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

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Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates28 July 2021 (heats)
29 July 2021 (semifinals)
30 July 2021 (final)
Competitors51 from 42 nations
Winning time51.96 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Emma McKeon  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Siobhan Haughey  Hong Kong
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cate Campbell  Australia
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Swimming at the
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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 freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 28 to 30 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's twenty-fifth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1912.

The medals for the competition were presented by Gunilla Lindberg, Sweden; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Dr. Julio Maglione, Uruguay; FINA Immediate Past President.

Records[]

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

World record  Sarah Sjöström (SWE) 51.71 Budapest, Hungary 23 July 2017 [2]
Olympic record
52.70 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11 August 2016 [3][4]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Swimmer Nation Time Record
July 28 Heat 6 Emma McKeon  Australia 52.13 OR
July 30 Final Emma McKeon  Australia 51.96 OR

Qualification[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 54.38 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 56.01 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.[5]

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.[6]

Schedule[]

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

Date Time Round
28 July 2021 19:00 Heats
29 July 2021 10:53 Semifinals
30 July 2021 10:59 Final

Results[]

Heats[]

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[7]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 6 4 Emma McKeon  Australia 52.13 Q, OR
2 6 5 Siobhan Haughey  Hong Kong 52.70 Q, AS
3 6 6 Anna Hopkin  Great Britain 52.75 Q, NR
4 7 4 Cate Campbell  Australia 52.80 Q
5 5 4 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 52.91 Q
6 7 5 Penny Oleksiak  Canada 52.95 Q
7 5 2 Pernille Blume  Denmark 52.96 Q
8 7 6 Yang Junxuan  China 53.02 Q, WD
9 5 5 Femke Heemskerk  Netherlands 53.10 Q
10 7 1 Kayla Sanchez  Canada 53.12 Q, WD
11 5 3 Abbey Weitzeil  United States 53.21 Q
12 7 3 Michelle Coleman  Sweden 53.53 Q
13 5 1 Signe Bro  Denmark 53.54 Q
14 7 2 Freya Anderson  Great Britain 53.61 Q
15 5 6 Charlotte Bonnet  France 53.67 Q
16 6 2 Marie Wattel  France 53.71 QSO
6 3 Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands QSO, WD
18 6 7 Erika Brown  United States 53.87 QSO
7 8 Wu Qingfeng  China
20 5 7 Maria Kameneva  ROC 53.92
21 6 1 Barbora Seemanová  Czech Republic 53.98
22 6 8 Andrea Murez  Israel 54.06 NR
23 4 8 Fanny Teijonsalo  Finland 54.69
24 5 8 Janja Šegel  Slovenia 54.73
25 4 5 Erin Gallagher  South Africa 54.75
26 4 7 Maria Ugolkova  Switzerland 54.86
27 4 4 Lidón Muñoz  Spain 54.97
28 4 3 Anastasiya Shkurdai  Belarus 55.17
29 3 4 Kalia Antoniou  Cyprus 55.38
30 4 6 Larissa Oliveira  Brazil 55.53
31 3 6 Anicka Delgado  Ecuador 55.56 NR
32 4 2 Julie Meynen  Luxembourg 55.69
33 3 5 Farida Osman  Egypt 55.74
34 3 7 Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir  Iceland 56.15
35 3 1 Bianca Costea  Romania 56.35
36 4 1 Quah Ting Wen  Singapore 56.36
37 3 3 Ieva Maļuka  Latvia 56.39
38 3 2 Miriam Sheehan  Puerto Rico 56.64
39 3 8 Amel Melih  Algeria 56.65
40 2 4 Mia Blazhevska Eminova  North Macedonia 57.19
41 2 3 Jillian Crooks  Cayman Islands 57.32 NR
42 2 5 Jenjira Srisa-Ard  Thailand 57.42
43 2 7 Maria Schutzmeier  Nicaragua 57.94
44 2 1 Colleen Furgeson  Marshall Islands 58.71
45 2 2 Varsenik Manucharyan  Armenia 59.18
46 2 6 Jeanne Boutbien  Senegal 59.27
47 2 8 Catarina Sousa  Angola 59.35
48 1 3 Abiola Ogunbanwo  Nigeria 59.74 NR
49 1 4 Andela Antunović  Montenegro 1:00.01
50 1 5 Gaurika Singh  Nepal 1:00.11
51 1 6 Mineri Gomez  Guam 1:04.00
7 7 Federica Pellegrini  Italy DNS
Swim-off
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 4 Erika Brown  United States 53.51 Q
2 5 Wu Qingfeng  China 54.47 Q

Semifinals[]

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

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 4 Emma McKeon  Australia 52.32 Q
2 1 4 Siobhan Haughey  Hong Kong 52.40 Q, AS
3 1 5 Cate Campbell  Australia 52.71 Q
4 2 3 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 52.82 Q
5 1 3 Penny Oleksiak  Canada 52.86 Q
6 1 6 Femke Heemskerk  Netherlands 52.93 Q
7 2 2 Abbey Weitzeil  United States 52.99 Q
8 2 5 Anna Hopkin  Great Britain 53.11 Q
9 1 1 Marie Wattel  France 53.12
10 2 6 Pernille Blume  Denmark 53.26
11 1 7 Freya Anderson  Great Britain 53.53
12 2 7 Signe Bro  Denmark 53.55
13 2 8 Erika Brown  United States 53.58
14 1 2 Michelle Coleman  Sweden 53.73
15 2 1 Charlotte Bonnet  France 54.10
16 1 8 Wu Qingfeng  China 54.86

Final[]

[9]

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Emma McKeon  Australia 51.96 OR, OC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Siobhan Haughey  Hong Kong 52.27 AS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Cate Campbell  Australia 52.52
4 2 Penny Oleksiak  Canada 52.59 NR
5 6 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 52.68
6 7 Femke Heemskerk  Netherlands 52.79
7 8 Anna Hopkin  Great Britain 52.83
8 1 Abbey Weitzeil  United States 53.23

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (23 July 2017). "Sarah Sjostrom Smashes 100 FR World Record In 51.71 On Relay Lead-Off". SwimSwam. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ Fenno, Nathan (12 August 2016). "Simone Manuel and Canada's Penny Oleksiak tie for gold in 100 freestyle". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Simone Manuel makes history, ties for Olympic gold". USA Today. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. ^ Heats results
  8. ^ Semifinals results
  9. ^ Final results
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