# Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 22 and 23 June 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | 51.71 | Budapest, Hungary | 23 July 2017 |
| Competition record | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | 51.71 | Budapest, Hungary | 23 July 2017 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started on 22 June at 09:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 53.49 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 53.70 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 6 | Torri Huske | United States | 53.72 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 5 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 53.78 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | Kayla Sanchez | Canada | 54.06 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 54.08 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 54.13 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 3 | Yang Junxuan | China | 54.18 | Q, WD |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Marie Wattel | France | 54.25 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Kalia Antoniou | Cyprus | 54.25 | Q, NR |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Cheng Yujie | China | 54.28 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Claire Curzan | United States | 54.28 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 54.37 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 54.40 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | Stephanie Balduccini | Brazil | 54.48 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 54.56 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 6 | Signe Bro | Denmark | 54.61 | Q |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 54.78 | |
| 19 | 6 | 8 | Fanni Gyurinovics | Hungary | 54.97 | |
| 20 | 7 | 8 | Valentine Dumont | Belgium | 55.14 | |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | Chiara Tarantino | Italy | 55.30 | |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Emma Chelius | South Africa | 55.39 | |
| 23 | 7 | 0 | Hur Yeon-kyung | South Korea | 55.50 | |
| 24 | 7 | 9 | Daria Golovaty | Israel | 55.85 | |
| 25 | 5 | 9 | Aleksa Gold | Estonia | 56.19 | |
| 26 | 4 | 5 | Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir | Iceland | 56.31 | |
| 27 | 5 | 0 | Anicka Delgado | Ecuador | 56.43 | |
| 28 | 4 | 4 | Ieva Maļuka | Latvia | 56.46 | |
| 29 | 4 | 2 | Jillian Crooks | Cayman Islands | 57.24 | |
| 29 | 4 | 3 | Rafaela Fernandini | Peru | 57.24 | |
| 31 | 4 | 6 | Miranda Renner | Philippines | 57.80 | |
| 32 | 4 | 7 | Kenisha Gupta | India | 57.99 | |
| 33 | 2 | 1 | Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen | Mongolia | 58.16 | |
| 34 | 4 | 8 | Karen Torrez | Bolivia | 58.96 | |
| 35 | 4 | 1 | Isabella Alas | El Salvador | 59.00 | |
| 36 | 4 | 9 | Maxine Egner | Botswana | 59.08 | |
| 37 | 4 | 0 | Chloe Farro | Aruba | 59.13 | |
| 38 | 3 | 5 | Oumy Diop | Senegal | 59.53 | |
| 39 | 1 | 7 | Olivia Fuller | Antigua and Barbuda | 1:00.42 | |
| 40 | 3 | 6 | Cheyenne Rova | Fiji | 1:00.75 | |
| 41 | 3 | 4 | Lina Khiyara | Morocco | 1:00.79 | |
| 42 | 3 | 3 | Zaylie Thompson | Bahamas | 1:01.04 | |
| 43 | 2 | 8 | Tilly Collymore | Grenada | 1:01.40 | |
| 44 | 3 | 0 | Dorcas Oka | Nigeria | 1:01.54 | |
| 45 | 3 | 7 | Georgia-Leigh Vele | Papua New Guinea | 1:01.73 | |
| 46 | 3 | 1 | Nomvula Mjimba | Zimbabwe | 1:02.20 | |
| 47 | 1 | 6 | Anastasiya Morginshtern | Turkmenistan | 1:02.43 | |
| 48 | 3 | 9 | Khema Elizabeth | Seychelles | 1:02.79 | |
| 49 | 3 | 8 | Jamie Joachim | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1:03.14 | |
| 50 | 2 | 7 | Avice Meya | Uganda | 1:03.16 | |
| 51 | 2 | 9 | Kaya Forson | Ghana | 1:03.19 | |
| 52 | 1 | 3 | Mia Lee | Guam | 1:03.67 | |
| 53 | 1 | 5 | Hana Beiqi | Kosovo | 1:03.68 | |
| 54 | 3 | 2 | Bisma Khan | Pakistan | 1:03.72 | |
| 55 | 2 | 2 | Makelyta Singsombath | Laos | 1:05.26 | |
| 56 | 1 | 4 | Ekaterina Bordachyova | Tajikistan | 1:05.38 | |
| 57 | 2 | 4 | Nafissath Radji | Benin | 1:07.06 | |
| 58 | 1 | 8 | Jinie Thompson | Northern Mariana Islands | 1:10.31 | |
| 59 | 2 | 0 | Yuri Hosei | Palau | 1:11.34 | |
| 60 | 2 | 5 | Alyse Maniriho | Burundi | 1:12.38 | |
| 61 | 2 | 3 | Tayamika Chang'anamuno | Malawi | 1:14.96 | |
| 62 | 1 | 2 | Kayla Temba | Tanzania | 1:18.35 | |
| 63 | 2 | 6 | Roukaya Mahamane | Niger | 1:18.94 | NR |
| | 1 | 1 | Mashael Al-Ayed | Saudi Arabia | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 0 | Laura Littlejohn | New Zealand | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 6 | 9 | Diana Petkova | Bulgaria | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 7 | 4 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 7 | 5 | Shayna Jack | Australia | Did not start | Did not start |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started on 22 June at 18:11.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 52.85 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 53.02 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Torri Huske | United States | 53.04 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 53.18 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | Cheng Yujie | China | 53.36 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Kayla Sanchez | Canada | 53.61 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Claire Curzan | United States | 53.62 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Marie Wattel | France | 53.82 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 53.92 | |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | Stephanie Balduccini | Brazil | 54.10 | |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 54.11 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | 54.19 | |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Kalia Antoniou | Cyprus | 54.24 | NR |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Janja Šegel | Slovenia | 54.36 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Signe Bro | Denmark | 54.70 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 54.73 | |

### Final

The final was held on 23 June at 18:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 52.67 |
| | 5 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 52.80 |
| | 3 | Torri Huske | United States | 52.92 |
| 4 | 6 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 52.98 |
| 5 | 2 | Cheng Yujie | China | 53.58 |
| 6 | 7 | Kayla Sanchez | Canada | 53.59 |
| 7 | 8 | Marie Wattel | France | 53.60 |
| 8 | 1 | Claire Curzan | United States | 53.81 |