Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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

World record	Kylie Masse (CAN)	58.10	Rome, Italy	25 July 2017
Mediterranean Games record	Elena Gemo (ITA)	1:01.57	Mersin, Turkey	24 June 2013

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
24 June	Heats	Margherita Panziera	Italy	1:00.70	GR

Heats

The heats were held at 10:08.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Margherita Panziera	Italy	1:00.70	Q, GR
2	1	3	Ekaterina Avramova	Turkey	1:01.66	Q
3	2	6	Paloma de Bordóns	Spain	1:02.01	Q
4	1	5	Duane Da Rocha	Spain	1:02.27	Q
5	2	5	Silvia Scalia	Italy	1:02.47	Q
6	2	3	Theodora Drakou	Greece	1:02.69	Q
7	1	4	Camille Gheorghiu	France	1:04.00	Q
8	1	6	Rim Ouenniche	Tunisia	1:05.96	Q
9	2	2	Mónica Ramírez	Andorra	1:06.42
10	1	2	Fjorda Shabani	Kosovo	1:07.69
11	2	7	Eda Zeqiri	Kosovo	1:09.42

Final

The final was held at 18:35.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Margherita Panziera	Italy	1:00.74
	2	Silvia Scalia	Italy	1:00.99
	5	Ekaterina Avramova	Turkey	1:01.16
4	6	Duane Da Rocha	Spain	1:01.40
5	7	Theodora Drakou	Greece	1:02.53
6	3	Paloma de Bordóns	Spain	1:02.70
7	1	Camille Gheorghiu	France	1:03.45
8	8	Rim Ouenniche	Tunisia	1:04.92