# 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

The Women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 5 December with the heats and the semifinals and 6 December with the final.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:02.36 | Moscow | 12 October 2013 |
| Championship record | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:03.52 | Istanbul | 15 December 2012 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 5 December | Semifinals | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:02.43 | CR |
| 6 December | Final | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 1:02.36 | CR, =WR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:55.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Moniek Nijhuis | Netherlands | 1:04.32 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:04.47 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Shi Jinglin | China | 1:04.88 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 1:04.91 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 1:04.98 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Kanako Watanabe | Japan | 1:05.04 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 8 | Emma Reaney | United States | 1:05.17 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 1:05.21 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Sally Hunter | Australia | 1:05.24 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 7 | Viktoria Güneş | Turkey | 1:05.31 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 5 | Jennie Johansson | Sweden | 1:05.39 | |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Mariia Astashkina | Russia | 1:05.53 | |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 1:05.62 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 1:05.64 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 5 | Satomi Suzuki | Japan | 1:05.92 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Kierra Smith | Canada | 1:06.13 | |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Tjaša Vozel | Slovenia | 1:06.13 | |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Melanie Margalis | United States | 1:06.13 | |
| 19 | 4 | 0 | Sophie Taylor | Great Britain | 1:06.14 | |
| 19 | 6 | 7 | Vanessa Grimberg | Germany | 1:06.14 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Jèssica Vall Montero | Spain | 1:06.22 | |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 1:06.26 | |
| 23 | 6 | 0 | Petra Chocová | Czech Republic | 1:06.43 | |
| 24 | 5 | 7 | Arianna Castiglioni | Italy | 1:06.49 | |
| 25 | 5 | 2 | Ganna Dzerkal | Ukraine | 1:06.50 | |
| 26 | 5 | 0 | Mariya Liver | Ukraine | 1:06.60 | |
| 27 | 4 | 2 | Tera van Beilen | Canada | 1:06.61 | |
| 28 | 6 | 6 | Valentina Artemeva | Russia | 1:06.80 | |
| 29 | 5 | 1 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 1:07.24 | |
| 30 | 4 | 9 | Zhang Xinyu | China | 1:07.36 | |
| 31 | 6 | 9 | Ana Carla Carvalho | Brazil | 1:07.82 | |
| 32 | 3 | 8 | Hannah Miley | Great Britain | 1:07.86 | |
| 33 | 3 | 5 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | 1:07.97 | |
| 34 | 3 | 4 | Julia Sebastian | Argentina | 1:08.45 | |
| 35 | 3 | 3 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | 1:08.62 | |
| 36 | 5 | 9 | Ana Radić | Croatia | 1:09.04 | |
| 37 | 2 | 2 | Fanni Gyurinovics | Hungary | 1:09.27 | |
| 38 | 3 | 1 | Gulsen Samancı | Turkey | 1:09.32 | |
| 39 | 3 | 9 | Emily Visagie | South Africa | 1:09.33 | |
| 40 | 3 | 0 | Tatiana Chişca | Moldova | 1:09.63 | |
| 41 | 2 | 3 | Amira Kouza | Algeria | 1:10.01 | |
| 42 | 2 | 4 | Karleen Kersa | Estonia | 1:10.38 | |
| 43 | 3 | 6 | Dariya Talanova | Kyrgyzstan | 1:10.77 | |
| 44 | 2 | 6 | Daniela Lindemeier | Namibia | 1:10.79 | |
| 45 | 2 | 1 | Lin Pei-wun | Chinese Taipei | 1:11.19 | |
| 46 | 2 | 7 | Sofía López | Paraguay | 1:12.41 | |
| 47 | 2 | 0 | María Burgos | Puerto Rico | 1:13.55 | |
| 48 | 1 | 4 | Savannah Tkatchenko | Papua New Guinea | 1:14.88 | |
| 49 | 1 | 3 | Oreoluwa Cherebin | Grenada | 1:14.98 | |
| 50 | 1 | 6 | Rachael Tonjor | Nigeria | 1:17.95 | |
| 51 | 2 | 9 | Tegan McCarthy | Papua New Guinea | 1:18.51 | |
| 52 | 1 | 5 | San Su Moe Theint | Myanmar | 1:18.63 | |
| 53 | 1 | 2 | Bonita Imsirovic | Botswana | 1:20.10 | |
| 54 | 2 | 5 | Maria Marzocchi | Seychelles | 1:27.12 | |
| 55 | 1 | 7 | Angela Kendrick | Marshall Islands | 1:29.81 | |
| 56 | 1 | 8 | Sogbadji Charmel | Benin | 1:41.42 | |
| — | 2 | 8 | Chade Nersicio | Curaçao | | DNS |
| — | 1 | 1 | Niharika Tuladhar | Nepal | | DSQ |

### Swim-off

The swim-off was held at 12:27.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kierra Smith | Canada | 1:05.65 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Tjaša Vozel | Slovenia | 1:06.35 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:09.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:02.43 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 5 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 1:04.71 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 1:04.87 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Kanako Watanabe | Japan | 1:05.21 | |
| 5 | 8 | Kierra Smith | Canada | 1:05.57 | |
| 6 | 2 | Viktoria Güneş | Turkey | 1:05.67 | |
| 7 | 1 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 1:05.70 | |
| 8 | 7 | Mariia Astashkina | Russia | 1:05.72 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 1:03.59 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Moniek Nijhuis | Netherlands | 1:03.96 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Sally Hunter | Australia | 1:04.23 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Shi Jinglin | China | 1:04.54 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Jennie Johansson | Sweden | 1:05.04 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Emma Reaney | United States | 1:05.50 | |
| 7 | 1 | Leiston Pickett | Australia | 1:05.60 | |
| 8 | 8 | Satomi Suzuki | Japan | 1:05.90 | |

### Final

The final were held at 18:06.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 1:02.36 | CR, =WR |
| | 4 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 1:02.46 | |
| | 3 | Moniek Nijhuis | Netherlands | 1:04.03 | |
| 4 | 2 | Shi Jinglin | China | 1:04.52 | |
| 5 | 6 | Sally Hunter | Australia | 1:04.82 | |
| 6 | 7 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark | 1:04.84 | |
| 7 | 8 | Jennie Johansson | Sweden | 1:05.08 | |
| 8 | 1 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 1:05.58 | |