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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 24 to 26 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's seventeenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1956.

Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates24 July 2021 (heats)
25 July 2021 (semifinals)
26 July 2021 (final)
Competitors33 from 27 nations
Winning time55.59 AM
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maggie Mac Neil  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhang Yufei  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emma McKeon  Australia
← 2016
2024 →

Records edit

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

World record   Sarah Sjöström (SWE) 55.48 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 August 2016 [2]
Olympic record   Sarah Sjöström (SWE) 55.48 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 August 2016 [2]

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification edit

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 57.92 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 59.66 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.[3]

Competition format edit

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.[4]

Schedule edit

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

Date Time Round
24 July 19:25 Heats
25 July 10:40 Semifinals
26 July 10:30 Final

Results edit

Heats edit

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[5]

 
During heat 5
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 5 4 Zhang Yufei   China 55.82 Q
5 5 Emma McKeon   Australia 55.82 Q, OC
3 4 5 Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 56.18 Q
4 4 4 Torri Huske   United States 56.29 Q
5 3 4 Maggie Mac Neil   Canada 56.55 Q
6 5 3 Louise Hansson   Sweden 56.97 Q
7 4 3 Anastasiya Shkurdai   Belarus 56.99 Q
8 3 3 Marie Wattel   France 57.08 Q
9 4 6 Elena Di Liddo   Italy 57.41 Q
10 3 5 Claire Curzan   United States 57.49 Q
11 3 1 Katerine Savard   Canada 57.51 Q
12 4 2 Ilaria Bianchi   Italy 57.70 Q
13 5 2 Anna Ntountounaki   Greece 57.75 Q
14 3 2 Arina Surkova   ROC 58.02 Q
15 4 7 Svetlana Chimrova   ROC 58.04 Q
16 5 6 Brianna Throssell   Australia 58.08 Q
17 3 8 Maria Ugolkova   Switzerland 58.22 NR
18 4 8 Anastasia Gorbenko   Israel 58.23
19 3 6 Lana Pudar   Bosnia and Herzegovina 58.32
20 4 1 Farida Osman   Egypt 58.69
21 5 1 Harriet Jones   Great Britain 58.73
22 5 7 Emilie Beckmann   Denmark 58.84
23 5 8 An Se-hyeon   South Korea 59.32
24 2 5 Ellen Walshe   Ireland 59.35
25 2 3 Remedy Rule   Philippines 59.68
26 3 7 Erin Gallagher   South Africa 59.69
27 2 4 Dalma Sebestyén   Hungary 59.79
28 2 7 Luana Alonso   Paraguay 1:00.37
29 2 2 Jeserik Pinto   Venezuela 1:00.60
30 1 4 Mariam Sheikhalizadeh   Azerbaijan 1:01.37
31 2 6 Miriam Sheehan   Puerto Rico 1:02.49
32 1 5 Aniqah Gaffoor   Sri Lanka 1:05.33
33 1 3 Yusra Mardini   Refugee Olympic Team 1:06.78

Semifinals edit

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 4 Zhang Yufei   China 55.89 Q
2 1 6 Marie Wattel   France 56.16 Q, NR
3 1 4 Emma McKeon   Australia 56.33 Q
4 2 5 Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 56.40 Q
5 1 5 Torri Huske   United States 56.51 Q
6 2 3 Maggie Mac Neil   Canada 56.56 Q
7 1 3 Louise Hansson   Sweden 56.92 Q
8 2 6 Anastasiya Shkurdai   Belarus 57.19 Q
9 2 1 Anna Ntountounaki   Greece 57.25 NR
10 1 2 Claire Curzan   United States 57.42
11 2 8 Svetlana Chimrova   ROC 57.54
12 1 8 Brianna Throssell   Australia 57.59
13 2 2 Elena Di Liddo   Italy 57.60
14 1 1 Arina Surkova   ROC 57.72
15 1 7 Ilaria Bianchi   Italy 58.07
16 2 7 Katerine Savard   Canada 58.10

Final edit

[7]

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
  7 Maggie Mac Neil   Canada 55.59 AM
  4 Zhang Yufei   China 55.64
  3 Emma McKeon   Australia 55.72 OC
4 2 Torri Huske   United States 55.73
5 1 Louise Hansson   Sweden 56.22
6 5 Marie Wattel   France 56.27
7 6 Sarah Sjöström   Sweden 56.91
8 8 Anastasiya Shkurdai   Belarus 57.05

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Swimming: Sjostrom avoids 'disasters' to win 100m butterfly". Reuters. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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