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

The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 7 and 8 December 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Cate Campbell | Australia | 50.91 | Sydney | 28 November 2015 |
| Championship record | Femke Heemskerk | Netherlands | 51.37 | Doha | 5 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 14 | 2 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 52.36 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 13 | 5 | Brittany Elmslie | Australia | 52.72 | Q |
| 3 | 14 | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 52.75 | Q |
| 4 | 13 | 6 | Sandrine Mainville | Canada | 52.97 | Q |
| 5 | 14 | 5 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 53.05 | Q |
| 6 | 14 | 3 | Zhu Menghui | China | 53.06 | Q |
| 7 | 13 | 4 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 53.14 | Q |
| 8 | 12 | 5 | Rikako Ikee | Japan | 53.17 | Q |
| 9 | 14 | 1 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 53.28 | Q |
| 10 | 12 | 3 | Amanda Weir | United States | 53.43 | Q |
| 11 | 12 | 4 | Veronika Popova | Russia | 53.50 | Q |
| 12 | 13 | 3 | Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 53.67 | Q |
| 13 | 14 | 9 | Isabella Arcila | Colombia | 53.70 | Q, NR |
| 14 | 12 | 6 | Madison Kennedy | United States | 53.73 | Q |
| 15 | 14 | 6 | Larissa Oliveira | Brazil | 53.77 | Q |
| 16 | 13 | 1 | Marie Wattel | France | 53.78 | Q |
| 17 | 13 | 2 | Rozaliya Nasretdinova | Russia | 53.90 | |
| 18 | 14 | 7 | Carla Buchanan | Australia | 53.96 | |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 53.97 | |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Annika Bruhn | Germany | 53.99 | |
| 21 | 14 | 0 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | Finland | 54.08 | |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 54.12 | |
| 23 | 10 | 4 | Sze Hang Yu | Hong Kong | 54.59 | |
| 23 | 12 | 1 | Barbora Seemanová | Czech Republic | 54.59 | |
| 25 | 11 | 4 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 54.60 | |
| 26 | 12 | 7 | Yui Yamane | Japan | 54.62 | |
| 27 | 11 | 7 | Kimberly Buys | Belgium | 54.64 | |
| 27 | 13 | 7 | Shen Duo | China | 54.64 | |
| 29 | 9 | 4 | Bryndis Hansen | Iceland | 54.67 | |
| 30 | 11 | 6 | Yuliya Khitraya | Belarus | 54.68 | |
| 31 | 12 | 8 | Nastja Govejšek | Slovenia | 54.75 | |
| 32 | 13 | 8 | Birgit Koschischek | Austria | 54.87 | |
| 33 | 12 | 0 | Susann Bjørnsen | Norway | 54.92 | |
| 34 | 11 | 5 | Julie Kepp Jensen | Denmark | 54.99 | |
| 35 | 13 | 0 | Nina Rangelova | Bulgaria | 55.06 | |
| 36 | 8 | 5 | Karen Torrez | Bolivia | 55.25 | |
| 37 | 10 | 5 | Felicity Passon | Seychelles | 55.38 | |
| 38 | 11 | 1 | Kertu Ly Alnek | Estonia | 55.46 | |
| 39 | 11 | 8 | Tayla Lovemore | South Africa | 55.49 | |
| 40 | 13 | 9 | Manuella Lyrio | Brazil | 55.50 | |
| 41 | 10 | 3 | Natthanan Junkrajang | Thailand | 55.59 | |
| 42 | 14 | 8 | Nathalie Lindborg | Sweden | 55.63 | |
| 43 | 10 | 2 | Jasmine Alkhaldi | Philippines | 55.75 | |
| 44 | 11 | 0 | Isabel Gose | Germany | 55.76 | |
| 45 | 8 | 6 | Anastasia Bogdanovski | Macedonia | 55.98 | |
| 46 | 9 | 2 | Bexx Heyliger | Bermuda | 56.15 | |
| 46 | 9 | 7 | Karen Riveros | Paraguay | 56.15 | |
| 48 | 11 | 9 | Barbora Mišendová | Slovakia | 56.25 | |
| 49 | 10 | 8 | Allyson Ponson | Aruba | 56.34 | |
| 50 | 10 | 0 | Amel Melih | Algeria | 56.38 | |
| 51 | 10 | 7 | Jenjira Srisa-Ard | Thailand | 56.39 | |
| 52 | 10 | 9 | Amanda Lim | Singapore | 56.52 | |
| 53 | 12 | 9 | Mathilde Cini | France | 56.62 | |
| 54 | 10 | 6 | Gabriela Ņikitina | Latvia | 56.64 | |
| 55 | 10 | 1 | Marina Chan | Singapore | 56.67 | |
| 56 | 9 | 3 | Lushavel Stickland | Samoa | 56.88 | |
| 57 | 7 | 5 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 56.99 | |
| 58 | 8 | 3 | Jessica Cattaneo | Peru | 57.11 | |
| 59 | 7 | 8 | Inés Remersaro | Uruguay | 57.18 | NR |
| 59 | 8 | 4 | Kelsie Campbell | Jamaica | 57.18 | |
| 61 | 8 | 7 | Kimiko Raheem | Sri Lanka | 57.42 | |
| 62 | 7 | 6 | Sara Nysted | Faroe Islands | 57.43 | |
| 63 | 9 | 5 | Jade Howard | Zambia | 57.50 | |
| 64 | 8 | 1 | Andrea Cedrón Rodríguez | Peru | 57.61 | |
| 65 | 8 | 2 | Sylvia Brunlehner | Kenya | 57.68 | |
| 66 | 4 | 6 | Cheyenne Rova | Fiji | 57.79 | |
| 66 | 6 | 5 | Emily Muteti | Kenya | 57.79 | |
| 68 | 9 | 8 | Alexus Laird | Seychelles | 57.84 | |
| 69 | 5 | 4 | Sara Pastrana | Honduras | 57.89 | |
| 70 | 5 | 1 | Celina Marquez | El Salvador | 57.91 | |
| 71 | 6 | 4 | Ana Sofia Nóbrega | Angola | 58.05 | |
| 72 | 8 | 9 | Tan Chi Yan | Macau | 58.13 | |
| 73 | 8 | 8 | Arianna Sanna | Dominican Republic | 58.20 | |
| 74 | 6 | 1 | Matelita Buadromo | Fiji | 58.21 | |
| 75 | 7 | 4 | Ines Marin | Chile | 58.26 | |
| 76 | 9 | 0 | Maria Arrua | Paraguay | 58.36 | |
| 77 | 8 | 0 | Lei On Kei | Macau | 58.48 | |
| 78 | 6 | 0 | Naomy Grand'Pierre | Haiti | 58.55 | |
| 79 | 6 | 2 | Ireyra Tamayo Periñan | Panama | 58.63 | |
| 80 | 5 | 9 | Tilka Paljk | Zambia | 58.67 | |
| 81 | 9 | 9 | Chade Nersicio | Curaçao | 58.86 | |
| 82 | 6 | 8 | Fatima Alkaramova | Azerbaijan | 59.05 | |
| 83 | 6 | 6 | Gabriella Doueihy | Lebanon | 59.24 | |
| 83 | 7 | 0 | Alison Jackson | Cayman Islands | 59.24 | |
| 85 | 4 | 1 | Maeform Borriello | Honduras | 59.28 | |
| 86 | 5 | 8 | Malavika Vishwanath | India | 59.40 | |
| 87 | 5 | 7 | Ani Poghosyan | Armenia | 59.43 | |
| 87 | 6 | 3 | Catharine Cooper Gomez | Panama | 59.43 | |
| 89 | 7 | 1 | Jeanne Boutbien | Senegal | 59.64 | |
| 90 | 7 | 7 | Mónica Ramírez Abella | Andorra | 59.66 | |
| 91 | 7 | 3 | Rahaf Baqleh | Jordan | 59.67 | |
| 92 | 6 | 7 | Jennifer Rizkallah | Lebanon | 59.73 | |
| 93 | 5 | 6 | Estellah Fils Rabetsara | Madagascar | 59.92 | |
| 94 | 4 | 4 | Mariel Mencía | Dominican Republic | 59.97 | |
| 95 | 4 | 8 | Gabriela Hernandez | Nicaragua | 1:00.03 | |
| 96 | 5 | 5 | Lea Ricart Martinez | Andorra | 1:00.06 | |
| 97 | 5 | 2 | Maana Patel | India | 1:00.31 | |
| 98 | 4 | 2 | Katie Kyle | Saint Lucia | 1:00.46 | |
| 99 | 3 | 5 | Sonia Tumiotto | Tanzania | 1:00.47 | |
| 100 | 1 | 4 | Lani Cabrera | Barbados | 1:00.69 | |
| 101 | 5 | 3 | Samantha Roberts | Antigua and Barbuda | 1:00.93 | |
| 102 | 4 | 3 | Christina Linares | Gibraltar | 1:00.96 | |
| 103 | 3 | 1 | Colleen Furgeson | Marshall Islands | 1:01.07 | |
| 104 | 4 | 5 | McKayla Treasure | Barbados | 1:01.12 | |
| 105 | 3 | 4 | Fernanda Archila | Guatemala | 1:01.34 | |
| 106 | 4 | 7 | Annah Auckburaullee | Mauritius | 1:01.41 | |
| 107 | 3 | 8 | Annie Hepler | Marshall Islands | 1:01.67 | |
| 108 | 5 | 0 | Yara Lima | Angola | 1:01.75 | |
| 109 | 7 | 9 | Dara Al-Bakry | Jordan | 1:01.87 | |
| 110 | 3 | 2 | Tiareth Cijntje | Curaçao | 1:02.38 | |
| 111 | 3 | 7 | Jamila Sanmoogan | Guyana | 1:02.63 | |
| 112 | 4 | 0 | Sofia Shan | Nepal | 1:02.91 | |
| 113 | 4 | 9 | Tiana Rabarijaona | Madagascar | 1:03.24 | |
| 114 | 2 | 6 | Charissa Panuve | Tonga | 1:04.74 | |
| 115 | 2 | 3 | Bisma Khan | Pakistan | 1:04.76 | |
| 116 | 3 | 3 | Flaka Pruthi | Kosovo | 1:04.80 | |
| 117 | 2 | 7 | Osisang Chilton | Palau | 1:04.88 | |
| 118 | 2 | 4 | Shanice Paraka | Papua New Guinea | 1:04.93 | |
| 119 | 2 | 2 | Pak Mi-song | North Korea | 1:04.94 | |
| 120 | 3 | 6 | Alesia Neziri | Albania | 1:05.33 | |
| 121 | 2 | 5 | Shreetika Singh | Nepal | 1:06.54 | |
| 122 | 3 | 0 | Angel de Jesus | Northern Mariana Islands | 1:06.97 | |
| 123 | 3 | 9 | Aminath Shajan | Maldives | 1:07.43 | |
| 124 | 2 | 1 | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 1:08.35 | |
| 125 | 2 | 0 | Robyn Young | Eswatini | 1:10.35 | |
| 126 | 2 | 8 | Tayamika Chang'anamun | Malawi | 1:14.36 | |
| 127 | 1 | 3 | Laraiba Seibou | Benin | 1:18.23 | |
| | 1 | 5 | Fatoumata Samassékou | Mali | | DNS |
| | 6 | 9 | Britheny Joassaint | Haiti | | DNS |
| | 7 | 2 | Jessica Eriksson | Sweden | | DNS |
| | 9 | 1 | Naomi Ruele | Botswana | | DNS |
| | 9 | 6 | Bayan Jumah | Syria | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:36.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Brittany Elmslie | Australia | 52.19 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Rikako Ikee | Japan | 52.47 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Sandrine Mainville | Canada | 52.58 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Zhu Menghui | China | 52.90 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Amanda Weir | United States | 53.10 | |
| 6 | 1 | Madison Kennedy | United States | 53.24 | |
| 7 | 7 | Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 53.60 | |
| 8 | 8 | Marie Wattel | France | 53.66 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 52.19 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 52.76 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 52.77 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Veronika Popova | Russia | 52.94 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 53.08 | |
| 6 | 2 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | 53.23 | |
| 7 | 8 | Larissa Oliveira | Brazil | 53.67 | |
| 8 | 1 | Isabella Arcila | Colombia | 53.98 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:37.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Brittany Elmslie | Australia | 51.81 | |
| | 2 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 51.92 | |
| | 5 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 52.01 | WJR, NR |
| 4 | 3 | Rikako Ikee | Japan | 52.12 | |
| 5 | 7 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy | 52.43 | |
| 6 | 6 | Sandrine Mainville | Canada | 52.52 | |
| 7 | 8 | Veronika Popova | Russia | 52.53 | |
| 8 | 1 | Zhu Menghui | China | 52.74 | |