2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100 m breaststroke (women)

sport	swim
discipline	100 meters chest
gender	Women
place	Estádio Aquático Olímpico
Attendees	44 athletes from 35 countries
Competition phase	7th / 8th August 2016

The competition for women over 100 meters breasts at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 7th and 8th, 2016 in the Estádio Aquático Olímpico . 44 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	Rūta Meilutytė ( Lithuania )	1: 04.35 min	Barcelona , Spain	August 7, 2009
Olympic record	Leisel Jones ( Australia )	1: 05.17 min	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 10, 2008

Title holder

Olympic champion	Rūta Meilutytė ( Lithuania )	1: 05.47 min	London 2012
World Champion	Julija Jefimowa ( Russia )	1: 05.66 min	Kazan 2015
European champion	Rūta Meilutytė ( Lithuania )	1: 06.17 min	London 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Darya Semyonova	Turkmenistan	1: 19.84 min
2	Rechael Tonjor	Nigeria	1: 21.43 min
3	Teona Bostashvili	Georgia	1: 22.91 min
4th	Daniah Hagul	Libya	1: 25.47 min

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Maria Romanjuk	Estonia	1: 09.49 min
2	Jinq En Phee	Malaysia	1: 10.22 min
3	Daria Talanova	Kyrgyzstan	1: 10.94 min
4th	Tatiana Chisca	Moldova	1: 11.37 min
5	Evita Leter	Suriname	1: 14.96 min
6th	Pilar Shimizu	Guam	1: 16.65 min
7th	Izzy Joachim	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1: 17.37 min
8th	Jamila Lunkuse	Uganda	1: 19.64 min

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jenna Laukkanen	Finland	1: 07.35 min
2	Molly Renshaw	United Kingdom	1: 07.92 min
3	Anna Sztankovics	Hungary	1: 08.06 min
4th	Martina Moravcikova	Czech Republic	1: 08.50 min
5	Sophie Hansson	Sweden	1: 08.67 min
6th	Amit Ivry	Israel	1: 09.42 min
7th	Yvette Man-Yi Kong	Hong Kong	1: 09.56 min
8th	Tjasa Vozel	Slovenia	1: 11.15 min

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katie Meili	United States	1: 06.00 min
2	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	1: 06.58 min
2	Taylor McKeown	Australia	1: 06.73 min
4th	Rachel Nicol	Canada	1: 06.85 min
5	Kanako Watanabe	Japan	1: 07.22 min
6th	Georgia Bohl	Australia	1: 07.96 min
7th	Fanny Lecluyse	Belgium	1: 8.80 min
8th	Daria Chikunova	Russia	1: 09.12 min

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Yulia Efimova	Russia	1: 05.79 min
2	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	1: 06.72 min
3	Jennie Johansson	Sweden	1: 06.84 min
4th	Chloe Tutton	United Kingdom	1: 06.88 min
5	Viktoria Zeynep Gunes	Turkey	1: 07.14 min
6th	Arianna Castiglioni	Italy	1: 07.32 min
7th	Martina Carraro	Italy	1: 07.56 min
8th	Fiona Doyle	Ireland	1: 07.58 min

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Lilly King	United States	1: 05.78 min
2	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	1: 06.35 min
3	Shi Jinglin	People's Republic of China	1: 06.55 min
4th	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	Iceland	1: 06.81 min
5	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	1: 06.99 min
6th	Jessica Vall Montero	Spain	1: 07.07 min
7th	Kierra Smith	Canada	1: 07.41 min
8th	Xinyu Zhang	People's Republic of China	1: 07.59 min

Semifinals

Run 1

August 8, 2016, 3:29 am CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Yulia Efimova	Russia	1: 05.72 min
2	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	1: 06.44 min
3	Jennie Johansson	Sweden	1: 07.06 min
4th	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	1: 07.07 min
5	Taylor McKeown	Australia	1: 07.12 min
6th	Chloe Tutton	United Kingdom	1: 07.29 min
7th	Kanako Watanabe	Japan	1: 07.43 min
8th	Jessica Vall	Spain	1: 07.55 min

Run 2

August 8, 2016, 03:37 a.m. CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Lilly King	United States	1: 05.70 min
2	Jinglin Shi	People's Republic of China	1: 06.31 min
3	Katie Meili	United States	1: 06.52 min
4th	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	1: 06.52 min
5	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	Iceland	1: 06.71 min
6th	Rachel Nicol	Canada	1: 06.73 min
7th	Satomi Suzuki	Japan	1: 07.18 min
8th	Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş	Turkey	1: 07.41 min

final

August 9, 2016, 3:54 a.m. CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Lilly King	United States	1: 04.93 min	OR
2	Yulia Efimova	Russia	1: 05.50 min
3	Katie Meili	United States	1: 05.69 min
4th	Jinglin Shi	People's Republic of China	1: 06.37 min
5	Rachel Nicol	Canada	1: 06.68 min
6th	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	Iceland	1: 07.18 min
7th	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania	1: 07.32 min
8th	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	1: 08.10 min

Web links

• Results of the preliminary runs
• Results of the semifinals
• Result of the final