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

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Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates24 July 2021 (heats)
25 July 2021 (semifinals)
26 July 2021 (final)
Competitors33 from 27 nations
Winning time55.59 AM
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Maggie Mac Neil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Emma McKeon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  2016
2024  

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 24 to 26 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [1] It was the event's seventeenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1956.

Summary

Canada's defending World champion Maggie Mac Neil pulled away from a tight field to win her nation's first Olympic title in the event. Swimming out in lane 7, Mac Neil touched seventh at the 50 m mark but used a blistering underwater off the turn to catapult herself near the front and win gold in an Americas record of 55.59. China's Zhang Yufei, who was the fastest qualifier through the heats and semi-finals, was first at the turn. However, she could not withstand MacNeil's fast finish and settled for silver 5 hundredths of a second back in 55.64.

Australia's Emma McKeon reset her Oceanian record from the heats to win bronze in 55.72, edging out the U.S.' Torri Huske (55.73) by one hundredth of a second. Huske, one of the pre-Olympics favourites, could not replicate her stunning American record of 55.66 and took fourth. Sweden's Louise Hansson set a personal best time of 56.22 to place fifth. Third at the 50 m mark, France's Marie Wattel was a shade off her national record from the semi-finals, clocking 56.27 to come sixth.

Sweden's defending champion Sarah Sjöström, coming off elbow surgery in February, produced a valiant effort to place seventh in 56.91 - her slowest time throughout the rounds. Belarus' Anastasiya Shkurdai (57.05) rounded out the championship field.

Records

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

World recordFlag of Sweden.svg  Sarah Sjöström  (SWE)55.48 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 August 2016 [2]
Olympic recordFlag of Sweden.svg  Sarah Sjöström  (SWE)55.48 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 August 2016 [2]

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 57.92 seconds. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 59.66 seconds. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is 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 can also use their universality place. [3]

Competition format

The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round. [4]

Schedule

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

DateTimeRound
24 July19:25Heats
25 July10:40Semifinals
26 July10:30Final

Results

Heats

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals. [5]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
154 Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 55.82Q
55 Emma McKeon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.82Q, OC
345 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.18Q
444 Torri Huske Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.29Q
534 Maggie Mac Neil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.55Q
653 Louise Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.97Q
743 Anastasiya Shkurdai Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 56.99Q
833 Marie Wattel Flag of France.svg  France 57.08Q
946 Elena Di Liddo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.41Q
1035 Claire Curzan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.49Q
1131 Katerine Savard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.51Q
1242 Ilaria Bianchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.70Q
1352 Anna Ntountounaki Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 57.75Q
1432 Arina Surkova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 58.02Q
1547 Svetlana Chimrova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 58.04Q
1656 Brianna Throssell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.08Q
1738 Maria Ugolkova Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 58.22 NR
1848 Anastasia Gorbenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 58.23
1936 Lana Pudar Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 58.32
2041 Farida Osman Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 58.69
2151 Harriet Jones Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 58.73
2257 Emilie Beckmann Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 58.84
2358 An Se-hyeon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 59.32
2425 Ellen Walshe Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 59.35
2523 Remedy Rule Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 59.68
2637 Erin Gallagher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 59.69
2724 Dalma Sebestyén Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 59.79
2827 Luana Alonso Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 1:00.37
2922 Jeserik Pinto Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 1:00.60
3014 Mariam Sheikhalizadeh Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1:01.37
3126 Miriam Sheehan Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:02.49
3215 Aniqah Gaffoor Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1:05.33
3313 Yusra Mardini Olympic flag border.png Refugee Olympic Team 1:06.78

Semifinals

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final. [6]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
124 Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 55.89Q
216 Marie Wattel Flag of France.svg  France 56.16Q, NR
314 Emma McKeon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.33Q
425 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.40Q
515 Torri Huske Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.51Q
623 Maggie Mac Neil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.56Q
713 Louise Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.92Q
826 Anastasiya Shkurdai Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 57.19Q
921 Anna Ntountounaki Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 57.25 NR
1012 Claire Curzan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.42
1128 Svetlana Chimrova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 57.54
1218 Brianna Throssell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.59
1322 Elena Di Liddo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.60
1411 Arina Surkova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 57.72
1517 Ilaria Bianchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 58.07
1627 Katerine Savard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.10

Final

[7]

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg7 Maggie Mac Neil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.59 AM
Silver medal icon.svg4 Zhang Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 55.64
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Emma McKeon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.72 OC
42 Torri Huske Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.73
51 Louise Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.22
65 Marie Wattel Flag of France.svg  France 56.27
76 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.91
88 Anastasiya Shkurdai Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 57.05

References

  1. 1 2 "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020 . Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Swimming: Sjostrom avoids 'disasters' to win 100m butterfly". Reuters. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 . FINA . Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  7. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.