Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly

Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the 2003 FINA World Championships
Dates 20 July 2003 (heats, semifinals)
21 July 2003 (final)
Winning time 57.96 seconds
Medalists
    United States
    Poland
    Slovakia
«2001 2005»
2003 FINA
World Championships

Barcelona, Spain
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Open water swimming
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km men women
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Synchronised swimming
Solo women
Duet women
Team women
Combination women
Water polo
Team men women

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships took place between 20 July – 21 July. Both the heats and semifinals were held on 20 July with the heats being held in the morning session and the semifinals being held in the evening session. The final was held on 21 July.

Contents

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record Inge de Bruijn Netherlands 56.61 Sydney 17 September 2000
Championship record Petria Thomas Australia 58.27 Fukuoka 28 July 2001

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time WR CR
July 20 Heats Jenny Thompson United States 58.14 CR
July 20 Semifinals Jenny Thompson United States 57.99 CR
July 21 Final Jenny Thompson United States 57.96 CR

Results

Heats

Semifinals

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Jenny Thompson  United States 57.96 CR
Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland 58.22
Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 58.24
4 Alena Popchanka  Belarus 58.90
5 Yafei Zhou  China 59.08
6 Anna-Karin Kammerling  Sweden 59.14
7 Yuko Nakanishi  Japan 59.32
8 Natalie Coughlin  United States 59.63

Key: CR = Championship record

References