Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

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Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 18, 2004 (heats &
semifinals)
August 19, 2004 (final)
Competitors51 from 45 nations
Winning time53.84
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jodie Henry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 18 and 19. [1]

Australia's Jodie Henry edged out defending Olympic champion Inge de Bruijn to take the gold medal in this event, by thirty-two hundredths of a second (0.32), outside the record time of 53.84 seconds. [2] U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin, who previously claimed the title in the 100 m backstroke, earned the bronze at 54.40 seconds. In the semifinals, Henry captured fourteen hundredths of a second (0.14) off her teammate Lisbeth Lenton's world record (set five months earlier in Sydney), with a time of 53.52. [3] This was also the final appearance for de Bruijn at the Olympics, before she retired from her swimming career in 2007. [4]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Lisbeth Lenton  (AUS)53.66 Sydney, Australia 31 March 2004
Olympic recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Inge de Bruijn  (NED)53.77 Sydney, Australia 20 September 2000

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 18Semifinal 2 Jodie Henry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.52 WR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 54.43Q
255 Kara Lynn Joyce Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.53Q
375 Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.82Q
474 Lisbeth Lenton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 54.89Q
563 Malia Metella Flag of France.svg  France 55.08Q
672 Nery Mantey Niangkouara Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 55.12Q
764 Jodie Henry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.13Q
876 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 55.17Q
973 Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 55.41Q
1066 Alena Popchanka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 55.49Q
1162 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.57Q, WD
1251 Tomoko Nagai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 55.76Q
1356 Marleen Veldhuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 55.81Q
1457 Josefin Lillhage Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 55.87Q
1546 Hanna Shcherba Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 56.01Q
65 Hanna-Maria Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Q
1761 Ryu Yoon-ji Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 56.02Q
1843 Jeanette Ottesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 56.17
1971 Paulina Barzycka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 56.20
2068 Rebeca Gusmão Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 56.25
2141 Alison Fitch Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 56.29
2267 Cheng Jiaru Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 56.39
2378 Jana Myšková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 56.59
2477 Xu Yanwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 56.66
52 Johanna Sjöberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2642 Sara Isaković Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 56.67
37 Dominique Diezi Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
2858 Florencia Szigeti Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 56.71
2935 Arlene Semeco Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 57.04
3048 Eileen Coparropa Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 57.09
3147 Olga Mukomol Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 57.12
3245 Anna Gostomelsky Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 57.15
3336 Judith Draxler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 57.29
3438 Hannah Wilson Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 57.33
3522 Vanessa García Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 57.38
3633 Lara Heinz Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 57.40
3744 Jana Kolukanova Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 57.45
3832 Ágnes Mutina Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58.10
3931 Angela Chuck Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 58.33
4034 Ragnheidur Ragnarsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 58.47
4125 Yelena Skalinskaya Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 58.56
4224 Linda McEachrane Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 58.92
4323 Agnese Ozoliņa Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 59.03
4426 Sung Yi-chieh Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 59.18
4527 Irina Shlemova Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 59.21
4628 Shikha Tandon Flag of India.svg  India 59.70
4721 Nicoleta Coica Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 59.85
4814 Carolina Cerqueda Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1:00.38
4915 Larissa Inangorore Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 1:23.90
5013 Gloria Koussihouede Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 1:30.90
53 Melanie Marshall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Kara Lynn Joyce Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.81Q
22 Alena Popchanka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 54.97Q
33 Nery Mantey Niangkouara Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 55.02Q
46 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 55.08Q
55 Lisbeth Lenton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.17
67 Marleen Veldhuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 55.32
71 Hanna Shcherba Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 55.67
88 Ryu Yoon-Ji Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 55.85

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
16 Jodie Henry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.52Q, WR
24 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 54.06Q
35 Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.37Q
43 Malia Metella Flag of France.svg  France 54.57Q
52 Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 55.30
68 Hanna-Maria Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 55.59
71 Josefin Lillhage Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 55.76
87 Tomoko Nagai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 56.03

Final

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Jodie Henry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.84
Silver medal icon.svg5 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 54.16
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Natalie Coughlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.40
46 Malia Metella Flag of France.svg  France 54.50
52 Kara Lynn Joyce Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.54
61 Nery Mantey Niangkouara Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 54.81
78 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 55.12
87 Alena Popchanka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 55.24

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