| Final 18:42 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | 50m |  | 1. Xuejuan Luo |   China | 1:06.80 |   | 3 | 19 | 0.73 | 1008 | 30.87s |  | 2. Amanda Beard |   United States | 1:07.42 | +0.62s | 5 | 21 | 0.71 | 995 | 32.08s |  | 3. Leisel Jones |   Australia | 1:07.47 | +0.67s | 4 | 17 | 0.84 | 994 | 31.53s |  | 4. Sarah Poewe |   Germany | 1:08.06 | +1.26s | 6 | 20 | 0.68 | 982 | 31.75s |  | 5. Tara Kirk |   United States | 1:08.30 | +1.50s | 2 | 21 | 0.75 | 976 | 31.54s |  | 6. Brooke Hanson |   Australia | 1:08.55 | +1.75s | 7 | 25 | 0.73 | 971 | 32.23s |  | 7. Mirna Jukic |   Austria | 1:08.76 | +1.96s | 1 | 17 | 0.75 | 967 | 32.65s |  | 8. Rhiannon Leier |   Canada | 1:09.39 | +2.59s | 8 | 26 | 0.81 | 953 | 32.67s |   
| World Record: Penny Haynes, South Africa 1:06.52 Sydney, Australia 23rd August 1999. |  | Championship Record: Luo Xuejuan, China 1:07.18 Fukuoka, Japan 22nd July 2001. |   
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 Semi-Finals - Monday, 21st July 18:16  |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Semi 1 18:16 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 2. Amanda Beard |   United States | 1:07.57 | +1.20s | 4 | 21 | 0.73 | 992 | 2. | 32.37s |  | 4. Sarah Poewe |   Germany | 1:07.88 | +1.51s | 5 | 20 | 0.69 | 985 | 4. | 31.86s |  | 9. Vipa Bernhardt |   Germany | 1:09.50 | +3.13s | 3 | 20 | 0.78 | 951 | 9. | 32.90s |  | 10.Madelon Baans |   Netherlands | 1:09.69 | +3.32s | 2 | 25 | 0.87 | 947 | 10. | 32.97s |  | 11.Masami Tanaka |   Japan | 1:09.77 | +3.40s | 6 | 24 | 0.76 | 945 | 11. | 32.64s |  | 12.Emma Igelstrom |   Sweden | 1:10.07 | +3.70s | 1 | 23 | 0.78 | 939 | 12. | 32.30s |  | 13.Lauren Van Oosten |   Canada | 1:10.15 | +3.78s | 8 | 24 | 0.77 | 937 | 13. | 33.43s |  | 15.šgnesKovšcs |   Hungary | 1:10.37 | +4.00s | 7 | 22 | 0.80 | 932 | 15. | 33.21s |   
| Semi 2 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 1. Leisel Jones |   Australia | 1:06.37 | WR | 4 | 17 | 0.83 | 1017 | 1. | 31.40s |  | 3. Xuejuan Luo |   China | 1:07.76 | +1.39s | 3 | 19 | 0.76 | 988 | 3. | 31.59s |  | 5. Tara Kirk |   United States | 1:08.24 | +1.87s | 7 | 21 | 0.75 | 978 | 5. | 31.95s |  | 6. Brooke Hanson |   Australia | 1:08.25 | +1.88s | 5 | 25 | 0.75 | 977 | 6. | 32.28s |  | 7. Mirna Jukic |   Austria | 1:08.86 | +2.49s | 2 | 17 | 0.79 | 964 | 7. | 32.71s |  | 8. Rhiannon Leier |   Canada | 1:09.25 | +2.88s | 6 | 26 | 0.83 | 956 | 8. | 32.43s |  | 14.Maria Ostling |   Sweden | 1:10.24 | +3.87s | 8 | 25 | 0.92 | 935 | 14. | 33.22s |  | 16.Majken Thorup |   Denmark | 1:10.51 | +4.14s | 1 | 24 | 0.77 | 929 | 16. | 33.16s |   
| Heat 9 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 4. Sarah Poewe |   Germany | 1:08.72 | +0.97s | 6 | 20 | 0.68 | 967 | 4. | 32.10s |  | 5. Xuejuan Luo |   China | 1:08.88 | +1.13s | 4 | 19 | 0.77 | 964 | 5. | 32.42s |  | 7. Rhiannon Leier |   Canada | 1:09.37 | +1.62s | 7 | 26 | 0.85 | 954 | 7. | 32.65s |  | 9. Mirna Jukic |   Austria | 1:09.43 | +1.68s | 3 | 17 | 0.76 | 952 | 9. | 32.87s |  | 11.Tara Kirk |   United States | 1:09.83 | +2.08s | 5 | 21 | 0.78 | 944 | 11. | 32.50s |  | 13.Majken Thorup |   Denmark | 1:10.25 | +2.50s | 8 | 24 | 0.76 | 935 | 13. | 33.03s |  | 18.Svitlana Bondarenko |   Ukraine | 1:10.79 | +3.04s | 2 | 31 | 0.94 | 923 | 18. | 34.04s |  | 21.Yuliya Pidlisna |   Ukraine | 1:11.07 | +3.32s | 1 | 16 | 0.76 | 918 | 21. | 32.75s |   
| Heat 8 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 1. Leisel Jones |   Australia | 1:07.75 |   | 4 | 17 | 0.83 | 988 | 1. | 32.03s |  | 2. Amanda Beard |   United States | 1:08.15 | +0.40s | 5 | 21 | 0.71 | 980 | 2. | 32.40s |  | 6. Vipa Bernhardt |   Germany | 1:09.00 | +1.25s | 7 | 20 | 0.76 | 962 | 6. | 33.00s |  | 8. Masami Tanaka |   Japan | 1:09.42 | +1.67s | 6 | 24 | 0.79 | 953 | 8. | 33.23s |  | 12.šgnesKovšcs |   Hungary | 1:10.05 | +2.30s | 2 | 22 | 0.81 | 939 | 12. | 33.18s |  | 22.Jaime King |   Great Britain | 1:11.24 | +3.49s | 3 | 26 | 0.76 | 914 | 22. | 33.53s |  | 23.Diana Remenyi |   Hungary | 1:11.35 | +3.60s | 8 | 17 | 0.86 | 912 | 23. | 34.01s |   
| Heat 7 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 3. Brooke Hanson |   Australia | 1:08.48 | +0.73s | 5 | 25 | 0.76 | 973 | 3. | 32.28s |  | 10.Madelon Baans |   Netherlands | 1:09.81 | +2.06s | 7 | 25 | 0.84 | 944 | 10. | 33.07s |  | 14.Emma Igelstrom |   Sweden | 1:10.40 | +2.65s | 4 | 23 | 0.79 | 932 | 14. | 32.98s |  | 15.Maria Ostling |   Sweden | 1:10.47 | +2.72s | 1 | 25 | 0.85 | 930 | 15. | 33.27s |  | 16.Lauren Van Oosten |   Canada | 1:10.53 | +2.78s | 3 | 24 | 0.76 | 929 | 16. | 33.60s |  | 19.Elena Bogomazova |   Russia | 1:10.99 | +3.24s | 2 | 21 | 0.83 | 919 | 19. | 33.72s |  | 19.Nan Luo |   China | 1:10.99 | +3.24s | 6 | 16 | 0.80 | 919 | 19. | 34.26s |  | 24.Sara Farina |   Italy | 1:11.43 | +3.68s | 1 | 24 | 0.83 | 910 | 24. | 33.41s |   
| Heat 6 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 17.Ingrid Haiden |   South Africa | 1:10.76 | +3.01s | 6 |   | 0.58 | 924 | 17. | 33.42s |  | 26.Ilkay Dikmen |   Turkey | 1:12.06 | +4.31s | 5 | 22 | 0.78 | 897 | 26. | 33.99s |  | 27.Smiljana Marinovic |   Croatia | 1:12.38 | +4.63s | 2 | 25 | 0.89 | 890 | 27. | 33.92s |  | 28.Natalia Hissamutdinova |   Estonia | 1:12.41 | +4.66s | 7 | 19 | 0.76 | 889 | 28. | 34.44s |  | 30.Roberta Crescentini |   Italy | 1:12.80 | +5.05s | 1 |   | 0.83 | 881 | 30. | 33.80s |  | 32.Salma Zeinhom |   Egypt | 1:13.14 | +5.39s | 3 |   | 0.90 | 874 | 32. | 100ms |  | 34.Iris Edda Heimisdottir |   Iceland | 1:13.28 | +5.53s | 4 | 19 | 0.89 | 871 | 34. | 35.00s |  | 35.Ziada Jardine |   South Africa | 1:13.47 | +5.72s | 4 |   | 0.80 | 867 | 35. | 34.31s |  | 38.Javiera Salcedo |   Argentina | 1:13.66 | +5.91s | 6 | 25 | 0.78 | 863 | 38. | 34.00s |  | 39.Barbara Ferreira |   Portugal | 1:14.79 | +7.04s | 5 |   | 0.86 | 839 | 39. | 34.94s |   
| Heat 5 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 25.Tamara Sambrailo |   Slovenia | 1:11.94 | +4.19s | 8 | 17 | 0.84 | 899 | 25. | 33.70s |  | 29.Ramona Pedretti |   Switzerland | 1:12.67 | +4.92s | 3 |   | 0.89 | 884 | 29. | 34.35s |  | 31.Carmela Schlegel |   Switzerland | 1:12.84 | +5.09s | 2 | 20 | 0.80 | 880 | 31. | 33.90s |  | 33.Agustina De Giovanni |   Argentina | 1:13.20 | +5.45s | 8 | 18 | 0.93 | 873 | 33. | 34.70s |  | 37.Emma Robinson |   Ireland | 1:13.55 | +5.80s | 5 | 24 | 0.77 | 865 | 37. | 33.82s |  | 40.Ka Lei Liu |   Hong Kong | 1:15.19 | +7.44s | 1 |   | 0.80 | 831 | 40. | 35.52s |  | 42.Patricia Comini-Ribeiro |   Brazil | 1:16.04 | +8.29s | 8 | 28 | 0.80 | 813 | 42. | 35.92s |  | 44.Yi Ting Siow |   Malaysia | 1:17.21 | +9.46s | 7 | 17 | 0.90 | 789 | 44. | 36.92s |   
| Heat 4 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 35.Aikaterini Sarakatsani |   Greece | 1:13.47 | +5.72s | 4 | 26 | 0.82 | 867 | 35. | 34.49s |  | 41.Valeria Silva |   Peru | 1:15.44 | +7.69s | 3 | 17 | 0.82 | 826 | 41. | 35.13s |  | 43.Ka Yi Suen |   Hong Kong | 1:16.43 | +8.68s | 2 | 15 | 0.77 | 805 | 43. | 35.83s |  | 45.Katerine Moreno |   Bolivia | 1:17.61 | +9.86s | 7 | 29 | 0.81 | 781 | 45. | 36.74s |  | 46.Varduhi Avetisyan |   Armenia | 1:17.67 | +9.92s | 1 | 17 | 0.77 | 780 | 46. | 35.73s |  | 47.Natalya Filina |   Azerbaijan | 1:19.49 | +11.74s | 6 | 15 | 0.86 | 743 | 47. | 37.11s |  | 48.Sin Ian Lei |   Macau | 1:19.53 | +11.78s | 8 | 13 | 0.84 | 742 | 48. | 36.77s |   
| Heat 3 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 49.Jamie Shufflebarger |   US Virgin Islands | 1:19.80 | +12.05s | 6 |   | 0.71 | 737 | 49. | 37.85s |  | 50.Magdalena Sutanto |   Indonesia | 1:20.22 | +12.47s | 4 |   | 0.84 | 729 | 50. | 38.79s |  | 51.Alessandra Cenni |   San Marino | 1:20.84 | +13.09s | 5 |   | 0.87 | 717 | 51. | 37.93s |  | 52.Sivranjani Vaidyanathan |   India | 1:22.41 | +14.66s | 3 |   | 0.86 | 687 | 52. | 39.10s |  | 54.Samar Nassar |   Jordan | 1:23.18 | +15.43s | 1 | 25 | 0.82 | 672 | 54. | 38.17s |  | 55.Melissa Ashby |   Grenada | 1:23.94 | +16.19s | 2 | 17 | 0.68 | 659 | 55. | 39.72s |  | 57.Liana Ramerison Rabenja |   Madagascar | 1:25.48 | +17.73s | 7 |   | 0.89 | 631 | 57. | 40.14s |  | -. Rovena Marku |   Albania | DSQ |   | 2 | 16 | - | - | -. |   |   
| Heat 2 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 53.Roshendra Vrolijk |   Aruba | 1:22.97 | +15.22s | 6 | 18 | 0.81 | 676 | 53. | 39.07s |  | 56.Sade Daal |   Surinam | 1:24.61 | +16.86s | 3 | 14 | 0.82 | 646 | 56. | 39.47s |  | 58.NRavojanahary |   Madagascar | 1:26.08 | +18.33s | 4 |   | 0.87 | 621 | 58. | 40.04s |  | 59.Ana Galindo |   Honduras | 1:26.50 | +18.75s | 5 | 16 | 0.84 | 614 | 59. | 40.27s |  | 60.Doli Akhter |   Bangladesh | 1:27.53 | +19.78s | 7 | 17 | 0.94 | 596 | 60. | 40.78s |  | 62.Nayana Shakya |   Nepal | 1:34.99 | +27.24s | 1 | 21 | 0.84 | 485 | 62. | 41.88s |  | -. Eliane Droubry Dohi |   Ivory Coast | DNS |   | 8 | 15 | - | - | -. |   |   
| Heat 1 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rct | pts | Rk | 50m |  | 61.Asanti Mickle |   Guyana | 1:30.94 | +23.19s | 3 |   | 0.78 | 542 | 61. | 41.35s |  | 63.Mariyam Nafha Ali |   Maldives | 1:39.28 | +31.53s | 5 | 16 | 0.88 | 431 | 63. | 45.52s |  | 64.Pamela Girimbabazi Rugabira |   Rwanda | 1:48.12 | +40.37s | 4 | 18 | 0.90 | 338 | 64. | 48.79s |   
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