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

The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 6 and 7 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 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 55.03 | Doha | 4 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 12:37.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 5 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 56.02 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 56.16 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 1 | Ali DeLoof | United States | 56.40 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 5 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 56.60 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 56.99 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 1 | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 57.17 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 57.36 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 57.41 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Hellen Moffitt | United States | 57.43 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 7 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 57.50 | Q |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Minna Atherton | Australia | 57.63 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Emi Moronuki | Japan | 57.74 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 57.79 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 7 | Andrea Berrino | Argentina | 57.88 | Q, NR |
| 15 | 6 | 6 | Chen Jie | China | 57.90 | Q |
| 16 | 8 | 6 | Sayaka Akase | Japan | 58.08 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 7 | Mariia Kameneva | Russia | 58.09 | |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 58.16 | |
| 19 | 5 | 4 | Isabella Arcila | Colombia | 58.30 | NR |
| 20 | 7 | 6 | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 58.49 | |
| 21 | 6 | 2 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | 58.52 | |
| 22 | 7 | 1 | Wang Xueer | China | 58.53 | |
| 23 | 8 | 2 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 58.67 | |
| 24 | 7 | 2 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | 58.78 | |
| 25 | 8 | 0 | Mariella Venter | South Africa | 59.66 | |
| 26 | 6 | 8 | Hanna Rosvall | Sweden | 59.71 | |
| 27 | 4 | 3 | Ugnė Mažutaitytė | Lithuania | 59.76 | NR |
| 27 | 8 | 9 | Caroline Pilhatsch | Austria | 59.76 | |
| 29 | 7 | 8 | Ida Lindborg | Sweden | 59.77 | |
| 30 | 6 | 0 | Sarah Bro | Denmark | 59.88 | |
| 31 | 5 | 5 | Matea Samardžić | Croatia | 59.90 | |
| 32 | 6 | 9 | Karin Tomečková | Slovakia | 1:00.25 | |
| 33 | 8 | 8 | Mathilde Cini | France | 1:00.27 | |
| 34 | 5 | 7 | Wong Toto Kwan To | Hong Kong | 1:00.36 | |
| 35 | 5 | 2 | Kristina Steina | Latvia | 1:00.60 | NR |
| 35 | 5 | 6 | Karolína Hájková | Slovakia | 1:00.60 | |
| 37 | 4 | 7 | Tatiana Salcutan | Moldova | 1:00.68 | NR |
| 38 | 5 | 8 | Lushavel Stickland | Samoa | 1:01.19 | NR |
| 39 | 7 | 9 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 1:01.27 | |
| 40 | 5 | 1 | Gabi Grobler | South Africa | 1:01.96 | |
| 41 | 5 | 9 | Amel Melih | Algeria | 1:02.03 | NR |
| 42 | 4 | 1 | Inés Remersaro | Uruguay | 1:02.50 | |
| 43 | 4 | 5 | Caylee Watson | United States Virgin Islands | 1:02.53 | |
| 44 | 4 | 6 | Kimiko Raheem | Sri Lanka | 1:02.70 | NR |
| 45 | 3 | 6 | Celina Marquez | El Salvador | 1:02.79 | |
| 46 | 3 | 4 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 1:03.35 | NR |
| 47 | 5 | 0 | Natthanan Junkrajang | Thailand | 1:03.36 | |
| 48 | 4 | 4 | Alexus Laird | Seychelles | 1:03.60 | |
| 49 | 3 | 3 | Anastasia Bogdanovski | Macedonia | 1:03.94 | NR |
| 50 | 4 | 8 | Maana Patel | India | 1:04.33 | NR |
| 51 | 4 | 2 | Jade Howard | Zambia | 1:04.35 | NR |
| 52 | 3 | 5 | Danielle Titus | Barbados | 1:04.82 | NR |
| 53 | 4 | 0 | Maria Arrua | Paraguay | 1:05.13 | NR |
| 54 | 4 | 9 | Mónica Ramírez | Andorra | 1:05.33 | |
| 55 | 3 | 0 | Maeform Borriello | Honduras | 1:05.71 | NR |
| 56 | 2 | 2 | Alma Castillo | Paraguay | 1:06.04 | |
| 57 | 3 | 7 | Lea Ricart Martinez | Andorra | 1:06.58 | |
| 58 | 3 | 2 | Britheny Joassaint | Haiti | 1:06.96 | |
| 59 | 3 | 8 | Alison Jackson | Cayman Islands | 1:07.30 | |
| 60 | 2 | 4 | Enkhkhuslen Batbayar | Mongolia | 1:08.24 | NR |
| 61 | 2 | 3 | Tiareth Cijntje | Curaçao | 1:08.50 | NR |
| 62 | 2 | 1 | Colleen Furgeson | Marshall Islands | 1:09.39 | NR |
| 63 | 3 | 1 | Rahaf Baqleh | Jordan | 1:10.03 | |
| 64 | 2 | 6 | Gabby Gittens | Antigua and Barbuda | 1:12.02 | NR |
| 65 | 2 | 7 | Shanice Paraka | Papua New Guinea | 1:12.55 | |
| 66 | 1 | 4 | Osisang Chilton | Palau | 1:13.67 | NR |
| 67 | 2 | 9 | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 1:15.35 | NR |
| 68 | 2 | 8 | Ruthie Long | Marshall Islands | 1:15.47 | |
| 69 | 1 | 5 | Aishath Sausan | Maldives | 1:15.76 | NR |
| 70 | 1 | 6 | Robyn Young | Eswatini | 1:16.25 | NR |
| 71 | 1 | 3 | Angel de Jesus | Northern Mariana Islands | 1:20.90 | |
| | 2 | 5 | Dara Al-Bakry | Jordan | | DNS |
| | 3 | 9 | Jamaris Washshah | United States Virgin Islands | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:44.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 56.44 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 56.74 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 57.03 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 57.07 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Emi Moronuki | Japan | 57.23 | |
| 6 | 2 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | 57.73 | |
| 7 | 8 | Sayaka Akase | Japan | 57.85 | |
| 8 | 1 | Andrea Berrino | Argentina | 58.48 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 56.19 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 56.69 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Ali DeLoof | United States | 56.70 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 56.96 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Hellen Moffitt | United States | 57.22 | |
| 6 | 1 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 57.68 | |
| 7 | 8 | Chen Jie | China | 57.86 | |
| 8 | 7 | Minna Atherton | Australia | 57.99 | |

### Final

The final was held at 20:01.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 2 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 55.54 |
| | 4 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 56.24 |
| | 3 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 56.45 |
| 4 | 5 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 56.46 |
| 5 | 1 | Kathleen Dawson | Great Britain | 56.73 |
| 6 | 6 | Ali DeLoof | United States | 56.80 |
| 7 | 7 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 56.93 |
| 8 | 8 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 57.28 |