| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Natalie Coughlin |  USA | 1:00.37 | 3. 1. | | 2. Kirsty Coventry |  ZIM | 1:00.50 | 4. 7. | | 3. Laure Manaudou |  FRA | 1:00.88 | 1. 2. | | 4. Reiko Nakamura |  JPN | 1:01.05 | 2. 8. | | 5. Nina Zhivanevskaya |  ESP | 1:01.12 | 7. 6. | | 6. Antje Buschschulte |  GER | 1:01.39 | 6. 3. | | 7. Louise Ørnstedt |  DEN | 1:01.51 | 13. 4. | | 8. Haley Cope | USA | 1:01.76 | 11.5. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Antje Buschschulte | GER | 1:00.94 | 3. | | 2. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 1:01.21 | 7. | | 3. Reiko Nakamura | JPN | 1:01.24 | 8. | | 4. Giaan Rooney |  AUS | 1:01.41 | 9. | | 5. Stanislava Komarova |  RUS | 1:01.63 | 10. | | 6. Katy Sexton |  GBR | 1:01.96 | 13. | | 7. Zhan Shu |  CHN | 1:02.10 | 14. | | 8. Sarah Price | GBR | 1:02.48 | 16. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Natalie Coughlin | USA | 1:00.17 | 1. | | 2. Laure Manaudou | FRA | 1:00.88 | 2. | | 3. Louise Ørnstedt | DEN | 1:01.12 | 4. | | 4. Haley Cope | USA | 1:01.13 | 5. | | 5. Nina Zhivanevskaya | ESP | 1:01.19 | 6. | | 6. Noriko Inada | JPN | 1:01.74 | 11. | | 7. Ilona Hlaváčková |  CZE | 1:01.81 | 12. | | 8. Gao Chang | CHN | 1:02.17 | 15. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Antje Buschschulte | GER | 1:01.68 | 6. | | 2. Giaan Rooney | AUS | 1:01.96 | 10. | | 3. Haley Cope | USA | 1:01.99 | 11. | | 4. Louise Ørnstedt | DEN | 1:02.17 | 13. | | 5. Iryna Amshennikova |  UKR | 1:02.57 | 19. | | 6. Marieke Guehrer | AUS | 1:02.76 | 20. | | 7. Hannah McLean |  NZL | 1:03.09 | 22. | | 8. Alexandra Putra | FRA | 1:04.13 | 29. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Laure Manaudou | FRA | 1:01.27 | 1. | | 2. Reiko Nakamura | JPN | 1:01.39 | 2. | | 3. Noriko Inada | JPN | 1:01.67 | 5. | | 4. Stanislava Komarova | RUS | 1:01.84 | 8. | | 5. Ilona Hlaváčková | CZE | 1:01.95 | 9. | | 6. Zhan Shu | CHN | 1:02.39 | 16. | | 7. Erin Gammel |  CAN | 1:02.47 | 17. | | 8. Sim Min-Ji |  KOR | 1:03.14 | 24. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 1:01.60 | 4. | | 2. Sanja Jovanović |  CRO | 1:02.47 | 17. | | 3. Svetlana Khokhlova |  BLR | 1:03.25 | 25. | | 4. Gisela Morales |  GUA | 1:03.72 | 27. | | 5. Anna Gostomelsky |  ISR | 1:04.06 | 28. | | 6. Tsai Hui Wai |  HKG | 1:04.25 | 30. | | 7. Eirini Karastergiou |  GRE | 1:05.30 | 33. | | 8. Hanna-Maria Seppälä |  FIN | 1:05.55 | 36. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kiera Aitken |  BER | 1:04.37 | 31. | | 2. Chonlathorn Vorathamrong |  THA | 1:05.15 | 32. | | 3. Derya Erke Şadan |  TUR | 1:05.38 | 34. | | 4. Serrana Fernández |  URU | 1:05.51 | 35. | | 5. Fu Hsiao-Han |  TPE | 1:06.62 | 37. | | 6. Anastasiya Prilepa |  KAZ | 1:07.55 | 38. | | 7. Olga Gnedovskaya |  UZB | 1:15.33 | 41. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lenient Obia |  NGR | 1:09.65 | 39. | | 2. Ana Galindo |  HON | 1:11.80 | 40. | | 3. Yelena Roykova |  TKM | 1:15.48 | 42. |
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