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

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Date August 15, 2004 (heats & semifinals)
August 16, 2004 (final)
Competitors 48 from 43 nations
Winning time 1:06.64
Medalists
    China
    Australia
    Australia
«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

The women's 100m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held August 15 & 16, 2004 (prelims and semifinals on the 15th; finals on the 16th).

Contents

Medalist

Gold Silver Bronze
Luo Xuejuan
China
Brooke Hanson
Australia
Leisel Jones
Australia

Records

The World and Olympic Records at the start of the event were:

Record Time Swimmer Nationality Place Date
World Record 1:06.37 Leisel Jones Australia Barcelona, Spain 21 July 2003
Olympic Record 1:07.02 Penelope Heyns South Africa Atlanta, United States 21 July 1996

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Brooke Hanson Australia 1:07.35 Q
2 6 Leisel Jones Australia 1:07.69 Q
3 6 Tara Kirk United States 1:07.92 Q
4 4 Sarah Poewe Germany 1:07.97 Q
5 5 Amanda Beard United States 1:08.04 Q
6 5 Luo Xuejuan China 1:09.07 Q
7 5 Qi Hui China 1:09.29 Q
8 4 Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine 1:09.35 Q
9 6 Rhiannon Leier Canada 1:09.38 Q
10 5 Masami Tanaka Japan 1:09.44 Q
11 6 Ágnes Kovács Hungary 1:09.51 Q
12 6 Vipa Bernhardt Germany 1:09.60 Q
13 4 Lauren van Oosten Canada 1:09.93 Q
14 4 Mirna Jukić Austria 1:09.99 Q
15 6 Elena Bogomazova Russia 1:10.24 Q
16 5 Chiara Boggiatto Italy 1:10.33 Q
17 5 Maria Ostling Sweden 1:10.45
18 2 Ina Kapishina Belarus 1:10.66
19 4 Majken Thorup Denmark 1:10.97
20 4 Smiljana Marinović Croatia 1:11.00
21 5 Madelon Baans Netherlands 1:11.10
22 3 Marina Kuc Serbia and Montenegro 1:11.27
23 6 Eeva Saarinen Finland 1:11.39
24 4 Diana Gomes Portugal 1:11.40
24 6 Emma Robinson Ireland 1:11.40
26 3 Ilkay Dikmen Turkey 1:11.69
27 2 Imaday Nunez Gonzalez Cuba 1:12.14
28 3 Salama Ismail Egypt 1:12.20
29 3 Javiera Salcedo Argentina 1:12.46
29 5 Aikaterini Sarakatsani Greece 1:12.46
31 3 Jaclyn Pangilinan Philippines 1:12.47
32 2 Alia Atkinson Jamaica 1:12.53
33 3 Nicolette Teo Singapore 1:12.87
34 3 Lee Ji-Young South Korea 1:12.93
35 3 Annabelle Carey New Zealand 1:13.21
36 2 Yi Ting Siow Malaysia 1:13.30
37 2 Valeria Silva Peru 1:13.52
38 2 Adriana Marmolejo Mexico 1:14.35
39 2 Tsz Wa Yip Hong Kong 1:14.53
40 2 Íris Edda Heimisdóttir Iceland 1:15.35
41 1 Katerine Moreno Bolivia 1:18.25
42 1 Varduhi Avetisyan Armenia 1:18.87
43 1 Shrone Austin Seychelles 1:19.02
44 1 Nataliya Filina Azerbaijan 1:20.21
45 1 Melissa Ashby Grenada 1:22.67
46 1 Pauline Keita Mali 1:30.40
47 1 Nayana Shakya Nepal 1:32.92
48 1 Pamela Girimbabazi Rwanda 1:50.39

Semifinals

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Leisel Jones Australia 1:06.78 Q, OR
2 1 5 Sarah Poewe Germany 1:07.48 Q
3 2 5 Tara Kirk United States 1:07.60 Q
4 2 4 Brooke Hanson Australia 1:07.75 Q
5 2 3 Amanda Beard United States 1:07.92 Q
6 1 6 Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine 1:08.28 Q
7 1 3 Luo Xuejuan China 1:08.57 Q
8 2 6 Qi Hui China 1:09.06 Q
9 1 2 Masami Tanaka Japan 1:09.11
10 2 7 Ágnes Kovács Hungary 1:09.12
11 2 1 Lauren van Oosten Canada 1:09.45
12 2 2 Rhiannon Leier Canada 1:09.46
13 1 7 Vipa Bernhardt Germany 1:09.72
14 1 1 Mirna Jukić Austria 1:10.06
15 2 8 Elena Bogomazova Russia 1:10.41
16 1 8 Chiara Boggiatto Italy 1:10.84

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Luo Xuejuan China 1:06.64 OR
6 Brooke Hanson Australia 1:07.15
4 Leisel Jones Australia 1:07.16
4 2 Amanda Beard United States 1:07.44
5 5 Sarah Poewe Germany 1:07.53
6 3 Tara Kirk United States 1:07.59
7 7 Svetlana Bondarenko Ukraine 1:08.19
- 8 Qi Hui China DQ

References