Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

Women's 100 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Centre, Paris La Défense Arena
Dates	27 July 2024 (Heats and Semis) 28 July 2024 (Final)
Competitors	32 from 26 nations
Winning time	55.59
Medalists
Torri Huske   United States Gretchen Walsh   United States Zhang Yufei   China
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The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 27 to 28 July 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre. ^[1]

Records

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

World record	Gretchen Walsh  (USA)	55.18	Indianapolis, United States	15 June 2024
Olympic record	Sarah Sjöström  (SWE)	55.48	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7 August 2016	[2]

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
27 July	Semifinal 1	Gretchen Walsh	United States	55.38	OR

Qualification

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT). ^{[3] [4]}

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline. ^[3]

Time standards

The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024. ^[5]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Women's events
Event	OQT*	OCT^
100 m butterfly	57.92ª	58.21

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

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.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
27 July 2024	10:00	Heats
	19:37	Semifinals
28 July 2024	17:30	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Zhang Yufei	China	56.50	Q
2	4	3	Mizuki Hirai	Japan	56.71	Q
3	3	4	Torri Huske	United States	56.72	Q
4	4	4	Gretchen Walsh	United States	56.75	Q
5	2	5	Emma McKeon	Australia	56.79	Q
6	4	5	Angelina Köhler	Germany	56.90	Q
7	3	5	Maggie Mac Neil	Canada	57.00	Q
8	3	6	Alexandria Perkins	Australia	57.46	Q
9	4	1	Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	57.50	Q, NR
10	2	6	Marie Wattel	France	57.54	Q
	4	7	Roos Vanotterdijk	Belgium	57.54	Q
12	3	3	Louise Hansson	Sweden	57.57	Q
13	4	2	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	57.80	Q
14	4	6	Rikako Ikee	Japan	57.82	Q
15	3	2	Tessa Giele	Netherlands	57.89	Q
16	3	8	Keanna Macinnes	Great Britain	57.90	Q
17	2	3	Lana Pudar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	57.97
18	2	2	Hazel Ouwehand	New Zealand	58.03
19	3	7	Anna Ntountounaki	Greece	58.14
20	1	4	Helena Rosendahl Bach	Denmark	58.45
21	3	1	Costanza Cocconcelli	Italy	58.66
22	2	8	Ellen Walshe	Ireland	58.70
23	2	7	Georgia Damasioti	Greece	58.72
24	4	8	Rebecca Smith	Canada	58.85
25	1	5	Laura Cabanes	Spain	59.40
26	1	6	Varsenik Manucharyan	Armenia	1:01.24
27	1	2	Oumy Diop	Senegal	1:02.24
28	1	1	Ana Nizharadze	Georgia	1:02.85
29	1	3	Luana Alonso	Paraguay	1:03.09
30	1	7	María Schutzmeier	Nicaragua	1:03.18
31	1	8	Hayley Hoy	Eswatini	1:08.36
	2	1	Viola Scotto Di Carlo	Italy	DSQ

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Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1	5	Gretchen Walsh	United States	55.38	Q, OR
2	2	5	Torri Huske	United States	56.00	Q
3	2	4	Zhang Yufei	China	56.15	Q
4	1	3	Angelina Köhler	Germany	56.55	Q
4	2	6	Maggie Mac Neil	Canada	56.55	Q
6	2	3	Emma McKeon	Australia	56.74	Q
7	1	4	Mizuki Hirai	Japan	56.80	Q
8	1	7	Louise Hansson	Sweden	56.93	Q
9	1	2	Marie Wattel	France	57.24
10	2	7	Roos Vanotterdijk	Belgium	57.25	NR
11	2	2	Barbora Seemanová	Czech Republic	57.64
12	1	1	Rikako Ikee	Japan	57.79
13	1	6	Alexandria Perkins	Australia	57.84
14	2	1	Erin Gallagher	South Africa	57.90
15	2	8	Tessa Giele	Netherlands	57.91
16	1	8	Keanna Macinnes	Great Britain	58.11

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Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	5	Torri Huske	United States	55.59
	4	Gretchen Walsh	United States	55.63
	3	Zhang Yufei	China	56.21
4	6	Angelina Köhler	Germany	56.42
5	2	Maggie Mac Neil	Canada	56.44
6	7	Emma McKeon	Australia	56.93
7	1	Mizuki Hirai	Japan	57.19
8	8	Louise Hansson	Sweden	57.34

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References

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4. Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 12 November 2022.
5. "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.
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