2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre backstroke
The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships was held on 3 December with the heats and the semifinals and 4 December with the final.Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 3 December | Heats | Katinka Hosszú | | 55.70 | CR |
| 4 December | Final | Katinka Hosszú | | 55.03 | WR, CR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 11:28.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | | 55.70 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | | 56.59 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Mie Nielsen | | 57.05 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 5 | Daryna Zevina | | 57.07 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | Kathleen Baker | | 57.11 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 3 | Etiene Medeiros | | 57.36 | Q, SA |
| 7 | 7 | 5 | Madison Wilson | | 57.48 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | Simona Baumrtová | | 57.61 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 5 | Sayaka Akase | | 57.67 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Michelle Coleman | | 57.70 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Amy Bilquist | | 57.82 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 6 | Georgia Davies | | 57.90 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 8 | Duane Da Rocha | | 58.15 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 8 | Hilary Caldwell | | 58.15 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 6 | Daria Ustinova | | 58.16 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Arianna Barbieri | | 58.26 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | 8 | Yekaterina Rudenko | | 58.44 | |
| 18 | 8 | 7 | Shiho Sakai | | 58.46 | |
| 19 | 7 | 9 | Alicja Tchórz | | 58.56 | |
| 20 | 5 | 5 | Andrea Berrino | | 58.60 | |
| 21 | 6 | 7 | Carolina Colorado Henao | | 58.75 | |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Kimberly Buys | | 58.87 | |
| 23 | 7 | 7 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | | 59.06 | |
| 24 | 8 | 1 | Amit Ivry | | 59.08 | |
| 25 | 8 | 6 | Wang Xueer | | 59.21 | |
| 26 | 5 | 4 | Genevieve Cantin | | 59.42 | |
| 27 | 7 | 2 | Stephanie Au | | 59.44 | |
| 28 | 6 | 0 | Ekaterina Avramova | | 59.46 | |
| 29 | 6 | 9 | Chen Jie | | 59.54 | |
| 30 | 8 | 0 | Mathilde Cini | | 59.55 | |
| 31 | 7 | 0 | Ida Lindborg | | 59.63 | |
| 31 | 8 | 9 | Mimosa Jallow | | 59.63 | |
| 33 | 4 | 5 | Isabella Arcila | | 59.73 | |
| 34 | 7 | 1 | Jenny Mensing | | 59.77 | |
| 35 | 6 | 2 | Anastasiia Osipenko | | 59.95 | |
| 36 | 5 | 3 | Jördis Steinegger | | 1:00.04 | |
| 37 | 5 | 7 | Tereza Grusová | | 1:00.27 | |
| 38 | 5 | 2 | Sarah Bro | | 1:00.40 | |
| 39 | 4 | 3 | Anni Alitalo | | 1:00.83 | |
| 40 | 4 | 8 | Zanre Oberholzer | | 1:00.90 | |
| 41 | 4 | 4 | Elise Olsen | | 1:00.94 | |
| 42 | 4 | 7 | Ranohon Amanova | | 1:00.98 | |
| 43 | 3 | 2 | Anna Schegoleva | | 1:01.02 | |
| 44 | 3 | 4 | Erin Gallagher | | 1:01.17 | |
| 45 | 5 | 9 | Lehesta Kemp | | 1:01.22 | |
| 46 | 4 | 6 | Karolina Hájková | | 1:01.40 | |
| 47 | 4 | 9 | Ajna Késely | | 1:02.01 | |
| 48 | 4 | 2 | Tatiana Perstniova | | 1:02.19 | |
| 49 | 5 | 1 | Alexus Laird | | 1:02.20 | |
| 50 | 2 | 7 | Caylee Watson | | 1:02.22 | |
| 51 | 5 | 6 | Ambra Esposito | | 1:02.53 | |
| 52 | 3 | 3 | Sezin Eligül | | 1:03.07 | |
| 53 | 3 | 5 | Roxanne Yu | | 1:03.09 | |
| 53 | 4 | 1 | Inés Remersaro | | 1:03.09 | |
| 55 | 3 | 8 | Araya Wongvat | | 1:03.77 | |
| 56 | 3 | 9 | Mónica Ramírez | | 1:03.93 | |
| 57 | 3 | 6 | Lauren Hew | | 1:04.37 | |
| 58 | 3 | 7 | Talisa Lanoe | | 1:04.47 | |
| 59 | 4 | 0 | Lara Butler | | 1:05.32 | |
| 60 | 2 | 6 | Chiara Gualtieri | | 1:06.00 | |
| 61 | 2 | 3 | Maeform Borriello | | 1:06.27 | |
| 62 | 2 | 5 | Evelina Afoa | | 1:06.46 | |
| 63 | 3 | 0 | Deandre Small | | 1:07.20 | |
| 64 | 3 | 1 | Ariana Herranz | | 1:07.36 | |
| 65 | 2 | 2 | | | 1:07.98 | |
| 66 | 2 | 8 | Yuliya Stisyuk | | 1:08.45 | |
| 67 | 2 | 1 | Shanice Paraka | | 1:09.72 | |
| 68 | 2 | 4 | Estellah Fils | | 1:09.99 | |
| 69 | 2 | 0 | Meryem Bada | | 1:10.70 | |
| 70 | 2 | 9 | Areeba Shaikh | | 1:14.49 | |
| 71 | 1 | 4 | Sonia Tumiotto | | 1:16.35 | |
| 72 | 1 | 5 | Diana Basho | | 1:16.86 | |
| 73 | 1 | 6 | Roylin Akiwo | | 1:19.18 | |
| — | 1 | 3 | Goodnews Egirgi | | | DNS |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 18:44.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was held at 19:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Katinka Hosszú | | 55.03 | WR |
| 5 | Emily Seebohm | | 55.31 | OC |
| 4 | Daryna Zevina | | 55.54 | |
| 4 | 7 | Madison Wilson | | 56.37 | |
| 5 | 2 | Mie Nielsen | | 56.62 | |
| 6 | 8 | Kathleen Baker | | 57.07 | |
| 7 | 1 | Etiene Medeiros | | 57.72 | |
| 8 | 6 | Georgia Davies | | 57.77 | |
