2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Women)

sport	swim
discipline	100 meters freestyle
gender	Women
place	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Attendees	48 athletes from 37 countries
Competition phase	10/11 August 2016

The women's 100 meter freestyle competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 10 and 11, 2016 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 48 athletes from 37 countries took part.

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

Abbreviations:
WR = world record, JWR = junior 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

Existing records

World record	Cate Campbell ( Australia )	52.06 s	Brisbane , Australia	2nd July 2016
Olympic record	Ranomi Kromowidjojo ( Netherlands )	53.00 s	London , UK	2nd August 2012

Title holder

Olympic champion	Ranomi Kromowidjojo ( Netherlands )	53.12 s	London 2012
World Champion	Bronte Campbell ( Australia )	52.52 s	Kazan 2015
European champion	Sarah Sjöström ( Sweden )	52.82 s	London 2016
German champions	Annika Bruhn	54.85 s	Berlin 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Inés Remersaro	Uruguay	57.85 s
2	Ana Sofia Nóbrega	Angola	59.23 s
3	Fatima Alkaramova	Azerbaijan	59.43 s
4th	Jovana Terzić	Montenegro	59.59 s
5	Nikol Merizaj	Albania	59.99 s
6th	Estellah Fils Rabetsara	Madagascar	1: 01.11 min
7th	Yusra Mardini	Independent Olympian	1: 04.66 min
8th	Aminath Shajan	Maldives	1: 05.71 min

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Susann Bjørnsen	Norway	55.35 s
2	Natthanan Junkrajang	Thailand	56.24 s
3	Jasmine Alkhaldi	Philippines	56.30 s
4th	Jade Howard	Zambia	58.47 s
5	Ana-Iulia Dascal	Romania	58.72 s
6th	Heather Arseth	Mauritius	58.89 s
7th	Tracy Keith-Matchitt	Cook Islands	58.99 s
8th	Karen Riveros	Paraguay	59.00 s

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Veronika Popova	Russia	54.60 s
2	Maria Ugolkova	Switzerland	54.85 s
3	Camille Cheng	Hong Kong	54.92 s
4th	Julie Meynen	Luxembourg	55.09 s
5	Erika Ferraioli	Italy	55.20 s
6th	Katarzyna Wilk	Poland	55.44 s
7th	Andrea Murez	Israel	55.47 s
8th	Nina Rangelova	Bulgaria	55.71 s

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Simone Manuel	United States	53.32 s
2	Aljaksandra Herassimenja	Belarus	54.25 s
3	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	54.38 s
4th	Shen Duo	People's Republic of China	54.41 s	Withdrawn
5	Femke Heemskerk	Netherlands	54.63 s
6th	Béryl Gastaldello	France	54.80 s
7th	Natalia Lovtcova	Russia	55.37 s
-	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	-	Not started

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Cate Campbell	Australia	52.78 s	OR
2	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	53.43 s
3	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	53.53 s
3	Jeanette Ottesen	Denmark	53.53 s
4th	Chantal van Landeghem	Canada	53.89 s
6th	Pernille flower	Denmark	54.15 s
7th	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace	Bahamas	54.56 s
8th	Larissa Oliveira	Brazil	54.72 s

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	53.37 s
2	Abbey Weitzeil	United States	53.54 s
3	Bronte Campbell	Australia	53.71 s
4th	Charlotte Bonnet	France	53.93 s
5	Zhu Menghui	People's Republic of China	54.15 s
6th	Rikako Ikee	Japan	54.50 s
6th	Miki Uchida	Japan	54.50 s
-	Michelle Coleman	Sweden	-	Not started

Rikako Ikee and Miki Uchida, who had finished 16th ex aequo after the heats, both qualified for the semifinals, as Shen Duo withdrew their participation. Otherwise a "swim-off" between the Japanese women would have been decided.

Semifinals

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Simone Manuel	United States	53.11 s
2	Cate Campbell	Australia	53.29 s
3	Jeanette Ottesen	Denmark	53.35 s	NO
4th	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	53.42 s
5	Zhu Menghui	People's Republic of China	53.98 s
6th	Miki Uchida	Japan	54.39 s
7th	Charlotte Bonnet	France	54.54 s
8th	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	54.59 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Cate Campbell	Australia	52.71 s	OR
2	Penny Oleksiak	Canada	52.72 s	JWR , NAR
3	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	53.16 s
4th	Abbey Weitzeil	United States	53.53 s
5	Chantal van Landeghem	Canada	54.00 s
6th	Pernille flower	Denmark	54.19 s
7th	Rikako Ikee	Japan	54.31 s
8th	Aljaksandra Herassimenja	Belarus	54.34 s

final

August 12, 2016, 4:18 am CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Simone Manuel	United States	52.70 s	OR
	Penny Oleksiak	Canada		OR , JWR
3	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	52.99 s
4th	Bronte Campbell	Australia	53.04 s
5	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	53.08 s
6th	Cate Campbell	Australia	53.24 s
7th	Abbey Weitzeil	United States	53.30 s
8th	Jeanette Ottesen	Denmark	53.36 s

Web links

• Result of the preliminary runs
• Result of the semi-finals
• Result of the final