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

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Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 16, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 17, 2000 (final)
Competitors50 from 40 nations
Winning time56.61 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Silver medal icon.svg Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Bronze medal icon.svg Dara Torres Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 16–17 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. [1]

Dutch rising star Inge de Bruijn shattered her own world record by 0.03 seconds to claim the gold medal in the event. Forging a narrow lead at the initial turn, she cruised her path on the final lap to hit the wall first in a sterling time of 56.61. [2] [3] Slovakia's Martina Moravcová moved herself up from fourth to surge past the field for the silver medal in 57.97. At only 33 years of age and competing in her fourth Olympics since 1984, U.S. legend Dara Torres ended her seven-year retirement from the sport by taking home the bronze in 58.20. [4] [5] [6]

Australia's top favorite Petria Thomas failed to impress the home crowd with her fourth-place effort, finishing off the podium by 29-hundredths of a second in 58.49. Trailing behind De Bruijn by 0.12 seconds, Jenny Thompson faded down the final stretch to pick up a fifth spot in 58.73. Earlier in the prelims, she posted a leading time (57.66) to cut off Qian Hong's 1992 Olympic record by almost a full second. [7] Japan's Junko Onishi (59.13), Thomas' teammate Susie O'Neill (59.27), competing in her third Olympics, and Romania's Diana Mocanu (59.43) rounded out the finale. [6]

Before her breakthrough final, De Bruijn erased Thompson's record from heat five by 0.06 seconds to post a top-seeded time of 57.60 in the prelims. [7] [8] [9] Followed by an evening session on the first night of the Games, she eventually lowered it to 57.14 in the semifinals. [10]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Inge de Bruijn  (NED)56.64 Seattle, United States 22 July 2000 [11]
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qian Hong  (CHN)58.62 Barcelona, Spain 29 July 1992 [11]

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
16 SeptemberHeat 5 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.66 OR
16 SeptemberHeat 7 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 57.60 OR
16 SeptemberSemifinal 2 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 57.14 OR
17 SeptemberFinal Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 56.61 WR

Results

Heats

[11]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 57.60Q, OR
254 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.66Q, AM
375 Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.52Q
473 Otylia Jędrzejczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 58.66Q, NR
564 Dara Torres Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.76Q
665 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 58.95Q
753 Junko Onishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.11Q
866 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 59.45Q
955 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.49Q
1078 Natalya Sutyagina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.50Q, NR
1163 Johanna Sjöberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 59.59Q
1257 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.72Q, WD
67 Diana Mocanu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Q, NR
1443 Sophia Skou Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 59.79Q
1556 Anna-Karin Kammerling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 59.88Q
1677 Mandy Loots Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 59.94Q, AF
1761 Cécile Jeanson Flag of France.svg  France 59.96Q
1862 Liu Limin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 59.98
1972 Vered Borochovski Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:00.34
2044 Jen Button Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.83
2158 Jessica Deglau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.97
76 Maki Mita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2347 Fabienne Dufour Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:01.15
48 Orsolya Ferenczy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2571 Ruan Yi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:01.16
2668 Joscelin Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:01.28
2752 Daniela Samulski Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:01.31
2846 Renate du Plessis Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:01.32
2945 María Peláez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:01.47
3042 Margaretha Pedder Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:01.53
3151 Yekaterina Vinogradova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:01.54
3233 Maria Papadopoulou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 1:01.64 NR
3341 Marja Pärssinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:01.94
3435 Zampia Melachroinou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:02.06
3532 Lee Bo-eun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:02.22
3638 Fabíola Molina Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:02.77
3734 Praphalsai Minpraphal Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:02.99
3836 Mariya Ogurtsova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:03.00
3931 Eydis Konráðsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:03.27
4037 Siobhan Cropper Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1:03.34
4124 Hsieh Shu-ting Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1:03.52
4223 Yan Kay Flora Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1:04.09
4322 Ayse Diker Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:04.65
4425 María del Pilar Pereyra Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:04.75
4514 Lisa de la Motte Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland 1:06.70
4613 Angela Galea Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1:07.88
4727 Ellen Lendra Hight Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1:09.34
4826 Mariya Bugakova Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1:09.94
4915 Tracy Ann Route Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Federated States of Micronesia 1:13.53
21 Kenza Bennaceur Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.18Q
23 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 58.49Q
37 Diana Mocanu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 59.12Q, NR
45 Otylia Jędrzejczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 59.14
52 Natalya Sutyagina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.30
66 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 59.75
78 Cécile Jeanson Flag of France.svg  France 59.80
81 Anna-Karin Kammerling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:00.40

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 57.14Q, OR
25 Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.11Q
33 Dara Torres Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.35Q
46 Junko Onishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.04Q
52 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.05Q
67 Johanna Sjöberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 59.15
78 Mandy Loots Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 59.63 AF
81 Sophia Skou Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 59.89

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 56.61 WR
Silver medal icon.svg2 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 57.97 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Dara Torres Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.20
45 Petria Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.49
53 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.73
67 Junko Onishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.13
71 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.27
88 Diana Mocanu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 59.43

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