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

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Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Date17 September 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
18 September 2000 (final)
Competitors44 from 37 nations
Winning time1:07.05 AM
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Megan Quann Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Leisel Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Penny Heyns Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  1996
2004  

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 17–18 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. [1] [2]

At only 16 years of age, U.S. swimmer Megan Quann fulfilled her merciless prediction by knocking off South Africa's defending Olympic champion Penny Heyns in the event. Coming from third at the final turn, she surged powerfully past the champion over the last 25 metres to snatch the gold medal in a new American record of 1:07.05, just a small fraction closer to an Olympic standard. [3] [4] Australia's overwhelming favorite Leisel Jones, who just turned 15, roared back from fifth place on the final stretch to take home the silver in 1:07.49. Heyns, who was struggling with her form in the prelims and semifinals, seized off a strong lead under a world-record pace (31.10), but ended up only with a bronze in a time of 1:07.55. Meanwhile, Sarah Poewe, the fastest qualifier for the final, trailed behind her teammate by three-tenths of a second in 1:07.85. [5] [6] [7]

Outside the 1:08-club, Hungary's Ágnes Kovács finished fifth in 1:08.09, and was followed in sixth by Japan's Masami Tanaka with a time of 1:08.37. Aussie favorite Tarnee White (1:09.09) and 31-year-old Sylvia Gerasch (1:09.86), a product of the old East German system, closed out the field. [7]

Notable swimmers missed out the top 8 final, featuring Quann's teammate Staciana Stitts, who had a poor start on the morning prelims with an eighteenth-place effort; and Angola's Nádia Cruz, the first for her nation to compete in all four editions of the Games since 1988. [8]

Records

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

World recordFlag of South Africa.svg  Penny Heyns  (RSA)1:06.52 Sydney, Australia 23 August 1999 [9]
Olympic recordFlag of South Africa.svg  Penny Heyns  (RSA)1:07.02 Atlanta, United States 21 July 1996 [9]

Results

Heats

[9]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Megan Quann Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:07.48Q
264 Penny Heyns Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:07.85Q
363 Leisel Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:07.92Q
445 Sarah Poewe Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:08.06Q
543 Tarnee White Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:08.35Q
655 Ágnes Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:08.50Q
744 Masami Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:09.12Q
866 Sylvia Gerasch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:09.31Q
942 Brigitte Becue Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:09.38Q
1047 Christin Petelski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:09.57Q
1153 Svitlana Bondarenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:09.60Q
1262 Rhiannon Leier Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:09.68Q
1356 Qi Hui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:09.88Q
1467 Simone Karn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:09.94Q
1558 Nataša Kejžar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:10.44Q, NR
1668 Madelon Baans Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:10.47Q
1751 Olga Bakaldina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:10.53
1865 Staciana Stitts Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:10.54
1946 Li Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:10.55
2057 Heidi Earp Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:10.56
2152 Alicja Pęczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:10.57
2261 Emma Igelström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:11.09
2326 İlkay Dikmen Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:11.51 NR
2434 Elvira Fischer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:11.58
2548 Byun Hye-young Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:11.64
2631 Isabel Ceballos Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:11.90 NR
2737 Agata Czaplicki Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:13.19
2835 Joscelin Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:13.25
2933 Emma Robinson Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:13.41
3032 Smiljana Marinović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:13.49
3136 Imaday Nuñez Gonzalez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:13.91
3224 Siow Yi Ting Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1:13.92
3323 Íris Edda Heimisdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:14.07
3425 Olga Moltchanova Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 1:14.41
3538 Jenny Rose Guerrero Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1:15.14
3622 Caroline Chiu Sin Wing Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1:15.87
3721 Katerine Moreno Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 1:16.15 NR
3827 Nádia Cruz Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1:19.57
3928 Xenia Peni Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1:19.62
4013 Mariam Pauline Keita Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 1:37.80
4115 Balkissa Ouhoumoudou Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 1:42.39
14 Doli Akhter Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh DSQ
16 Pamela Girimbabazi Flag of Rwanda (1962-2001).svg  Rwanda DSQ
41 Junko Isoda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Sarah Poewe Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:07.48Q
23 Ágnes Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:07.79Q, NR
34 Penny Heyns Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:08.33Q
46 Sylvia Gerasch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:09.33Q
52 Christin Petelski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:09.54
67 Rhiannon Leier Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:09.63
71 Simone Karn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:09.85
88 Madelon Baans Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:10.44

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Megan Quann Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:07.79Q
25 Leisel Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:08.03Q
33 Tarnee White Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:08.61Q
46 Masami Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:09.04Q
52 Brigitte Becue Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:09.47
61 Qi Hui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:09.81
77 Svitlana Bondarenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:09.84
88 Nataša Kejžar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:10.66

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Megan Quann Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:07.05 AM
Silver medal icon.svg6 Leisel Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:07.49 OC
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Penny Heyns Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:07.55
44 Sarah Poewe Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:07.85
53 Ágnes Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:08.09
61 Masami Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:08.37
77 Tarnee White Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:09.09
88 Sylvia Gerasch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:09.86

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