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

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | Mai Nakamura | Japan | 1:00.88 |
| 6 | 3 | Diana Mocanu | Romania | 1:01.18 |
| 4 | 2 | Roxana Maracineanu | France | 1:01.66 |
| 4 | 3 | Barbara Bedford | United States | 1:01.70 |
| 4 | 4 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | Spain | 1:01.97 |
| 6 | 6 | Louise Ørnstedt | Denmark | 1:01.98 |
| 5 | 6 | Zhan Shu | China | 1:02.19 |
| 6 | 5 | Noriko Inada | Japan | 1:02.19 |
| 5 | 4 | Antje Buschschulte | Germany | 1:02.23 |
| 4 | 5 | Dyana Calub | Australia | 1:02.46 |
| 5 | 3 | Katy Sexton | Great Britain | 1:02.67 |
| 5 | 2 | Kelly Stefanyshyn | Canada | 1:02.78 |
| 5 | 5 | Sandra Völker | Germany | 1:02.88 |
| 6 | 1 | Michelle Lischinsky | Canada | 1:02.89 |
| 4 | 1 | Lu Donghua | China | 1:02.91 |
| 3 | 6 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe | 1:03.05 |