	NR
49	3	8	Evita Leter	Suriname	1:15.31
50	3	2	Irene Chrysostomou	Cyprus	1:15.45
51	2	3	Barbara Vali-Skelton	Papua New Guinea	1:16.03
52	3	0	Jamila Lunkuse	Uganda	1:16.15
53	2	4	Natalia Gomez	Costa Rica	1:16.96
54	2	7	Lianna Swan	Pakistan	1:19.61	NR
55	2	2	Rachael Tonjor	Nigeria	1:19.81
56	2	5	Chade Nersicio	Netherlands Antilles	1:21.47
57	2	8	Bonita Imsirovic	Botswana	1:21.97
58	2	1	Mira Shami	Jordan	1:22.05
59	1	4	Shne Joachim	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:23.09
60	1	5	Charmel Sogbadji	Benin	1:43.41
60	1	6	Ramatoulaye Camara	Guinea	1:43.41
	3	9	Ngô Thị Ngọc Quỳnh	Vietnam		DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:29.[7]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	1:05.99	Q
2	4	Jessica Hardy	United States	1:06.10	Q
3	3	Breeja Larson	United States	1:06.61	Q
4	6	Jennie Johansson	Sweden	1:06.96	Q, NR
5	2	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	1:07.63
6	1	Moniek Nijhuis	Netherlands	1:07.77
7	7	Fiona Doyle	Ireland	1:07.81
8	8	Kim Janssens	Belgium	1:08.73

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	1:04.35	Q, WR
2	5	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	1:05.29	Q
3	3	Viktoriya Solnceva	Ukraine	1:06.67	Q, NR
4	6	Marina García	Spain	1:07.12	Q, NR
5	7	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	1:07.83
6	2	Sally Foster	Australia	1:08.04
7	1	Petra Chocová	Czech Republic	1:08.10
8	8	Samantha Marshall	Australia	1:08.31

Final

The final was held at 19:48.[8]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	1:04.42
	5	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia	1:05.02	NR
	6	Jessica Hardy	United States	1:05.52
4	3	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	1:05.93
5	2	Breeja Larson	United States	1:06.74
6	7	Viktoriya Solnceva	Ukraine	1:06.81
7	8	Marina García	Spain	1:07.08	NR
8	1	Jennie Johansson	Sweden	1:07.41

References

1. "BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule". FINA. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
2. Start list
3. "Jessica Hardy wins her third medal at U.S. Open". USA Today. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
4. "Hardy claims third medal in 50 free". ESPN. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
5. "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Rebecca Soni Breaks 1:05 in 100 Breast For World Record in Semis". Swimming World Magazine. 27 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
6. Heats Results
7. Semifinals Results
8. Final Results

External links

• Barcelona 2013 Swimming Coverage