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

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Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
London 2012 Aquatics Centre March.jpg
The London 2012 Aquatics Centre
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Date1 August 1, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
2 August 2012 (final)
Competitors50 from 44 nations
Winning time53.00 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Silver medal icon.svg Aliaksandra Herasimenia
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
Bronze medal icon.svg Tang Yi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
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The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 1–2 August 2012 at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. [1]

Dutch swimmer Ranomi Kromowidjojo swam to a new Olympic record to become the country's third gold medalist in the event, along with Rie Mastenbroek in 1936 and Inge de Bruijn in 2000. In fourth place at the halfway turn, she pulled ahead of a tightly packed field to touch the wall first and improve her own record in 53.00. [2] [3] Belarus' Aliaksandra Herasimenia was in the lead on the first length under a world-record pace, but faded down the stretch to win the silver medal in 53.38. [4] China's Tang Yi swam a fast final lap for the bronze medal in 53.44. [5] [6]

Australia's Melanie Schlanger finished fourth in 53.47, while American teenage sensation Missy Franklin finished in fifth place in 53.64. [7] Great Britain's home favorite Francesca Halsall (53.66), Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen (53.75), who shared the title with Herasimenia at the 2011 World Championships, and U.S. swimmer Jessica Hardy (54.02) finished in sixth through eighth place. [6] [8]

Before the breakthrough finale, Kromowidjojo swam a top-seeded time of 53.05 to slice 0.07 seconds off the previous Olympic record set by Germany's defending champion Britta Steffen, who later missed the final roster with a twelfth-place finish (54.18) in the semifinals. [9] [10]

Only 48 of the 50 swimmers registered in the event competed. Sweden's five-time Olympian Therese Alshammar suffered a pinched nerve in her neck, and skipped most of her events. Australia's Cate Campbell scratched her first individual race because of a glandular fever. [11] [12]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

World recordFlag of Germany.svg  Britta Steffen  (GER)52.07 Rome, Italy 31 July 2009 [13] [14]
Olympic recordFlag of Germany.svg  Britta Steffen  (GER)53.12 Beijing, China 15 August 2008 [15]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 1Semifinal 2 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.05 OR
August 2Final Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.00 OR

Results

Heats

One of the heats during the qualification London 2012 Olympics Aquatics Centre.jpg
One of the heats during the qualification

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RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
153 Tang Yi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 53.28Q
276 Melanie Schlanger Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.50Q
354 Jeanette Ottesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 53.51Q
475 Aliaksandra Herasimenia Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 53.63Q, NR
574 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.66Q
667 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 53.73Q, NR
765 Francesca Halsall Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 54.02Q
856 Jessica Hardy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.09Q
961 Julia Wilkinson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 54.16Q
1064 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 54.26Q
73 Missy Franklin Flag of the United States.svg  United States Q
1272 Haruka Ueda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 54.35Q
1362 Amy Smith Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 54.37Q
1463 Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 54.42Q
1555 Femke Heemskerk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 54.43Q
57 Daniela Schreiber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Q
1777 Veronika Popova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 54.66
1868 Hanna-Maria Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 54.93
1952 Pernille Blume Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 55.04
2078 Charlotte Bonnet Flag of France.svg  France 55.12
2151 Hannah Wilson Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 55.33
2244 Burcu Dolunay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 55.35
2334 Eszter Dara Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 55.37
2442 Nina Rangelova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 55.52 NR
2535 Liliana Ibáñez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 55.71 NR
2646 Daynara de Paula Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 55.94
2743 Katarzyna Wilk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 56.13
2833 Nastja Govejšek Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 56.21
2932 Mylene Ong Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 56.33
47 Rūta Meilutytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
3148 Katarína Filová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 56.58
3258 Nery Mantey Niangkouara Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 56.63
3345 Arlene Semeco Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 56.90
3436 Jasmine Alkhaldi Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 57.13
3531 Megan Fonteno Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 57.45
41 Miroslava Najdanovski Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
3737 Karen Torrez Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 57.78 NR
3838 Clelia Tini Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 58.29
3923 Jade Howard Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 59.35
4025 Bayan Jumah Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 59.78
4124 Karen Riveros Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay 59.86
4226 Brittany van Lange Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 1:01.62
4322 Estellah Fils Rabetsara Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1:02.39
4427 Reshika Udugampola Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1:04.93
4521 Magdalena Moshi Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1:05.80
4614 Mareme Faye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1:06.42
4715 Shreya Dhital Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 1:10.80
4813 Ayouba Ali Sihame Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 1:14.40
66 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNS
71 Therese Alshammar Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNS

Semifinals

[17]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Melanie Schlanger Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.38Q
25 Aliaksandra Herasimenia Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 53.78Q
36 Jessica Hardy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.86Q
42 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 53.93
53 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 54.12
61 Britta Steffen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 54.18
78 Daniela Schreiber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 54.39
87 Haruka Ueda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 54.59

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.05Q, OR
27 Missy Franklin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.59Q
34 Tang Yi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 53.60Q
45 Jeanette Ottesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 53.77Q
6 Francesca Halsall Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Q
68 Femke Heemskerk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 54.13
72 Julia Wilkinson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 54.25
81 Amy Smith Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 54.28

Final

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RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.00 OR
Silver medal icon.svg1 Aliaksandra Herasimenia Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 53.38 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Tang Yi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 53.44
45 Melanie Schlanger Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.47
53 Missy Franklin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.64
67 Francesca Halsall Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 53.66
72 Jeanette Ottesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 53.75
88 Jessica Hardy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.02

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