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

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 )	58.12 s	Rome , Italy	July 28, 2009
Olympic record	Emily Seebohm ( Zimbabwe )	58.77 s	London , UK	July 29, 2012

Title holder

Olympic champion	Missy Franklin ( United States )	58.33 s	London 2012
World Champion	Emily Seebohm ( Australia )	58.26 s	Kazan 2015
European champion	Mie Østergaard Nielsen ( Denmark )	58.73 s	London 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Gaurika Singh	Nepal	1: 08.45 min
2	Evelina Afoa	Samoa	1: 08.74 min
3	Rita Zeqiri	Kosovo	1: 12.31 min	NO

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Claudia Lau	Hong Kong	1: 01.27 min
2	Alicja Tchórz	Poland	1: 01.31 min
3	Alexus Laird	Seychelles	1: 03.33 min
4th	Kimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	1: 04.21 min
5	Lara Butler	Cayman Islands	1: 04.98 min	NO
6th	Caylee Watson	American Virgin Islands	1: 07.19 min	NO
7th	Talisa Lanoe	Kenya	1: 10.02 min

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Olivia Smoliga	United States	59.60 s
2	Madison Wilson	Australia	59.92 s
3	Anastasija Fessikova	Russia	1: 00.04 min
4th	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	1: 00.13 min
5	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	Iceland	1: 00.89 min
6th	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	1: 01.08 min
7th	Daria Ustinova	Russia	1: 01.45 min
8th	Mimosa Jallow	Finland	1: 01.58 min

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Kathleen Baker	United States	58.84 s
2	Mie Østergaard Nielsen	Denmark	59.13 s
2	Georgia Davies	United Kingdom	59.86 s
4th	Fu Yuanhui	People's Republic of China	1: 00.02 min
5	Matea Samardžić	Croatia	1: 00.46 min
6th	Wang Xueer	People's Republic of China	1: 00.59 min
7th	Duane Da Rocha	Spain	1: 00.87 min
8th	Katarína Listopadová	Slovakia	1: 01.43 min

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Emily Seebohm	Australia	58.99 s
2	Kylie mass	Canada	59.07 s
3	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	59.13 s
4th	Dominique Bouchard	Canada	1: 00.18 min
5	Kira Toussaint	Netherlands	1: 01.17 min
6th	Yekaterina Rudenko	Kazakhstan	1: 01.28 min
7th	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	1: 01.70 min
8th	Natsumi Sakai	Japan	1: 01.74 min

Semifinals

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Madison Wilson	Australia	59.03 s
2	Mie Østergaard Nielsen	Denmark	59.18 s
3	Emily Seebohm	Australia	59.32 s
4th	Olivia Smoliga	United States	59.35 s
5	Anastasija Fessikova	Russia	59.68 s
6th	Dominique Bouchard	Canada	1: 00.54 min
7th	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir	Iceland	1: 00.65 min
8th	Wang Xueer	People's Republic of China	1: 01.44 min

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Kathleen Baker	United States	58.84 s
2	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	58.94 s
3	Fu Yuanhui	People's Republic of China	58.95 s
4th	Kylie mass	Canada	59.06 s	NO
5	Georgia Davies	United Kingdom	59.85 s
6th	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	1: 00.26 min
7th	Matea Samardžić	Croatia	1: 00.60 min
8th	Duane Da Rocha	Spain	1: 00.85 min

final

August 9, 2016, 3:30 a.m. CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	58.45 s	NO
2	Kathleen Baker	United States	58.75 s
3	Kylie mass	Canada	58.76 s	NO
	Fu Yuanhui	People's Republic of China		NO
5	Mie Østergaard Nielsen	Denmark	58.80 s
6th	Olivia Smoliga	United States	58.95 s
7th	Emily Seebohm	Australia	59.19 s
8th	Madison Wilson	Australia	59.23 s

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ swam in advance