The Women's 100m Freestyle event at the

2007 World Aquatics Championships The 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic C ...

occurred on 29 March (prelims and semifinals) and March (30) at

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. 135 swimmers were entered in the event. Four days prior to the event—and still during the 2007 Worlds--

Lisbeth Lenton Lisbeth Constance Trickett, OAM (; born 28 January 1985) is a retired Australian swimmer. She was a gold medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was the world record holder in the shor ...

set the Championship Record (CR) in the event on the opening leg of Australia's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with her 53.42. The previous record had been 54.01 by China's

Le Jingyi Le Jingyi (; born March 19, 1975 in Shanghai) is a former swimmer from China who won the gold medal in the 100 metres freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. In 1992, Le won the silver medal in the 4×100 metres freestyle relay ( ...

from the Rome 1994 (on 5 September 1994). The existing records at the start of the event: * World Record (WR): 53.30,

Britta Steffen Britta Steffen (; born 16 November 1983) is a German competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle sprint events. Biography In 1999, Steffen won six titles at the European Junior Championships, and won a medal as a member of Germany's rel ...

(Germany), 2 August 2006, in

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. * Championship Record (CR): 53.42,

(Australia), 25 March 2007, Melbourne 2007 (4x100 Free Relay) (Mar.25.2007).

Finals

Semifinals

Preliminaries

References

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