Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

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Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Centre.
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates30 July 2024
(heats and semis)
31 July 2024
(final)
Competitors29 from 24 nations
Winning time52.16
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sarah Sjöström  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Torri Huske  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Siobhán Haughey  Hong Kong
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Swimming at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenmixedwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

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]


Records

Prior 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

Further information: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Each 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

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.

Schedule

All 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

Heats

29 competitors enter the event. The top sixteen on time advance to the semi-final.

Results[4]
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 2 4 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 52.99 Q
2 4 4 Siobhan Haughey  Hong Kong 53.02 Q
3 2 5 Yang Junxuan  China 53.05 Q
4 4 5 Marrit Steenbergen  Netherlands 53.22 Q
5 3 4 Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia 53.27 Q
6 3 5 Shayna Jack  Australia 53.40 Q
7 4 3 Torri Huske  United States 53.53 Q
8 2 3 Gretchen Walsh  United States 53.54 Q
9 3 2 Beryl Gastaldello  France 53.65 Q
10 3 3 Anna Hopkin  Great Britain 53.67 Q
4 1 Kayla Sanchez  Philippines 53.67 Q, NR
12 4 2 Marie Wattel  France 53.70 Q
13 4 6 Wu Qingfeng  China 54.03 Q
14 3 6 Michelle Coleman  Sweden 54.10 Q
15 4 7 Neza Klancar  Slovenia 54.12 Q
16 2 2 Maggie Mac Neil  Canada 54.16 Q, WD
17 2 6 Barbora Seemanova  Czech Republic 54.66 Q
18 2 7 Kalia Antoniou  Cyprus 54.75 R
19 3 1 Snaefridur Sol Jorunnardottir  Iceland 54.85
20 3 7 Kornelia Fiedkiewicz  Poland 55.25
21 3 8 Jana Pavalic  Croatia 55.77
22 4 8 Gloria Anna Muzito  Uganda 55.95
23 2 1 Jillian Janis Geohagan Crooks  Cayman Islands 56.15
24 2 8 Nesrine Medjahed  Algeria 57.34
25 1 4 Paige van der Westhuizen  Zimbabwe 58.19
26 1 3 Tilly Collymore  Grenada 58.84
27 1 5 Maxine Egner  Botswana 58.98
28 1 6 Aleka Kylela Persaud  Guyana 1:01.29
29 1 2 Rana Saadeldin  Sudan 1:04.72

Semifinals

The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advance to the final.

Results[5]
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

Results[6]
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden 52.16
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Torri Huske  United States 52.29
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
Statistics[7]
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

  1. ^ Burgaud, Florian (22 July 2024). "From concert hall and rugby stadium to Olympic swimming pool arena in a matter of weeks, the metamorphosis of the Paris La Défense Arena is complete". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b Entries list - Swimming, World Aquatics, archived from the original on 12 July 2024, retrieved 18 December 2024
  4. ^ "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  7. ^ 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.
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