Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

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Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates10 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
11 August 2016 (final)
Competitors48 from 37 nations
Winning time52.70 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Penny Oleksiak Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Gold medal icon.svg Simone Manuel Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  2012
2020  

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 10 and 11 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. [1]

Summary

In one of the most unexpected results at these Games, Canadian teenager Penny Oleksiak and U.S. sprinter Simone Manuel pulled off an enormous upset from Australia's pre-race favorites Bronte and Cate Campbell down the home stretch to be in a dead heat for the gold medal. [2] About midway of the final lap, both Oleksiak and Manuel came from behind to overhaul almost the entire field, before touching the wall simultaneously for an Olympic record in 52.70. [3] [4] Building a new milestone, Manuel became the first ever African-American female to earn an Olympic gold in swimming, while Oleksiak picked up her fourth medal to establish herself as Canada's most successful athlete at a single edition in Summer Olympic history. [5] [6] In later years, she set the record for the most career medals won by a Canadian summer Olympian. [7]

Sweden's Sarah Sjöström captured the bronze with a 52.99 to complete a full set of medals at the Games, edging out Bronte Campbell (53.04) to fourth by a 0.05-second deficit. [8] [9] Dutch sprinter Ranomi Kromowidjojo missed her chance to defend the title with a fifth-place time in 53.08, while world-record holder Cate Campbell, who broke the existing Olympic record in the heats and then again in the semifinals, slipped to sixth in 53.24. [10] [11] Manuel's teammate Abbey Weitzeil (53.30) and Denmark's four-time Olympian Jeanette Ottesen (53.36) rounded out the top eight. [9]

Notable swimmers missed the final roster, including Brazil's home-crowd favorite Etiene Medeiros, Belarus' two-time Olympic medalist Aliaksandra Herasimenia, and Italy's Federica Pellegrini, who scratched the afternoon prelims earlier to focus on her 4 × 200 m freestyle relay duty instead. [12]

In the victory ceremony, the medals for the competition were presented by James Tomkins, Australia, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Matthew Dunn, Australia, Bureau Member of FINA.

Records

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

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Cate Campbell  (AUS)52.06 Brisbane, Australia 2 July 2016 [13] [14]
Olympic recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Ranomi Kromowidjojo  (NED)53.00 London, Great Britain 2 August 2012 [15]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 10Heat 5 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.78 OR
August 10Semifinal 2 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.71 OR
August 11Final Simone Manuel
Penny Oleksiak
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
52.70 OR

Competition format

The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round. [1]

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.78Q, OR
243 Simone Manuel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.32Q
365 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 53.37Q
455 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.43Q
553 Penny Oleksiak Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.53Q
56 Jeanette Ottesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Q
763 Abbey Weitzeil Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.54Q
864 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.71Q
952 Chantal Van Landeghem Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.89Q
1062 Charlotte Bonnet Flag of France.svg  France 53.93Q
1158 Pernille Blume Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 54.15Q
67 Zhu Menghui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Q
1346 Aliaksandra Herasimenia Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 54.25Q
1448 Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 54.38Q
1542 Shen Duo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 54.41Q, WD
1661 Rikako Ikee Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 54.50Q
68 Miki Uchida Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Q
1857 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 54.56
1935 Veronika Popova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 54.60
2044 Femke Heemskerk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 54.63
2151 Larissa Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 54.72
2247 Béryl Gastaldello Flag of France.svg  France 54.80
2331 Maria Ugolkova Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 54.85
2437 Camille Cheng Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 54.92
2538 Julie Meynen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 55.09
2634 Erika Ferraioli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 55.20
2724 Susann Bjørnsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 55.35
2841 Nataliya Lovtsova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 55.37
2933 Katarzyna Wilk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 55.44
3036 Andrea Murez Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 55.47
3132 Nina Rangelova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 55.71
3223 Natthanan Junkrajang Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 56.24
3325 Jasmine Alkhaldi Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 56.30
3415 Inés Remersaro Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 57.85 NR
3528 Jade Ashleigh Howard Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 58.47
3626 Ana-Iulia Dascăl Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 58.72
3721 Heather Arseth Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 58.89
3827 Tracy Keith-Matchitt Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 58.90
3922 Karen Riveros Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 59.00
4013 Ana Sofia Nóbrega Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 59.23
4116 Fatima Alkaramova Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 59.41
4214 Jovana Terzić Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 59.59
4312 Nikol Merizaj Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 59.99
4418 Estellah Fils Rabetsara Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1:01.11
4517 Yusra Mardini Olympic flag.svg  Refugee Olympic Team 1:04.66
4611 Aminath Shajan Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 1:05.71
45 Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNS
66 Michelle Coleman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Simone Manuel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.11Q
26 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.29Q
33 Jeanette Ottesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 53.35Q, NR
45 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.42Q
57 Zhu Menghui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 53.98
68 Miki Uchida Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 54.39
72 Charlotte Bonnet Flag of France.svg  France 54.54
81 Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 54.59

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.71Q, OR
23 Penny Oleksiak Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52.72Q, WJ, AM
35 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 53.16Q
46 Abbey Weitzeil Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.53Q
52 Chantal Van Landeghem Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 54.00
67 Pernille Blume Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 54.19
78 Rikako Ikee Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 54.31
81 Aliaksandra Herasimenia Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 54.34

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Penny Oleksiak Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52.70 OR , WJ, AM
3 Simone Manuel Flag of the United States.svg  United States OR , AM
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 52.99
42 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.04
51 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.08
64 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.24
78 Abbey Weitzeil Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.30
87 Jeanette Ottesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 53.36

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