Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Women)
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sport | swim |
discipline | 100 meters freestyle |
gender | Women |
place | London Aquatics Center |
Attendees | 50 athletes from 44 countries |
Competition phase | 1./2. August 2012 |
The competition over 100m freestyle women at the 2012 Olympics in London was on 1 and 2 August 2012 at London Aquatics Center held. 50 athletes took part.
There were seven preliminary runs. The 16 fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals that were held on the same day. The eight fastest swimmers in both semi-finals qualified for the final.
Abbreviations: WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record, PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record
Existing records
World record |
Britta Steffen ( Germany )
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52.07 s | Rome , Italy | July 31, 2009 |
Olympic record | 53.12 s | Beijing , People's Republic of China | August 15, 2008 |
Title holder
Olympic champion |
Britta Steffen ( Germany )
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53.12 s | Beijing 2008 |
World Champion |
Jeanette Ottesen Gray ( Denmark ) Aljaksandra Herassimenja ( Belarus )
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53.45 s | Shanghai 2011 |
European champion |
Sarah Sjöström ( Sweden )
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53.61 s | Debrecen 2012 |
German champions | Britta Steffen | 53.68 s | Berlin 2012 |
leader
Forward 1
August 1, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Mareme Faye |
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1: 06.42 min | |
2 | Shreya Dhital |
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1: 10.80 min | |
3 | Ayouba Ali Sihame |
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1: 14.40 min |
Forward 2
August 1, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Jade Howard |
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59.35 s | |
2 | Bayan Jumah |
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59.78 s | |
3 | Karen Riveros |
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59.86 s | |
4th | Britany van Lange |
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1: 01.62 min | |
5 | Aina Fils Rabetsara |
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1: 02.39 min | |
6th | Reshika Udugampola |
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1: 04.93 min | |
7th | Magdalena Moshi |
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1: 05.80 min |
Forward 3
August 1, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Eszter Dara |
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55.37 s | |
2 | Liliana Ibáñez |
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55.71 s | NO |
3 | Nastja Govejšek |
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56.21 s | |
4th | Mylene Ong |
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56.33 s | |
5 | Jasmine Al-Khaldi |
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57.13 s | |
6th | Megan Fonteno |
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57.45 s | |
7th | Karen Torrez |
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57.78 s | NO |
8th | Cielia Tini |
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58.29 s |
Forward 4
August 1, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Burcu Dolunay |
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55.35 s | |
2 | Nina Rangelova |
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55.52 s | NO |
3 | Daynara de Paula |
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55.94 s | |
4th | Katarzyna Wilk |
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56.13 s | |
5 | Rūta Meilutytė |
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56.33s | |
6th | Katarína Filová |
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56.58 s | |
7th | Arlene Semeco |
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56.90 s | |
8th | Miroslava Najdanovski |
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57.45 s |
Forward 5
August 1, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Tang Yi |
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53.28 s | |
2 | Jeanette Ottesen Gray |
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53.51 s | |
3 | Jessica Hardy |
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54.09 s | |
4th | Femke Heemskerk |
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54.43 s | |
4th | Daniela Schreiber |
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54.43 s | |
6th | Pernille flower |
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55.04 s | |
7th | Hannah Wilson |
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55.33 s | |
8th | Nery Mantey Niangkouara |
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56.63 s |
Forward 6
August 1, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace |
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53.73 s | NO |
2 | Francesca Halsall |
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54.02 s | |
3 | Julia Wilkinson |
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54.16 s | |
4th | Sarah Sjöström |
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54.26 s | |
5 | Amy Smith |
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54.37 s | |
6th | Britta Steffen |
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54.42 s | |
7th | Hanna-Maria Seppälä |
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54.93 s |
The Australian Cate Campbell did not start because of a gastrointestinal inflammation .
Forward 7
August 1, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Melanie Schlanger |
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53.50 s | |
2 | Aljaksandra Herassimenja |
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53.63 s | NO |
3 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo |
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53.66 s | |
4th | Missy Franklin |
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54.26 s | |
5 | Haruka Ueda |
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54.35 s | |
6th | Veronika Popova |
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54.66 s | |
7th | Charlotte Bonnet |
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55.12 s |
Therese Alshammar from Sweden did not start because of a nerve irritation in her neck.
Semifinals
Run 1
August 1, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Melanie Schlanger |
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53.38 s | |
2 | Aljaksandra Herassimenja |
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53.78 s | |
3 | Jessica Hardy |
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53.86 s | |
4th | Sarah Sjöström |
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53.93 s | |
5 | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace |
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54.12 s | |
6th | Britta Steffen |
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54.18 s | |
7th | Daniela Schreiber |
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54.39 s | |
8th | Haruka Ueda |
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54.59 s |
Run 2
August 1, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo |
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53.05 s | OR |
2 | Missy Franklin |
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53.59 s | |
3 | Tang Yi |
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53.60 s | |
4th | Jeanette Ottesen Gray |
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53.77 s | |
4th | Francesca Halsall |
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53.77 s | |
6th | Femke Heemskerk |
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54.13 s | |
7th | Julia Wilkinson |
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54.25 s | |
8th | Amy Smith |
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54.28 s |
final
August 2, 2012, 8:37 p.m. CET
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo |
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53.00 s | OR |
2 | Aljaksandra Herassimenja |
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53.38 s | NO |
3 | Tang Yi |
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53.44 s | |
4th | Melanie Schlanger |
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53.47 s | |
5 | Missy Franklin |
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53.64 s | |
6th | Francesca Halsall |
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53.66 s | |
7th | Jeanette Ottesen Gray |
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53.75 s | |
8th | Jessica Hardy |
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54.02 s |
Winner Kromowidjojo improved the Olympic record twice (semifinals and finals).
The second-placed Herassimenja improved the Belarusian national record twice and swam the first Belarusian medal in this discipline.
Web links
- Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 100 m freestyle in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ ABC Australia report from August 1, 2012
- ↑ (Engl.) Report in Swimming World Magazine from August 1, 2012 ( Memento of the original September 27, 2013 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.