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

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Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates25 July 2021 (heats)
26 July 2021 (semifinals)
27 July 2021 (final)
Competitors45 from 38 nations
Winning time1:04.95
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lydia Jacoby  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tatjana Schoenmaker  South Africa
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lilly King  United States
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The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 27 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1][2] It was the event's fourteenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1968.

Summary

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The U.S.' teen Lydia Jacoby upset South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker and defending champion Lilly King to capture the sprint breaststroke title. Hanging with the leaders at the turn, Jacoby broke away over the final 20 metres to win gold by almost three tenths of a second in 1:04.95. With the performance, Jacoby became just the sixth woman in history to break the 1:05 barrier. First at the turn, Schoenmaker could not contend with Jacoby's blistering final lap and settled for silver in a time of 1:05.22, 0.4 seconds shy off her Olympic record in the heats. Meanwhile, Jacoby's teammate and 2016 champion Lilly King was 0.03 seconds ahead of Jacoby at the turn but could not fend off the youngster's charge, taking bronze in 1:05.54.

ROC's Evgeniia Chikunova delivered a time of 1:05.90 to pick up the fourth spot, just ahead of teammate and defending silver medallist Yuliya Yefimova (1:06.02) by about a tenth of a second. Sweden's Sophie Hansson placed sixth in 1:06.07, while Martina Carraro (1:06.19) and Ireland's Mona McSharry (1:06.94) 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  Lilly King (USA) 1:04.13 Budapest, Hungary 25 July 2017 [3]
Olympic record  Lilly King (USA) 1:04.93 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8 August 2016 [4]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Swimmer Nation Time Record
July 25 Heat 5 Tatjana Schoenmaker  South Africa 1:04.82 OR

Qualification

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The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 1:07.07. 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 1:09.08. 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.[5]

Competition format

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The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[6]

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
25 July 19:34 Heats
26 July 10:50 Semifinals
27 July 11:17 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.[7]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 5 5 Tatjana Schoenmaker  South Africa 1:04.82 Q, OR, AF
2 5 4 Lydia Jacoby  United States 1:05.52 Q
3 6 4 Lilly King  United States 1:05.55 Q
4 6 5 Sophie Hansson  Sweden 1:05.66 Q, NR
5 6 3 Martina Carraro  Italy 1:05.85 Q
6 6 6 Evgeniia Chikunova  ROC 1:06.16 Q
7 6 8 Ida Hulkko  Finland 1:06.19 Q, NR
8 4 4 Yuliya Yefimova  ROC 1:06.21 Q
9 5 6 Mona McSharry  Ireland 1:06.39 Q
10 4 3 Tang Qianting  China 1:06.47 Q
11 6 2 Sarah Vasey  Great Britain 1:06.61 Q
12 5 3 Chelsea Hodges  Australia 1:06.70 Q
13 5 7 Lisa Mamié  Switzerland 1:06.76 Q
14 5 2 Eneli Jefimova  Estonia 1:06.79 Q
15 3 1 Kotryna Teterevkova  Lithuania 1:06.82 Q
16 3 2 Anna Elendt  Germany 1:06.96 Q
17 4 2 Kanako Watanabe  Japan 1:07.01
18 5 1 Jessica Vall  Spain 1:07.07
19 4 6 Reona Aoki  Japan 1:07.29
20 4 1 Jessica Hansen  Australia 1:07.50
21 4 7 Alina Zmushka  Belarus 1:07.58
22 3 6 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 1:07.70
23 4 8 Kelsey Wog  Canada 1:07.73
24 6 7 Kierra Smith  Canada 1:07.87
25 3 4 Tes Schouten  Netherlands 1:07.89
26 3 5 Fanny Lecluyse  Belgium 1:07.93
27 6 1 Emelie Fast  Sweden 1:07.98
28 2 3 Andrea Podmaníková  Slovakia 1:08.36 NR
29 2 5 Phee Jinq En  Malaysia 1:08.40 NR
30 3 7 Melissa Rodríguez  Mexico 1:08.76
31 3 3 Julia Sebastián  Argentina 1:09.35
32 2 7 Tilali Scanlan  American Samoa 1:10.01
33 2 4 Ema Rajić  Croatia 1:10.02
34 3 8 Diana Petkova  Bulgaria 1:10.61
35 2 6 Emily Santos  Panama 1:12.10
36 2 8 Kirsten Fisher-Marsters  Cook Islands 1:13.98
37 1 3 Emilie Grand'Pierre  Haiti 1:14.82 NR
38 2 2 Alicia Kok Shun  Mauritius 1:15.42
39 1 5 Darya Semyonova  Turkmenistan 1:16.37
40 1 4 Jayla Pina  Cape Verde 1:16.96
41 1 2 Taeyanna Adams  Federated States of Micronesia 1:25.36
42 1 7 Nooran Ba-Matraf  Yemen 1:27.79
43 1 6 Aishath Sajina  Maldives 1:33.59
2 1 Claudia Verdino  Monaco DSQ
4 5 Benedetta Pilato  Italy DSQ
1 1 Mariama Toure  Guinea DNS
5 8 Anastasia Gorbenko  Israel DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 4 Tatjana Schoenmaker  South Africa 1:05.07 Q
2 2 5 Lilly King  United States 1:05.40 Q
3 1 4 Lydia Jacoby  United States 1:05.72 Q
4 1 5 Sophie Hansson  Sweden 1:05.81 Q
5 1 6 Yuliya Yefimova  ROC 1:06.34 Q
6 1 3 Evgeniia Chikunova  ROC 1:06.47 Q
7 2 3 Martina Carraro  Italy 1:06.50 Q
8 2 2 Mona McSharry  Ireland 1:06.59 Q
9 1 7 Chelsea Hodges  Australia 1:06.60
10 1 2 Tang Qianting  China 1:06.63
11 2 7 Sarah Vasey  Great Britain 1:06.87
12 2 6 Ida Hulkko  Finland 1:07.02
13 1 8 Anna Elendt  Germany 1:07.31
14 2 8 Kotryna Teterevkova  Lithuania 1:07.39
15 2 1 Lisa Mamié  Switzerland 1:07.41
16 1 1 Eneli Jefimova  Estonia 1:07.58

Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Lydia Jacoby  United States 1:04.95
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Tatjana Smith  South Africa 1:05.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Lilly King  United States 1:05.54
4 7 Evgeniia Chikunova  ROC 1:05.90
5 2 Yuliya Yefimova  ROC 1:06.02
6 6 Sophie Hansson  Sweden 1:06.07
7 1 Martina Carraro  Italy 1:06.19
8 8 Mona McSharry  Ireland 1:06.94

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ "100m Breaststroke Women's Final Results". Omega Timing. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Women's 100m Breaststroke". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.