Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

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Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
DateAugust 10, 2008 (heats)
August 11, 2008 (semifinals)
August 12, 2008 (final)
Competitors49 from 39 nations
Winning time1:05.17 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Leisel Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Rebecca Soni Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Mirna Jukić Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  2004
2012  

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 10–12 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [1] [2]

After winning a silver medal in Sydney and a bronze in Athens, Australia's Leisel Jones stormed home on the final lap to claim an elusive gold in the event. She established an Olympic record of 1:05.17, just eight-hundredths of a second (0.08) off her global standard. [3] [4] Coming from fifth place in the turn, U.S. swimmer Rebecca Soni earned a silver medal in 1:06.73. [5] Finishing fourth from the Olympic trials, she inherited a place in the event after Jessica Hardy's sudden withdrawal from the Games because of a doping irregularity. [6] Meanwhile, Mirna Jukić posted a time of 1:07.34 to settle for the bronze, holding off Russia's Yuliya Yefimova (1:07.43) to fourth place by almost a tenth of a second (0.10). [3]

Megan Jendrick, former Olympic champion from Sydney in 2000, finished fifth with a time of 1:07.62, edging out Aussie Tarnee White (1:07.63) in a close race by a hundredth of a second (0.01). [7] China's Sun Ye (1:08.08) and Japan's Asami Kitagawa (1:08.43) rounded out the finale. [3]

Earlier in the prelims, Jones opened up her meet by breaking a new Olympic record of 1:05.64, exactly a full second faster than a winning time set by Luo Xuejuan in Athens four years earlier. [8]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Leisel Jones  (AUS)1:05.09 Melbourne, Australia 20 March 2006 [9]
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Luo Xuejuan  (CHN)1:06.64 Athens, Greece 16 August 2004-

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 10Heat 7 Leisel Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:05.64 OR
August 12Final Leisel Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:05.17 OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Leisel Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:05.64Q, OR
273 Yuliya Efimova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:06.08Q, EU
356 Mirna Jukić Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:07.06Q
454 Rebecca Soni Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:07.44Q
571 Suzaan van Biljon Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:07.55Q
661 Sun Ye Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:07.81Q
764 Tarnee White Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:07.83Q
876 Joline Höstman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:07.91Q
975 Megan Jendrick Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:08.07Q
1057 Jillian Tyler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:08.13Q
1163 Kate Haywood Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:08.18Q
1252 Chen Huijia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:08.24Q
1353 Annamay Pierse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:08.25Q
1462 Kirsty Balfour Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:08.30Q
1551 Asami Kitagawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:08.36Q
1678 Elise Matthysen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:08.37Q, NR
1766 Megumi Taneda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:08.45
1872 Elena Bogomazova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:08.63
1932 Sara El Bekri Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1:08.66
2065 Sarah Poewe Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:08.69
2167 Hanna Westrin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:08.80
2244 Roberta Panara Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:08.90
2345 Jung Seul-ki Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:09.26
2468 Yuliya Pidlisna Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:09.72
2555 Anna Khlistunova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:09.95
2642 Diana Gomes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:10.02
2743 Inna Kapishina Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1:10.15
2841 Dilara Buse Günaydin Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:10.45
2958 Sophie de Ronchi Flag of France.svg  France 1:10.46
3046 Angeliki Exarchou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:10.47
3136 Adriana Marmolejo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:10.73 NR
3247 Nicolette Teo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:10.76
3333 Smiljana Marinović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:10.94
3424 Yekaterina Sadovnik Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1:11.14
3548 Jolijn van Valkengoed Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:11.26
3677 Sonja Schöber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:11.36
3734 Liliana Guiscardo Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1:11.43
3825 Valeria Silva Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:11.64 NR
3938 Tatiane Sakemi Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:11.75
4035 Erla Dogg Haraldsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:11.78
4131 Réka Pecz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:12.17
4226 Danielle Beaubrun Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 1:12.85
4337 Nađa Higl Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 1:13.19
4423 Mayumi Raheem Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1:15.33
4522 Nibal Yamout Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1:16.17 NR
4627 Oksana Hatamkhanova Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan 1:20.22
4715 Asmahan Farhat Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 1:21.68
4814 Anna Salnikova Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1:21.70
4913 Mariam Pauline Keita Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 1:24.26

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Rebecca Soni Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:07.07Q
24 Yuliya Yefimova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:07.50Q
33 Sun Ye Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:07.72Q
46 Joline Höstman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:08.26
57 Chen Huijia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:08.60
62 Jillian Tyler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:09.00
68 Elise Matthysen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:09.00
81 Kirsty Balfour Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:09.23

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Leisel Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:05.80Q
25 Mirna Jukić Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:07.27Q
36 Tarnee White Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:07.48Q
42 Megan Jendrick Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:08.07Q
58 Asami Kitagawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:08.23Q
61 Annamay Pierse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:08.27
77 Kate Haywood Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:08.36
83 Suzaan van Biljon Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:09.56

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Leisel Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:05.17 OR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Rebecca Soni Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.73
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Mirna Jukić Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:07.34
42 Yuliya Yefimova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:07.43
51 Megan Jendrick Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:07.62
66 Tarnee White Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:07.63
77 Sun Ye Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:08.08
88 Asami Kitagawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:08.43

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