Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle explained

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The Women's 100m Freestyle event at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships occurred on 29 March (prelims and semifinals) and March (30) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 135 swimmers were entered in the event.

Four days prior to the event—and still during the 2007 Worlds--Lisbeth Lenton set the Championship Record (CR) in the event on the opening leg of Australia's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with her 53.42. The previous record had been 54.01 by China's Le Jingyi from the Rome 1994 (on 5 September 1994).

The existing records at the start of the event:

53.30, Britta Steffen (Germany), 2 August 2006, in Budapest, Hungary.

53.42, Lisbeth Lenton (Australia), 25 March 2007, Melbourne 2007 (4x100 Free Relay) (Mar.25.2007).

Finals

Place Lane Name Nationality Split (50m) Time Note
5 25.38 53.40 CR
2 25.15 53.70
3 25.76 53.74
4 4 25.56 53.87
5 6 25.84 54.10
6 7 26.07 54.21
7 8 26.25 54.67
8 1 25.84 54.77

Semifinals

Rank Heat
(Lane) 		Name Nationality 50m Time Notes
1 2 (4) 25.67 53.40 Q
CR, AM
2 2 (5) 25.55 53.85 Q
3 1 (5) 25.77 54.05 Q
4 1 (4) 25.98 54.08 Q
5 1 (6) 25.81 54.17 Q
6 1 (3) 26.32 54.23 Q
7 1 (1) 26.26 54.61 Q
7 2 (3) 26.25 54.61 Q
9 2 (6) 25.98 54.85
10 1 (2) 26.61 54.99
11 2 (7) 26.20 55.10
12 1 (7) 26.16 55.31
13 2 (1) 26.68 55.33
14 2 (8) 26.10 55.39
15 2 (2) 26.39 55.47
16 1 (8) 26.25 56.27

Preliminaries

Rank Heat
(Lane) 		Name Nationality 50m Time Q
1 16 (5) 25.91 00:54.04 Q
2 16 (7) 26.24 00:54.30 Q
3 16 (4) 25.96 00:54.32 Q
4 17 (4) 26.37 00:54.60 Q
5 15 (2) 26.44 00:54.74 Q
6 17 (5) 26.60 00:54.76 Q
7 17 (6) 26.29 00:54.80 Q
8 15 (5) 25.84 00:54.89 Q
9 15 (4) 26.37 00:55.03 Q
10 16 (3) 26.52 00:55.11 Q
11 15 (6) 26.47 00:55.24 Q
12 17 (2) 26.56 00:55.33 Q
13 14 (7) 26.47 00:55.38 Q
14 16 (2) 26.71 00:55.57 Q
15 15 (7) 26.43 00:55.59 Q
16 17 (1) 26.31 00:55.69 Q
17 12 (4) 26.78 00:55.99
18 16 (6) 26.83 00:56.03
18 17 (8) 27.19 00:56.03
20 12 (6) 26.80 00:56.06
21 13 (1) 27.36 00:56.24
22 16 (8) 26.61 00:56.30
23 13 (3) 26.75 00:56.35
24 14 (6) 27.66 00:56.44
25 13 (4) 26.49 00:56.52
25 15 (3) 27.10 00:56.52
27 11 (3) 26.95 00:56.53
28 17 (7) 26.84 00:56.56
29 15 (8) 26.81 00:56.58
30 13 (5) 26.94 00:56.67
31 12 (3) 27.23 00:56.75
32 12 (1) 27.60 00:56.90
32 14 (5) 26.63 00:56.90
34 10 (8) 27.54 00:57.06
35 14 (8) 27.44 00:57.08
36 12 (7) 26.83 00:57.11
36 16 (1) 27.23 00:57.11
38 14 (2) 27.48 00:57.18
39 13 (7) 27.97 00:57.21
40 14 (3) 27.55 00:57.28
41 12 (2) 27.04 00:57.29
42 13 (2) 27.51 00:57.30
43 12 (5) 27.62 00:57.48
44 10 (5) 27.90 00:57.72
45 11 (6) 27.83 00:57.85
45 14 (4) 27.69 00:57.85
47 13 (8) 28.23 00:57.93
48 8 (1) 27.84 00:57.95
49 12 (8) 28.10 00:58.03
50 11 (5) 27.74 00:58.07
51 11 (8) 28.32 00:58.21
52 11 (4) 27.67 00:58.25
53 9 (4) 28.77 00:58.47
54 9 (3) 27.92 00:58.60
55 14 (1) 28.04 00:58.61
56 9 (6) 28.38 00:58.65
57 11 (7) 28.05 00:58.78
58 10 (6) 28.48 00:58.84
59 10 (2) 28.30 00:58.85
60 10 (7) 28.50 00:59.01
61 10 (3) 27.98 00:59.10
62 10 (4) 28.08 00:59.25
63 11 (1) 28.72 00:59.48
64 7 (1) 28.43 00:59.51
65 11 (2) 28.52 00:59.52
66 10 (1) 28.57 00:59.55
67 8 (3) 28.15 00:59.84
68 9 (7) 28.55 00:59.90
69 9 (1) 29.17 1:00.08
70 8 (5) 28.71 1:00.09
70 8 (8) 28.79 1:00.09
72 7 (5) 28.87 1:00.10
73 6 (5) 28.37 1:00.49
74 8 (4) 28.73 1:00.52
75 7 (8) 29.23 1:00.69
76 7 (6) 29.36 1:00.73
77 8 (6) 28.87 1:00.80
78 9 (5) 29.15 1:01.05
79 3 (6) 29.37 1:01.51
80 6 (1) 29.63 1:01.55
80 6 (8) 30.16 1:01.55
82 6 (2) 29.22 1:01.60
83 4 (8) 29.44 1:01.78
84 7 (4) 29.14 1:01.88
85 5 (3) 29.42 1:01.89
86 6 (7) 29.77 1:02.04
87 6 (4) 29.74 1:02.17
88 6 (6) 29.33 1:02.18
89 5 (2) 29.33 1:02.27
90 8 (2) 29.99 1:02.29
91 8 (7) 29.87 1:02.41
92 7 (2) 30.20 1:02.52
93 5 (5) 29.45 1:02.60
94 5 (4) 30.14 1:02.89
95 6 (3) 29.31 1:02.99
96 4 (1) 30.56 1:03.01
97 3 (5) 30.15 1:03.04
98 4 (4) 30.51 1:03.09
99 5 (6) 30.58 1:03.46
100 7 (3) 30.50 1:03.69
101 5 (1) 30.36 1:03.72
102 4 (2) 30.31 1:03.84
103 4 (7) 30.72 1:04.04
104 7 (7) 30.20 1:04.06
105 3 (4) 30.88 1:04.09
106 4 (5) 30.21 1:04.17
107 4 (6) 30.19 1:04.47
108 2 (4) 30.39 1:04.69
109 2 (5) 30.67 1:05.23
110 5 (8) 31.47 1:05.34
111 4 (3) 31.01 1:05.65
112 5 (7) 31.38 1:05.70
113 3 (1) 30.59 1:06.12
114 3 (8) 31.83 1:06.28
115 2 (7) 31.91 1:06.56
116 2 (2) 31.80 1:06.58
117 3 (3) 31.79 1:06.90
118 2 (6) 31.73 1:07.11
119 2 (8) 31.97 1:07.61
120 3 (2) 31.67 1:09.07
121 1 (4) 33.19 1:09.76
122 2 (1) 32.98 1:10.62
123 1 (3) 33.53 1:10.65
124 1 (2) 34.80 1:14.76
125 1 (1) 35.01 1:15.87
126 1 (5) 34.01 1:16.91
127 1 (7) 38.33 1:22.74
128 2 (3) 37.48 1:25.88
999 1 (6) DNS 999
999 3 (7) DNS 999
999 9 (2) DNS 999
999 13 (6) DNS 999
999 15 (1) DNS 999
999 17 (3) DNS 999
999 9 (8) DSQ 999

References

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