Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

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Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 29, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
July 30, 2012 (final)
Competitors46 from 36 nations
Winning time1:05.47
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Silver medal icon.svg Rebecca Soni Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Satomi Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2008
2016  

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 29–30 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. [1] [2]

At only 15 years of age, Rūta Meilutytė defeated a vastly more sophisticated field to become Lithuania's first gold medalist in swimming under its own banner. Dominating the race from the start, she pulled away from the field to an unexpected triumph in a sterling time of 1:05.47. [3] [4] U.S. top favorite and reigning world champion Rebecca Soni held on a sprint challenge from the Lithuanian teen at the halfway turn, but ended up defending her silver instead from Beijing four years earlier in 1:05.55. [5] Meanwhile, Satomi Suzuki powered home with the bronze in 1:06.46, handing Japan its first medal in the event's history. [6] [7]

Jamaica's Alia Atkinson raced on the outside lane after her swim-off triumph over Canada's Tera van Beilen in the semifinals, but narrowly missed the podium with a fourth-place time in 1:06.93. [8] Competing in her fourth Olympics as Australia's first swimmer, defending Olympic champion Leisel Jones finished fifth in a credible time of 1:06.96 to end her illustrious career with a full set of medals. [9]

U.S. swimmer Breeja Larson escaped from a "no false-start" rule to pull off a sixth-place finish in 1:06.96, as the issue of her pre-race jump came with a faulty starting system. [10] [11] Russia's Yuliya Yefimova (1:06.98) and Denmark's Rikke Pedersen (1:07.55) rounded out the field. [7]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Jessica Hardy  (USA)1:04.45 Federal Way, United States 7 August 2009 [12] [13]
Olympic recordFlag of Australia.svg  Leisel Jones  (AUS)1:05.17 Beijing, China 10 August 2008 [14]

Results

Heats

[15]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
146 Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:05.56Q, NR
264 Rebecca Soni Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.75Q
365 Yuliya Yefimova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:06.51Q
454 Breeja Larson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.58Q
544 Leisel Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:06.98Q
655 Satomi Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:07.08Q
762 Sarah Poewe Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:07.12Q
863 Jennie Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:07.14Q
953 Rikke Pedersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:07.23Q
1036 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:07.39Q, NR
1145 Leiston Pickett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:07.41Q
1232 Suzaan van Biljon Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:07.54Q
1341 Zhao Jin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:07.68Q
1442 Mina Matsushima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:07.69Q
1543 Jillian Tyler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:07.81Q
1652 Tera van Beilen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:07.85Q
1757 Liu Xiaoyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:07.99
1833 Sara El Bekri Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1:08.21 NR
1951 Joline Höstman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:08.28
2067 Moniek Nijhuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:08.31
2168 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:08.32
2256 Caroline Ruhnau Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:08.43
2366 Daria Deeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:08.44
2435 Petra Chocová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:08.59
2547 Marina Garcia Urzainqui Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:08.64
2648 Sycerika McMahon Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 1:08.80
2734 Michela Guzzetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:08.83
2858 Kate Haywood Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:09.22
2931 Dilara Buse Günaydin Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:09.43
3024 Tjaša Vozel Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:09.63
3125 Anna Sztankovics Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:09.65
3226 Fanny Babou Flag of France.svg  France 1:09.76
3337 Kim Hye-jin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:09.79
3423 Jenna Laukkanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:09.92
3522 Ana Rodrigues Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:10.62
3621 Danielle Beaubrun Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 1:11.12
3738 Mariya Liver Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:11.23
3827 Chen I-chuan Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1:11.28
3961 Concepcion Badillo Diaz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:12.58
4028 Tatiana Chisca Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 1:13.30
4114 Ivana Ninković Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:14.04
4213 Pilar Shimizu Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 1:15.76 NR
4315 Matelita Buadromo Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1:16.33
4416 Oksana Hatamkhanova Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan 1:25.52
4512 Oyungerel Gantumur Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1:27.17
4617 Dede Camara Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 1:38.54

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Rebecca Soni Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.98Q
25 Breeja Larson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.70Q
33 Satomi Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:07.10Q
42 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:07.48QSO
8 Tera van Beilen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada QSO
66 Jennie Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:07.57
77 Suzaan van Biljon Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:07.68
81 Mina Matsushima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:08.26

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:05.21Q, EU , NR
25 Yuliya Yefimova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:06.57Q
33 Leisel Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:06.81Q
42 Rikke Pedersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:06.82Q
56 Sarah Poewe Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:07.68
67 Leiston Pickett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:07.74
78 Jillian Tyler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:07.87
81 Zhao Jin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:07.97

Semifinal swim-off

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:06.79Q, NR
24 Tera van Beilen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:07.73

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:05.47
Silver medal icon.svg5 Rebecca Soni Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.55
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Satomi Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:06.46
48 Alia Atkinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:06.93
52 Leisel Jones Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:06.95
66 Breeja Larson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.96*
73 Yuliya Yefimova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:06.98
87 Rikke Pedersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:07.55

* False start, but she was not disqualified due to technical error.

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