The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 30 and 31 July 2024 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre at Paris La Défense Arena.[1]
| Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Centre. Paris La Défense Arena | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 30 July 2024 (heats and semis) 31 July 2024 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 52.16 | ||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | 51.71 | Budapest, Hungary | 23 July 2017 |
| Olympic record | Emma McKeon (AUS) | 51.96 | Tokyo, Japan | 30 July 2021 |
Qualification
editEach National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT).[2] For this event, the OQT was 53.61 seconds. World Aquatics then considered athletes qualifying through universality; NOCs were given one event entry for each gender, which could be used by any athlete regardless of qualification time, providing the spaces had not already been taken by athletes from that nation who had achieved the OQT.[2][3] Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), which was 53.88 for this event.[2] In total, 14 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, 14 athletes qualified through universality places and one athlete qualified through achieving the OCT.[3]
Competition format
editThe 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.
Schedule
editAll times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2024 | 12:47 | Heats |
| 21:33 | Semifinals | |
| 31 July 2024 | 20:30 | Final |
Results
editHeats
edit29 competitors enter the event. The top sixteen on time advance to the semi-final.
Semifinals
editThe swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 52.64 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 52.72 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 52.75 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Yang Junxuan | China | 52.81 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 52.86 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 52.87 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Torri Huske | United States | 52.99 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Gretchen Walsh | United States | 53.18 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Wu Qingfeng | China | 53.34 | |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Marie Wattel | France | 53.38 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | 53.74 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Michelle Coleman | Sweden | 53.75 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Barbora Seemanova | Czech Republic | 53.94 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Neza Klancar | Slovenia | 53.96 | NR |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Kayla Sanchez | Philippines | 54.21 | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Beryl Gastaldello | France | 54.29 |
Final
edit| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 52.16 | ||
| 1 | Torri Huske | United States | 52.29 | ||
| 4 | Siobhán Haughey | Hong Kong | 52.33 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Mollie O'Callaghan | Australia | 52.34 | |
| 5 | 5 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 52.72 | |
| 6 | 6 | Yang Junxuan | China | 52.82 | |
| 7 | 2 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | 52.83 | |
| 8 | 8 | Gretchen Walsh | United States | 53.04 |
| Name | 15 metre split (s) | 50 metre split (s) | 50–65 metre split (s) | Time (s) | Stroke rate (strokes/min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Sjöström | 6.18 | 25.26 | 7.56 | 52.16 | 51.6 |
| Torri Huske | 6.01 | 25.06 | 7.22 | 52.29 | 50.4 |
| Siobhán Haughey | 6.28 | 25.09 | 7.48 | 52.33 | 53.8 |
| Mollie O'Callaghan | 6.17 | 25.51 | 7.23 | 52.34 | 50.6 |
| Shayna Jack | 6.35 | 25.29 | 7.69 | 52.72 | 51.8 |
| Yang Junxuan | 6.36 | 25.51 | 7.85 | 52.82 | 54.0 |
| Marrit Steenbergen | 6.31 | 25.38 | 7.41 | 52.83 | 51.8 |
| Gretchen Walsh | 5.96 | 25.22 | 7.40 | 53.04 | 47.5 |
References
edit- ^ "Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Schedule". Paris 2024.
- ^ a b c "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ a b Entries list - Swimming, World Aquatics, archived from the original on 12 July 2024, retrieved 18 December 2024
- ^ "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ Bodard, Simon; Decron, Nathan; Dernoncourt, Eric; Hui, Pierre; Jambu, Clément; Loisel, Camille; Pla, Robin; Raineteau, Yannis. "Jeux Olympiques 2024: Analyses de course des Finales" (PDF). French Swimming Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.