Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 14, 2004 (heats & semifinals)
August 15, 2004 (final)
Competitors38 from 30 nations
Winning time57.72
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Petria Thomas  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands
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The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 14 and 15.[1]

Australia's Petria Thomas, who finished fourth in Sydney, won her first individual gold medal in this event, outside the Olympic record time of 57.72 seconds. The silver medal was awarded to Poland's Otylia Jędrzejczak, who trailed behind Thomas by 0.12 of a second, in an outstanding time of 57.84. Defending Olympic champion and world record holder Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands, on the other hand, took home the bronze at 57.99 seconds.[2][3]

Records

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

World record  Inge de Bruijn (NED) 56.61 Sydney, Australia 17 September 2000
Olympic record  Inge de Bruijn (NED) 56.61 Sydney, Australia 17 September 2000

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Petria Thomas  Australia 57.47 Q
2 4 5 Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland 57.84 Q, NR
3 5 5 Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands 58.47 Q
4 3 4 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 58.48 Q
5 5 7 Jessicah Schipper  Australia 58.57 Q
6 4 4 Jenny Thompson  United States 58.77 Q
7 5 3 Junko Onishi  Japan 59.22 Q
8 5 6 Malia Metella  France 59.38 Q
3 3 Rachel Komisarz  United States Q
10 4 2 Ambra Migliori  Italy 59.47 Q
11 5 1 Franziska van Almsick  Germany 59.53 Q, WD
12 4 6 Zhou Yafei  China 59.62 Q
13 3 2 Natalya Sutyagina  Russia 59.76 Q
14 3 5 Alena Popchanka  Belarus 59.77 Q
15 2 4 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 59.81 Q
16 4 3 Anna-Karin Kammerling  Sweden 59.84 Q
17 3 1 Yuko Nakanishi  Japan 1:00.16 Q
18 3 8 Beatrix Boulsevicz  Hungary 1:00.18
19 2 3 Eirini Kavarnou  Greece 1:00.43
20 4 1 Georgina Lee  Great Britain 1:00.45
21 4 8 Chantal Groot  Netherlands 1:00.49
22 5 8 Francesca Segat  Italy 1:00.56
23 2 5 Elizabeth Coster  New Zealand 1:00.61
3 6 Johanna Sjöberg  Sweden
25 4 7 Aurore Mongel  France 1:00.65
26 3 7 Vered Borochovski  Israel 1:00.69
27 2 6 Joscelin Yeo  Singapore 1:00.81
28 5 2 Xu Yanwei  China 1:01.53
29 2 2 Maria Papadopoulou  Cyprus 1:02.01
30 1 6 Kateryna Zubkova  Ukraine 1:02.22
31 2 1 Kolbrún Yr Kristjánsdóttir  Iceland 1:02.33
32 2 8 Sze Hang Yu  Hong Kong 1:02.42
33 2 7 Park Kyung-hwa  South Korea 1:02.52
34 1 4 Cheng Wan-jung  Chinese Taipei 1:02.94
35 1 5 Gülşah Günenç  Turkey 1:04.30
36 1 2 Angela Galea  Malta 1:05.47
37 1 3 Mariya Bugakova  Uzbekistan 1:07.08
38 1 7 Natasha Sara Georgeos  Saint Lucia 1:07.94

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland 58.10 Q
2 5 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 58.66 Q
3 3 Jenny Thompson  United States 58.91 Q
4 6 Rachel Komisarz  United States 59.34
5 2 Ambra Migliori  Italy 59.53
5 8 Yuko Nakanishi  Japan 59.53
7 1 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 59.72
8 7 Natalya Sutyagina  Russia 59.79

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands 57.50 Q
2 4 Petria Thomas  Australia 57.93 Q
3 3 Jessicah Schipper  Australia 58.63 Q
4 1 Alena Popchanka  Belarus 58.97 Q
5 6 Junko Onishi  Japan 59.24 Q
5 2 Malia Metella  France 59.28
7 8 Anna-Karin Kammerling  Sweden 59.33
8 7 Zhou Yafei  China 59.48

Final

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Petria Thomas  Australia 57.72
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland 57.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands 57.99
4 6 Jessicah Schipper  Australia 58.22
5 7 Jenny Thompson  United States 58.72
6 2 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 58.96
7 1 Alena Popchanka  Belarus 59.06
8 8 Junko Onishi  Japan 59.83

References

  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. ^ Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Petria Thomas Takes the 100 Fly, Inky Relegated to the Bronze with Mistimed Finish". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Petria Thomas beats Inge de Bruijn for Gold in the 100 metres butterfly". ABC News Australia. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

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