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Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 6–7 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates6 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
7 August 2016 (final)
Competitors45 from 35 nations
Winning time55.48 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sarah Sjöström  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Penny Oleksiak  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dana Vollmer  United States
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Summary edit

Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjöström overturned her own existing world record to become the country's first Olympic champion in the pool since Lars Frölander topped the podium on the male counterpart of this event in 2000. She maintained an enormous lead from the start to capture her first Olympic gold medal with a 55.48, shaving 0.16 seconds off from her own world record.[2][3] Canada's 16-year-old Penny Oleksiak came from third at the initial length to smash a new junior World and Canadian record for the silver in 56.46, touching out U.S. swimmer and reigning Olympic titleholder Dana Vollmer, who claimed the bronze in 56.63, by just 0.17 of a second.[4][5]

Chinese teammates Chen Xinyi (56.72) and London 2012 runner-up Lu Ying (56.76) picked up the fourth and fifth spots respectively, separated by 0.04-second margin. Meanwhile, teenager Rikako Ikee cracked a 57-second barrier with a Japanese record and a sixth-place finish in 56.86. Australia's Emma McKeon (57.05) and Denmark's four-time Olympian Jeanette Ottesen (57.17) rounded out the championship field.[4] In December 2016, Chen Xinyi was disqualified after failing a drugs test.[6]

Earlier in the semifinals, Sjöström established a new Olympic record time of 55.84 to take the top seed for a historic finale, slicing 0.14 seconds off from the standard held by Vollmer at the previous Games.[7]

The medals for the competition were presented by Gunilla Lindberg, Sweden, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Mr. Pipat Paniangvait, Honorary Treasurer of the FINA.

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Sarah Sjöström (SWE) 55.64 Kazan, Russia 3 August 2015 [8]
Olympic record   Dana Vollmer (USA) 55.98 London, United Kingdom 29 July 2012 [9]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
6 August Semifinal Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 55.84 OR
7 August Final Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 55.48 WR, OR

Competition format edit

The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]

Results edit

Heats edit

[10][11]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 56.26 Q
2 4 5 Dana Vollmer   United States 56.56 Q
3 6 3 Penny Oleksiak   Canada 56.73 Q, WJR, NR
4 5 4 Kelsi Dahlia   United States 56.97 Q
5 6 6 Lu Ying   China 57.08 Q
6 6 5 Jeanette Ottesen   Denmark 57.15 Q
7 4 4 Chen Xinyi   China 57.17 Q
8 6 2 Rikako Ikee   Japan 57.27 Q, NR
9 5 5 Emma McKeon   Australia 57.33 Q
10 4 6 Liliána Szilágyi   Hungary 57.70 Q
11 5 2 An Se-hyeon   South Korea 57.80 Q
12 4 7 Farida Osman   Egypt 57.83 Q, AF
13 4 8 Kimberly Buys   Belgium 57.91 Q
14 3 5 Daynara de Paula   Brazil 57.92 Q
15 3 3 Natsumi Hoshi   Japan 58.15 Q
5 7 Daiene Dias   Brazil Q
17 4 3 Madeline Groves   Australia 58.17
18 4 1 Anna Ntountounaki   Greece 58.27
5 3 Noemie Thomas   Canada
20 6 7 Svetlana Chimrova   Russia 58.41
21 5 6 Ilaria Bianchi   Italy 58.48
22 4 2 Alexandra Wenk   Germany 58.49
23 6 8 Kristel Vourna   Greece 58.89
24 5 8 Marie Wattel   France 58.90
25 3 6 Béryl Gastaldello   France 58.93
26 6 1 Nataliya Lovtsova   Russia 59.19
27 2 4 Amit Ivry   Israel 59.42
28 3 7 Lucie Svěcená   Czech Republic 59.45
3 8 Danielle Villars   Switzerland
30 3 4 Katarína Listopadová   Slovakia 59.57
31 3 1 Judit Ignacio   Spain 59.61
32 5 1 Louise Hansson   Sweden 59.73
33 3 2 Helena Gasson   New Zealand 59.82
34 2 3 Darya Stepanyuk   Ukraine 1:00.81
35 2 5 Quah Ting Wen   Singapore 1:00.88
36 2 2 Amina Kajtaz   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:01.67
37 2 6 Marie Laura Meza   Costa Rica 1:02.01
38 2 7 Sotiria Neofytou   Cyprus 1:02.91
39 2 1 Jannah Sonnenschein   Mozambique 1:04.21
40 2 8 Dalia Tórrez Zamora   Nicaragua 1:05.81
41 1 4 Yusra Mardini   Refugee Olympic Team 1:09.21
42 1 5 Oreoluwa Cherebin   Grenada 1:10.40
43 1 6 Nooran Ba Matraf   Yemen 1:11.16
44 1 3 Johanna Umurungi   Rwanda 1:11.92
45 1 2 Nada Arkaji   Qatar 1:18.86

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Rikako Ikee   Japan 57.05 Q, NR
2 4 Dana Vollmer   United States 57.06 Q
3 3 Jeanette Ottesen   Denmark 57.47 Q
4 5 Kelsi Dahlia   United States 57.54
5 7 Farida Osman   Egypt 58.26
6 2 Liliána Szilágyi   Hungary 58.31
7 8 Daiene Dias   Brazil 58.52
8 1 Daynara de Paula   Brazil 58.65

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 55.84 Q, OR
2 2 Emma McKeon   Australia 56.81 Q
3 5 Penny Oleksiak   Canada 57.10 Q
4 3 Lu Ying   China 57.15 Q
5 6 Chen Xinyi   China 57.51 Q
6 7 An Se-hyeon   South Korea 57.95
7 8 Natsumi Hoshi   Japan 58.03
8 1 Kimberly Buys   Belgium 58.63

Final edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 55.48 WR
  2 Penny Oleksiak   Canada 56.46 WJR, NR
  6 Dana Vollmer   United States 56.63
4 7 Lu Ying   China 56.76
5 3 Rikako Ikee   Japan 56.86 NR
6 5 Emma McKeon   Australia 57.05
7 1 Jeanette Ottesen   Denmark 57.17
[a] 8 Chen Xinyi   China DSQ

Chen - On 10 December 2016, FINA confirmed that Chen, who had originally placed 4th, tested positive for unlawful substances at the Games. Her results were voided, and she was given a two year ban from competing.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Women's 100m Butterfly". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ^ Lutz, Rachel (7 August 2016). "Sarah Sjostrom wins 100m butterfly, Sweden's first Olympic gold medal". Rio 2016. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Swimming: Sjostrom avoids 'disasters' to win 100m butterfly". Reuters. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Sarah Sjostrom Downs 100 Fly World Record; World Junior Record For Oleksiak". Swimming World Magazine. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Canada's Penny Oleksiak wins 2nd medal of Rio Olympics". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 August 2016. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Chen Xinyi has been handed a two-year suspension after testing positive for Hydrochlorothiazide during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games." Archived 2017-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, from Swimvortex.com
  7. ^ "Sarah Sjostrom Heads to 100 Fly Semifinals in Top Spot with New Olympic Record". Swimming World Magazine. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Sarah Sjostrom Slices 100 Fly World Record For Gold at the 2015 FINA World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Dana Vollmer gets gold with world record 100 m butterfly". CBS News. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  10. ^ "SWW021900_StartList_2016_08_04.pdf" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  11. ^ "SWW021900_StartList_2016_08_04.pdf" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
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