Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

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Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates24 July 2021 (heats)
25 July 2021 (semifinals)
26 July 2021 (final)
Competitors33 from 27 nations
Winning time55.59 AM
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maggie MacNeil  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhang Yufei  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emma McKeon  Australia
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Swimming at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenmixedwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen
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The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 24 to 26 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It will be the event's seventeenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1956.

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Sarah Sjöström (SWE) 55.48 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 August 2016 [2]
Olympic record  Sarah Sjöström (SWE) 55.48 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 August 2016 [2]

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 57.92 seconds. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 59.66 seconds. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a female swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[3]

Competition format[]

The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[4]

Schedule[]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
24 July 19:25 Heats
25 July 10:40 Semifinals
26 July 10:30 Final

Results[]

Heats[]

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[5]

During heat 5
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 5 4 Zhang Yufei  China 55.82 Q
5 5 Emma McKeon  Australia 55.82 Q, OC
3 4 5 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 56.18 Q
4 4 4 Torri Huske  United States 56.29 Q
5 3 4 Maggie MacNeil  Canada 56.55 Q
6 5 3 Louise Hansson  Sweden 56.97 Q
7 4 3 Anastasiya Shkurdai  Belarus 56.99 Q
8 3 3 Marie Wattel  France 57.08 Q
9 4 6 Elena Di Liddo  Italy 57.41 Q
10 3 5 Claire Curzan  United States 57.49 Q
11 3 1 Katerine Savard  Canada 57.51 Q
12 4 2 Ilaria Bianchi  Italy 57.70 Q
13 5 2 Anna Ntountounaki  Greece 57.75 Q
14 3 2 Arina Surkova  ROC 58.02 Q
15 4 7 Svetlana Chimrova  ROC 58.04 Q
16 5 6 Brianna Throssell  Australia 58.08 Q
17 3 8 Maria Ugolkova  Switzerland 58.22 NR
18 4 8 Anastasia Gorbenko  Israel 58.23
19 3 6 Lana Pudar  Bosnia and Herzegovina 58.32
20 4 1 Farida Osman  Egypt 58.69
21 5 1 Harriet Jones  Great Britain 58.73
22 5 7 Emilie Beckmann  Denmark 58.84
23 5 8 An Se-hyeon  South Korea 59.32
24 2 5 Ellen Walshe  Ireland 59.35
25 2 3 Remedy Rule  Philippines 59.68
26 3 7 Erin Gallagher  South Africa 59.69
27 2 4 Dalma Sebestyén  Hungary 59.79
28 2 7 Luana Alonso  Paraguay 1:00.37
29 2 2 Jeserik Pinto  Venezuela 1:00.60
30 1 4 Maryam Sheikh Alizadeh  Azerbaijan 1:01.37
31 2 6 Miriam Sheehan  Puerto Rico 1:02.49
32 1 5 Aniqah Gaffoor  Sri Lanka 1:05.33
33 1 3 Yusra Mardini  Refugee Olympic Team 1:06.78

Semifinals[]

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 4 Zhang Yufei  China 55.89 Q
2 1 6 Marie Wattel  France 56.16 Q, NR
3 1 4 Emma McKeon  Australia 56.33 Q
4 2 5 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 56.40 Q
5 1 5 Torri Huske  United States 56.51 Q
6 2 3 Maggie MacNeil  Canada 56.56 Q
7 1 3 Louise Hansson  Sweden 56.92 Q
8 2 6 Anastasiya Shkurdai  Belarus 57.19 Q
9 2 1 Anna Ntountounaki  Greece 57.25 NR
10 1 2 Claire Curzan  United States 57.42
11 2 8 Svetlana Chimrova  ROC 57.54
12 1 8 Brianna Throssell  Australia 57.59
13 2 2 Elena Di Liddo  Italy 57.60
14 1 1 Arina Surkova  ROC 57.72
15 1 7 Ilaria Bianchi  Italy 58.07
16 2 7 Katerine Savard  Canada 58.10

Final[]

[7]

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 Maggie MacNeil  Canada 55.59 AM
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Zhang Yufei  China 55.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Emma McKeon  Australia 55.72 OC
4 2 Torri Huske  United States 55.73
5 1 Louise Hansson  Sweden 56.22
6 5 Marie Wattel  France 56.27
7 6 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 56.91
8 8 Anastasiya Shkurdai  Belarus 57.05

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Swimming: Sjostrom avoids 'disasters' to win 100m butterfly". Reuters. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ^ Heats results
  6. ^ Semifinals results
  7. ^ Final results
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