Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 16, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 17, 2000 (final)
Competitors50 from 40 nations
Winning time56.61 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martina Moravcová  Slovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dara Torres  United States
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Swimming at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
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 mmenwomen

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 16–17 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Dutch rising star Inge de Bruijn shattered her own world record by 0.03 seconds to claim the gold medal in the event. Forging a narrow lead at the initial turn, she cruised her path on the final lap to hit the wall first in a sterling time of 56.61.[2][3] Slovakia's Martina Moravcová moved herself up from fourth to surge past the field for the silver medal in 57.97. At only 33 years of age and competing in her fourth Olympics since 1984, U.S. legend Dara Torres ended her seven-year retirement from the sport by taking home the bronze in 58.20.[4][5][6]

Australia's top favorite Petria Thomas failed to impress the home crowd with her fourth-place effort, finishing off the podium by 29-hundredths of a second in 58.49. Trailing behind De Bruijn by 0.12 seconds, Jenny Thompson faded down the final stretch to pick up a fifth spot in 58.73. Earlier in the prelims, she posted a leading time (57.66) to cut off Qian Hong's 1992 Olympic record by almost a full second.[7] Japan's Junko Onishi (59.13), Thomas' teammate Susie O'Neill (59.27), competing in her third Olympics, and Romania's Diana Mocanu (59.43) rounded out the finale.[6]

Before her breakthrough final, De Bruijn erased Thompson's record from heat five by 0.06 seconds to post a top-seeded time of 57.60 in the prelims.[7][8][9] Followed by an evening session on the first night of the Games, she eventually lowered it to 57.14 in the semifinals.[10]

Records

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

World record  Inge de Bruijn (NED) 56.64 Seattle, United States 22 July 2000 [11]
Olympic record  Qian Hong (CHN) 58.62 Barcelona, Spain 29 July 1992 [11]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
16 September Heat 5 Jenny Thompson  United States 57.66 OR
16 September Heat 7 Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands 57.60 OR
16 September Semifinal 2 Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands 57.14 OR
17 September Final Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands 56.61 WR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands 57.60 Q, OR
2 5 4 Jenny Thompson  United States 57.66 Q, AM
3 7 5 Petria Thomas  Australia 58.52 Q
4 7 3 Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland 58.66 Q, NR
5 6 4 Dara Torres  United States 58.76 Q
6 6 5 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 58.95 Q
7 5 3 Junko Onishi  Japan 59.11 Q
8 6 6 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 59.45 Q
9 5 5 Susie O'Neill  Australia 59.49 Q
10 7 8 Natalya Sutyagina  Russia 59.50 Q, NR
11 6 3 Johanna Sjöberg  Sweden 59.59 Q
12 5 7 Franziska van Almsick  Germany 59.72 Q, WD
6 7 Diana Mocanu  Romania Q, NR
14 4 3 Sophia Skou  Denmark 59.79 Q
15 5 6 Anna-Karin Kammerling  Sweden 59.88 Q
16 7 7 Mandy Loots  South Africa 59.94 Q, AF
17 6 1 Cécile Jeanson  France 59.96 Q
18 6 2 Liu Limin  China 59.98
19 7 2 Vered Borochovski  Israel 1:00.34
20 4 4 Jen Button  Canada 1:00.83
21 5 8 Jessica Deglau  Canada 1:00.97
7 6 Maki Mita  Japan
23 4 7 Fabienne Dufour  Belgium 1:01.15
4 8 Orsolya Ferenczy  Hungary
25 7 1 Ruan Yi  China 1:01.16
26 6 8 Joscelin Yeo  Singapore 1:01.28
27 5 2 Daniela Samulski  Germany 1:01.31
28 4 6 Renate du Plessis  South Africa 1:01.32
29 4 5 María Peláez  Spain 1:01.47
30 4 2 Margaretha Pedder  Great Britain 1:01.53
31 5 1 Yekaterina Vinogradova  Russia 1:01.54
32 3 3 Maria Papadopoulou  Cyprus 1:01.64 NR
33 4 1 Marja Pärssinen  Finland 1:01.94
34 3 5 Zampia Melachroinou  Greece 1:02.06
35 3 2 Lee Bo-eun  South Korea 1:02.22
36 3 8 Fabíola Molina  Brazil 1:02.77
37 3 4 Praphalsai Minpraphal  Thailand 1:02.99
38 3 6 Mariya Ogurtsova  Ukraine 1:03.00
39 3 1 Eydis Konráðsdóttir  Iceland 1:03.27
40 3 7 Siobhan Cropper  Trinidad and Tobago 1:03.34
41 2 4 Hsieh Shu-ting  Chinese Taipei 1:03.52
42 2 3 Yan Kay Flora Kong  Hong Kong 1:04.09
43 2 2 Ayse Diker  Turkey 1:04.65
44 2 5 María del Pilar Pereyra  Argentina 1:04.75
45 1 4 Lisa de la Motte  Swaziland 1:06.70
46 1 3 Angela Galea  Malta 1:07.88
47 2 7 Ellen Lendra Hight  Zambia 1:09.34
48 2 6 Mariya Bugakova  Uzbekistan 1:09.94
49 1 5 Tracy Ann Route  Federated States of Micronesia 1:13.53
2 1 Kenza Bennaceur  Algeria DNS

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jenny Thompson  United States 58.18 Q
2 3 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 58.49 Q
3 7 Diana Mocanu  Romania 59.12 Q, NR
4 5 Otylia Jędrzejczak  Poland 59.14
5 2 Natalya Sutyagina  Russia 59.30
6 6 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 59.75
7 8 Cécile Jeanson  France 59.80
8 1 Anna-Karin Kammerling  Sweden 1:00.40

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands 57.14 Q, OR
2 5 Petria Thomas  Australia 58.11 Q
3 3 Dara Torres  United States 58.35 Q
4 6 Junko Onishi  Japan 59.04 Q
5 2 Susie O'Neill  Australia 59.05 Q
6 7 Johanna Sjöberg  Sweden 59.15
7 8 Mandy Loots  South Africa 59.63 AF
8 1 Sophia Skou  Denmark 59.89

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands 56.61 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 57.97 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Dara Torres  United States 58.20
4 5 Petria Thomas  Australia 58.49
5 3 Jenny Thompson  United States 58.73
6 7 Junko Onishi  Japan 59.13
7 1 Susie O'Neill  Australia 59.27
8 8 Diana Mocanu  Romania 59.43

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ "De Bruijn soars to butterfly gold". BBC Sport. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  3. ^ Fitzpatrick, Frank (18 September 2000). "The Pool Is Whirling With Undercurrents Amid The Interest In World Records Are Subplots Among Some Of The Women That Are Downright Fascinating". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  4. ^ "De Bruijn leads records rush". News24. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Dolan, Bennett bring home gold for U.S. swimming". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 17 September 2000. Archived from the original on May 7, 2001. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  6. ^ a b Whitten, Phillip (17 September 2000). "Olympic Day 2 Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  7. ^ a b Whitten, Phillip (16 September 2000). "Olympic Day 1 Prelims – Complete". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  8. ^ Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ Morrissey, Rick (17 September 2000). "Well, It Was Nice While It Lasted". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  10. ^ Whitten, Phillip (16 September 2000). "Olympic Day 1 Finals (Complete)". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  11. ^ a b c "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 227–228. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
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