2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m backstroke (women)
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sport | swim |
discipline | 100 meters back |
gender | Women |
place | Olympic Aquatics Stadium |
Attendees | 34 athletes from 28 countries |
Competition phase | 7th / 8th August 2016 |
The women's back 100 meters competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on July 7th and 8th, 2016 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 34 athletes from 28 countries took part.
There were five 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 |
Gemma Spofforth ( United Kingdom )
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58.12 s | Rome , Italy | July 28, 2009 |
Olympic record |
Emily Seebohm ( Zimbabwe )
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58.77 s | London , UK | July 29, 2012 |
Title holder
Olympic champion |
Missy Franklin ( United States )
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58.33 s | London 2012 |
World Champion |
Emily Seebohm ( Australia )
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58.26 s | Kazan 2015 |
European champion |
Mie Østergaard Nielsen ( Denmark )
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58.73 s | London 2016 |
leader
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Gaurika Singh |
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1: 08.45 min | |
2 | Evelina Afoa |
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1: 08.74 min | |
3 | Rita Zeqiri |
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1: 12.31 min | NO |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Claudia Lau |
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1: 01.27 min | |
2 | Alicja Tchórz |
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1: 01.31 min | |
3 | Alexus Laird |
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1: 03.33 min | |
4th | Kimiko Raheem |
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1: 04.21 min | |
5 | Lara Butler |
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1: 04.98 min | NO |
6th | Caylee Watson |
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1: 07.19 min | NO |
7th | Talisa Lanoe |
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1: 10.02 min |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Olivia Smoliga |
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59.60 s | |
2 | Madison Wilson |
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59.92 s | |
3 | Anastasija Fessikova |
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1: 00.04 min | |
4th | Kirsty Coventry |
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1: 00.13 min | |
5 | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir |
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1: 00.89 min | |
6th | Simona Baumrtová |
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1: 01.08 min | |
7th | Daria Ustinova |
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1: 01.45 min | |
8th | Mimosa Jallow |
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1: 01.58 min |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Kathleen Baker |
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58.84 s | |
2 | Mie Østergaard Nielsen |
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59.13 s | |
2 | Georgia Davies |
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59.86 s | |
4th | Fu Yuanhui |
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1: 00.02 min | |
5 | Matea Samardžić |
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1: 00.46 min | |
6th | Wang Xueer |
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1: 00.59 min | |
7th | Duane Da Rocha |
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1: 00.87 min | |
8th | Katarína Listopadová |
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1: 01.43 min |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Emily Seebohm |
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58.99 s | |
2 | Kylie mass |
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59.07 s | |
3 | Katinka Hosszú |
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59.13 s | |
4th | Dominique Bouchard |
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1: 00.18 min | |
5 | Kira Toussaint |
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1: 01.17 min | |
6th | Yekaterina Rudenko |
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1: 01.28 min | |
7th | Etiene Medeiros |
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1: 01.70 min | |
8th | Natsumi Sakai |
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1: 01.74 min |
Semifinals
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Madison Wilson |
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59.03 s | |
2 | Mie Østergaard Nielsen |
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59.18 s | |
3 | Emily Seebohm |
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59.32 s | |
4th | Olivia Smoliga |
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59.35 s | |
5 | Anastasija Fessikova |
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59.68 s | |
6th | Dominique Bouchard |
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1: 00.54 min | |
7th | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir |
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1: 00.65 min | |
8th | Wang Xueer |
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1: 01.44 min |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Kathleen Baker |
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58.84 s | |
2 | Katinka Hosszú |
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58.94 s | |
3 | Fu Yuanhui |
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58.95 s | |
4th | Kylie mass |
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59.06 s | NO |
5 | Georgia Davies |
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59.85 s | |
6th | Kirsty Coventry |
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1: 00.26 min | |
7th | Matea Samardžić |
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1: 00.60 min | |
8th | Duane Da Rocha |
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1: 00.85 min |
final
August 9, 2016, 3:30 a.m. CET
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Katinka Hosszú |
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58.45 s | NO |
2 | Kathleen Baker |
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58.75 s | |
3 | Kylie mass |
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58.76 s | NO |
Fu Yuanhui |
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NO | ||
5 | Mie Østergaard Nielsen |
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58.80 s | |
6th | Olivia Smoliga |
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58.95 s | |
7th | Emily Seebohm |
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59.19 s | |
8th | Madison Wilson |
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59.23 s |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ swam in advance