Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 10 August 2016 (heats & semifinals) 11 August 2016 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 48 from 37 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 52.70 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
Marathon | ||
10 km | men | women |
The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 10–11 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. [1]
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 twice each in both the heats and semifinals earlier, 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.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Cate Campbell (AUS) | 52.06 | Brisbane, Australia | 2 July 2016 | [13] [14] |
Olympic record | Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) | 53.00 | London, Great Britain | 2 August 2012 | [15] |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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August 10 | Heat 5 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 52.78 | OR |
August 10 | Semifinal 2 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 52.71 | OR |
August 11 | Final | Simone Manuel Penny Oleksiak | United States Canada | 52.70 | OR |
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]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Simone Manuel | United States | 53.11 | Q |
2 | 6 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 53.29 | Q |
3 | 3 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 53.35 | Q, NR |
4 | 5 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 53.42 | Q |
5 | 7 | Zhu Menghui | China | 53.98 | |
6 | 8 | Miki Uchida | Japan | 54.39 | |
7 | 2 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 54.54 | |
8 | 1 | Etiene Medeiros | Brazil | 54.59 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 52.71 | Q, OR |
2 | 3 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 52.72 | Q, WJR, AM |
3 | 5 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 53.16 | Q |
4 | 6 | Abbey Weitzeil | United States | 53.53 | Q |
5 | 2 | Chantal Van Landeghem | Canada | 54.00 | |
6 | 7 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 54.19 | |
7 | 8 | Rikako Ikee | Japan | 54.31 | |
8 | 1 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | Belarus | 54.34 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 52.70 | OR , WJR, AM | |
3 | Simone Manuel | United States | OR , AM | ||
6 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 52.99 | ||
4 | 2 | Bronte Campbell | Australia | 53.04 | |
5 | 1 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 53.08 | |
6 | 4 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 53.24 | |
7 | 8 | Abbey Weitzeil | United States | 53.30 | |
8 | 7 | Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark | 53.36 |
The first world record in the 100 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1905. In the short course (25 metres) swimming events, the world's governing body recognizes world records since 3 March 1991.
Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a retired Dutch swimmer of mixed Dutch-Javanese Surinamese origin who mainly specialises in sprint freestyle events. She is a triple Olympic champion, winning the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympics, and in the 50 m freestyle and 100 m freestyle at the 2012 Olympics. Kromowidjojo holds the world record in the 50 meter freestyle short course, and as part of the Dutch team she holds the world record in the 4×50 m freestyle relay. She formerly held world records in the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle relays. She has won a total of 39 medals in FINA World Championship events.
Sarah Fredrika Sjöström is a Swedish competitive swimmer specialising in the sprint freestyle and butterfly events. In the history of swimming, Sarah is one of the most decorated swimmers in the world of all time.
Cate Natalie Campbell, is a Malawian-born Australian competitive swimmer, and a current multiple world record holder, who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, a gold and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the current world record holder in the Long Course 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay with Team Australia and the short course 100 m freestyle. Campbell was one of the flagbearers for Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics alongside basketball player Patty Mills.
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Emma Jennifer McKeon, is an Australian competitive swimmer. She is an eight-time world record holder, three current and five former, in relays. Her total career haul of 11 Olympic medals following the 2020 Olympic Games made her Australia's most decorated Olympian and included one gold medal from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and four gold medals from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. With four gold and three bronze medals she was the most decorated athlete across all sports at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and tied for the most medals won by a woman in a single Olympic Games. She has also won 20 medals, including five gold medals, at the World Aquatics Championships; and a record 20 medals, including 14 gold, at the Commonwealth Games.
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