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

The Women's 100 metre individual medley competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 8 and 9 December 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 56.67 | Netanya | 4 December 2015 |
| Championship record | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 56.70 | Doha | 5 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:23.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 58.47 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 58.87 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 59.16 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 59.67 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 59.81 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 59.82 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Ella Eastin | United States | 1:00.40 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 1:00.58 | Q, NR |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Sarah Darcel | Canada | 1:00.70 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 6 | Susann Bjørnsen | Norway | 1:00.70 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 1:00.75 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 1:00.79 | Q, NR |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Lilly King | United States | 1:00.84 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 1:00.95 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | 6 | Sun Meichen | China | 1:00.99 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 1:01.21 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Barbora Závadová | Czech Republic | 1:01.35 | |
| 18 | 7 | 7 | Chan Kin Lok | Hong Kong | 1:01.43 | |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Jessica Vall | Spain | 1:01.73 | |
| 20 | 3 | 5 | Isabella Arcila | Colombia | 1:01.98 | NR |
| 21 | 6 | 2 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 1:02.18 | |
| 22 | 6 | 7 | Gabi Grobler | South Africa | 1:02.28 | |
| 23 | 5 | 2 | Mathilde Cini | France | 1:02.94 | |
| 24 | 5 | 7 | Nina Rangelova | Bulgaria | 1:03.01 | |
| 25 | 6 | 0 | Ai Yanhan | China | 1:03.05 | |
| 26 | 1 | 5 | Wakaba Tsuyuuchi | Japan | 1:03.17 | |
| 27 | 7 | 0 | Johanna Gustafsdottir | Iceland | 1:03.51 | |
| 28 | 7 | 8 | Florencia Perotti | Argentina | 1:03.57 | |
| 29 | 5 | 8 | Gabriela Ņikitina | Latvia | 1:03.72 | |
| 30 | 5 | 0 | Rebecca Kamau | Kenya | 1:04.02 | |
| 30 | 7 | 9 | Lushavel Stickland | Samoa | 1:04.02 | NR |
| 32 | 5 | 9 | Karen Torrez | Bolivia | 1:04.27 | NR |
| 33 | 4 | 4 | Sara Nysted | Faroe Islands | 1:05.10 | |
| 34 | 4 | 6 | Hamida Nefsi | Algeria | 1:05.34 | |
| 35 | 4 | 8 | Matelita Buadromo | Fiji | 1:05.35 | |
| 36 | 2 | 3 | Christie Chue | Singapore | 1:05.62 | |
| 37 | 2 | 5 | Anastasia Bogdanovski | Macedonia | 1:05.63 | NR |
| 38 | 4 | 2 | Sofia Lopez | Paraguay | 1:05.68 | NR |
| 39 | 4 | 1 | Amanda Lim | Singapore | 1:05.70 | |
| 40 | 2 | 8 | Chade Nersicio | Curaçao | 1:05.77 | NR |
| 41 | 4 | 3 | Nicole Rautemberg | Paraguay | 1:05.80 | |
| 42 | 3 | 4 | Naomy Grand'Pierre | Haiti | 1:06.11 | |
| 43 | 4 | 5 | Tan Chi Yan | Macau | 1:06.30 | |
| 44 | 3 | 9 | Fatima Alkaramova | Azerbaijan | 1:06.39 | NR |
| 45 | 4 | 7 | Inés Remersaro | Uruguay | 1:06.43 | |
| 46 | 4 | 9 | Izzy Joachim | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1:06.61 | NR |
| 47 | 6 | 9 | Cheyenne Rova | Fiji | 1:06.81 | |
| 48 | 3 | 7 | Alison Jackson | Cayman Islands | 1:09.38 | |
| 49 | 4 | 0 | Estellah Fils Rabetsara | Madagascar | 1:10.14 | |
| 50 | 3 | 1 | Sonia Tumiotto | Tanzania | 1:10.43 | NR |
| 51 | 2 | 2 | Colleen Furgeson | Marshall Islands | 1:10.93 | NR |
| 52 | 3 | 6 | Gabriela Hernandez | Nicaragua | 1:11.55 | |
| 53 | 3 | 2 | Jamaris Washshah | United States Virgin Islands | 1:11.59 | |
| 54 | 3 | 3 | Christina Linares | Gibraltar | 1:11.66 | NR |
| 55 | 1 | 4 | Tilali Scanlan | American Samoa | 1:12.11 | NR |
| 56 | 1 | 3 | Melisa Zhdrella | Kosovo | 1:12.12 | NR |
| 57 | 2 | 7 | Annie Hepler | Marshall Islands | 1:12.62 | |
| 58 | 2 | 4 | Annah Auckburaullee | Mauritius | 1:12.81 | |
| 59 | 3 | 8 | Angel de Jesus | Northern Mariana Islands | 1:16.88 | NR |
| 60 | 2 | 9 | Charissa Panuve | Tonga | 1:18.04 | NR |
| 61 | 3 | 0 | Ammara Pinto | Malawi | 1:20.65 | NR |
| | 6 | 5 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | | DNS |
| | 6 | 8 | Kylie Masse | Canada | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:36.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 57.53 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 59.33 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 59.64 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Susann Bjørnsen | Norway | 1:00.05 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | Iceland | 1:00.31 | NR |
| 6 | 6 | Fanny Lecluyse | Belgium | 1:00.40 | NR |
| 7 | 1 | Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 1:00.59 | |
| 8 | 8 | Fanny Teijonsalo | Finland | 1:01.02 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 58.54 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 58.96 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Ella Eastin | United States | 59.67 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 59.86 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Lilly King | United States | 1:00.05 | QSO, WD |
| 6 | 2 | Sarah Darcel | Canada | 1:00.06 | |
| 7 | 7 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 1:00.93 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sun Meichen | China | 1:01.59 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:49.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 57.24 | |
| | 3 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 57.97 | |
| | 5 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 58.04 | |
| 4 | 6 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 58.81 | |
| 5 | 2 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finland | 59.00 | |
| 6 | 1 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | 59.67 | NR |
| 7 | 8 | Susann Bjørnsen | Norway | 59.89 | |
| 8 | 7 | Ella Eastin | United States | 59.97 | |