Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke


The Women's 100 Breaststroke event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 25+26 July 2005 in Montreal, Canada. Preliminary and semifinal heats were swum on 25 July, with the prelims in the morning session and the semis in the evening. The final went the next evening.
At the start of the event, the existing world and championship records were:

Prelims

Semifinals

Final

PlaceSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1Leisel JonesAustralia1:06.25
2Jessica HardyUSA1:06.62
3Tara KirkUSA1:07.43
4LUO XuejuanChina1:07.60
5Brooke HansonAustralia1:08.07
6Suzaan van BiljonSouth Africa1:08.38
7Sarah PoeweGermany1:08.47
8Chiara BoggiattoItaly1:08.98