title: Swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle
  
  The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships took place 7 January.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were held on 7 January at 10:03.
  
  | Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Catherine Plewinski | France | 55.61 |
  | 2 | Nicole Haislett | United States | 56.09 |
  | 3 | Yevgeniya Yermakova | Soviet Union | 56.55 |
  | 4 | Zhuang Yong | China | 56.67 |
  | 5 | Simone Osygus | Germany | 56.82 |
  | 6 | Karin Brienesse | Netherlands | 56.86 |
  | 7 | Manuela Stellmach | Germany | 56.96 |
  | 8 | Julie Cooper | United States | 56.98 |
  | 9 | Suzu Chiba | Japan | 56.99 |
  | 10 | Wang Xiaohong | China | 57.01 |
  | 11 | Gitta Jensen | Denmark | 57.29 |
  | 12 | Inge de Bruijn | Netherlands | 57.37 |
  | 13 | Susie O'Neill | Australia | 57.40 |
  | 14 | Karen van Wirdum | Australia | 57.52 |
  | 15 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | 57.60 |
  | 16 | Luminița Dobrescu | Romania | 57.62 |
  | 17 | Jacqueline Delord | France | 58.10 |
  | 18 | Silvia Persi | Italy | 58.13 |
  | 19 | Karen Pickering | United Kingdom | 58.10 |
  | 20 | Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 58.22 |
  | 21 | Ilaria Sciorelli | Italy | 58.42 |
  | 22 | Laura Sánchez | Mexico | 58.63 |
  | 23 | Annette Poulsen | Denmark | 58.60 |
  | 24 | María Rivera | Mexico | 59.05 |
  | 25 | Tea Cerkverik | Yugoslavia | 59.09 |
  | 26 | Annika Nilsson | Sweden | 59.17 |
  | 27 | Lejia Kucukalic | Yugoslavia | 59.48 |
  | 28 | Anne Boivoisin | Belgium | 59.61 |
  | 29 | Sharon Page | United Kingdom | 59.82 |
  | 30 | Timea Toth | Israel | 1:00.85 |
  | 31 | Tamara Costache | Romania | 1:00.96 |
  | 32 | Hung Cee Kay | Hong Kong | 1:01.00 |
  | 33 | Elsa Manora Nasution | Indonesia | 1:01.54 |
  | 34 | Yeyen Gunawan | Indonesia | 1:01.66 |
  | 35 | Veronica Cummings | Guam | 1:02.99 |
  | 36 | Sara Casadei | San Marino | 1:07.11 |
  | - | Senda Gharbi | Tunisia | DNS |
  | - | Eva Nyberg | Sweden | DNS |
  
  ### Finals
  
  **Final B**
  
  The final B was held on 7 January at 19:39.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 9 | Susie O'Neill | Australia | 56.20 |
  | 10 | Inge de Bruijn | Netherlands | 56.58 |
  | 11 | Suzu Chiba | Japan | 56.63 |
  | 12 | Luminița Dobrescu | Romania | 56.90 |
  | 13 | Karen van Wirdum | Australia | 57.08 |
  | 14 | Jacqueline Delord | France | 57.57 |
  | 15 | Silvia Persi | Italy | 57.66 |
  | 16 | Toni Jeffs | New Zealand | 57.85 |
  
  **Final A**
  
  The final A was held on 7 January at 19:34.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nicole Haislett | United States | 55.17 |
  | | Catherine Plewinski | France | 55.31 |
  | | Zhuang Yong | China | 55.65 |
  | 4 | Karin Brienesse | Netherlands | 56.34 |
  | 5 | Manuela Stellmach | Germany | 56.45 |
  | 6 | Simone Osygus | Germany | 56.55 |
  | 7 | Yevgeniya Yermakova | Soviet Union | 56.56 |
  | 8 | Julie Cooper | United States | 56.66 |
  