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

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Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Date August 1, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
August 2, 2012 (final)
Competitors 50 from 44 nations
Winning time 53.00 OR
Medalists
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1st Ranomi Kromowidjojo
 Netherlands
2nd Aliaksandra Herasimenia
 Belarus
3rd Tang Yi
 China
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Swimming at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
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 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 1–2 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Dutch swimmer Ranomi Kromowidjojo blasted a new Olympic record to become the country's third gold medalist in the event since Rie Mastenbroek topped the podium in 1936 and Inge de Bruijn in 2000. Flipping fourth at the halfway turn, she pulled ahead of a tightly-packed field to touch the wall first and improve her own record in 53.00.[2][3] Belarus' Aliaksandra Herasimenia strengthened her lead on the first length under a world-record pace, but faded down the stretch to pick up a silver in 53.38.[4] Meanwhile, China's Tang Yi produced a fast burst on the final lap to capture the bronze in 53.44.[5][6]

Australia's Melanie Schlanger finished fourth in 53.47, while American teenage sensation Missy Franklin denied a chance for another Olympic medal with a fifth-place time in 53.64.[7] Great Britain's home favorite Francesca Halsall (53.66), Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen (53.75), who shared the title with Herasimenia at the 2011 World Championships, and U.S. swimmer Jessica Hardy (54.02) rounded out the finale.[6][8]

Before the breakthrough finale, Kromowidjojo threw down a top-seeded time of 53.05 to slice 0.07 seconds off the previous Olympic record set by Germany's defending champion Britta Steffen, who later missed the final roster with a twelfth-place finish (54.18) from the semifinals.[9][10]

Among the fifty swimmers registered in the event, only forty-eight had competed. Sweden's five-time Olympian Therese Alshammar suffered from a pinched nerve in her neck, and decided to skip most of her events. Additionally, Australia's Cate Campbell scratched her first individual race because of a glandular fever.[11][12]

Records

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

World record  Britta Steffen (GER) 52.07 Rome, Italy 31 July 2009 [13][14]
Olympic record  Britta Steffen (GER) 53.12 Beijing, China 15 August 2008 [15]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 1 Semifinal 2 Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands 53.05 OR
August 2 Final Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands 53.00 OR

Results

Heats

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One of the heats during the qualification

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 3 Tang Yi  China 53.28 Q
2 7 6 Melanie Schlanger  Australia 53.50 Q
3 5 4 Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark 53.51 Q
4 7 5 Aliaksandra Herasimenia  Belarus 53.63 Q, NR
5 7 4 Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands 53.66 Q
6 6 7 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas 53.73 Q, NR
7 6 5 Francesca Halsall  Great Britain 54.02 Q
8 5 6 Jessica Hardy  United States 54.09 Q
9 6 1 Julia Wilkinson  Canada 54.16 Q
10 6 4 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 54.26 Q
10 7 3 Missy Franklin  United States 54.26 Q
12 7 2 Haruka Ueda  Japan 54.35 Q
13 6 2 Amy Smith  Great Britain 54.37 Q
14 6 3 Britta Steffen  Germany 54.42 Q
15 5 5 Femke Heemskerk  Netherlands 54.43 Q
15 5 7 Daniela Schreiber  Germany 54.43 Q
17 7 7 Veronika Popova  Russia 54.66
18 6 8 Hanna-Maria Seppälä  Finland 54.93
19 5 2 Pernille Blume  Denmark 55.04
20 7 8 Charlotte Bonnet  France 55.12
21 5 1 Hannah Wilson  Hong Kong 55.33
22 4 4 Burcu Dolunay  Turkey 55.35
23 3 4 Eszter Dara  Hungary 55.37
24 4 2 Nina Rangelova  Bulgaria 55.52 NR
25 3 5 Liliana Ibáñez  Mexico 55.71 NR
26 4 6 Daynara de Paula  Brazil 55.94
27 4 3 Katarzyna Wilk  Poland 56.13
28 3 3 Nastja Govejšek  Slovenia 56.21
29 3 2 Mylene Ong  Singapore 56.33
29 4 7 Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania 56.33
31 4 8 Katarína Filová  Slovakia 56.58
32 5 8 Nery Mantey Niangkouara  Greece 56.63
33 4 5 Arlene Semeco  Venezuela 56.90
34 3 6 Jasmine Alkhaldi  Philippines 57.13
35 3 1 Megan Fonteno  American Samoa 57.45
35 4 1 Miroslava Najdanovski  Serbia 57.45
37 3 7 Karen Torrez  Bolivia 57.78 NR
38 3 8 Clelia Tini  San Marino 58.29
39 2 3 Jade Howard  Zambia 59.35
40 2 5 Bayan Jumah  Syria 59.78
41 2 4 Karen Riveros  Paraguay 59.86
42 2 6 Brittany van Lange  Guyana 1:01.62
43 2 2 Estellah Fils Rabetsara  Madagascar 1:02.39
44 2 7 Reshika Udugampola  Sri Lanka 1:04.93
45 2 1 Magdalena Moshi  Tanzania 1:05.80
46 1 4 Mareme Faye  Senegal 1:06.42
47 1 5 Shreya Dhital  Nepal 1:10.80
48 1 3 Ayouba Ali Sihame  Comoros 1:14.40
6 6 Cate Campbell  Australia DNS
7 1 Therese Alshammar  Sweden DNS

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Melanie Schlanger  Australia 53.38 Q
2 5 Aliaksandra Herasimenia  Belarus 53.78 Q
3 6 Jessica Hardy  United States 53.86 Q
4 2 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 53.93
5 3 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas 54.12
6 1 Britta Steffen  Germany 54.18
7 8 Daniela Schreiber  Germany 54.39
8 7 Haruka Ueda  Japan 54.59

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands 53.05 Q, OR
2 7 Missy Franklin  United States 53.59 Q
3 4 Tang Yi  China 53.60 Q
4 5 Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark 53.77 Q
4 6 Francesca Halsall  Great Britain 53.77 Q
6 8 Femke Heemskerk  Netherlands 54.13
7 2 Julia Wilkinson  Canada 54.25
8 1 Amy Smith  Great Britain 54.28

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 4 Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands 53.00 OR
2nd 1 Aliaksandra Herasimenia  Belarus 53.38 NR
3rd 6 Tang Yi  China 53.44
4 5 Melanie Schlanger  Australia 53.47
5 3 Missy Franklin  United States 53.64
6 7 Francesca Halsall  Great Britain 53.66
7 2 Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark 53.75
8 8 Jessica Hardy  United States 54.02

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