Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

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Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Date July 29, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
July 30, 2012 (final)
Competitors 46 from 36 nations
Winning time 1:05.47
Medalists
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1st Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania
2nd Rebecca Soni  United States
3rd Satomi Suzuki  Japan
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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 breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 29–30 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

At only 15 years of age, Rūta Meilutytė defeated a vastly more sophisticated field to become Lithuania's first ever gold medalist in swimming under its own banner. Dominating the race from the start, she pulled away from the field to an unexpected triumph in a sterling time of 1:05.47.[2][3] U.S. top favorite and reigning world champion Rebecca Soni held on a sprint challenge from the Lithuanian teen at the halfway turn, but ended up defending her silver instead from Beijing four years earlier in 1:05.55.[4] Meanwhile, Satomi Suzuki powered home with the bronze in 1:06.46, handing Japan its first ever medal in the event's history.[5][6]

Jamaica's Alia Atkinson raced on the outside lane after her swim-off triumph over Canada's Tera van Beilen in the semifinals, but narrowly missed the podium with a fourth-place time in 1:06.93.[7] Competing in her fourth Olympics as Australia's first ever swimmer, defending Olympic champion Leisel Jones finished fifth in a credible time of 1:06.96 to end her illustrious career with a full set of medals.[8]

U.S. swimmer Breeja Larson escaped from a "no false-start" rule to pull off a sixth-place finish in 1:06.96, as the issue of her pre-race jump came with a faulty starting system.[9][10] Russia's Yuliya Yefimova (1:06.98) and Denmark's Rikke Pedersen (1:07.55) rounded out the field.[6]

Records

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

World record  Jessica Hardy (USA) 1:04.45 Federal Way, United States 7 August 2009 [11][12]
Olympic record  Leisel Jones (AUS) 1:05.17 Beijing, China 10 August 2008 [13]

No new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 6 Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania 1:05.56 Q, NR
2 6 4 Rebecca Soni  United States 1:05.75 Q
3 6 5 Yuliya Yefimova  Russia 1:06.51 Q
4 5 4 Breeja Larson  United States 1:06.58 Q
5 4 4 Leisel Jones  Australia 1:06.98 Q
6 5 5 Satomi Suzuki  Japan 1:07.08 Q
7 6 2 Sarah Poewe  Germany 1:07.12 Q
8 6 3 Jennie Johansson  Sweden 1:07.14 Q
9 5 3 Rikke Pedersen  Denmark 1:07.23 Q
10 3 6 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 1:07.39 Q, NR
11 4 5 Leiston Pickett  Australia 1:07.41 Q
12 3 2 Suzaan van Biljon  South Africa 1:07.54 Q
13 4 1 Zhao Jin  China 1:07.68 Q
14 4 2 Mina Matsushima  Japan 1:07.69 Q
15 4 3 Jillian Tyler  Canada 1:07.81 Q
16 5 2 Tera van Beilen  Canada 1:07.85 Q
17 5 7 Liu Xiaoyu  China 1:07.99
18 3 3 Sara El Bekri  Morocco 1:08.21 NR
19 5 1 Joline Höstman  Sweden 1:08.28
20 6 7 Moniek Nijhuis  Netherlands 1:08.31
21 6 8 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor  Great Britain 1:08.32
22 5 6 Caroline Ruhnau  Germany 1:08.43
23 6 6 Daria Deeva  Russia 1:08.44
24 3 5 Petra Chocová  Czech Republic 1:08.59
25 4 7 Marina Garcia Urzainqui  Spain 1:08.64
26 4 8 Sycerika McMahon  Ireland 1:08.80
27 3 4 Michela Guzzetti  Italy 1:08.83
28 5 8 Kate Haywood  Great Britain 1:09.22
29 3 1 Dilara Buse Günaydin  Turkey 1:09.43
30 2 4 Tjaša Vozel  Slovenia 1:09.63
31 2 5 Anna Sztankovics  Hungary 1:09.65
32 2 6 Fanny Babou  France 1:09.76
33 3 7 Kim Hye-Jin  South Korea 1:09.79
34 2 3 Jenna Laukkanen  Finland 1:09.92
35 2 2 Ana Rodrigues  Portugal 1:10.62
36 2 1 Danielle Beaubrun  Saint Lucia 1:11.12
37 3 8 Mariya Liver  Ukraine 1:11.23
38 2 7 Chen I-Chuan  Chinese Taipei 1:11.28
39 6 1 Concepcion Badillo Diaz  Spain 1:12.58
40 2 8 Tatiana Chisca  Moldova 1:13.30
41 1 4 Ivana Ninković  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:14.04
42 1 3 Pilar Shimizu  Guam 1:15.76 NR
43 1 5 Matelita Buadromo  Fiji 1:16.33
44 1 6 Oksana Hatamkhanova  Azerbaijan 1:25.52
45 1 2 Oyungerel Gantumur  Mongolia 1:27.17
46 1 7 Dede Camara  Guinea 1:38.54

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Rebecca Soni  United States 1:05.98 Q
2 5 Breeja Larson  United States 1:06.70 Q
3 3 Satomi Suzuki  Japan 1:07.10 Q
4 2 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 1:07.48 QSO
4 8 Tera van Beilen  Canada 1:07.48 QSO
6 6 Jennie Johansson  Sweden 1:07.57
7 7 Suzaan van Biljon  South Africa 1:07.68
8 1 Mina Matsushima  Japan 1:08.26

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania 1:05.21 Q, EU, NR
2 5 Yuliya Yefimova  Russia 1:06.57 Q
3 3 Leisel Jones  Australia 1:06.81 Q
4 2 Rikke Pedersen  Denmark 1:06.82 Q
5 6 Sarah Poewe  Germany 1:07.68
6 7 Leiston Pickett  Australia 1:07.74
7 8 Jillian Tyler  Canada 1:07.87
8 1 Zhao Jin  China 1:07.97

Semifinal swim-off

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 1:06.79 Q, NR
2 4 Tera van Beilen  Canada 1:07.73

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 4 Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania 1:05.47
2nd 5 Rebecca Soni  United States 1:05.55
3rd 1 Satomi Suzuki  Japan 1:06.46
4 8 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 1:06.93
5 2 Leisel Jones  Australia 1:06.95
6 6 Breeja Larson  United States 1:06.96 *
7 3 Yuliya Yefimova  Russia 1:06.98
8 7 Rikke Pedersen  Denmark 1:07.55

* False start, but she was not disqualified due to technical error.

References

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