Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle

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Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates12 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
13 August 2016 (final)
Competitors91 from 76 nations
Winning time24.07
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Pernille Blume
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Silver medal icon.svg Simone Manuel
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Aliaksandra Herasimenia
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
  2012
2020  

The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 12–13 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. [1]

Summary

Pernille Blume defeated the field of experienced sprinters to give Denmark its first Olympic swimming title in 68 years. Leading the program's shortest race from prelims into the semifinals, she splashed her way to a gold-medal triumph in 24.07, but fell short of her attempt to overhaul Ranomi Kromowidjojo's Olympic record by a small fraction of a second. [2] [3] U.S. sprinter Simone Manuel, newly crowned Olympic champion of the 100 m freestyle, settled for the silver in 24.09, stopping 0.02 seconds behind Blume. [4] [5] Meanwhile, London 2012 runner-up Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus secured the top three spot with a 24.11 for the bronze. [6]

Great Britain's Francesca Halsall narrowly missed out of the medals by 0.02 of a second, finishing with a fourth-place time in 24.13. [7] Unable to bounce back from their out-of-medal feat in the 100 m freestyle, sisters and pre-race favorites Cate (24.15) and Bronte Campbell (24.42) slipped to fifth and seventh, respectively, while defending champion Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands split the Australian duo to take the sixth spot in 24.19. [8] [9] Brazil's hometown favorite Etiene Medeiros wrapped up the top eight with a 24.69. [6]

Notable swimmers failed to reach the top eight final, including Blume's fellow sprinter Jeanette Ottesen, London 2012 finalist Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace of the Bahamas, and Swedish tandem of three-time medalist Sarah Sjöström and Therese Alshammar, who built a historic milestone as the first ever female in the pool to compete at her sixth Olympics. [10]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Germany.svg  Britta Steffen  (GER)23.73 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009 [11] [12]
Olympic recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Ranomi Kromowidjojo  (NED)24.05 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012 [13] [14]

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
1126 Pernille Blume Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 24.23Q
2115 Fran Halsall Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 24.26Q
3106 Aliaksandra Herasimenia Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 24.42Q
4124 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.45Q
5105 Abbey Weitzeil Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.48Q
116 Jeanette Ottesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Q
7114 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.52Q
8103 Chantal Van Landeghem Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.57Q
104 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Q
10125 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.66Q
11113 Simone Manuel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.71Q
12117 Therese Alshammar Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.73Q
1397 Inge Dekker Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.77Q
123 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Q
127 Dorothea Brandt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Q
16112 Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 24.82Q
17118 Silvia di Pietro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 24.89
1894 Farida Osman Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 24.91 AF
107 Liu Xiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
121 Michelle Williams Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
21102 Anna Santamans Flag of France.svg  France 24.93
2288 Vanessa García Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 24.94 NR
111 Rozaliya Nasretdinova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2474 Susann Bjørnsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 25.05
25108 Flóra Molnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 25.07
2676 Julie Meynen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 25.12
2796 Yuliya Khitraya Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25.18
2875 Liliana Ibáñez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 25.25
2995 Aleksandra Urbańczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.28
3072 Isabella Arcila Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 25.35
3184 Mélanie Henique Flag of France.svg  France 25.36
3293 Theodora Drakou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 25.36
3387 Zohar Shikler Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.38
3483 Erika Ferraioli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25.40
3598 Andrea Murez Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25.41
3692 Rikako Ikee Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.45
3785 Anna Dowgiert Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25.54
38128 Nataliya Lovtsova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.55
3986 Birgit Koschischek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 25.58
40101 Graciele Herrmann Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 25.60
4173 Alexandra Touretski Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 25.66
4291 Darya Stepanyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 25.67
4381 Yayoi Matsumoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.73
4478 Camille Cheng Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 25.92
4577 Allyson Ponson Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 26.00
4662 Karen Torrez Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 26.12
4764 Naomi Ruele Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 26.23
4868 Elinah Phillip Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 26.26
4963 Bayan Jumah Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria 26.41
71 Lin Pei-wun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
5167 Talita Baqlah Flag of Jordan (3-2).svg  Jordan 26.48
5265 Rebecca Heyliger Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 26.54
5366 Nicola Muscat Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 26.60
5456 Faye Sultan Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes 26.86
5561 Dorian McMenemy Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 27.37
5653 Naomy Grand Pierre Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 27.46
5755 Samantha Roberts Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 27.95
5844 Colleen Furgeson Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 28.16
5952 Noura Mana Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 28.20
6046 Yesuin Bayar Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 28.40 NR
6158 Irene Prescott Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 28.68
6247 Mary Al-Atrash Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 28.76
6357 Jamila Sanmoogan Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 28.88
6451 Lianna Swan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 29.02
6533 Dirngulbai Misech Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 29.19
6648 Hemthon Vitiny Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 29.37 NR
6734 Angelika Ouedraogo Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 29.44 NR
45 Magdalena Moshi Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
6935 Sonia Aktar Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 29.99 NR
7016 Ei Ei Thet Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 30.25
7142 Ammara Pinto Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 30.32
7241 Debra Daniel Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Federated States of Micronesia 30.83
7322 Anastasiya Tyurina Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 31.15
7413 Fatema Almahmeed Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 32.28
7536Rahel GebresilassieFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 32.51
7637 Siri Arun Budcharern Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 32.55 NR
7726 Laraïba Seibou Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 33.01
7815 Nada Al-Bedwawi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 33.42
7938 Adzo Kpossi Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 33.44
8031 Elsie Uwamahoro Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 33.70
8124 Bellore Sangala Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 33.71
32 Fatoumata Samassékou Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
8327 Roukaya Mahamane Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 35.60 NR
8425 Haneen Ibrahim Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 36.23
8528 Chloe Sauvourel Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 37.15
8623Nazlati Mohamed AndhumdineFlag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 37.66
8721 Mariama Sow Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 39.85
8814 Bunturabie Jalloh Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 39.93
54 Monika Vasilyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia DNS
122 Chen Xinyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DNS
43 Awa Ly N'diaye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal DSQ

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Francesca Halsall Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 24.41Q
25 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.43Q
38 Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 24.45Q, SA
41 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 24.60
56 Chantal Van Landeghem Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.61
63 Jeanette Ottesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 24.62
72 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.69
87 Therese Alshammar Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.72

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Pernille Blume Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 24.28Q
26 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.32Q
32 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.39Q
47 Simone Manuel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.44Q
55 Aliaksandra Herasimenia Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 24.53Q
63 Abbey Weitzeil Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.67
78 Dorothea Brandt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 24.71
81 Inge Dekker Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.31

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Pernille Blume Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 24.07 NR
Silver medal icon.svg7 Simone Manuel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.09
Bronze medal icon.svg8 Aliaksandra Herasimenia Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 24.11 NR
46 Francesca Halsall Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 24.13
55 Cate Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.15
63 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.19
72 Bronte Campbell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.42
81 Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 24.69

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