Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle

Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Competitors 75 from 67 nations
Medalists
  Inge de Bruijn   Netherlands
  Malia Metella   France
  Libby Lenton   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

These are the results of the Women's 50 metre freestyle, one of sixteen events for female competitors in Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Records

World and Olympic Record Inge de Bruijn (NED) Sydney, Australia 0:24.13 22 September 2000

Heats

Heat 1

  1. Doli Akhter, Bangladesh – 30.72
  2. Monika Bakale, Congo – 31.61
  3. Amira Edrahi, Libya – 34.67

Heat 2

  1. Sameera Al Bitar, Bahrain – 31.00
  2. Ghazal El Jobeili, Lebanon – 31.00
  3. Tracy Ann Route, Micronesia – 31.26
  4. Christal Clashing, Antigua and Barbuda – 31.55
  5. Han Choi, Malawi – 31.62
  6. Evelyn Otto, Palau – 33.04
  7. Sivan Ket, Cambodia – 34.62
  8. Vilayphone Vongphachanh, Laos – 36.57

Heat 3

  1. Ermelinda Zamba, Mozambique – 29.34
  2. Aina Andriamanjatoarimanana, Madagascar – 29.35
  3. Eva Donde, Kenya – 29.47
  4. Diane Etiennette, Mauritius – 30.00
  5. Rubab Raza, Pakistan – 30.10
  6. Rovena Marku, Albania – 30.51
  7. Samar Nassar, Jordan – 30.83
  8. Aminath Rouya, Maldives – 31.26

Heat 4

  1. Melanie Slowing, Guatemala – 27.44
  2. Maria Tregubova, Moldova – 28.40
  3. Roshendra Vrolijk, Aruba – 28.43
  4. Jakie Wellman, Zambia – 28.56
  5. Geraldine Arce, Nicaragua – 28.73
  6. Menaka de Silva, Sri Lanka – 28.93
  7. Dohi Eliane Droubry, Côte d'Ivoire – 29.23
  8. Sade Daal, Suriname – 29.27

Heat 5

  1. Vanessa García, Puerto Rico – 26.26
  2. Alison Fitch, New Zealand – 26.56
  3. Sara Isakovič, Slovenia – 26.81
  4. Pin Chieh Nieh, Chinese Taipei – 27.09
  5. Miroslava Najdanovski, Serbia and Montenegro – 27.18
  6. Alia Atkinson, Jamaica – 27.21
  7. Nikia Deveaux, Bahamas – 27.36
  8. Dominique Diezi, Switzerland – Did not swim

Heat 6

  1. Lara Heinz, Luxembourg – 26.35
  2. Ragnheidur Ragnarsdóttir, Iceland – 26.36
  3. Anna Gostomelsky, Israel – 26.72
  4. Florencia Szigeti, Argentina – 26.84
  5. Yelena Skalinskaya, Kazakhstan – 27.04
  6. Shikha Tandon, India – 27.08
  7. Zsuzsanna Csobánki, Hungary – 27.09
  8. Yu Ning Chan, Hong Kong – 27.48

Heat 7

  1. Jeanette Ottesen, Denmark – 25.95
  2. Sandra Kazikova, Czech Republic – 26.18
  3. Triin Aljand, Estonia – 26.19
  4. Arlene Semeco, Venezuela – 26.20
  5. Yoon-Ji Ryu, South Korea – 26.26
  6. Yingwen Zhu, China – 26.45
  7. Martha Matsa, Greece – 26.46
  8. Sharntelle McLean, Trinidad and Tobago – 26.86

Heat 8

  1. Michelle Engelsman, Australia – 25.28 -Q
  2. Jenny Thompson, United States – 25.50 -Q
  3. Eileen Coparropa, Panama – 25.57 -Q
  4. Nery Mantey Niangkouara, Greece – 25.62 -Q
  5. Dorothea Brandt, Germany – 25.67 -Q
  6. Martina Moravcová, Slovakia – 25.69
  7. Anna-Karin Kammerling, Sweden – 25.85
  8. Olga Mukomol, Ukraine – 25.96

Heat 9

  1. Kara Lynn Joyce, United States – 25.06 -Q
  2. Libby Lenton, Australia – 25.31 -Q
  3. Alison Sheppard, Great Britain – 25.36 -Q
  4. Therese Alshammar, Sweden – 25.42 -Q
  5. Rebeca Gusmão, Brazil – 25.64 -Q
  6. Cristina Chiuso, Italy – 25.68 -Q
  7. Judith Draxler, Austria – 25.82
  8. Hanna-Maria Seppälä, Finland – 26.01

Heat 10

  1. Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands – 24.66 -Q
  2. Malia Metella, France – 25.21 -Q
  3. Svitlana Khakhlova, Belarus – 25.24 -Q
  4. Marleen Veldhuis, Netherlands – 25.28 -Q
  5. Flávia Delaroli, Brazil – 25.40 -Q
  6. Sandra Völker, Germany – 25.74
  7. Ana Belén Palomo, Spain – 25.92
  8. Federica Pellegrini, Italy – Did not swim

Heats ranking

  1. Inge De Bruijn, Netherlands 24.66 -Q
  2. Kara Lynn Joyce, United States 25.06 -Q
  3. Malia Metella, France 25.21 -Q
  4. Svitlana Khakhlova, Belarus 25.24 -Q
  5. Michelle Engelsman, Australia 25.28 -Q
  6. Marleen Veldhuis, Netherlands 25.28 -Q
  7. Libby Lenton, Australia 25.31 -Q
  8. Alison Sheppard, Great Britain 25.36 -Q
  9. Flávia Delaroli, Brazil 25.40 -Q
  10. Therese Alshammar, Sweden 25.42 -Q
  11. Jenny Thompson, United States 25.50 -Q
  12. Eileen Coparropa, Panama 25.57 -Q
  13. Nery Mantey Niangkouara, Greece 25.62 -Q
  14. Rebeca Gusmão, Brazil 25.64 -Q
  15. Dorothea Brandt, Germany 25.67 -Q
  16. Cristina Chiuso, Italy 25.68 -Q
  17. Martina Moravcová, Slovakia 25.69
  18. Sandra Voelker, Germany 25.74
  19. Judith Draxler, Austria 25.82
  20. Anna-Karin Kammerling, Sweden 25.85
  21. Ana Belen Palomo, Spain 25.92
  22. Jeanette Ottesen, Denmark 25.95
  23. Olga Mukomol, Ukraine 25.96
  24. Hanna-Maria Seppala, Finland 26.01
  25. Sandra Kazikova, Czech Republic 26.18
  26. Triin Aljand, Estonia 26.19
  27. Arlene Semeco, Venezuela 26.20
  28. Vanessa Garcia, Puerto Rico 26.26
  29. Yoon-Ji Ryu, Korea 26.26
  30. Lara Heinz, Luxembourg 26.35
  31. Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir, Iceland 26.36
  32. Yingwen Zhu, China 26.45
  33. Martha Matsa, Greece 26.46
  34. Alison Fitch, New Zealand 26.56
  35. Anna Gostomelsky, Israel 26.72
  36. Sara Isakovic, Slovenia 26.81
  37. Florencia Szigeti, Argentina 26.84
  38. Sharntelle McLean, Trinidad and Tobago 26.86
  39. Yelena Skalinskaya, Kazakhstan 27.04
  40. Shikha Tandon, India 27.08
  41. Pin Chieh Nieh, Chinese Taipei 27.09
  42. Zsuzsanna Csobanki, Hungary 27.09
  43. Miroslava Najdanovski, Serbia and Montenegro 27.18
  44. Alia Atkinson, Jamaica 27.21
  45. Nikia Deveaux, Bahamas 27.36
  46. Melanie Slowing, Guatemala 27.44
  47. Yu Ning Chan, Hong Kong 27.48
  48. Maria Tregubova, Republic of Moldova 28.40
  49. Roshendra Vrolijk, Aruba 28.43
  50. Jakie Wellman, Zambia 28.56
  51. Geraldine Arce, Nicaragua 28.73
  52. Menaka de Silva, Sri Lanka 28.93
  53. Dohi Eliane Droubry, Côte d'Ivoire 29.23
  54. Sade Daal, Suriname 29.27
  55. Ermelinda Zamba, Mozambique 29.34
  56. Aina Andriamanjatoarimanana, Madagascar 29.35
  57. Eva Donde, Kenya 29.47
  58. Diane Etiennette, Mauritius 30.00
  59. Rubab Raza, Pakistan 30.10
  60. Rovena Marku, Albania 30.51
  61. Doli Akhter, Bangladesh 30.72
  62. Samar Nassar, Jordan 30.83
  63. Sameera Al Bitar, Bahrain 31.00
  64. Ghazal El Jobeili, Lebanon 31.00
  65. Tracy Ann Route, Federated States of Micronesia 31.26
  66. Aminath Rouya, Maldives 31.26
  67. Christal Clashing, Antigua and Barbuda 31.55
  68. Monika Bakale, Congo 31.61
  69. Han Choi, Malawi 31.62
  70. Evelyn Otto, Palau 33.04
  71. Sivan Ket, Cambodia 34.62
  72. Amira Edrahi, Libya 34.67
  73. Vilayphone Vongphachanh, Laos 36.57
  74. Dominique Diezi, Switzerland Did not start
  75. Federica Pellegrini, Italy Did not start

Semi-finals

Semi-final heat 1

  1. Kara Lynn Joyce, United States 25.06 -Q
  2. Therese Alshammar, Sweden 25.15 -Q
  3. Marleen Veldhuis, Netherlands 25.27
  4. Rebeca Gusmão, Brazil 25.31
  5. Alison Sheppard, Great Britain 25.36
  6. Eileen Coparropa, Panama 25.37
  7. Cristina Chiuso, Italy 25.37
  8. Svitlana Khakhlova, Belarus 25.47

Semi-final heat 2

  1. Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands 24.56 -Q
  2. Libby Lenton, Australia 24.90 -Q
  3. Malia Metella, France 24.99 -Q
  4. Michelle Engelsman, Australia 25.13 -Q
  5. Flávia Delaroli, Brazil 25.17 -Q
  6. Jenny Thompson, United States 25.17 -Q
  7. Nery Mantey Niangkouara, Greece 25.27
  8. Dorothea Brandt, Germany 25.83

Semifinal ranking

  1. Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands 24.56 -Q
  2. Libby Lenton, Australia 24.90 -Q
  3. Malia Metella, France 24.99 -Q
  4. Kara Lynn Joyce, United States 25.06 -Q
  5. Michelle Engelsman, Australia 25.13 -Q
  6. Therese Alshammar, Sweden 25.15 -Q
  7. Jenny Thompson, United States 25.17 -Q
  8. Flavia Cazziolato, Brazil 25.17 -Q
  9. Marleen Veldhuis, Netherlands 25.27
  10. Nery Mantey Niangkouara, Greece 25.27
  11. Rebeca Gusmao, Brazil 25.31
  12. Alison Sheppard, Great Britain 25.36
  13. Cristina Chiuso, Italy 25.37
  14. Eileen Marie Coparropa Aleman, Panama 25.37
  15. Sviatlana Khakhlova, Belarus 25.47
  16. Dorothea Brandt, Germany 25.83

Final

  1. Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands 24.58
  2. Malia Metella, France 24.89
  3. Libby Lenton, Australia 24.91
  4. Therese Alshammar, Sweden 24.93
  5. Kara Lynn Joyce, United States 25.00
  6. Michelle Engelsman, Australia 25.06
  7. Jenny Thompson, United States 25.11
  8. Flávia Delaroli, Brazil 25.20

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