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

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Competitors 70		Winning time 1 minute .24 seconds
Dates 25 July (prelims and semifinals) 26 July (final)

The Women's 100 Backstroke at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships was swum 25 – 26 July 2005 in Montreal, Canada. Preliminary and Semifinal heats were 25 July; the Final heat on 26 July.

At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championships (CR) records were:

WR: 59.58, Natalie Coughlin (USA), swum 13 August 2002 in Fort Lauderdale, USA;

CR: 1:00.16, Cihong He (China), swum 10 September 1994 in Rome, Italy

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