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)
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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)
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12 Melissa Ingram NZL 59.70
(2 h7)
59.39
(6 h2)
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13 Li Jiaxing CHN 59.75
(5 h6)
59.55
(7 h1)
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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)
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16 Emily Silver USA 1:00.15
(1 h3)
1:00.52
(8 h2)
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17 Hinkelien Schreuder NED 1:00.22
(1 h4)
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18 Melanie Marshall GBR 1:00.54
(6 h5)
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19 Carolina Colorado COL 1:00.55
(2 h4)
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20 Duane Da Rocha ESP 1:00.77
(5 h7)
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21 Aleksandra Bas BLR 1:00.97
(6 h6)
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22 Hanna Kubas CAN 1:01.01
(7 h6)
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23 Sherry Tsai HKG 1:01.32
(6 h7)
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24 Sviatlana Khokhlava BLR 1:01.46
(7 h7)
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25 Melissa Corfe RSA 1:01.77
(3 h4)
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26 Ingvild Snildal NOR 1:02.05
(8 h7)
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27 Tao Li SGP 1:02.11
(7 h5)
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28 Christin Zenner GER 1:02.26
(8 h5)
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29 Christel Simms PHI 1:02.33
(2 h3)
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30 Ryo Sawada JPN 1:02.94
(8 h6)
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31 Kätlin Sepp EST 1:03.27
(4 h4)
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32 Lena Celina Hiller GER 1:03.45
(5 h4)
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33 Danijela Djikanović SRB 1:04.28
(6 h4)
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34 Natasha Brown PHI 1:05.45
(3 h3)
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35 Chanelle van Wyk RSA 1:05.98
(7 h4)
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36 Cecilia Bertoncello ARG 1:06.31
(4 h3)
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37 Jonay Briedenhann NAM 1:07.86
(5 h3)
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38 Fong Man Wai MAC 1:08.29
(6 h3)
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39 Che Lok In MAC 1:08.30
(7 h3)
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40 Jessica Vieira MOZ 1:09.24
(8 h3)
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41 Marie Meza CRC 1:09.74
(1 h2)
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42 Siona Huxley LCA 1:10.06
(2 h2)
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43 Sophia Noel GRN 1:11.78
(3 h2)
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44 Kiran Khan PAK 1:12.18
(4 h2)
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45 Patricia Wellman ZAM 1:13.27
(5 h2)
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46 Mercedes Milner ZAM 1:13.55
(6 h2)
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47 Uche Monu NGR 1:14.83
(2 h1)
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48 Asmahan Farhat LBA 1:16.30
(7 h2)
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DNS Lorela ReciDNS ALB —
(DNS h1)
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DNS Meme JamesDNS NGR —
(DNS h1)
— —
DNS Batjargal TelmenDNS MGL —
(DNS h2)
— —
DNS Éliane DroubryDNS CIV —
(DNS h4)
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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