Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2010 Asian Games
VenueAoti Aquatics Centre
DateNovember 17, 2010
Competitors17 from 13 nations
Medalists
   China
   Japan
   China
20062014 →
Swimming at the
2010 Asian Games

Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
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

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 17 competitors from 13 countries who took part in this event. Three heats were held, the heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals.

Zhao Jing and Gao Chang from China won the gold and bronze medal respectively, Japanese swimmer Shiho Sakai won the silver medal.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date Time Event
Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:01 Heats
18:58 Final

Records

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

World Record  Gemma Spofforth (GBR) 58.12 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009
Asian Record  Zhao Jing (CHN) 58.94 Guangzhou, China 13 November 2010
Games Record  Zhao Jing (CHN) 58.94 Guangzhou, China 13 November 2010

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Athlete Time Notes
1 3 5  Shiho Sakai (JPN) 1:00.42
2 3 4  Aya Terakawa (JPN) 1:01.58
3 1 4  Gao Chang (CHN) 1:02.49
4 2 4  Zhao Jing (CHN) 1:03.05
5 3 3  Claudia Lau (HKG) 1:03.49
6 3 6  Shana Lim (SIN) 1:03.73
7 1 3  Yulduz Kuchkarova (UZB) 1:04.01
8 2 3  Ham Chan-mi (KOR) 1:04.29
9 2 5  Lee Joo-hyung (KOR) 1:05.01
10 1 6  Chan Kah Yan (MAS) 1:05.27
11 2 6  Chen Ting (TPE) 1:05.50
12 1 5  Yekaterina Rudenko (KAZ) 1:05.63
13 3 7  Kuan Weng I (MAC) 1:08.93
14 3 2  Chavisa Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA) 1:09.08
15 1 2  Erica Vong (MAC) 1:09.34
16 2 2  Nguyễn Thị Kim Tuyến (VIE) 1:09.87
17 2 7  Enegul Meredova (TKM) 1:34.68

Final

Rank Lane Athlete Time Notes
1st 6  Zhao Jing (CHN) 59.20
2nd 4  Shiho Sakai (JPN) 59.87
3rd 3  Gao Chang (CHN) 59.90
4 5  Aya Terakawa (JPN) 59.92
5 2  Claudia Lau (HKG) 1:02.60
6 7  Shana Lim (SIN) 1:03.10
7 1  Yulduz Kuchkarova (UZB) 1:03.18
8 8  Ham Chan-mi (KOR) 1:03.56

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