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Host City: Sydney, Australia
Venue(s): Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Date Started: September 20, 2000
Date Finished: September 20, 2000
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Inge de Bruijn |
| Silver: | Therese Alshammar |
| Bronze: | Jenny Thompson Dara Torres |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dara Torres | 33 | United States | USA | 55.02 | QU |
| 2 | Martina Moravcová | 24 | Slovakia | SVK | 55.06 | QU |
| 3 | Wilma van Rijn-van Hofwegen | 29 | Netherlands | NED | 55.28 | QU |
| 4 | Therese Alshammar | 23 | Sweden | SWE | 55.31 | QU |
| 5 | Sue Rolph | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 55.69 | |
| 6 | Sarah Ryan | 23 | Australia | AUS | 55.93 | |
| 7 | Laura Nicholls | 21 | Canada | CAN | 55.94 | |
| 8 | Alena Popchanka | 21 | Belarus | BLR | 56.40 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inge de Bruijn | 27 | Netherlands | NED | 53.77 | QU/WR |
| 2 | Jenny Thompson | 27 | United States | USA | 54.40 | QU |
| 3 | Heleen Muller | 22 | South Africa | RSA | 55.24 | QU |
| 4 | Sumika Minamoto | 21 | Japan | JPN | 55.62 | QU |
| 5 | Karen Pickering | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | 55.71 | |
| 6 | Rania El-Wani | 22 | Egypt | EGY | 55.85 | |
| 7 | Louise Jöhncke | 24 | Sweden | SWE | 55.94 | |
| 8 | Sandra Völker | 26 | Germany | GER | 55.97 |