Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 100 m butterfly (women)

sport	swim
discipline	100 meter butterfly
gender	Women
place	London Aquatics Center
Attendees	42 athletes from 37 countries
Competition phase	26./29. July 2012

The contest over 100 meters butterfly women at the 2012 Olympics in London was on 28 and 29 July 2012 at the London Aquatics Center held. 42 athletes took part.

There were six preliminary runs. The 16 fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals, which were held on the same day. The eight fastest starters of both races qualified here for the final on the next day.

Abbreviations:
WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record
ER = European record , NAR = North American record , SAR = South American record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = African record, OZR = Oceania record
PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record

Existing records

World record	Sarah Sjöström ( Sweden )	56.06 s	Rome , Italy	July 27, 2009
Olympic record	Inge de Bruijn ( Netherlands )	56.61 s	Sydney , Australia	September 17, 2000

Title holder

Olympic champion	Lisbeth Trickett ( Australia )	56.73 s	Beijing 2008
World Champion	Dana Vollmer ( United States )	56.87 s	Shanghai 2011
European champion	Ingvild Snildal ( Norway )	58.04 s	Debrecen 2012

leader

Forward 1

July 28, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Noel Borshi	Albania	1: 05.49 min
2	Dorian Mcmenemy	Dominican Republic	1: 05.78 min	NO
3	Marie Meza	Costa Rica	1: 07.01 min

Forward 2

July 28, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Judit Ignacio Sorribes	Spain	59.42 s
1	Danielle Villars	Switzerland	59.42 s	NO
3	Sara Isakovič	Slovenia	59.86 s
4th	Sarah Blake Bateman	Iceland	59.87 s	NO
5	Triin Aljand	Estonia	1: 00.43 min
6th	Justine Bruno	France	1: 01.14 min
7th	Dalia Torres	Nicaragua	1: 05.42 min

Forward 3

July 28, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Irina Bespalova	Russia	58.79 s
2	Otylia Jędrzejczak	Poland	59.31 s
3	Denisa Smolenová	Slovakia	59.48 s
4th	Emilia Pikkarainen	Finland	59.55 s
5	Hannah Wilson	Hong Kong	59.59 s
6th	Liliána Szilágyi	Hungary	1: 00.34 min
7th	Sara Oliveira	Portugal	1: 00.44 min
8th	Birgit Koschischek	Austria	1: 00.54 min

Forward 4

July 28, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Alicia Coutts	Australia	57.36 s
2	Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	58.23 s
2	Tao Li	Singapore	58.34 s
4th	Aljaksandra Herassimenja	Belarus	58.50 s	NO
5	Yuka Kato	Italy	58.72 s
6th	Kristel Vourna	Greece	58.74 s
7th	Alexandra Wenk	Germany	58.85 s
8th	Jessica Schipper	Australia	59.17 s

Forward 5

July 29, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	57.45 s
2	Ellen Gandy	United Kingdom	58.25 s
3	Inge Dekker	Netherlands	58.30 s
4th	Ilaria Bianchi	Italy	58.42 s
5	Martina Granström	Sweden	58.70 s
6th	Katerine Savard	Canada	58.76 s
7th	Amit Ivry	Israel	58.78 s
8th	Natsumi Hoshi	Japan	59.06 s

Inge Dekker (NED) decided not to start in the semi-finals in order to be able to take part in the final of the 100-meter freestyle relay, which takes place just one hour later. The Canadian Katerine Savard slipped into the semi-finals for Dekker.

Forward 6

July 28, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Dana Vollmer	United States	56.25 s	OR
2	Lu Ying	People's Republic of China	57.17 s
3	Jeanette Ottesen Gray	Denmark	57.64 s
4th	Jiao Liuyang	People's Republic of China	57.71 s
5	Claire Donahue	United States	58.06 s
6th	Kimberly Buys	Belgium	58.79 s
7th	Ingvild Snildal	Norway	59.01 s
8th	Daynara de Paula	Brazil	1: 00.14 min

Semifinals

Run 1

The Belarusian Herassimenja was eliminated, but was able to improve the Belarusian record twice in this Olympic competition.

July 28, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	57.27 s
2	Lu Ying	People's Republic of China	57.51 s
3	Jiao Liuyang	People's Republic of China	58.04 s
4th	Tao Li	Singapore	58.18 s
5	Yuka Kato	Japan	58.26 s
6th	Aljaksandra Herassimenja	Belarus	58.41 s	NO
7th	Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	58.52 s
8th	Katerine Savard	Canada	59.22 s

Run 2

Vollmer, who already improved the old Olympic record in the run-up, stayed below the old record in this semi-final.

July 28, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Dana Vollmer	United States	56.36 s
2	Alicia Coutts	Australia	56.85 s
3	Jeanette Ottesen Gray	Denmark	57.25 s	NO
4th	Claire Donahue	United States	57.42 s
5	Ellen Gandy	United Kingdom	57.66 s
6th	Ilaria Bianchi	Italy	57.79 s	NO
7th	Kristel Vourna	Greece	58.31 s	NO
8th	Martina Granström	Sweden	58.95 s

final

With her world record, Dana Vollmer is the first woman to finish in under 56 seconds.
The race is the fastest in Olympic history, and not just because of the world record. For the first time all medal winners stayed under 57 seconds, for the first time all finalists stayed under 58 seconds.
The Italian Ilaria Bianchi, fifth in the final, was able to improve the Italian record twice in the Olympic competition.

July 29, 2012, 7:30 p.m. CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Dana Vollmer	United States	55.98 s	WR , OR
2	Lu Ying	People's Republic of China	56.87 s
3	Alicia Coutts	Australia	56.94 s
4th	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	57.17 s
5	Ilaria Bianchi	Italy	57.27 s	NO
6th	Jeanette Ottesen Gray	Denmark	57.35 s
7th	Claire Donahue	United States	57.48 s
8th	Ellen Gandy	United Kingdom	57.76 s

Picture gallery

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  The medal winners: Vollmer (center), Lu Ying (right) and Coutts (left)

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  World record holder Sarah Sjöström (SWE) swims in fourth place in the final

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  nge Dekker (NED) qualifies for the semi-finals, but does not start

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  Aljaksandra Herassimenja (BLR), here at the Beijing Games, fails despite the national record in the semi-finals

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  Birgit Koschischek (AUT) from the Austrian Army Sports Association fails in the preliminary run

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  Tao Li (SIN) is eliminated in the semi-finals

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  Yuka Kato (JPN) is eliminated in the semi-finals

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  Francesca Halsall (GBR), here at the 2009 World Cup, failed in the semi-finals

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  Amit Ivry (ISR) fails in her advance

Web links

• Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 100 m butterfly in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence