# 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre butterfly

The Women's 100 Metre Butterfly competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 and 11 December 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record Championship record | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 54.61 | Doha | 7 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:34:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Kelsi Worrell | United States | 56.11 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Katerine Savard | Canada | 56.75 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Rikako Ikee | Japan | 56.83 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 56.99 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | Daiene Dias | Brazil | 57.17 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | Sarah Gibson | United States | 57.20 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 57.56 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 6 | Emily Washer | Australia | 57.62 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 6 | Emilie Beckmann | Denmark | 57.66 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 57.79 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Lucie Svěcená | Czech Republic | 57.91 | Q, NR |
| 12 | 6 | 7 | Asuka Kobayashi | Japan | 57.96 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 7 | Sze Hang Yu | Hong Kong | 58.02 | Q, NR |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Marie Wattel | France | 58.06 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Chan Kin Lok | Hong Kong | 58.16 | Q |
| 16 | 7 | 8 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 58.20 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 3 | Kimberly Buys | Belgium | 58.26 | |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 59.19 | |
| 19 | 5 | 7 | Sara Junevik | Sweden | 59.29 | |
| 20 | 5 | 6 | Nastja Govejšek | Slovenia | 59.35 | |
| 21 | 7 | 0 | Audrey Lacroix | Canada | 59.44 | |
| 22 | 4 | 3 | Tayla Lovemore | South Africa | 59.47 | |
| 23 | 6 | 0 | Hanna Rosvall | Sweden | 59.78 | |
| 24 | 5 | 8 | Barbora Mišendová | Slovakia | 59.81 | |
| 25 | 6 | 8 | Emilia Bottas | Finland | 59.84 | |
| 26 | 5 | 1 | Lisa Hopink | Germany | 59.92 | |
| 27 | 4 | 5 | Bryndis Hansen | Iceland | 59.95 | NR |
| 28 | 4 | 6 | Felicity Passon | Seychelles | 59.99 | NR |
| 29 | 4 | 2 | Martina van Berkel | Switzerland | 1:00.10 | |
| 30 | 7 | 9 | Wang Siqi | China | 1:00.31 | |
| 31 | 6 | 9 | Amina Kajtaz | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:00.36 | |
| 32 | 4 | 4 | Nida Eliz Üstündağ | Turkey | 1:00.45 | |
| 33 | 5 | 9 | Patarawadee Kittiya | Thailand | 1:00.59 | |
| 34 | 5 | 0 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 1:00.88 | |
| 35 | 4 | 7 | Beatričė Kanapienytė | Lithuania | 1:01.41 | |
| 36 | 4 | 1 | Marina Chan | Singapore | 1:02.00 | |
| 37 | 3 | 5 | Emily Muteti | Kenya | 1:02.31 | NR |
| 38 | 3 | 0 | Hoong En Qi | Singapore | 1:02.88 | |
| 39 | 3 | 4 | Kelsie Campbell | Jamaica | 1:02.90 | NR |
| 40 | 3 | 3 | Celina Marquez | El Salvador | 1:03.15 | NR |
| 41 | 3 | 7 | Sara Pastrana | Honduras | 1:03.62 | NR |
| 42 | 3 | 6 | María José Ribera | Bolivia | 1:04.10 | |
| 43 | 4 | 8 | Sarah Hadj-Abderrahmane | Algeria | 1:04.41 | |
| 44 | 3 | 2 | Ireyra Tamayo Periñan | Panama | 1:04.65 | NR |
| 45 | 4 | 9 | Ana Sofia Nóbrega | Angola | 1:04.66 | |
| 46 | 4 | 0 | Inés Marín | Chile | 1:04.99 | |
| 47 | 2 | 4 | Tieri Erasito | Fiji | 1:05.42 | |
| 48 | 2 | 2 | Kim Sol-song | North Korea | 1:05.64 | |
| 49 | 1 | 5 | Rosalee Mira Santa Ana | Philippines | 1:05.66 | |
| 50 | 3 | 8 | Kuan I Cheng | Macau | 1:06.09 | |
| 51 | 3 | 1 | Katie Kyle | Saint Lucia | 1:06.23 | NR |
| 52 | 3 | 9 | Alania Suttie | Samoa | 1:06.66 | NR |
| 53 | 2 | 5 | Estellah Fils Rabetsara | Madagascar | 1:06.72 | |
| 54 | 2 | 1 | Stefania Piccardo | Paraguay | 1:06.86 | |
| 55 | 2 | 6 | Annah Auckburaullee | Mauritius | 1:07.57 | |
| 56 | 2 | 8 | Gabriela Hernandez | Nicaragua | 1:07.73 | |
| 57 | 2 | 7 | Mariel Mencia | Dominican Republic | 1:09.24 | |
| 58 | 2 | 0 | Annie Hepler | Marshall Islands | 1:11.18 | NR |
| 59 | 2 | 9 | Charissa Panuve | Tonga | 1:14.62 | |
| 60 | 1 | 4 | Anthea Mudanye | Uganda | 1:20.65 | NR |
| | 1 | 3 | Laraiba Seibou | Benin | | DSQ |
| | 2 | 3 | Samantha Roberts | Antigua and Barbuda | | DNS |
| | 7 | 5 | Lu Ying | China | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:00:

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 55.82 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Sarah Gibson | United States | 56.88 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Katerine Savard | Canada | 56.93 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Emily Washer | Australia | 57.44 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Marie Wattel | France | 57.45 | |
| 6 | 8 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 57.66 | NR |
| 7 | 2 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | 57.91 | |
| 8 | 7 | Asuka Kobayashi | Japan | 58.28 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kelsi Worrell | United States | 55.80 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Rikako Ikee | Japan | 56.68 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Daiene Dias | Brazil | 57.10 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 57.16 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Emilie Beckmann | Denmark | 57.54 | |
| 6 | 7 | Lucie Svěcená | Czech Republic | 57.76 | NR |
| 7 | 1 | Sze Hang Yu | Hong Kong | 58.17 | |
| 8 | 8 | Chan Kin Lok | Hong Kong | 58.27 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:38:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 55.12 | NR |
| | 4 | Kelsi Worrell | United States | 55.22 | AM |
| | 3 | Rikako Ikee | Japan | 55.64 | WJR, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Katerine Savard | Canada | 56.15 | NR |
| 5 | 1 | Svetlana Chimrova | Russia | 57.12 | |
| 6 | 6 | Sarah Gibson | United States | 57.22 | |
| 7 | 8 | Emily Washer | Australia | 57.35 | |
| 8 | 7 | Daiene Dias | Brazil | 57.56 | |