2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre backstroke
The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships was held on 6 and 7 December 2016.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
| World record Championship record | Katinka Hosszú | 55.03 | Doha | 4 December 2014 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 12:37.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 5 | Kylie Masse | Q, NR | ||
| 2 | 8 | 4 | Katinka Hosszú | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | Ali DeLoof | Q | ||
| 4 | 8 | 5 | Emily Seebohm | Q | ||
| 5 | 6 | 5 | Georgia Davies | Q | ||
| 6 | 8 | 1 | Kathleen Dawson | Q | ||
| 7 | 7 | 4 | Mie Nielsen | Q | ||
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Daryna Zevina | Q | ||
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Hellen Moffitt | Q | ||
| 10 | 7 | 7 | Kira Toussaint | Q | ||
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Minna Atherton | Q | ||
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Emi Moronuki | Q | ||
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Simona Baumrtová | Q | ||
| 14 | 6 | 7 | Andrea Berrino | Q, NR | ||
| 15 | 6 | 6 | Chen Jie | Q | ||
| 16 | 8 | 6 | Sayaka Akase | Q | ||
| 17 | 8 | 7 | Mariia Kameneva | |||
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Hilary Caldwell | |||
| 19 | 5 | 4 | Isabella Arcila | NR | ||
| 20 | 7 | 6 | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | |||
| 21 | 6 | 2 | Silvia Scalia | |||
| 22 | 7 | 1 | Wang Xueer | |||
| 23 | 8 | 2 | Daria Ustinova | |||
| 24 | 7 | 2 | Maaike de Waard | |||
| 25 | 8 | 0 | Mariella Venter | |||
| 26 | 6 | 8 | Hanna Rosvall | |||
| 27 | 4 | 3 | Ugnė Mažutaitytė | NR | ||
| 27 | 8 | 9 | Caroline Pilhatsch | |||
| 29 | 7 | 8 | Ida Lindborg | |||
| 30 | 6 | 0 | Sarah Bro | |||
| 31 | 5 | 5 | Matea Samardžić | |||
| 32 | 6 | 9 | Karin Tomečková | 1:00.25 | ||
| 33 | 8 | 8 | Mathilde Cini | 1:00.27 | ||
| 34 | 5 | 7 | Wong Toto Kwan To | 1:00.36 | ||
| 35 | 5 | 2 | Kristina Steina | 1:00.60 | NR | |
| 35 | 5 | 6 | Karolína Hájková | 1:00.60 | ||
| 37 | 4 | 7 | Tatiana Salcutan | 1:00.68 | NR | |
| 38 | 5 | 8 | Lushavel Stickland | 1:01.19 | NR | |
| 39 | 7 | 9 | Fanny Teijonsalo | 1:01.27 | ||
| 40 | 5 | 1 | Gabi Grobler | 1:01.96 | ||
| 41 | 5 | 9 | Amel Melih | 1:02.03 | ||
| 42 | 4 | 1 | Inés Remersaro | 1:02.50 | ||
| 43 | 4 | 5 | Caylee Watson | 1:02.53 | ||
| 44 | 4 | 6 | Kimiko Raheem | 1:02.70 | NR | |
| 45 | 3 | 6 | Celina Marquez | 1:02.79 | ||
| 46 | 3 | 4 | Lauren Hew | 1:03.35 | NR | |
| 47 | 5 | 0 | Natthanan Junkrajang | 1:03.36 | ||
| 48 | 4 | 4 | Alexus Laird | 1:03.60 | ||
| 49 | 3 | 3 | Anastasia Bogdanovski | 1:03.94 | NR | |
| 50 | 4 | 8 | Maana Patel | 1:04.33 | NR | |
| 51 | 4 | 2 | Jade Howard | 1:04.35 | NR | |
| 52 | 3 | 5 | Danielle Titus | 1:04.82 | NR | |
| 53 | 4 | 0 | Maria Arrua | 1:05.13 | NR | |
| 54 | 4 | 9 | Mónica Ramírez | 1:05.33 | ||
| 55 | 3 | 0 | Maeform Borriello | 1:05.71 | NR | |
| 56 | 2 | 2 | Alma Castillo | 1:06.04 | ||
| 57 | 3 | 7 | Lea Ricart Martinez | 1:06.58 | ||
| 58 | 3 | 2 | Britheny Joassaint | 1:06.96 | ||
| 59 | 3 | 8 | Alison Jackson | 1:07.30 | ||
| 60 | 2 | 4 | Enkhkhuslen Batbayar | 1:08.24 | NR | |
| 61 | 2 | 3 | Tiareth Cijntje | 1:08.50 | NR | |
| 62 | 2 | 1 | Colleen Furgeson | 1:09.39 | NR | |
| 63 | 3 | 1 | Rahaf Baqleh | 1:10.03 | ||
| 64 | 2 | 6 | Gabby Gittens | 1:12.02 | NR | |
| 65 | 2 | 7 | Shanice Paraka | 1:12.55 | ||
| 66 | 1 | 4 | Osisang Chilton | 1:13.67 | NR | |
| 67 | 2 | 9 | Ammara Pinto | 1:15.35 | NR | |
| 68 | 2 | 8 | Ruthie Long | 1:15.47 | ||
| 69 | 1 | 5 | Aishath Sausan | 1:15.76 | NR | |
| 70 | 1 | 6 | Robyn Young | 1:16.25 | NR | |
| 71 | 1 | 3 | Angel de Jesus | 1:20.90 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Dara Al-Bakry | ||||
| 3 | 9 | Jamaris Washshah |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held at 19:44.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was held at 20:01.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 2 | Katinka Hosszú | 55.54 | |||
| 4 | Kylie Masse | 56.24 | |||
| 3 | Georgia Davies | 56.45 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Emily Seebohm | 56.46 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Kathleen Dawson | 56.73 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Ali DeLoof | 56.80 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Mie Nielsen | 56.93 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Daryna Zevina | 57.28 |