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

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Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates7 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
8 August 2016 (final)
Competitors34 from 28 nations
Winning time58.45
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Kathleen Baker Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Fu Yuanhui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2012
2020  

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 7–8 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. [1]

Summary

After a world-record breaking victory in the 400 m individual medley two days earlier, Hungary's Katinka Hosszú touched out the U.S. swimmer Kathleen Baker at the home stretch to capture the sprint backstroke crown, and her second gold medal at these Games. Approaching the 50-metre lap, Baker pulled herself ahead of the field with a marginal lead, but Hosszú passed the American at the final 25-metre stretch to touch the wall first with a Hungarian record of 58.45. [2] Falling three tenths of a second short of the Olympic title, Baker picked up the silver instead at 58.75. Meanwhile, Canada's Kylie Masse and China's Fu Yuanhui tied for the bronze in a matching 58.76, breaking their national records respectively. [3] [4]

Trailing Hosszú by a 0.35-second margin, Denmark's Mie Nielsen finished off the podium with a fifth-place time in 58.80, while Baker's teammate Olivia Smoliga moved up to sixth with a 58.95. London 2012 silver medalist and reigning World champion Emily Seebohm faded to seventh in 59.19, with fellow Australian swimmer Madison Wilson (59.23) finishing behind her by 0.04 of a second to round out the championship field. [4] [5]

The medals for the competition were presented by Frankie Fredericks, Namibia, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Ben Ekumbo, Bureau Member of the FINA.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gemma Spofforth  (GBR)58.12 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009 [6]
Olympic recordFlag of Australia.svg  Emily Seebohm  (AUS)58.23 London, United Kingdom 29 July 2012 [7]

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

[8]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
143 Kathleen Baker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.84Q
254 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.99Q
353 Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 59.07Q
444 Mie Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 59.13Q
55 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Q
635 Olivia Smoliga Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.60Q
746 Georgia Davies Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 59.86Q
834 Madison Wilson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.92Q
945 Fu Yuanhui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:00.02Q
1033 Anastasia Fesikova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:00.04Q
1132 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:00.13Q
1252 Dominique Bouchard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.18Q
1348 Matea Samardžić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:00.46Q
1442 Wang Xueer Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:00.59Q
1541 Duane da Rocha Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:00.87Q
1637 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:00.89Q
1738 Simona Baumrtová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:01.08
1851 Kira Toussaint Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:01.17
1925 Claudia Lau Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1:01.27
2058 Yekaterina Rudenko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1:01.28
2124 Alicja Tchórz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:01.31
2247 Katarína Listopadová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:01.43
2336 Daria Ustinova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:01.45
2431 Mimosa Jallow Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:01.58
2556 Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:01.70
2657 Natsumi Sakai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:01.74
2723 Alexus Laird Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1:03.33
2822 Kimiko Raheem Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1:04.21
2926 Lara Butler Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 1:04.98 NR
3021 Caylee Watson Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 1:07.19 NR
3114 Gaurika Singh Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 1:08.45
3215 Evelina Afoa Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 1:08.74
3327 Talisa Lanoe Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:10.02
3413 Rita Zeqiri Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 1:12.31 NR

Semifinals

[9]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
16 Madison Wilson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.03Q
25 Mie Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 59.18Q
34 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.32Q
43 Olivia Smoliga Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.35Q
52 Anastasia Fesikova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.68
67 Dominique Bouchard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.54
78 Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:00.65
81 Wang Xueer Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:01.44

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Kathleen Baker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.84Q
23 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58.94Q
32 Fu Yuanhui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 58.95Q
45 Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 59.06Q, NR
56 Georgia Davies Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 59.85
67 Kirsty Coventry Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:00.26
71 Matea Samardžić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:00.60
88 Duane da Rocha Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:00.85

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58.45 NR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Kathleen Baker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.75
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.76 NR
3 Fu Yuanhui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China NR
57 Mie Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 58.80
68 Olivia Smoliga Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.95
71 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.19
86 Madison Wilson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.23

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