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

Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates	22 July 2001 (heats, semifinals) 23 July 2001 (final)
Competitors	42
Winning time	1 minute 7.18 seconds
Medalists
Luo Xuejuan    China   Leisel Jones    Australia   Ágnes Kovács    Hungary

Main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 23 July. The heats[1] and semifinals[2] took place 22 July, with the final[3] being held on 23 July.

Records

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

World record	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	1:06.52	Sydney, Australia	23 August 1999
Championship record	Samantha Riley (AUS)	1:07.69	Rome, Italy	9 September 1994

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
22 July	Semifinal 1	Luo Xuejuan	China	1:07.48	CR
23 July	Final	Luo Xuejuan	China	1:07.18	CR

Results

Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	1:08.71	Q
2	Luo Xuejuan	China	1:08.78	Q
3	Leisel Jones	Australia	1:08.86	Q
4	Ágnes Kovács	Hungary	1:08.98	Q
5	Kristy Kowal	United States	1:09.02	Q
6	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	1:09.40	Q
7	Megan Quann	United States	1:09.71	Q
8	Mirna Jukić	Austria	1:09.85	Q
9	Tarnee White	Australia	1:09.94	Q
10	Simone Weiler	Germany	1:09.96	Q
11	Elena Bogomazova	Russia	1:09.99	Q
12	Junko Isoda	Japan	1:10.45	Q
13	Jaime King	United Kingdom	1:10.85	Q
14	Roberta Crescentini	Italy	1:10.90	Q
15	Madelon Baans	Netherlands	1:11.08	Q
16	Elvira Fischer	Austria	1:11.14	Q
17	Emma Igelström	Sweden	1:11.24
18	Yuko Sakaguchi	Japan	1:11.27
19	Christin Petelski	Canada	1:11.42
20	Najken Thorup	Denmark	1:11.45
21	Maria Östling	Sweden	1:11.51
22	Emma Robinson	Ireland	1:11.70
23	Anne-Mari Gulbrandsen	Norway	1:12.45
24	Natalia Hissamutdinova	Estonia	1:12.60
25	Carmela Schlegel	Switzerland	1:13.00
26	Nicolette Teo	Singapore	1:13.01
27	Ku Hyo-Jin	South Korea	1:13.20
28	İlkay Dikmen	Turkey	1:13.34
29	Ziada Jardine	South Africa	1:14.23
30	Yi Ting Siow	Malaysia	1:14.47
31	Valeria Silva	Peru	1:15.57
32	Agata Czaplicki	Switzerland	1:15.69
33	Chen Yi-Fan	Chinese Taipei	1:15.93
34	Anastasiya Korolyova	Uzbekistan	1:17.06
35	Katerine Moreno	Bolivia	1:17.55
36	Weng Lam Cheong	Macau	1:17.66
37	Rebecca Heng	Singapore	1:18.73
38	Beatriz Cordon Towsend	Guatemala	1:20.07
39	Yang Chin-Kuei	Chinese Taipei	1:20.88
40	Kwan Andrea Shun Chum	Macau	1:21.42
41	Xenia Peni	Papua New Guinea	1:23.64
42	Lkhundev Bilguun	Mongolia	1:29.95

Semifinals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Luo Xuejuan	China	1:07.48	Q, CR
2	Ágnes Kovács	Hungary	1:08.02	Q
3	Leisel Jones	Australia	1:08.58	Q
4	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	1:08.98	Q
5	Mirna Jukić	Austria	1:09.31	Q
6	Megan Quann	United States	1:09.32	Q
7	Kristy Kowal	United States	1:09.37	Q
8	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	1:09.69	Q
9	Tarnee White	Australia	1:09.77
10	Elena Bogomazova	Russia	1:09.92
11	Simone Weiler	Germany	1:10.44
12	Junko Isoda	Japan	1:10.79
13	Madelon Baans	Netherlands	1:10.98
14	Jaime King	United Kingdom	1:11.04
15	Roberta Crescentini	Italy	1:11.12
16	Elvira Fischer	Austria	1:11.18

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Luo Xuejuan	China	1:07.18	CR
	Leisel Jones	Australia	1:07.96
	Ágnes Kovács	Hungary	1:08.50
4	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	1:08.52
5	Megan Quann	United States	1:08.80
6	Kristy Kowal	United States	1:08.92
7	Mirna Jukić	Austria	1:09.48
8	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	1:09.90

References

1. "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
2. "Semifinals Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
3. "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.