# 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

The Women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 14 and 15 December 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Rūta Meilutytė (LTU) Alia Atkinson (JAM) Alia Atkinson (JAM) | 1:02.36 | Moscow, RussiaDoha, QatarChartres, France | 12 October 20136 December 201426 August 2016 |
| Competition record | Alia Atkinson (JAM) | 1:02.36 | Doha, Qatar | 6 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 14 December at 12:30.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:03.81 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 6 | Lara van Niekerk | South Africa | 1:03.93 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Lilly King | United States | 1:03.94 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Tang Qianting | China | 1:04.07 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 1:04.22 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Anna Elendt | Germany | 1:04.53 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Mai Fukasawa | Japan | 1:04.57 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | Reona Aoki | Japan | 1:04.58 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 5 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 1:04.64 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 1:04.73 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 8 | Thea Blomsterberg | Denmark | 1:04.74 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | Imogen Clark | Great Britain | 1:05.05 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 1:05.21 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Ida Hulkko | Finland | 1:05.25 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:05.28 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 7 | Yang Chang | China | 1:05.28 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 7 | Jenna Strauch | Australia | 1:05.30 | |
| 18 | 5 | 7 | Andrea Podmaníková | Slovakia | 1:05.31 | |
| 19 | 7 | 8 | Florine Gaspard | Belgium | 1:05.49 | |
| 20 | 6 | 6 | Annie Lazor | United States | 1:05.51 | |
| 21 | 5 | 8 | Lisa Mamié | Switzerland | 1:05.56 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Macarena Ceballos | Argentina | 1:05.62 | |
| 23 | 4 | 5 | Klara Thormalm | Sweden | 1:05.85 | |
| 24 | 4 | 6 | Rachel Nicol | Canada | 1:05.91 | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Maria Romanjuk | Estonia | 1:06.26 | |
| 26 | 1 | 1 | Tara Vovk | Slovenia | 1:06.29 | |
| 26 | 7 | 6 | Chelsea Hodges | Australia | 1:06.29 | |
| 28 | 6 | 1 | Letitia Sim | Singapore | 1:06.49 | |
| 29 | 4 | 2 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 1:06.57 | |
| 30 | 5 | 1 | Veera Kivirinta | Finland | 1:06.59 | |
| 31 | 3 | 5 | Moon Su-a | South Korea | 1:06.96 | |
| 32 | 4 | 3 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 1:07.15 | |
| 33 | 3 | 7 | Thanya Dela Cruz | Philippines | 1:07.17 | NR |
| 34 | 3 | 1 | Mary Connolly | Cook Islands | 1:07.66 | NR |
| 35 | 3 | 4 | Stefanía Gómez | Colombia | 1:08.71 | |
| 36 | 3 | 6 | Lam Hoi Kiu | Hong Kong | 1:09.04 | |
| 37 | 3 | 3 | Adelaida Pchelintseva | Kazakhstan | 1:09.42 | |
| 38 | 1 | 7 | Chen Pui Lam | Macau | 1:09.79 | NR |
| 39 | 3 | 2 | Nàdia Tudó | Andorra | 1:11.31 | |
| 40 | 2 | 5 | Victoria Russell | Bahamas | 1:11.56 | |
| 41 | 2 | 1 | Jayla Pina | Cape Verde | 1:12.72 | |
| 42 | 1 | 6 | Chahat Arora | India | 1:13.13 | NR |
| 43 | 2 | 7 | Asia Kent | Gibraltar | 1:13.80 | |
| 44 | 2 | 8 | Kelera Mudunasoko | Fiji | 1:13.86 | |
| 45 | 2 | 6 | Marina Abu Shamaleh | Palestine | 1:13.92 | |
| 46 | 3 | 8 | Krista Jurado | Guatemala | 1:14.13 | |
| 47 | 2 | 2 | Lara Dashti | Kuwait | 1:14.61 | |
| 48 | 2 | 3 | Emilie Grand'Pierre | Haiti | 1:15.19 | |
| 49 | 1 | 4 | Maria Batallones | Northern Mariana Islands | 1:18.08 | |
| 50 | 1 | 5 | Mariama Touré | Guinea | 1:33.89 | |
| 51 | 1 | 2 | Batourou Touré | Mali | 1:49.99 | |
| 52 | 1 | 3 | Salima Ahmadou | Niger | 1:58.58 | |
| | 2 | 4 | Ramudi Samarakoon | Sri Lanka | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 4 | 1 | Silje Slyngstadli | Norway | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 7 | 3 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 14 December at 20:45.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Lilly King | United States | 1:03.33 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:03.40 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Reona Aoki | Japan | 1:04.13 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 1:04.31 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Lara van Niekerk | South Africa | 1:04.36 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Tang Qianting | China | 1:04.36 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Mai Fukasawa | Japan | 1:04.45 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Anna Elendt | Germany | 1:04.46 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Ida Hulkko | Finland | 1:04.85 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | 1:04.88 | |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Yang Chang | China | 1:04.99 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 1:05.08 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Thea Blomsterberg | Denmark | 1:05.22 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Imogen Clark | Great Britain | 1:05.40 | |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | 1:05.46 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 1:05.51 | |

### Final

The final was held on 15 December at 20:37.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Lilly King | United States | 1:02.67 | |
| | 6 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | 1:03.90 | NR |
| | 8 | Anna Elendt | Germany | 1:04.05 | NR |
| 4 | 7 | Tang Qianting | China | 1:04.06 | |
| 5 | 2 | Lara van Niekerk | South Africa | 1:04.12 | |
| 6 | 3 | Reona Aoki | Japan | 1:04.30 | |
| 7 | 1 | Mai Fukasawa | Japan | 1:04.48 | |
| | 5 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | Disqualified | Disqualified |