Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates25 July 2021 (heats)
26 July 2021 (semifinals)
27 July 2021 (final)
Competitors41 from 34 nations
Winning time57.47
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kaylee McKeown Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2016
2024  

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 25 to 27 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [1] It was the event's twenty-third consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1924. An unusual occurrence happened where the Olympic record for this event was broken three times in a single day and five times through the course of the entire competition. [2]

Summary

Australia's world record holder Kaylee McKeown broke the Olympic record to win her first individual Olympic title in 57.47, just 0.02 seconds off her world record. Third at the turn, McKeown used a blistering back half to overtake the field and become Australia's first Olympic champion in this event. While Canada's defending Bronze medallist Kylie Masse led at the halfway mark, she could not withstand McKeown's late charge, touching for silver in 57.72 - only 0.02 seconds off her national record. U.S.' previous world record holder Regan Smith was unable to replicate her time from the heats and semi-finals, settling for bronze in 58.05. Though Smith's teammate Rhyan White (58.43) was second at the turn, she would fade over the final 50 m to take fourth place. Australia's Emily Seebohm (58.45), the 2012 silver medallist, was out-touched by 0.02 seconds to finish fifth.

Meanwhile, Great Britain's Kathleen Dawson could not repeat her stunning 58.01 swim from the European Championships months earlier, placing sixth. Dutch record holder Kira Toussaint also missed her national record from the Eindhoven Qualification Meet to take sixth. Israel's Anastasia Gorbenko came eight in 59.90, missing her personal best time from the semi-finals by 6 tenths of a second.

Records

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

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Kaylee McKeown  (AUS)57.45 Adelaide, Australia 13 June 2021 [3]
Olympic recordFlag of Australia.svg  Emily Seebohm  (AUS)58.23 London, United Kingdom 29 July 2012 [4]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventSwimmerNationTimeRecord
July 25Heat 4 Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.17 OR
July 25Heat 5 Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.96 OR
July 25Heat 6 Kaylee McKeown Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.88 OR
July 26Semifinal 1 Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.86 OR
July 27Final Kaylee McKeown Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.47 OR

Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event was 1:00.25. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) could automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time was 1:02.06. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time was eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a female swimmer qualified in any event could also use their universality place. [5]

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. [6]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) [1]

DateTimeRound
25 July 202119:00Heats
26 July 202111:53Semifinals
27 July 202110:51Final

Results

Heats

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals. [7]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
164 Kaylee McKeown Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.88Q, OR
254 Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.96Q
344 Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.17Q
465 Kathleen Dawson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 58.69Q
563 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.86Q
655 Rhyan White Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.02Q
753 Kira Toussaint Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.21Q
843 Margherita Panziera Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 59.74Q
951 Peng Xuwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 59.78Q
1056 Maria Kameneva Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 59.88Q
1145 Taylor Ruck Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 59.89Q
1247 Anastasia Gorbenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 59.90Q
1346 Anastasia Fesikova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 59.92Q
1462 Cassie Wild Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 59.99Q
1557 Maaike de Waard Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:00.03Q
1641 Anna Konishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:00.04Q
1732 Mimosa Jallow Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:00.06 NR
1858 Katalin Burián Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:00.07
68 Ingeborg Løyning Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:00.07
2048 Lee Eun-ji Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:00.14
2152 Michelle Coleman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:00.54
2267 Chen Jie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:00.63
2335 Béryl Gastaldello Flag of France.svg  France 1:00.69
2461 Laura Riedemann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:00.81
2533 Danielle Hill Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 1:00.86
2636 Stephanie Au Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1:01.07
2742 Simona Kubová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:01.35
2825 Tatiana Salcuțan Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 1:01.59
2938 Lena Grabowski Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:01.80
3031 Daryna Zevina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:01.97
3127 McKenna DeBever Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:02.09 NR
3237 Isabella Arcila Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:02.28
3324 Ali Galyer Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:02.65
3415 Donata Katai Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:02.73
3526 Krystal Lara Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 1:03.07
3623 Celina Márquez Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1:03.75
3721 Danielle Titus Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 1:04.53
3822 Felicity Passon Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1:04.66
3914 Maana Patel Flag of India.svg  India 1:05.20
4028 Diana Nazarova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:06.99
4113 Kimberly Ince Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 1:10.24
34 Louise Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNS
66 Anastasiya Shkurdai Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus DNS

Semifinals

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final. [8]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
114 Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.86Q, OR
225 Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.09Q
324 Kaylee McKeown Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.11Q
413 Rhyan White Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.46Q
515 Kathleen Dawson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 58.56Q
623 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.59Q
726 Kira Toussaint Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.09Q
817 Anastasia Gorbenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 59.30Q, NR
927 Taylor Ruck Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 59.45
1012 Maria Kameneva Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 59.49
1116 Margherita Panziera Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 59.75
1222 Peng Xuwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 59.98
1318 Anna Konishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:00.07
1411 Cassie Wild Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:00.20
21 Anastasia Fesikova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 1:00.20
1628 Maaike de Waard Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:00.49

Final

[9]

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Kaylee McKeown Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.47 OR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Kylie Masse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.72
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Regan Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.05
46 Rhyan White Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.43
57 Emily Seebohm Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.45
62 Kathleen Dawson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 58.70
71 Kira Toussaint Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.11
88 Anastasia Gorbenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 59.53

References

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