Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates10 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
11 August 2016 (final)
Competitors48 from 37 nations
Winning time52.70 OR
Medalists
 Penny Oleksiak  Canada
 Simone Manuel  United States
 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden
Swimming at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 10–11 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

In one of the most unexpected results at these Games, Canadian teenager Penny Oleksiak and U.S. sprinter Simone Manuel pulled off an enormous upset from Australia's pre-race favorites Bronte and Cate Campbell down the home stretch to share their historic Olympic gold-medal triumph in this event.[2] About midway of the final lap, both Oleksiak and Manuel came from behind to overhaul almost the entire field, before touching the wall simultaneously for an Olympic record in 52.70.[3][4] Building a new milestone, Manuel became the first ever African-American female to earn an Olympic gold, while Oleksiak picked up her fourth medal to establish herself as Canada's most successful athlete at a single edition in Summer Olympic history.[5][6]

Sweden's Sarah Sjöström captured the bronze with a 52.99 to complete a full set of medals that she already collected at the Games, edging out Bronte Campbell (53.04) to fourth by a 0.05-second deficit.[7][8] Dutch sprinter Ranomi Kromowidjojo missed her chance to defend the title with a fifth-place time in 53.08, while world-record holder Cate Campbell, who broke the existing Olympic record twice each in both the heats and semifinals earlier, slipped to sixth in 53.24.[9][10] Manuel's teammate Abbey Weitzeil (53.30) and Denmark's four-time Olympian Jeanette Ottesen (53.36) rounded out a historic top eight.[8]

Notable swimmers missed the final roster, including Brazil's home-crowd favorite Etiene Medeiros, Belarus' two-time Olympic medalist Aliaksandra Herasimenia, and Italy's Federica Pellegrini, who scratched the afternoon prelims earlier to focus on her 4×200 m freestyle relay duty instead.[11]

Records

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

World record  Cate Campbell (AUS) 52.06 Brisbane, Australia 2 July 2016
Olympic record  Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) 53.00 London, Great Britain 2 August 2012

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 10 Heat 5 Cate Campbell  Australia 52.78 OR
August 10 Semifinal 2 Cate Campbell  Australia 52.71 OR
August 11 Final Simone Manuel
Penny Oleksiak 		 United States
 Canada 		52.70 OR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Cate Campbell  Australia 52.78 Q, OR
2 4 3 Simone Manuel  United States 53.32 Q
3 6 5 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 53.37 Q
4 5 5 Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands 53.43 Q
5 5 3 Penny Oleksiak  Canada 53.53 Q
5 6 Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark Q
7 6 3 Abbey Weitzeil  United States 53.54 Q
8 6 4 Bronte Campbell  Australia 53.71 Q
9 5 2 Chantal Van Landeghem  Canada 53.89 Q
10 6 2 Charlotte Bonnet  France 53.93 Q
11 5 8 Pernille Blume  Denmark 54.15 Q
6 7 Zhu Menghui  China Q
13 4 6 Aliaksandra Herasimenia  Belarus 54.25 Q
14 4 8 Etiene Medeiros  Brazil 54.38 Q
15 4 2 Shen Duo  China 54.41 WD
16 6 1 Rikako Ikee  Japan 54.50 Q
6 8 Miki Uchida  Japan Q
18 5 7 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas 54.56
19 3 5 Veronika Popova  Russia 54.60
20 4 4 Femke Heemskerk  Netherlands 54.63
21 5 1 Larissa Oliveira  Brazil 54.72
22 4 7 Béryl Gastaldello  France 54.80
23 3 1 Maria Ugolkova  Switzerland 54.85
24 3 7 Camille Cheng  Hong Kong 54.92
25 3 8 Julie Meynen  Luxembourg 55.09
26 3 4 Erika Ferraioli  Italy 55.20
27 2 4 Susann Bjørnsen  Norway 55.35
28 4 1 Nataliya Lovtsova  Russia 55.37
29 3 3 Katarzyna Wilk  Poland 55.44
30 3 6 Andrea Murez  Israel 55.47
31 3 2 Nina Rangelova  Bulgaria 55.71
32 2 3 Natthanan Junkrajang  Thailand 56.24
33 2 5 Jasmine Alkhaldi  Philippines 56.30
34 1 5 Inés Remersaro  Uruguay 57.85
35 2 8 Jade Ashleigh Howard  Zambia 58.47
36 2 6 Ana-Iulia Dascăl  Romania 58.72
37 2 1 Heather Arseth  Mauritius 58.89
38 2 7 Tracy Keith-Matchitt  Cook Islands 58.90
39 2 2 Karen Riveros  Paraguay 59.00
40 1 3 Ana Sofia Nóbrega  Angola 59.23
41 1 6 Fatima Alkaramova  Azerbaijan 59.41
42 1 4 Jovana Terzić  Montenegro 59.59
43 1 2 Nikol Merizaj  Albania 59.99
44 1 8 Estellah Fils Rabetsara  Madagascar 1:01.11
45 1 7 Yusra Mardini  Refugee Olympic Team 1:04.66
46 1 1 Aminath Shajan  Maldives 1:05.71
48 4 5 Federica Pellegrini  Italy DNS
48 6 6 Michelle Coleman  Sweden DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Simone Manuel  United States 53.11 Q
2 6 Bronte Campbell  Australia 53.29 Q
3 3 Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark 53.35 Q, NR
4 5 Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands 53.42 Q
5 7 Zhu Menghui  China 53.98
6 8 Miki Uchida  Japan 54.39
7 2 Charlotte Bonnet  France 54.54
8 1 Etiene Medeiros  Brazil 54.59

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Cate Campbell  Australia 52.71 Q, OR
2 3 Penny Oleksiak  Canada 52.72 Q, WJR, AM
3 5 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 53.16 Q
4 6 Abbey Weitzeil  United States 53.53 Q
5 2 Chantal Van Landeghem  Canada 54.00
6 7 Pernille Blume  Denmark 54.19
7 8 Rikako Ikee  Japan 54.31
8 1 Aliaksandra Herasimenia  Belarus 54.34

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Penny Oleksiak  Canada 52.70 OR, WJR
3 Simone Manuel  United States OR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 6 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 52.99
4 2 Bronte Campbell  Australia 53.04
5 1 Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands 53.08
6 4 Cate Campbell  Australia 53.24
7 8 Abbey Weitzeil  United States 53.30
8 7 Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark 53.36

References

  1. ↑ "Women's 100m Freestyle". Rio 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rio Olympics 2016: Simone Manuel and Penny Oleksiak take joint gold". BBC Sport. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  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. ↑ "Simone Manuel first female African-American swimmer to win individual Olympic medal". ESPN. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Longley, Rob (12 August 2016). "Penny Oleksiak wins Canada's first gold medal in Rio, cementing her star in Olympic history". National Post. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympics: Penny Oleksiak and Simone Manuel tie for 100m freestyle gold". EuroSport. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Simone Manuel, Penny Oleksiak Tie For Gold In Historic 100 Free Final". Swimming World Magazine. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Lutton, Phil (11 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Cate Campbell breaking records for fun as Olympic mark falls in 100m heat". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  10. ↑ Pentony, Luke (12 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Cate Campbell misses Olympic medal in stunning upset in 100 metres freestyle final". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Cate Campbell Sets Olympic Record in 100 Freestyle Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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