# 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 3 December with the heats and the semifinals and 4 December with the final.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Shiho Sakai | Japan | 55.23 | Berlin | 15 November 2009 |
| Championship record | Natalie Coughlin | United States | 56.08 | Dubai | 16 December 2010 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 3 December | Heats | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 55.70 | CR |
| 4 December | Final | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 55.03 | WR, CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 11:28.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 55.70 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 56.59 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 57.05 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 5 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 57.07 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | Kathleen Baker | United States | 57.11 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 3 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | 57.36 | Q, SA |
| 7 | 7 | 5 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 57.48 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 57.61 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 5 | Sayaka Akase | Japan | 57.67 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 57.70 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Amy Bilquist | United States | 57.82 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 6 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 57.90 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 8 | Duane Da Rocha | Spain | 58.15 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 8 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 58.15 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 6 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 58.16 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Arianna Barbieri | Italy | 58.26 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 8 | Yekaterina Rudenko | Kazakhstan | 58.44 | |
| 18 | 8 | 7 | Shiho Sakai | Japan | 58.46 | |
| 19 | 7 | 9 | Alicja Tchórz | Poland | 58.56 | |
| 20 | 5 | 5 | Andrea Berrino | Argentina | 58.60 | |
| 21 | 6 | 7 | Carolina Colorado Henao | Colombia | 58.75 | |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Kimberly Buys | Belgium | 58.87 | |
| 23 | 7 | 7 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | Iceland | 59.06 | |
| 24 | 8 | 1 | Amit Ivry | Israel | 59.08 | |
| 25 | 8 | 6 | Wang Xueer | China | 59.21 | |
| 26 | 5 | 4 | Genevieve Cantin | Canada | 59.42 | |
| 27 | 7 | 2 | Stephanie Au | Hong Kong | 59.44 | |
| 28 | 6 | 0 | Ekaterina Avramova | Turkey | 59.46 | |
| 29 | 6 | 9 | Chen Jie | China | 59.54 | |
| 30 | 8 | 0 | Mathilde Cini | France | 59.55 | |
| 31 | 7 | 0 | Ida Lindborg | Sweden | 59.63 | |
| 31 | 8 | 9 | Mimosa Jallow | Finland | 59.63 | |
| 33 | 4 | 5 | Isabella Arcila | Colombia | 59.73 | |
| 34 | 7 | 1 | Jenny Mensing | Germany | 59.77 | |
| 35 | 6 | 2 | Anastasiia Osipenko | Russia | 59.95 | |
| 36 | 5 | 3 | Jördis Steinegger | Austria | 1:00.04 | |
| 37 | 5 | 7 | Tereza Grusová | Czech Republic | 1:00.27 | |
| 38 | 5 | 2 | Sarah Bro | Denmark | 1:00.40 | |
| 39 | 4 | 3 | Anni Alitalo | Finland | 1:00.83 | |
| 40 | 4 | 8 | Zanre Oberholzer | Namibia | 1:00.90 | |
| 41 | 4 | 4 | Elise Olsen | Norway | 1:00.94 | |
| 42 | 4 | 7 | Ranohon Amanova | Uzbekistan | 1:00.98 | |
| 43 | 3 | 2 | Anna Schegoleva | Cyprus | 1:01.02 | |
| 44 | 3 | 4 | Erin Gallagher | South Africa | 1:01.17 | |
| 45 | 5 | 9 | Lehesta Kemp | South Africa | 1:01.22 | |
| 46 | 4 | 6 | Karolina Hájková | Slovakia | 1:01.40 | |
| 47 | 4 | 9 | Ajna Késely | Hungary | 1:02.01 | |
| 48 | 4 | 2 | Tatiana Perstniova | Moldova | 1:02.19 | |
| 49 | 5 | 1 | Alexus Laird | Seychelles | 1:02.20 | |
| 50 | 2 | 7 | Caylee Watson | United States Virgin Islands | 1:02.22 | |
| 51 | 5 | 6 | Ambra Esposito | Italy | 1:02.53 | |
| 52 | 3 | 3 | Sezin Eligül | Turkey | 1:03.07 | |
| 53 | 3 | 5 | Roxanne Yu | Philippines | 1:03.09 | |
| 53 | 4 | 1 | Inés Remersaro | Uruguay | 1:03.09 | |
| 55 | 3 | 8 | Araya Wongvat | Thailand | 1:03.77 | |
| 56 | 3 | 9 | Mónica Ramírez | Andorra | 1:03.93 | |
| 57 | 3 | 6 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 1:04.37 | |
| 58 | 3 | 7 | Talisa Lanoe | Kenya | 1:04.47 | |
| 59 | 4 | 0 | Lara Butler | Cayman Islands | 1:05.32 | |
| 60 | 2 | 6 | Chiara Gualtieri | San Marino | 1:06.00 | |
| 61 | 2 | 3 | Maeform Borriello | Honduras | 1:06.27 | |
| 62 | 2 | 5 | Evelina Afoa | Samoa | 1:06.46 | |
| 63 | 3 | 0 | Deandre Small | Barbados | 1:07.20 | |
| 64 | 3 | 1 | Ariana Herranz | Philippines | 1:07.36 | |
| 65 | 2 | 2 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 1:07.98 | |
| 66 | 2 | 8 | Yuliya Stisyuk | Azerbaijan | 1:08.45 | |
| 67 | 2 | 1 | Shanice Paraka | Papua New Guinea | 1:09.72 | |
| 68 | 2 | 4 | Estellah Fils | Madagascar | 1:09.99 | |
| 69 | 2 | 0 | Meryem Bada | Morocco | 1:10.70 | |
| 70 | 2 | 9 | Areeba Shaikh | Pakistan | 1:14.49 | |
| 71 | 1 | 4 | Sonia Tumiotto | Tanzania | 1:16.35 | |
| 72 | 1 | 5 | Diana Basho | Albania | 1:16.86 | |
| 73 | 1 | 6 | Roylin Akiwo | Palau | 1:19.18 | |
| — | 1 | 3 | Goodnews Egirgi | Nigeria | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:44.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 56.23 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 56.32 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 56.82 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | 57.13 | Q, SA |
| 5 | 6 | Simona Baumrtová | Czech Republic | 57.37 | |
| 6 | 2 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 57.51 | |
| 7 | 1 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 57.88 | |
| 8 | 8 | Arianna Barbieri | Italy | 58.50 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 56.65 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 56.87 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 56.91 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Kathleen Baker | United States | 57.25 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Sayaka Akase | Japan | 57.52 | |
| 6 | 7 | Amy Bilquist | United States | 57.65 | |
| 7 | 1 | Duane Da Rocha | Spain | 57.80 | |
| 8 | 8 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | 58.07 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 55.03 | WR |
| | 5 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 55.31 | OC |
| | 4 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 55.54 | |
| 4 | 7 | Madison Wilson | Australia | 56.37 | |
| 5 | 2 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | 56.62 | |
| 6 | 8 | Kathleen Baker | United States | 57.07 | |
| 7 | 1 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | 57.72 | |
| 8 | 6 | Georgia Davies | Great Britain | 57.77 | |