Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 7 August 2016 (heats & semifinals) 8 August 2016 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 44 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:04.93 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
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 |
Marathon | ||
10 km | men | women |
The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 7–8 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1][2]
Summary
[edit]U.S. swimmer Lilly King stormed home on the final lap in a match against Russia's Yuliya Yefimova to capture the sprint breaststroke title for the first time since Megan Quann topped the podium in 2000. With 15 metres to go, King launched a mighty surge to pass Yefimova by more than half a second for the gold medal with a time of 1:04.93. King's time also shaved 0.24 seconds off the Olympic record set by Australia's four-time Olympian Leisel Jones in Beijing in 2008.[3][4] Yefimova finished with a silver in 1:05.50.[5][6] King's teammate Katie Meili snared the final podium spot with a 1:05.69 for the bronze.[7]
China's Shi Jinglin delivered a time of 1:06.37 to pick up the fourth spot, just ahead of Canada's Rachel Nicol (1:06.68) by about three tenths of a second. Iceland's Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir placed sixth in 1:07.18, while Lithuania's world-record holder and defending champion Rūta Meilutytė could not reproduce her effort from London 2012 with a seventh-place time in 1:07.32. Jamaica's Alia Atkinson, fourth-place finalist at the previous Games, rounded out the top eight with a 1:08.10.[7]
The medals for the competition were presented by Richard Peterkin, IOC member from St. Lucia, and the gifts were presented by Donald Rukare, FINA bureau member.
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
1:04.35 | Barcelona, Spain | 29 July 2013 | [8] |
Olympic record | ![]() |
1:05.17 | Beijing, China | 10 August 2008 | [9] |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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8 August | Final | Lilly King | ![]() |
1:04.93 | OR |
Competition format
[edit]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 were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Yuliya Yefimova | ![]() |
1:05.72 | Q |
2 | 5 | Rūta Meilutytė | ![]() |
1:06.44 | Q |
3 | 2 | Jennie Johansson | ![]() |
1:07.06 | |
4 | 3 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | ![]() |
1:07.07 | |
5 | 6 | Taylor McKeown | ![]() |
1:07.12 | |
6 | 7 | Chloe Tutton | ![]() |
1:07.29 | |
7 | 8 | Kanako Watanabe | ![]() |
1:07.43 | |
8 | 1 | Jessica Vall | ![]() |
1:07.55 |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Lilly King | ![]() |
1:05.70 | Q |
2 | 3 | Shi Jinglin | ![]() |
1:06.31 | Q |
3 | 5 | Katie Meili | ![]() |
1:06.52 | Q |
6 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() |
Q | ||
5 | 2 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | ![]() |
1:06.71 | Q |
6 | 7 | Rachel Nicol | ![]() |
1:06.73 | Q |
7 | 1 | Satomi Suzuki | ![]() |
1:07.18 | |
8 | 8 | Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | ![]() |
1:07.41 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Lilly King | ![]() |
1:04.93 | OR |
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5 | Yuliya Yefimova | ![]() |
1:05.50 | |
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2 | Katie Meili | ![]() |
1:05.69 | |
4 | 3 | Shi Jinglin | ![]() |
1:06.37 | |
5 | 8 | Rachel Nicol | ![]() |
1:06.68 | |
6 | 1 | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | ![]() |
1:07.18 | |
7 | 6 | Rūta Meilutytė | ![]() |
1:07.32 | |
8 | 7 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() |
1:08.10 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Women's 100m Breaststroke". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Lilly King wins grudge-match gold and takes aim at team-mate Justin Gatlin". The Guardian. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Fenno, Nathan (9 August 2016). "Lilly King beats Yulia Efimova to win gold in 100-meter breaststroke duel". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Russia's Yulia Efimova beaten to gold by Lilly King". BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ Rogers, Martin (9 August 2016). "Russian Yulia Efimova breaks down in tears after losing to Lilly King". USA Today. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Lilly King Queen Of 100 Breaststroke; Sets New Olympic Record". Swimming World Magazine. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ Hope, Nick (29 July 2013). "World Swimming Championships: Ruta Meilutyte storms to record". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Leisel's Olympic redemption with elusive gold". ABC News. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ^ "SWW031900_ResultsSummary_2016_08_07.pdf" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "SWW031200_ResultsSummary_2016_08_07.pdf" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.