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

The Women's 100 metre freestyle 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 | Cate Campbell (AUS) | 50.25 | Adelaide, Australia | 26 October 2017 |
| Competition record | Siobhán Haughey (HKG) | 50.98 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 18 December 2021 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 15 December | Final | Emma McKeon | Australia | 50.77 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 14 December at 11:41.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 52.04 | Q |
| 2 | 9 | 3 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 52.23 | Q |
| 2 | 9 | 4 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 52.23 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 5 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 52.34 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 4 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 52.43 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 3 | Torri Huske | United States | 52.48 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 5 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 52.54 | Q |
| 8 | 9 | 5 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 52.56 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 8 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 52.56 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 52.67 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 6 | Natalie Hinds | United States | 52.86 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Sara Junevik | Sweden | 52.91 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 6 | Cheng Yujie | China | 53.03 | Q |
| 14 | 9 | 6 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 53.06 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 6 | Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir | Iceland | 53.21 | Q, NR |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Stephanie Balduccini | Brazil | 53.32 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Chihiro Igarashi | Japan | 53.38 | |
| 18 | 9 | 8 | Barbora Janíčková | Czech Republic | 53.45 | |
| 19 | 9 | 7 | Katerine Savard | Canada | 53.59 | |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 53.67 | |
| 21 | 8 | 8 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 53.77 | |
| 22 | 6 | 5 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 53.81 | |
| 23 | 8 | 7 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 53.84 | |
| 24 | 7 | 2 | Rio Shirai | Japan | 53.88 | |
| 25 | 5 | 2 | Anicka Delgado | Ecuador | 54.19 | NR |
| 26 | 5 | 5 | Jillian Crooks | Cayman Islands | 54.20 | NR |
| 27 | 6 | 3 | Teresa Ivanová | Slovakia | 54.42 | |
| 28 | 5 | 6 | Caitlin de Lange | South Africa | 54.47 | |
| 29 | 5 | 8 | Anna Hadjiloizou | Cyprus | 54.52 | |
| 30 | 9 | 2 | Isabella Hindley | Great Britain | 54.57 | |
| 31 | 6 | 4 | Diana Petkova | Bulgaria | 54.58 | |
| 32 | 6 | 8 | Hur Yeon-kyung | South Korea | 54.59 | |
| 33 | 6 | 2 | Lana Pudar | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54.76 | |
| 34 | 6 | 1 | Elisbet Gámez | Cuba | 54.87 | |
| 35 | 5 | 7 | Inés Marín | Chile | 55.28 | NR |
| 36 | 5 | 4 | Amel Melih | Algeria | 55.58 | |
| 37 | 6 | 7 | Rafaela Fernandini | Peru | 55.70 | |
| 38 | 5 | 1 | Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen | Mongolia | 55.76 | NR |
| 39 | 4 | 7 | Elisabeth Timmer | Aruba | 55.88 | NR |
| 40 | 4 | 4 | Vár Erlingsdóttir Eidesgaard | Faroe Islands | 56.21 | NR |
| 41 | 4 | 5 | Jasmine Alkhaldi | Philippines | 56.51 | |
| 42 | 4 | 2 | Karen Torrez | Bolivia | 57.19 | |
| 43 | 2 | 7 | María Castillo | Panama | 57.58 | |
| 44 | 4 | 6 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 57.91 | |
| 45 | 5 | 3 | Arina Baikova | Latvia | 58.27 | |
| 46 | 4 | 3 | Oumy Diop | Senegal | 58.47 | |
| 47 | 3 | 6 | Hana Beiqi | Kosovo | 59.03 | |
| 48 | 4 | 1 | Aleka Persaud | Guyana | 59.06 | |
| 49 | 3 | 3 | Kaiya Brown | Samoa | 59.17 | |
| 50 | 3 | 4 | Darýa Semýonowa | Turkmenistan | 59.20 | |
| 51 | 4 | 8 | Nomvula Mjimba | Zimbabwe | 59.81 | |
| 52 | 2 | 4 | Mia Lee | Guam | 1:00.38 | |
| 53 | 3 | 7 | Lubaina Ali | Suspended Member Federation | 1:00.63 | |
| 54 | 3 | 5 | Georgia-Leigh Vele | Papua New Guinea | 1:00.93 | |
| 55 | 3 | 2 | Sophia Latiff | Tanzania | 1:00.97 | |
| 56 | 3 | 1 | Anushiya Tandukar | Nepal | 1:02.49 | |
| 57 | 2 | 5 | Charissa Panuve | Tonga | 1:03.34 | |
| 58 | 2 | 3 | Saba Sultan | Kuwait | 1:04.62 | |
| 59 | 1 | 5 | Sonia Aktar | Bangladesh | 1:05.05 | |
| 60 | 1 | 4 | Mashael Al-Ayed | Saudi Arabia | 1:06.59 | |
| 61 | 3 | 8 | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 1:07.47 | |
| 62 | 2 | 2 | Abbi Illis | Sint Maarten | 1:09.62 | |
| 63 | 2 | 6 | Imelda Ximenes Belo | Timor-Leste | 1:12.57 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Mahra Al-Shehhi | United Arab Emirates | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 7 | 7 | Wu Qingfeng | China | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 14 December at 19:57.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 51.28 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 51.69 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 51.82 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 51.85 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 52.09 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Torri Huske | United States | 52.11 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Natalie Hinds | United States | 52.16 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 52.27 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 52.40 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 52.44 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Sara Junevik | Sweden | 52.50 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 52.59 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 52.74 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Cheng Yujie | China | 52.90 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir | Iceland | 53.19 | NR |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Stephanie Balduccini | Brazil | 53.64 | |

### Final

The final was held on 15 December at 19:42.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 50.77 | CR |
| | 5 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 50.87 | |
| | 6 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 51.25 | |
| 4 | 3 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 51.70 | |
| 5 | 7 | Torri Huske | United States | 52.04 | |
| 6 | 8 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 52.08 | |
| 7 | 2 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | 52.13 | |
| 8 | 1 | Natalie Hinds | United States | 52.24 | |