| Women 100m Freestyle Swimming VII World Championship 1994 Rome, Italy - Monday, 5th September - Gold Medal: Jingyi Le, China | 
| Final 19:03 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts |  | 1. Jingyi Le |   China | 54.01s | WR | 4 | 19 | 896 |  | 2. Bin Lu |   China | 54.15s | +0.14s | 5 | 17 | 889 |  | 3. Franziska Van Almsick |   Germany | 54.77s | +0.76s | 2 | 16 | 859 |  | 4. Jenny Thompson |   United States | 55.16s | +1.15s | 3 | 21 | 841 |  | 5. Mette Jacobsen |   Denmark | 55.57s | +1.56s | 6 | 21 | 822 |  | 6. Angel Martino |   United States | 55.77s | +1.76s | 7 | 27 | 813 |  | 7. Karen Pickering |   Great Britain | 55.79s | +1.78s | 1 | 22 | 813 |  | 7. Suzu Chiba |   Japan | 55.79s | +1.78s | 8 | 19 | 813 |   
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| Final B 19:11 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 9. Natalia Meshcheryakova |   Russia | 55.64s |   | 4 | 22 | 819 | 1. |  | 10.Sumika Minamoto |   Japan | 56.52s | +0.88s | 5 | 15 | 781 | 2. |  | 11.Claudia Franco |   Spain | 56.78s | +1.14s | 8 | 19 | 771 | 3. |  | 12.Liliana Dobrescu |   Romania | 56.79s | +1.15s | 6 | 23 | 770 | 4. |  | 13.Susie O'Neill |   Australia | 56.82s | +1.18s | 1 | 21 | 769 | 5. |  | 14.Katrin Meissner |   Germany | 56.93s | +1.29s | 3 | 21 | 765 | 6. |  | 15.Marianne Limpert |   Canada | 57.17s | +1.53s | 7 | 21 | 755 | 7. |  | 16.Louise JŶ"hncke |   Sweden | 57.22s | +1.58s | 2 | 18 | 753 | 8. |   
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Heats - Monday, 5th September 10:00 | 
| Best 8 times advanced to Final. Next 8 to Final B. | 
| Heat 7 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 2. Bin Lu |   China | 55.54s | +0.16s | 4 | 17 | 824 | 2. |  | 3. Jenny Thompson |   United States | 55.56s | +0.18s | 5 | 21 | 823 | 3. |  | 7. Suzu Chiba |   Japan | 56.25s | +0.87s | 3 | 19 | 793 | 7. |  | 12.Claudia Maria Poll Ahrens |   Costa Rica | 56.92s | +1.54s | 6 | 21 | 765 | 12. |  | 13.Liliana Dobrescu |   Romania | 57.06s | +1.68s | 8 | 23 | 759 | 13. |  | 14.Louise JŶ"hncke |   Sweden | 57.15s | +1.77s | 1 | 18 | 756 | 14. |  | 16.Susie O'Neill |   Australia | 57.24s | +1.86s | 7 | 21 | 752 | 16. |  | 19.Martina Moravcova |   Slovakia | 57.31s | +1.93s | 2 | 18 | 750 | 19. |   
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| Heat 6 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 1. Jingyi Le |   China | 55.38s |   | 4 | 19 | 831 | 1. |  | 4. Mette Jacobsen |   Denmark | 55.82s | +0.44s | 3 | 21 | 811 | 4. |  | 5. Franziska Van Almsick |   Germany | 55.96s | +0.58s | 5 | 16 | 805 | 5. |  | 8. Karen Pickering |   Great Britain | 56.27s | +0.89s | 6 | 22 | 792 | 8. |  | 17.Claudia Franco |   Spain | 57.28s | +1.90s | 8 | 19 | 751 | 17. |  | 21.Shannon Shakespeare |   Canada | 57.51s | +2.13s | 7 | 17 | 742 | 21. |  | 23.Karen Van Wirdum |   Australia | 57.53s | +2.15s | 2 | 23 | 741 | 23. |  | 24.Lorena Diaconescu |   Romania | 57.72s | +2.34s | 1 | 15 | 734 | 24. |   
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| Heat 5 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 6. Angel Martino |   United States | 56.15s | +0.77s | 4 | 27 | 797 | 6. |  | 9. Natalia Meshcheryakova |   Russia | 56.35s | +0.97s | 3 | 22 | 789 | 9. |  | 10.Sumika Minamoto |   Japan | 56.48s | +1.10s | 5 | 15 | 783 | 10. |  | 11.Katrin Meissner |   Germany | 56.73s | +1.35s | 7 | 21 | 773 | 11. |  | 15.Marianne Limpert |   Canada | 57.20s | +1.82s | 2 | 21 | 754 | 15. |  | 18.Karin Brienesse |   Netherlands | 57.29s | +1.91s | 8 | 25 | 750 | 18. |  | 20.Sue Rolph |   Great Britain | 57.47s | +2.09s | 1 | 16 | 743 | 20. |  | 41.Yevgeniya Yermakova |   Kazakhstan | 59.68s | +4.30s | 6 | 18 | 664 | 41. |   
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| Heat 4 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 21.Rania Elwani |   Egypt | 57.51s | +2.13s | 4 | 16 | 742 | 21. |  | 25.Judith Draxler |   Austria | 57.80s | +2.42s | 8 | 24 | 731 | 25. |  | 26.Ellenor Svensson |   Sweden | 57.89s | +2.51s | 1 | 23 | 727 | 26. |  | 28.Tatyana Litovchenko |   Russia | 58.15s | +2.77s | 5 | 16 | 717 | 28. |  | 30.Pascale Verbauwen |   Belgium | 58.35s | +2.97s | 7 | 31 | 710 | 30. |  | 31.Julie Blaise |   France | 58.43s | +3.05s | 3 | 18 | 707 | 31. |  | 33.Laura Petrutyte |   Lithuania | 58.55s | +3.17s | 2 | 18 | 703 | 33. |  | 35.Marianne Kriel |   South Africa | 58.67s | +3.29s | 6 | 23 | 699 | 35. |   
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| Heat 3 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 27.Gyongyver Lakos |   Hungary | 58.05s | +2.67s | 4 | 17 | 721 | 27. |  | 32.Maria Virginia Garrone |   Argentina | 58.53s | +3.15s | 8 | 15 | 704 | 32. |  | 34.Monica Dahl |   Namibia | 58.64s | +3.26s | 3 | 19 | 700 | 34. |  | 37.Dita Zelviene |   Lithuania | 58.77s | +3.39s | 1 | 26 | 695 | 37. |  | 38.Ana Alegria |   Portugal | 58.92s | +3.54s | 2 | 17 | 690 | 38. |  | 39.Amanda Hunter-Beckinsall |   South Africa | 59.45s | +4.07s | 6 |   | 671 | 39. |  | 43.Wei Ling Joscelin Yeo |   Singapore | 59.89s | +4.51s | 5 | 15 | 657 | 43. |  | 44.Siobhan Cropper |   Trinidad Tobago | 1:00.39 | +5.01s | 7 | 16 | 641 | 44. |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 29.Dominique Diezi |   Switzerland | 58.24s | +2.86s | 4 | 17 | 714 | 29. |  | 36.Fu-Jen Kuo |   Chinese Taipei | 58.76s | +3.38s | 5 |   | 695 | 36. |  | 40.Andrea Quadri |   Switzerland | 59.50s | +4.12s | 3 |   | 670 | 40. |  | 42.Eileen Coparropa |   Panama | 59.83s | +4.45s | 7 | 13 | 659 | 42. |  | 45.Teresa Moodie |   Zimbabwe | 1:00.46 | +5.08s | 1 | 15 | 638 | 45. |  | 48.Natalia Scapinello |   Argentina | 1:01.59 | +6.21s | 2 |   | 604 | 48. |  | 49.Jovanka Dimovska |   North Macedonia | 1:01.75 | +6.37s | 6 |   | 599 | 49. |  | 50.Duska Radan |   Yugoslavia | 1:01.83 | +6.45s | 8 | 16 | 597 | 50. |   
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| Heat 1 10:00 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | pts | Rk |  | 46.Shu-Min Tsai |   Chinese Taipei | 1:00.77 | +5.39s | 4 | 15 | 629 | 46. |  | 47.Romina Cannoni |   Chile | 1:01.16 | +5.78s | 6 |   | 617 | 47. |  | 51.Maritza Chiaway |   Peru | 1:02.00 | +6.62s | 5 | 19 | 592 | 51. |  | 52.Anita Kruger |   Namibia | 1:02.60 | +7.22s | 2 |   | 575 | 52. |  | 53.Wai Man Lam |   Macau | 1:02.91 | +7.53s | 7 |   | 567 | 53. |  | 54.Ghislane Miraly |   Marocco | 1:03.21 | +7.83s | 3 |   | 558 | 54. |  | 55.Sara Casadei |   San Marino | 1:04.68 | +9.30s | 1 | 18 | 521 | 55. |  | 56.Weng Kei Kou |   Macau | 1:07.35 | +11.97s | 8 |   | 462 | 56. |   
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