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

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Competitors 41 from 34 nations
Medalists
  Natalie Coughlin   United States
  Kirsty Coventry   Zimbabwe
  Laure Manaudou   France
«2000 2008»
Swimming events at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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

These are the results of the Women's 100 metre backstroke, one of sixteen events for female competitors in Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Records

World Record Natalie Coughlin (USA) Fort Lauderdale, USA 0:59.58 13 August 2002
Previous Olympic Record Diana Iuliana Mocanu (ROM) Sydney, Australia 1:00.21 18 September 2000
New Olympic Record (semi-final 2) Natalie Coughlin (USA) Athens, Greece 1:00.17 15 August 2004

Heat 1

  1. Lenient Obia, Nigeria 1:09.65
  2. Ana Galindo, Honduras 1:11.80
  3. Yelena Rojkova, Turkmenistan 1:15.48

Heat 2

  1. Kiera Aitken, Bermuda 1:04.37
  2. Chonlathorn Vorathamrong, Thailand 1:05.15
  3. Sadan Derya Erke, Turkey 1:05.38
  4. Serrana Fernández, Uruguay 1:05.51
  5. Hsiao Han Fu, Chinese Taipei 1:06.62
  6. Anastassiya Prilepa, Kazakhstan 1:07.55
  7. Olga Gnedovckaya, Uzbekistan 1:15.33

Heat 3

  1. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 1:01.60 -Q African Record
  2. Sanja Jovanović, Croatia 1:02.47
  3. Sviatlana Khakhlova, Belarus 1:03.25
  4. Gisela Morales, Guatemala 1:03.72
  5. Anna Gostomelsky, Israel 1:04.06
  6. Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai, Hong Kong 1:04.25
  7. Eirini Karastergiou, Greece 1:05.30
  8. Hanna-Maria Seppälä, Finland 1:05.55

Heat 4

  1. Laure Manaudou, France 1:01.27 -Q
  2. Reiko Nakamura, Japan 1:01.39 -Q
  3. Noriko Inada, Japan 1:01.67 -Q
  4. Stanislava Komarova, Russia 1:01.84 -Q
  5. Ilona Hlaváčková, Czech Republic 1:01.95 -Q
  6. Shu Zhan, China 1:02.39 -Q
  7. Erin Gammel, Canada 1:02.47
  8. Min-Ji Shim, Korea 1:03.14

Heat 5

  1. Antje Buschschulte, Germany 1:01.68 -Q
  2. Giaan Rooney, Australia 1:01.96 -Q
  3. Haley Cope, United States 1:01.99 -Q
  4. Louise Ørnstedt, Denmark 1:02.17 -Q
  5. Iryna Amshennikova, Ukraine 1:02.57
  6. Marieke Guehrer, Australia 1:02.76
  7. Hannah McLean, New Zealand 1:03.09
  8. Alexandra Putra, France 1:04.13

Heat 6

  1. Natalie Coughlin, United States 1:01.45 -Q
  2. Nina Zhivanevskaya, Spain 1:01.75 -Q
  3. Katy Sexton, Great Britain 1:02.01 -Q
  4. Sarah Price, Great Britain 1:02.17 -Q
  5. Chang Gao, China 1:02.19 -Q
  6. Nikolett Szepesi, Hungary 1:02.78
  7. Janine Pietsch, Germany 1:03.13
  8. Alessandra Cappa, Italy 1:03.50

Heats swim-off race 1

  1. Sanja Jovanovic, Croatia 1:02.32
  2. Erin Gammel, Canada 1:03.05

Heats ranking

  1. Laure Manaudou, France 1:01.27 -Q
  2. Reiko Nakamura, Japan 1:01.39 -Q
  3. Natalie Coughlin, United States 1:01.45 -Q
  4. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 1:01.60 -Q
  5. Noriko Inada, Japan 1:01.67 -Q
  6. Antje Buschschulte, Germany 1:01.68 -Q
  7. Nina Zhivanevskaya, Spain 1:01.75 -Q
  8. Stanislava Komarova, Russia 1:01.84 -Q
  9. Ilona Hlaváčková, Czech Republic 1:01.95 -Q
  10. Giaan Rooney, Australia 1:01.96 -Q
  11. Haley Cope, United States 1:01.99 -Q
  12. Katy Sexton, Great Britain 1:02.01 -Q
  13. Louise Ørnstedt, Denmark 1:02.17 -Q
  14. Sarah Price, Great Britain 1:02.17 -Q
  15. Chang Gao, China 1:02.19 -Q
  16. Shu Zhan, China 1:02.39 -Q
  17. Sanja Jovanovic, Croatia 1:02.47
  18. Erin Gammel, Canada 1:02.47
  19. Iryna Amshennikova, Ukraine 1:02.57
  20. Marieke Guehrer, Australia 1:02.76
  21. Nikolett Szepesi, Hungary 1:02.78
  22. Hannah McLean, New Zealand 1:03.09
  23. Janine Pietsch, Germany 1:03.13
  24. Min-Ji Shim, Korea 1:03.14
  25. Sviatlana Khakhlova, Belarus 1:03.25
  26. Alessandra Cappa, Italy 1:03.50
  27. Gisela Morales, Guatemala 1:03.72
  28. Anna Gostomelsky, Israel 1:04.06
  29. Alexandra Putra, France 1:04.13
  30. Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai, Hong Kong 1:04.25
  31. Kiera Aitken, Bermuda 1:04.37
  32. Chonlathorn Vorathamrong, Thailand 1:05.15
  33. Eirini Karastergiou, Greece 1:05.30
  34. Sadan Derya Erke, Turkey 1:05.38
  35. Serrana Fernández, Uruguay 1:05.51
  36. Hanna-Maria Seppala, Finland 1:05.55
  37. Hsiao Han Fu, Chinese Taipei 1:06.62
  38. Anastassiya Prilepa, Kazakhstan 1:07.55
  39. Lenient Obia, Nigeria 1:09.65
  40. Ana Galindo, Honduras 1:11.80
  41. Olga Gnedovckaya, Uzbekistan 1:15.33
  42. Yelena Rojkova, Turkmenistan 1:15.48

Semi-finals

Semi-final heat 1

  1. Antje Buschschulte, Germany 1:00.94 -Q
  2. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 1:01.21 -Q African Record
  3. Reiko Nakamura, Japan 1:01.24 -Q
  4. Giaan Rooney, Australia 1:01.41 Oceania Record
  5. Stanislava Komarova, Russia 1:01.63
  6. Katy Sexton, Great Britain 1:01.96
  7. Shu Zhan, China 1:02.10
  8. Sarah Price, Great Britain 1:02.48

Semi-final heat 2

  1. Natalie Coughlin, United States 1:00.17 -Q Olympic Record
  2. Laure Manaudou, France 1:00.88 -Q
  3. Louise Ørnstedt, Denmark 1:01.12 -Q
  4. Haley Cope, United States 1:01.13 -Q
  5. Nina Zhivanevskaya, Spain 1:01.19 -Q
  6. Noriko Inada, Japan 1:01.74
  7. Ilona Hlaváčková, Czech Republic 1:01.81
  8. Chang Gao, China 1:02.17

Semi-final ranking

  1. Natalie Coughlin, United States 1:00.17 -Q
  2. Laure Manaudou, France 1:00.88 -Q
  3. Antje Buschschulte, Germany 1:00.94 -Q
  4. Louise Ørnstedt, Denmark 1:01.12 -Q
  5. Haley Cope, United States 1:01.13 -Q
  6. Nina Zhivanevskaya, Spain 1:01.19 -Q
  7. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 1:01.21 -Q
  8. Reiko Nakamura, Japan 1:01.24 -Q
  9. Giaan Rooney, Australia 1:01.41
  10. Stanislava Komarova, Russia 1:01.63
  11. Noriko Inada, Japan 1:01.74
  12. Ilona Hlaváčková, Czech Republic 1:01.81
  13. Katy Sexton, Great Britain 1:01.96
  14. Shu Zhan, China 1:02.10
  15. Chang Gao, China 1:02.17
  16. Sarah Price, Great Britain 1:02.48

Final

  1. Natalie Coughlin, United States 1:00.37
  2. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 1:00.50 African Record
  3. Laure Manaudou, France 1:00.88
  4. Reiko Nakamura, Japan 1:01.05
  5. Nina Zhivanevskaya, Spain 1:01.12
  6. Antje Buschschulte, Germany 1:01.39
  7. Louise Ørnstedt, Denmark 1:01.51
  8. Haley Cope, United States 1:01.76

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