Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

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Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 20, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 21, 2000 (final)
Competitors56 from 51 nations
Winning time53.83
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 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Dara Torres Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1996
2004  

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 20–21 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. [1]

Dutch rising star Inge de Bruijn stormed home on the final lap to claim her second gold at these Games. She powered past her rivals in a star-studded field to touch the wall first in 53.83. [2] Earlier in the semifinals, she delivered a time of 53.77 to erase her own world record by 0.03 of a second. [3] [4] Almost stealing the race from lane one, Therese Alshammar took home the silver in a Swedish record of 54.33. Meanwhile, top favorites Dara Torres and Jenny Thompson gave the Americans a further reason to celebrate, as they shared bronze medals in a matching time of 54.63. This was also Thompson's ninth career medal at these Games, making her the most decorated female swimmer in Olympic history. [5] [6]

Slovakia's Martina Moravcová, who captured two silver medals in swimming, finished outside the podium in fifth place at 54.72. South Africa's Helene Muller managed to pull off a sixth-place finish in an African standard of 55.19. Japan's Sumika Minamoto (55.53) and De Bruijn's teammate Wilma van Rijn (55.58) closed out the field. [6]

Notable swimmers failed to reach the top 8 final, featuring Australia's overwhelming favorites Sarah Ryan and Susie O'Neill, Germany's Sandra Völker, silver medalist in Atlanta four years earlier, and Egypt's Rania Elwani, who surprisingly reached the semifinals from an unseeded heat. [7]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Inge de Bruijn  (NED)53.80 Sheffield, Great Britain 28 May 2000 [8]
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Le Jingyi  (CHN)54.50 Atlanta, United States 20 July 1996 [8]

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
20 SeptemberSemifinal 2 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.77 WR

Results

Heats

[8]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 54.77Q
255 Dara Torres Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.12Q
364 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.22Q
465 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 55.42Q
572 Helene Muller Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55.45Q, AF
675 Therese Alshammar Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 55.49Q
753 Sandra Völker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.54Q
863 Sue Rolph Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 55.77Q
952 Sumika Minamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 55.80Q
1076 Wilma van Rijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 55.82Q
1162 Louise Jöhncke Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 55.91Q
1266 Sarah Ryan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.05Q
1356 Karen Pickering Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 56.08Q
1477 Laura Nicholls Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.30Q
1541 Rania Elwani Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 56.31Q, NR
1657 Alena Popchanka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 56.33Q
1743 Hanna-Maria Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 56.68
1836 Olga Mukomol Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 56.69
1978 Han Xue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 56.79
2067 Yekaterina Kibalo Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 56.97
2144 Cristina Chiuso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.09
2261 Joscelin Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 57.15
2342 Florencia Szigeti Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 57.20
2426 Leah Martindale Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 57.21
2551 Antonia Machaira Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 57.24
2668 Ilona Hlaváčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 57.37
2758 Judith Draxler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 57.40
2834 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 57.47
2924 Elina Partõka Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 57.71
35 Gyöngyver Lakos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
3173 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.78
3248 Eileen Coparropa Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 57.82
3346 Monique Robins Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 57.85
3422 Siobhan Cropper Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 57.91
3545 Tine Bossuyt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 58.02
3621 Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 58.44
3732 Lara Heinz Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 58.55
3827 Caroline Pickering Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 58.62
3938 Pilin Tachakittiranan Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 58.69
4047 Chang Hee-jin Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 58.77
4131 Jūratė Ladavičiūtė Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 58.78
4233 Chantal Gibney Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 58.79
4328 Yekaterina Tochenaya Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 58.80
4423 Anna Stylianou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 59.08
4525 Agnese Ozoliņa Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 59.28
4637 Tsai Shu-min Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 59.39
4718 Nicole Hayes Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 1:00.89
4815 Rola El Haress Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1:03.26
4912 Maria Awori Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:06.23
5013 Nathalie Lee Baw Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1:06.67
5117 Zeïna Sahelí Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1:07.37
5214 Supra Singhal Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1:08.15
5316 Sanjaajamtsyn Altantuyaa Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1:10.22
5411 Katerina Izmaylova Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 1:19.12
54 Antje Buschschulte Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS
71 Marianne Limpert Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Dara Torres Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.02Q
25 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 55.06Q
32 Wilma van Rijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 55.28Q
43 Therese Alshammar Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 55.31Q
56 Sue Rolph Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 55.69
67 Sarah Ryan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.93
71 Laura Nicholls Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.94
88 Alena Popchanka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 56.40

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.77Q, WR
25 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.40Q
33 Helene Muller Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55.24Q, AF
42 Sumika Minamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 55.62Q
51 Karen Pickering Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 55.71
68 Rania Elwani Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 55.85 NR
77 Louise Jöhncke Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 55.94
86 Sandra Völker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.97

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.83
Silver medal icon.svg1 Therese Alshammar Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 54.33 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.43
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Dara Torres Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.43
56 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 54.72
62 Helene Muller Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55.19 AF
78 Sumika Minamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 55.53
87 Wilma van Rijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 55.58

References

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