Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle

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Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Date22 September 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
23 September 2000 (final)
Competitors74 from 66 nations
Winning time24.32
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Silver medal icon.svg Therese Alshammar Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Dara Torres Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 22–23 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. [1]

Dutch rising star Inge de Bruijn added a third gold to her medal tally in swimming at these Games. She powered past the field to touch the wall first in 24.32, the second-fastest of all-time. [2] [3] Earlier in the semifinals, she blasted her own world record of 24.13 to snatch a top seed for the final. [4] Sweden's Therese Alshammar captured the silver in 24.51, while U.S. legend Dara Torres powered home with the bronze in a new American record of 24.63, edging out defending Olympic champion Amy Van Dyken (25.04) by 41-hundredths of a second. The podium placements also replicated the results of the 100 m freestyle (with the exception of Jenny Thompson), held on the sixth night of the Games. [5] [6]

Slovakia's Martina Moravcová finished off the podium in fifth place at 25.24, and was followed in the sixth spot by Germany's Sandra Völker in 25.27. Great Britain's Alison Sheppard (25.45) and Japan's Sumika Minamoto (25.65) closed out the field. [6]

Notable swimmers missed out the top 8 final, featuring Australia's overwhelming favorite Susie O'Neill; Völker's teammate Katrin Meissner, who shared bronze medals with Jill Sterkel in the event's inception in 1988 as a member of the former East German squad; and Estonia's Jana Kolukanova, who grabbed the final spot from the prelims after winning a three-person swimoff. [7]

One of the most popular highlights in the event took place in the first heat. Dubbed as the Crawler, Paula Barila Bolopa had finally completed a unique double for Equatorial Guinea, as she swam the slowest ever race by a female in Olympic history with a time of 1:03.97. [8]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Inge de Bruijn  (NED)24.39 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10 June 2000 [9]
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Wenyi  (CHN)24.79 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 1992 [9]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
22 SeptemberHeat 10 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.46 OR
22 SeptemberSemifinal 2 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.13 WR

Results

Heats

[9]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1104 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.46Q, OR
284 Dara Torres Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.96Q
3105 Amy Van Dyken Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.04Q
494 Therese Alshammar Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25.24Q
5107 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 25.39Q, NR
695 Sandra Völker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.44Q
7103 Sumika Minamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.52Q
101 Vivienne Rignall Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Q, NR
985 Alison Sheppard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25.53Q
10102 Katrin Meissner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.64Q
11106 Olga Mukomol Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 25.67Q
1287 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.73Q
1386 Anna-Karin Kammerling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25.79Q
1493 Wilma van Rijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.81Q
1566 Rania Elwani Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 25.87Q, NR
1667 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 25.96QSO
78 Jana Kolukanova Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia QSO
97 Ana Belén Palomo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain QSO
1982 Cristina Chiuso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.99
2083 Sue Rolph Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26.00
2191 Han Xue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 26.01
2288 Nadine Rolland Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.04
2381 Sarah Ryan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 26.05
61 Leah Martindale Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados
2598 Helene Muller Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26.07
2676 Alena Popchanka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 26.10
2792 Eileen Coparropa Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 26.19
2874 Liesbet Dreesen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 26.21
77 Hanna-Maria Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
3075 Ivana Walterová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 26.23
3196 Judith Draxler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 26.26
3263 Siobhan Cropper Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 26.36
3373 Yekaterina Kibalo Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 26.37
3465 Lara Heinz Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 26.55
3568 Caroline Pickering Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 26.57
3662 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 26.58
3771 Joscelin Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 26.71
38108 Jenna Gresdal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.79
3914 Moe Thu Aung Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar 26.80
4052 Chiang Tzu-ying Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 26.84
4164 Chang Hee-jin Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 26.88
43 Yekaterina Tochenaya Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan NR
4372 Athina Bochori Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 26.90
4458 Agnese Ozoliņa Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 27.28
4553 Pilin Tachakittiranan Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 27.31
4654 Marijana Šurković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 27.32
4757 Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 27.38
4856 Chantal Gibney Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 27.46
4946 Angela Chuck Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 27.48
5051 Jūratė Ladavičiūtė Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 27.54
5155 Elín Sigurðardóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 27.58
5245 Marilyn Chua Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 27.66
5344 Duška Radan Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 27.70
5441 Maria Tregubova Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 27.75
5547 Saida Iskandarova Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 28.08
5642 Talía Barrios Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 28.11
5735 Ngozi Monu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 28.20
5837 Tanya Anacleto Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 28.78
5934 Alisa Khaleyeva Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 28.79
6038 Sherri Henry Flag of Saint Lucia (1979-2002).svg  Saint Lucia 28.81
6136 Mbolatiana Ramanisa Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 29.20
6232 Roshendra Vrolijk Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 29.31
6333 Yuliana Mikheeva Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 29.79
6425 Theekshana Ratnasekera Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 29.88
6523 Samar Nassar Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 30.05
6626 Runa Pradhan Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 31.28
6722 Teran Matthews Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.71
6831 Francilla Agar Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 32.22
6927 Fariha Fathimath Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 32.36
7021 Hem Raksmey Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 33.11
7124 Noor Haki Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq 35.51
7248Aissatou BarryFlag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 35.79
7313 Paula Barila Bolopa Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 1:03.97
15 Fatema Hameed Gerashi Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg  Bahrain DSQ

Swimoff

[10]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Jana Kolukanova Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25.87Q, NR
24 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 26.00
3 Ana Belén Palomo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DSQ

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Therese Alshammar Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.80Q
24 Dara Torres Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.98Q
33 Sandra Völker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.22Q
46 Sumika Minamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.43Q
52 Katrin Meissner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.62
67 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.74
71 Wilma van Rijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.87
88 Jana Kolukanova Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 26.03

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.13Q, WR
25 Amy Van Dyken Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.00Q
32 Alison Sheppard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25.32Q
43 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 25.49Q
51 Anna-Karin Kammerling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25.61
56 Vivienne Rignall Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 25.61
77 Olga Mukomol Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 25.88
88 Rania Elwani Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 25.95

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.32
Silver medal icon.svg5 Therese Alshammar Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.51
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Dara Torres Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.63 AM
46 Amy Van Dyken Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.04
58 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 25.24 NR
62 Sandra Völker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.27
77 Alison Sheppard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25.45
81 Sumika Minamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.65

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