Swimming at the 2017 SEA Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Swimming – Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2017 SEA Games
Swimming – Women's 100 metre backstroke ; at the 2017 SEA Games
Venue	National Aquatic Centre
Date	21 August 2017
Competitors	9 from 5 nations
Medalists
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The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming event at the 2017 SEA Games was held on 21 August at the National Aquatic Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing Asian and Games records were as follows:

Asian Record	Aya Terakawa (JPN)	58.70	Barcelona, Spain	4 August 2013
Games Record	Tao Li (SIN)	1:02.11	Palembang, Indonesia	16 December 2011

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
21 August	Final	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	Vietnam (VIE)	1:01.89	GR

All times are Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

The heats were held on 21 August.

Rank	Lane	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	5	Hoong En Qi (SGP)	01:05.20	Q
2	3	Yessy Venisia Yosaputra (INA)	01:05.25	Q
3	6	Caroline Chan (MAS)	01:05.89	Q
4	2	Nguyễn Diệp Phương (VIE)	01:06.54
5	4	Nicole Oliva (PHI)	01:07.06

Rank	Lane	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	7	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên (VIE)	01:03.84	Q
3	3	Roxanne Ashley Yu (PHI)	01:05.40	Q
2	5	Nurul Fajar Fitriyati (INA)	01:05.41	Q
4	6	Araya Wongvat (THA)	01:05.43	Q
5	4	Phiangkhwan Pawapotako (THA)	01:05.58	Q
6	2	Nan Honey Oo (MYA)	01:15.46

The final was held on 21 August.

Rank	Lane	Athletes	Time	Notes
	4	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên (VIE)	1:01.89	GR, NR
	2	Nurul Fajar Fitriyati (INA)	1:04.10	NR
	1	Phiangkhwan Pawapotako (THA)	1:04.59
4	5	Hoong En Qi (SGP)	1:05.03
5	3	Yessy Venisia Yosaputra (INA)	1:05.10
6	7	Araya Wongvat (THA)	1:06.15
7	8	Caroline Chan (MAS)	1:05.90
8	6	Roxanne Ashley Yu (PHI)	1:06.10