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The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 25 to 27 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's twenty-third consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1924. An unusual occurrence happened where the Olympic record for this event was broken three times in a single day and five times through the course of the entire competition.[2]

Records

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

World record  Kaylee McKeown (AUS) 57.45 Adelaide, Australia 13 June 2021 [3]
Olympic record  Emily Seebohm (AUS) 58.23 London, United Kingdom 29 July 2012 [4]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Swimmer Nation Time Record
July 25 Heat 4 Kylie Masse  Canada 58.17 OR
July 25 Heat 5 Regan Smith  United States 57.96 OR
July 25 Heat 6 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 57.88 OR
July 26 Semifinal 1 Regan Smith  United States 57.86 OR
July 27 Final Kaylee McKeown  Australia 57.47 OR

Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event was 1:00.25. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) could automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time was 1:02.06. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time was 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 could also use their universality place.[5]

Competition format

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.[6]

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
25 July 2021 19:00 Heats
26 July 2021 11:53 Semifinals
27 July 2021 10:51 Final

Results

Heats

The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[7]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 6 4 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 57.88 Q, OR
2 5 4 Regan Smith  United States 57.96 Q
3 4 4 Kylie Masse  Canada 58.17 Q
4 6 5 Kathleen Dawson  Great Britain 58.69 Q
5 6 3 Emily Seebohm  Australia 58.86 Q
6 5 5 Rhyan White  United States 59.02 Q
7 5 3 Kira Toussaint  Netherlands 59.21 Q
8 4 3 Margherita Panziera  Italy 59.74 Q
9 5 1 Peng Xuwei  China 59.78 Q
10 5 6 Maria Kameneva  ROC 59.88 Q
11 4 5 Taylor Ruck  Canada 59.89 Q
12 4 7 Anastasia Gorbenko  Israel 59.90 Q
13 4 6 Anastasia Fesikova  ROC 59.92 Q
14 6 2 Cassie Wild  Great Britain 59.99 Q
15 5 7 Maaike de Waard  Netherlands 1:00.03 Q
16 4 1 Anna Konishi  Japan 1:00.04 Q
17 3 2 Mimosa Jallow  Finland 1:00.06 NR
18 5 8 Katalin Burián  Hungary 1:00.07
6 8 Ingeborg Løyning  Norway 1:00.07
20 4 8 Lee Eun-ji  South Korea 1:00.14
21 5 2 Michelle Coleman  Sweden 1:00.54
22 6 7 Chen Jie  China 1:00.63
23 3 5 Béryl Gastaldello  France 1:00.69
24 6 1 Laura Riedemann  Germany 1:00.81
25 3 3 Danielle Hill  Ireland 1:00.86
26 3 6 Stephanie Au  Hong Kong 1:01.07
27 4 2 Simona Kubová  Czech Republic 1:01.35
28 2 5 Tatiana Salcuțan  Moldova 1:01.59
29 3 8 Lena Grabowski  Austria 1:01.80
30 3 1 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 1:01.97
31 2 7 McKenna DeBever  Peru 1:02.09 NR
32 3 7 Isabella Arcila  Colombia 1:02.28
33 2 4 Ali Galyer  New Zealand 1:02.65
34 1 5 Donata Katai  Zimbabwe 1:02.73
35 2 6 Krystal Lara  Dominican Republic 1:03.07
36 2 3 Celina Márquez  El Salvador 1:03.75
37 2 1 Danielle Titus  Barbados 1:04.53
38 2 2 Felicity Passon  Seychelles 1:04.66
39 1 4 Maana Patel  India 1:05.20
40 2 8 Diana Nazarova  Kazakhstan 1:06.99
41 1 3 Kimberly Ince  Grenada 1:10.24
3 4 Louise Hansson  Sweden DNS
6 6 Anastasiya Shkurdai  Belarus DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 1 4 Regan Smith  United States 57.86 Q, OR
2 2 5 Kylie Masse  Canada 58.09 Q
3 2 4 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 58.11 Q
4 1 3 Rhyan White  United States 58.46 Q
5 1 5 Kathleen Dawson  Great Britain 58.56 Q
6 2 3 Emily Seebohm  Australia 58.59 Q
7 2 6 Kira Toussaint  Netherlands 59.09 Q
8 1 7 Anastasia Gorbenko  Israel 59.30 Q, NR
9 2 7 Taylor Ruck  Canada 59.45
10 1 2 Maria Kameneva  ROC 59.49
11 1 6 Margherita Panziera  Italy 59.75
12 2 2 Peng Xuwei  China 59.98
13 1 8 Anna Konishi  Japan 1:00.07
14 1 1 Cassie Wild  Great Britain 1:00.20
2 1 Anastasia Fesikova  ROC 1:00.20
16 2 8 Maaike de Waard  Netherlands 1:00.49

Final

[9]

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 57.47 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Kylie Masse  Canada 57.72
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Regan Smith  United States 58.05
4 6 Rhyan White  United States 58.43
5 7 Emily Seebohm  Australia 58.45
6 2 Kathleen Dawson  Great Britain 58.70
7 1 Kira Toussaint  Netherlands 59.11
8 8 Anastasia Gorbenko  Israel 59.53

References

  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ Dornan, Ben (27 July 2021). "Kaylee McKeown Wins Australian Women's 1st 100 Back Gold in OLY Record Fashion". SwimSwam. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  3. ^ News, ABC (13 June 2021). "Kaylee McKeown breaks 100m backstroke world record at Australian Olympic trials". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 June 2021. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Seebohm breaks Olympic record". ABC News Australia. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  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 Summary" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Omega SA. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Semifinals Results Summary" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Omega SA. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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