100 m Backstroke, Women

Competition 2008 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Manchester GBR
Held 9 – 10 April 2008
Status Medal
Competitors 48
Countries 36
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Final
🥇 Kirsty Coventry ZIM 58.41
(1 h5)
57.99
(1 h2)
57.10
(1 F)
🥈 Kateryna Zubkova UKR 58.97
(1 h1)
58.23
(2 h2)
57.15
(2 F)
🥉 Sanja Jovanović CRO 59.92
(3 h7)
58.57
(5 h2)
57.80
(3 F)
4 Rachel Goh AUS 59.96
(3 h5)
58.10
(1 h1)
57.83
(4 F)
5 Belinda Hocking AUS 59.34
(1 h7)
58.18
(2 h1)
57.87
(5 F)
6 Margaret Hoelzer USA 58.80
(2 h6)
58.49
(4 h2)
58.22
(6 F)
7 Lizzie Simmonds GBR 59.01
(4 h6)
58.45
(3 h2)
58.28
(7 F)
8 Anya Gostomelsky ISR 58.84
(3 h6)
58.43
(3 h1)
58.49
(8 F)
9 Elizabeth Coster NZL 58.71
(1 h6)
58.63
(4 h1)
10 Gao Chang CHN 59.00
(2 h5)
58.94
(5 h1)
11 Kseniya Moskvina RUS 1:00.08
(4 h5)
59.23
(6 h1)
12 Melissa Ingram NZL 59.70
(2 h7)
59.39
(6 h2)
13 Li Jiaxing CHN 59.75
(5 h6)
59.55
(7 h1)
14 Fabíola Molina BRA 59.99
(4 h7)
59.70
(7 h2)
15 Jennifer Carroll CAN 1:00.30
(5 h5)
59.86
(8 h1)
16 Emily Silver USA 1:00.15
(1 h3)
1:00.52
(8 h2)
17 Hinkelien Schreuder NED 1:00.22
(1 h4)
18 Melanie Marshall GBR 1:00.54
(6 h5)
19 Carolina Colorado COL 1:00.55
(2 h4)
20 Duane Da Rocha ESP 1:00.77
(5 h7)
21 Aleksandra Bas BLR 1:00.97
(6 h6)
22 Hanna Kubas CAN 1:01.01
(7 h6)
23 Sherry Tsai HKG 1:01.32
(6 h7)
24 Sviatlana Khokhlava BLR 1:01.46
(7 h7)
25 Melissa Corfe RSA 1:01.77
(3 h4)
26 Ingvild Snildal NOR 1:02.05
(8 h7)
27 Tao Li SGP 1:02.11
(7 h5)
28 Christin Zenner GER 1:02.26
(8 h5)
29 Christel Simms PHI 1:02.33
(2 h3)
30 Ryo Sawada JPN 1:02.94
(8 h6)
31 Kätlin Sepp EST 1:03.27
(4 h4)
32 Lena Celina Hiller GER 1:03.45
(5 h4)
33 Danijela Djikanović SRB 1:04.28
(6 h4)
34 Natasha Brown PHI 1:05.45
(3 h3)
35 Chanelle van Wyk RSA 1:05.98
(7 h4)
36 Cecilia Bertoncello ARG 1:06.31
(4 h3)
37 Jonay Briedenhann NAM 1:07.86
(5 h3)
38 Fong Man Wai MAC 1:08.29
(6 h3)
39 Che Lok In MAC 1:08.30
(7 h3)
40 Jessica Vieira MOZ 1:09.24
(8 h3)
41 Marie Meza CRC 1:09.74
(1 h2)
42 Siona Huxley LCA 1:10.06
(2 h2)
43 Sophia Noel GRN 1:11.78
(3 h2)
44 Kiran Khan PAK 1:12.18
(4 h2)
45 Patricia Wellman ZAM 1:13.27
(5 h2)
46 Mercedes Milner ZAM 1:13.55
(6 h2)
47 Uche Monu NGR 1:14.83
(2 h1)
48 Asmahan Farhat LBA 1:16.30
(7 h2)
DNS Lorela ReciDNS ALB
(DNS h1)
DNS Meme JamesDNS NGR
(DNS h1)
DNS Batjargal TelmenDNS MGL
(DNS h2)
DNS Éliane DroubryDNS CIV
(DNS h4)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kateryna Zubkova UKR 58.97
2 Uche Monu NGR 1:14.83
DNS Lorela ReciDNS ALB
DNS Meme JamesDNS NGR

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Marie Meza CRC 1:09.74
2 Siona Huxley LCA 1:10.06
3 Sophia Noel GRN 1:11.78
4 Kiran Khan PAK 1:12.18
5 Patricia Wellman ZAM 1:13.27
6 Mercedes Milner ZAM 1:13.55
7 Asmahan Farhat LBA 1:16.30
DNS Batjargal TelmenDNS MGL

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Emily Silver USA 1:00.15
2 Christel Simms PHI 1:02.33
3 Natasha Brown PHI 1:05.45
4 Cecilia Bertoncello ARG 1:06.31
5 Jonay Briedenhann NAM 1:07.86
6 Fong Man Wai MAC 1:08.29
7 Che Lok In MAC 1:08.30
8 Jessica Vieira MOZ 1:09.24

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Hinkelien Schreuder NED 1:00.22
2 Carolina Colorado COL 1:00.55
3 Melissa Corfe RSA 1:01.77
4 Kätlin Sepp EST 1:03.27
5 Lena Celina Hiller GER 1:03.45
6 Danijela Djikanović SRB 1:04.28
7 Chanelle van Wyk RSA 1:05.98
DNS Éliane DroubryDNS CIV

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kirsty Coventry ZIM 58.41
2 Gao Chang CHN 59.00
3 Rachel Goh AUS 59.96
4 Kseniya Moskvina RUS 1:00.08
5 Jennifer Carroll CAN 1:00.30
6 Melanie Marshall GBR 1:00.54
7 Tao Li SGP 1:02.11
8 Christin Zenner GER 1:02.26

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Elizabeth Coster NZL 58.71
2 Margaret Hoelzer USA 58.80
3 Anya Gostomelsky ISR 58.84
4 Lizzie Simmonds GBR 59.01
5 Li Jiaxing CHN 59.75
6 Aleksandra Bas BLR 1:00.97
7 Hanna Kubas CAN 1:01.01
8 Ryo Sawada JPN 1:02.94

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Belinda Hocking AUS 59.34
2 Melissa Ingram NZL 59.70
3 Sanja Jovanović CRO 59.92
4 Fabíola Molina BRA 59.99
5 Duane Da Rocha ESP 1:00.77
6 Sherry Tsai HKG 1:01.32
7 Sviatlana Khokhlava BLR 1:01.46
8 Ingvild Snildal NOR 1:02.05

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Rachel Goh AUS 58.10
2 Belinda Hocking AUS 58.18
3 Anya Gostomelsky ISR 58.43
4 Elizabeth Coster NZL 58.63
5 Gao Chang CHN 58.94
6 Kseniya Moskvina RUS 59.23
7 Li Jiaxing CHN 59.55
8 Jennifer Carroll CAN 59.86

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kirsty Coventry ZIM 57.99
2 Kateryna Zubkova UKR 58.23
3 Lizzie Simmonds GBR 58.45
4 Margaret Hoelzer USA 58.49
5 Sanja Jovanović CRO 58.57
6 Melissa Ingram NZL 59.39
7 Fabíola Molina BRA 59.70
8 Emily Silver USA 1:00.52

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kirsty Coventry ZIM 57.10
2 Kateryna Zubkova UKR 57.15
3 Sanja Jovanović CRO 57.80
4 Rachel Goh AUS 57.83
5 Belinda Hocking AUS 57.87
6 Margaret Hoelzer USA 58.22
7 Lizzie Simmonds GBR 58.28
8 Anya Gostomelsky ISR 58.49