# Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The women's 100 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 1–2 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
| World record | Britta Steffen (GER) | 52.07 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
| Competition record | Britta Steffen (GER) | 52.07 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held a 10:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 53.24 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | 5 | Missy Franklin | United States | 53.36 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 53.61 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Britta Steffen | Germany | 53.93 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 54.12 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | Tang Yi | China | 54.21 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 6 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 54.21 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | Shannon Vreeland | United States | 54.25 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | Bahamas | 54.42 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 54.53 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Veronika Popova | Russia | 54.53 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 54.67 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 5 | Camille Muffat | France | 54.84 | Q, WD |
| 14 | 6 | 7 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 54.88 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Qiu Yuhan | China | 54.93 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Karin Prinsloo | South Africa | 55.05 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | 8 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 55.08 | Q |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 55.15 | |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Victoria Poon | Canada | 55.30 | |
| 20 | 8 | 8 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 55.34 | |
| 21 | 6 | 2 | Amy Smith | Great Britain | 55.40 | |
| 22 | 8 | 7 | Daniela Schreiber | Germany | 55.44 | |
| 23 | 6 | 8 | Melanie Costa | Spain | 55.51 | |
| 24 | 6 | 0 | Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 55.54 | |
| 25 | 5 | 4 | Kimberly Buys | Belgium | 55.68 | NR |
| 26 | 7 | 9 | Liliana Ibáñez | Mexico | 55.70 | NR |
| 27 | 7 | 0 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | 55.72 | |
| 28 | 7 | 7 | Haruka Ueda | Japan | 55.78 | |
| 29 | 5 | 6 | Samantha Lucie-Smith | New Zealand | 55.84 | |
| 30 | 5 | 5 | Elmira Aigaliyeva | Kazakhstan | 55.89 | |
| 31 | 8 | 9 | Nina Rangelova | Bulgaria | 55.95 | |
| 32 | 5 | 3 | Julie Meynen | Luxembourg | 56.16 | |
| 32 | 8 | 0 | Alessandra Marchioro | Brazil | 56.16 | |
| 34 | 4 | 4 | Sycerika McMahon | Ireland | 56.19 | |
| 35 | 4 | 3 | Jasmine Al-Khaldi | Philippines | 56.37 | |
| 36 | 5 | 8 | Isabella Arcila | Colombia | 56.62 | |
| 37 | 5 | 1 | Miroslava Najdanovski | Serbia | 56.66 | |
| 38 | 5 | 7 | Quah Ting Wen | Singapore | 56.70 | |
| 39 | 5 | 9 | Farida Osman | Egypt | 56.84 | |
| 40 | 6 | 9 | Aksana Dziamidava | Belarus | 57.30 | |
| 41 | 3 | 2 | Chinyere Pigot | Suriname | 57.34 | |
| 42 | 4 | 0 | Elisbet Gamez | Cuba | 57.66 | |
| 43 | 5 | 0 | Susann Bjørnsen | Norway | 56.73 | |
| 44 | 4 | 6 | Anastasia Bogdanovski | North Macedonia | 57.78 | |
| 45 | 4 | 9 | Yamilé Bahamonde | Ecuador | 57.79 | |
| 46 | 3 | 7 | Julimar Avila | Honduras | 57.92 | |
| 47 | 3 | 4 | Bayan Jumah | Syria | 58.13 | |
| 48 | 4 | 7 | Pamela Benitez | El Salvador | 58.16 | |
| 49 | 4 | 8 | Karen Torrez | Bolivia | 58.27 | |
| 50 | 4 | 2 | Benjaporn Sriphanomithorn | Thailand | 58.33 | |
| 51 | 4 | 5 | Sabina Dostálová | Czech Republic | 58.39 | |
| 52 | 4 | 1 | Karen Riveros | Paraguay | 58.44 | |
| 53 | 3 | 5 | Allyson Ponson | Aruba | 58.61 | |
| 54 | 1 | 6 | Heather Arseth | Mauritius | 58.73 | |
| 55 | 3 | 3 | Monika Vasilyan | Armenia | 59.08 | |
| 56 | 3 | 6 | Sylvia Brunlehner | Kenya | 59.18 | |
| 57 | 3 | 9 | Rebecca Heyliger | Bermuda | 59.50 | |
| 58 | 3 | 8 | Ana Nobrega | Angola | 1:00.15 | |
| 59 | 3 | 1 | Mónica Ramírez | Andorra | 1:00.98 | |
| 60 | 3 | 0 | Jamila Lunkuse | Uganda | 1:01.25 | NR |
| 61 | 1 | 3 | Sabine Hazboun | Palestine | 1:02.86 | |
| 62 | 2 | 3 | Tiara Shahril | Brunei | 1:02.88 | |
| 63 | 2 | 5 | Sameera Al-Bitar | Bahrain | 1:05.32 | |
| 64 | 2 | 4 | Britany van Lange | Guyana | 1:05.56 | |
| 65 | 2 | 6 | Merjen Saryyeva | Turkmenistan | 1:05.96 | |
| 66 | 2 | 7 | Charissa Panuve | Tonga | 1:07.10 | |
| 67 | 2 | 2 | Rachel Wall | Antigua and Barbuda | 1:08.43 | |
| 68 | 2 | 1 | Dirngulbai Misech | Palau | 1:09.46 | |
| 69 | 2 | 8 | Shreya Dhital | Nepal | 1:11.12 | |
| 70 | 1 | 4 | Karina Klimyk | Tajikistan | 1:15.45 | |
| 71 | 2 | 9 | Elsie Uwamahoro | Burundi | 1:16.63 | |
| 72 | 2 | 0 | Vivie Geneva Chamberlain | Laos | 1:17.75 | |
| 73 | 1 | 5 | Nazlati Mohamed Andhumdine | Comoros | 1:33.88 | |
| | 6 | 5 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:02.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Missy Franklin | United States | 53.78 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Britta Steffen | Germany | 53.85 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Shannon Vreeland | United States | 53.99 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Tang Yi | China | 54.09 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 54.46 | |
| 6 | 2 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 54.62 | |
| 7 | 8 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 55.32 | |
| 8 | 1 | Qiu Yuhan | China | 55.61 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 52.87 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 4 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 53.09 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 53.29 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 53.68 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Veronika Popova | Russia | 54.15 | |
| 6 | 2 | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | Bahamas | 54.44 | |
| 7 | 1 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 54.68 | |
| 8 | 8 | Karin Prinsloo | South Africa | 55.00 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 52.34 |
| | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 52.89 |
| | 3 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 53.42 |
| 4 | 2 | Missy Franklin | United States | 53.47 |
| 5 | 6 | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 53.67 |
| 6 | 7 | Britta Steffen | Germany | 53.75 |
| 7 | 8 | Tang Yi | China | 54.27 |
| 8 | 1 | Shannon Vreeland | United States | 54.49 |