<page_title> Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke </page_title> <section_title> Records </section_title> <table> <cell> Semifinal 2 <col_header> Event </col_header> </cell> <cell> Kirsty Coventry <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 58.77 <col_header> Time </col_header> </cell> <cell> WR, OR <col_header> Record </col_header> </cell> </table>
In the semifinals, Coventry set a new world record of 58.77.