Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle Heats Heats

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 4 | Inge de Bruijn | Netherlands | 54.77 |
| 5 | 5 | Dara Torres | United States | 55.12 |
| 6 | 4 | Jenny Thompson | United States | 55.22 |
| 6 | 5 | Martina Moravcová | Slovakia | 55.42 |
| 7 | 2 | Helene Muller | South Africa | 55.45 |
| 7 | 5 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 55.49 |
| 5 | 3 | Sandra Völker | Germany | 55.54 |
| 6 | 3 | Sue Rolph | Great Britain | 55.77 |
| 5 | 2 | Sumika Minamoto | Japan | 55.80 |
| 7 | 6 | Wilma van Rijn | Netherlands | 55.82 |
| 6 | 2 | Louise Jöhncke | Sweden | 55.91 |
| 6 | 6 | Sarah Ryan | Australia | 56.05 |
| 5 | 6 | Karen Pickering | Great Britain | 56.08 |
| 7 | 7 | Laura Nicholls | Canada | 56.30 |
| 4 | 1 | Rania Elwani | Egypt | 56.31 |