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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

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Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates24 July 2021 (heats)
25 July 2021 (semifinals)
26 July 2021 (final)
Competitors33 from 27 nations
Winning time55.59 AM
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maggie Mac Neil  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhang Yufei  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emma McKeon  Australia
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The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 24 to 26 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's seventeenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1956.

Summary

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Canada's defending World champion Maggie Mac Neil pulled away from a tight field to win her nation's first Olympic title in the event. Swimming out in lane 7, Mac Neil touched seventh at the 50 m mark but used a blistering underwater off the turn to catapult herself near the front and win gold in an Americas record of 55.59. China's Zhang Yufei, who was the fastest qualifier through the heats and semi-finals, was first at the turn. However, she could not withstand MacNeil's fast finish and settled for silver 5 hundredths of a second back in 55.64.

Australia's Emma McKeon reset her Oceanian record from the heats to win bronze in 55.72, edging out the U.S.' Torri Huske (55.73) by one hundredth of a second. Huske, one of the pre-Olympics favourites, could not replicate her stunning American record of 55.66 and took fourth. Sweden's Louise Hansson set a personal best time of 56.22 to place fifth. Third at the 50 m mark, France's Marie Wattel was a shade off her national record from the semi-finals, clocking 56.27 to come sixth.

Sweden's defending champion Sarah Sjöström, coming off elbow surgery in February, produced a valiant effort to place seventh in 56.91 - her slowest time throughout the rounds. Belarus' Anastasiya Shkurdai (57.05) rounded out the championship field.

Records

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

World record  Sarah Sjöström (SWE) 55.48 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 August 2016 [2]
Olympic record  Sarah Sjöström (SWE) 55.48 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 August 2016 [2]

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

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The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 57.92 seconds. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 59.66 seconds. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a female swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[3]

Competition format

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The 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.[4]

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
24 July 19:25 Heats
25 July 10:40 Semifinals
26 July 10:30 Final

Results

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Heats

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The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 5 4 Zhang Yufei  China 55.82 Q
5 5 Emma McKeon  Australia 55.82 Q, OC
3 4 5 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 56.18 Q
4 4 4 Torri Huske  United States 56.29 Q
5 3 4 Maggie Mac Neil  Canada 56.55 Q
6 5 3 Louise Hansson  Sweden 56.97 Q
7 4 3 Anastasiya Shkurdai  Belarus 56.99 Q
8 3 3 Marie Wattel  France 57.08 Q
9 4 6 Elena Di Liddo  Italy 57.41 Q
10 3 5 Claire Curzan  United States 57.49 Q
11 3 1 Katerine Savard  Canada 57.51 Q
12 4 2 Ilaria Bianchi  Italy 57.70 Q
13 5 2 Anna Ntountounaki  Greece 57.75 Q
14 3 2 Arina Surkova  ROC 58.02 Q
15 4 7 Svetlana Chimrova  ROC 58.04 Q
16 5 6 Brianna Throssell  Australia 58.08 Q
17 3 8 Maria Ugolkova  Switzerland 58.22 NR
18 4 8 Anastasia Gorbenko  Israel 58.23
19 3 6 Lana Pudar  Bosnia and Herzegovina 58.32
20 4 1 Farida Osman  Egypt 58.69
21 5 1 Harriet Jones  Great Britain 58.73
22 5 7 Emilie Beckmann  Denmark 58.84
23 5 8 An Se-hyeon  South Korea 59.32
24 2 5 Ellen Walshe  Ireland 59.35
25 2 3 Remedy Rule  Philippines 59.68
26 3 7 Erin Gallagher  South Africa 59.69
27 2 4 Dalma Sebestyén  Hungary 59.79
28 2 7 Luana Alonso  Paraguay 1:00.37
29 2 2 Jeserik Pinto  Venezuela 1:00.60
30 1 4 Mariam Sheikhalizadeh  Azerbaijan 1:01.37
31 2 6 Miriam Sheehan  Puerto Rico 1:02.49
32 1 5 Aniqah Gaffoor  Sri Lanka 1:05.33
33 1 3 Yusra Mardini Refugee Olympic Team 1:06.78

Semifinals

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The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 4 Zhang Yufei  China 55.89 Q
2 1 6 Marie Wattel  France 56.16 Q, NR
3 1 4 Emma McKeon  Australia 56.33 Q
4 2 5 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 56.40 Q
5 1 5 Torri Huske  United States 56.51 Q
6 2 3 Maggie Mac Neil  Canada 56.56 Q
7 1 3 Louise Hansson  Sweden 56.92 Q
8 2 6 Anastasiya Shkurdai  Belarus 57.19 Q
9 2 1 Anna Ntountounaki  Greece 57.25 NR
10 1 2 Claire Curzan  United States 57.42
11 2 8 Svetlana Chimrova  ROC 57.54
12 1 8 Brianna Throssell  Australia 57.59
13 2 2 Elena Di Liddo  Italy 57.60
14 1 1 Arina Surkova  ROC 57.72
15 1 7 Ilaria Bianchi  Italy 58.07
16 2 7 Katerine Savard  Canada 58.10

Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 Maggie Mac Neil  Canada 55.59 AM
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Zhang Yufei  China 55.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Emma McKeon  Australia 55.72 OC
4 2 Torri Huske  United States 55.73
5 1 Louise Hansson  Sweden 56.22
6 5 Marie Wattel  France 56.27
7 6 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 56.91
8 8 Anastasiya Shkurdai  Belarus 57.05

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Swimming: Sjostrom avoids 'disasters' to win 100m butterfly". Reuters. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.