Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates28 July 2021 (heats)
29 July 2021 (semifinals)
30 July 2021 (final)
Competitors51 from 42 nations
Winning time51.96 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Emma McKeon  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Siobhán Haughey  Hong Kong
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cate Campbell  Australia

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 28 to 30 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's twenty-fifth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1912.

The medals for the competition were presented by Gunilla Lindberg, Sweden; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Dr. Julio Maglione, Uruguay; FINA Immediate Past President.

Records

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

World record Sarah Sjöström (SWE)51.71 Budapest, Hungary23 July 2017[2]
Olympic record
52.70 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil11 August 2016[3][4]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventSwimmerNationTimeRecord
July 28Heat 6Emma McKeon Australia52.13OR
July 30FinalEmma McKeon Australia51.96OR

Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 54.38 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 56.01 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.[5]

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.[6]

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
28 July 202119:00Heats
29 July 202110:53Semifinals
30 July 202110:59Final

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
164Emma McKeon Australia52.13Q, OR
265Siobhán Haughey Hong Kong52.70Q, AS
366Anna Hopkin Great Britain52.75Q, NR
474Cate Campbell Australia52.80Q
554Sarah Sjöström Sweden52.91Q
675Penny Oleksiak Canada52.95Q
752Pernille Blume Denmark52.96Q
876Yang Junxuan China53.02Q, WD
955Femke Heemskerk Netherlands53.10Q
1071Kayla Sanchez Canada53.12Q, WD
1153Abbey Weitzeil United States53.21Q
1273Michelle Coleman Sweden53.53Q
1351Signe Bro Denmark53.54Q
1472Freya Anderson Great Britain53.61Q
1556Charlotte Bonnet France53.67Q
1662Marie Wattel France53.71QSO
63Ranomi Kromowidjojo NetherlandsQSO, WD
1867Erika Brown United States53.87QSO
78Wu Qingfeng China
2057Maria Kameneva ROC53.92
2161Barbora Seemanová Czech Republic53.98
2268Andrea Murez Israel54.06NR
2348Fanny Teijonsalo Finland54.69
2458Janja Šegel Slovenia54.73
2545Erin Gallagher South Africa54.75
2647Maria Ugolkova Switzerland54.86
2744Lidón Muñoz Spain54.97
2843Anastasiya Shkurdai Belarus55.17
2934Kalia Antoniou Cyprus55.38
3046Larissa Oliveira Brazil55.53
3136Anicka Delgado Ecuador55.56NR
3242Julie Meynen Luxembourg55.69
3335Farida Osman Egypt55.74
3437Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir Iceland56.15
3531Bianca Costea Romania56.35
3641Quah Ting Wen Singapore56.36
3733Ieva Maļuka Latvia56.39
3832Miriam Sheehan Puerto Rico56.64
3938Amel Melih Algeria56.65
4024Mia Blazhevska Eminova North Macedonia57.19
4123Jillian Crooks Cayman Islands57.32NR
4225Jenjira Srisa-Ard Thailand57.42
4327Maria Schutzmeier Nicaragua57.94NR
4421Colleen Furgeson Marshall Islands58.71
4522Varsenik Manucharyan Armenia59.18
4626Jeanne Boutbien Senegal59.27
4728Catarina Sousa Angola59.35
4813Abiola Ogunbanwo Nigeria59.74NR
4914Andela Antunović Montenegro1:00.01
5015Gaurika Singh Nepal1:00.11
5116Mineri Gomez Guam1:04.00
77Federica Pellegrini ItalyDNS
Swim-off
RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
14Erika Brown United States53.51Q
25Wu Qingfeng China54.47Q

Semifinals

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

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
124Emma McKeon Australia52.32Q
214Siobhán Haughey Hong Kong52.40Q, AS
315Cate Campbell Australia52.71Q
423Sarah Sjöström Sweden52.82Q
513Penny Oleksiak Canada52.86Q
616Femke Heemskerk Netherlands52.93Q
722Abbey Weitzeil United States52.99Q
825Anna Hopkin Great Britain53.11Q
911Marie Wattel France53.12
1026Pernille Blume Denmark53.26
1117Freya Anderson Great Britain53.53
1227Signe Bro Denmark53.55
1328Erika Brown United States53.58
1412Michelle Coleman Sweden53.73
1521Charlotte Bonnet France54.10
1618Wu Qingfeng China54.86

Final

[9]

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)4Emma McKeon Australia51.96OR, OC
2nd place, silver medalist(s)5Siobhán Haughey Hong Kong52.27AS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3Cate Campbell Australia52.52
42Penny Oleksiak Canada52.59NR
56Sarah Sjöström Sweden52.68
67Femke Heemskerk Netherlands52.79
78Anna Hopkin Great Britain52.83
81Abbey Weitzeil United States53.23

References

  1. 1 2 "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Sutherland, James (23 July 2017). "Sarah Sjostrom Smashes 100 FR World Record In 51.71 On Relay Lead-Off". SwimSwam. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Fenno, Nathan (12 August 2016). "Simone Manuel and Canada's Penny Oleksiak tie for gold in 100 freestyle". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Simone Manuel makes history, ties for Olympic gold". USA Today. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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