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

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Date 17 September 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
18 September 2000 (final)
Competitors 44 from 37 nations
Winning time 1:07.05 AM
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Megan Quann  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Leisel Jones  Australia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Penny Heyns  South Africa

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 17–18 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

At only 16 years of age, U.S. swimmer Megan Quann fulfilled her merciless prediction by knocking off South Africa's defending Olympic champion Penny Heyns in the event. Coming from third at the final turn, she surged powerfully past the champion over the last 25 metres to snatch the gold medal in a new American record of 1:07.05, just a small fraction closer to an Olympic standard.[2][3] Australia's overwhelming favorite Leisel Jones, who just turned 15, roared back from fifth place on the final stretch to take home the silver in 1:07.49. Heyns, who was struggling with her form in the prelims and semifinals, seized off a strong lead under a world-record pace (31.10), but ended up only with a bronze in a time of 1:07.55. Meanwhile, Sarah Poewe, the fastest qualifier for the final, trailed behind her teammate by three-tenths of a second in 1:07.85.[4][5][6]

Outside the 1:08-club, Hungary's Ágnes Kovács finished fifth in 1:08.09, and was followed in sixth by Japan's Masami Tanaka with a time of 1:08.37. Aussie favorite Tarnee White (1:09.09) and 31-year-old Sylvia Gerasch (1:09.86), a product of the old East German system, closed out the field.[6]

Notable swimmers missed out the top 8 final, featuring Quann's teammate Staciana Stitts, who had a poor start on the morning prelims with an eighteenth-place effort; and Angola's Nádia Cruz, the first for her nation to compete in all four editions of the Games since 1988.[7]

Records

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

World record Penny Heyns (RSA)1:06.52Sydney, Australia23 August 1999
Olympic record Penny Heyns (RSA)1:07.02Atlanta, United States21 July 1996

Results

Heats

[8]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Megan Quann United States1:07.48Q
264Penny Heyns South Africa1:07.85Q
363Leisel Jones Australia1:07.92Q
445Sarah Poewe South Africa1:08.06Q
543Tarnee White Australia1:08.35Q
655Ágnes Kovács Hungary1:08.50Q
744Masami Tanaka Japan1:09.12Q
866Sylvia Gerasch Germany1:09.31Q
942Brigitte Becue Belgium1:09.38Q
1047Christin Petelski Canada1:09.57Q
1153Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine1:09.60Q
1262Rhiannon Leier Canada1:09.68Q
1356Qi Hui China1:09.88Q
1467Simone Karn Germany1:09.94Q
1558Nataša Kejžar Slovenia1:10.44Q, NR
1668Madelon Baans Netherlands1:10.47Q
1751Olga Bakaldina Russia1:10.53
1865Staciana Stitts United States1:10.54
1946Li Wei China1:10.55
2057Heidi Earp Great Britain1:10.56
2152Alicja Pęczak Poland1:10.57
2261Emma Igelström Sweden1:11.09
2326İlkay Dikmen Turkey1:11.51NR
2434Elvira Fischer Austria1:11.58
2548Byun Hye-young South Korea1:11.64
2631Isabel Ceballos Colombia1:11.90NR
2737Agata Czaplicki Switzerland1:13.19
2835Joscelin Yeo Singapore1:13.25
2933Emma Robinson Ireland1:13.41
3032Smiljana Marinović Croatia1:13.49
3136Imaday Nuñez Gonzalez Cuba1:13.91
3224Siow Yi Ting Malaysia1:13.92
3323Íris Edda Heimisdóttir Iceland1:14.07
3425Olga Moltchanova Kyrgyzstan1:14.41
3538Jenny Rose Guerrero Philippines1:15.14
3622Caroline Chiu Sin Wing Hong Kong1:15.87
3721Katerine Moreno Bolivia1:16.15NR
3827Nádia Cruz Angola1:19.57
3928Xenia Peni Papua New Guinea1:19.62
4013Mariam Pauline Keita Mali1:37.80
4115Balkissa Ouhoumoudou Niger1:42.39
14Doli Akhter BangladeshDSQ
16Pamela Girimbabazi RwandaDSQ
41Junko Isoda JapanDNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Sarah Poewe South Africa1:07.48Q
23Ágnes Kovács Hungary1:07.79Q
34Penny Heyns South Africa1:08.33Q
46Sylvia Gerasch Germany1:09.33Q
52Christin Petelski Canada1:09.54
67Rhiannon Leier Canada1:09.63
71Simone Karn Germany1:09.85
88Madelon Baans Netherlands1:10.44

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Megan Quann United States1:07.79Q
25Leisel Jones Australia1:08.03Q
33Tarnee White Australia1:08.61Q
46Masami Tanaka Japan1:09.04Q
52Brigitte Becue Belgium1:09.47
61Qi Hui China1:09.81
77Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine1:09.84
88Nataša Kejžar Slovenia1:10.66

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)5Megan Quann United States1:07.05AM
2nd, silver medalist(s)6Leisel Jones Australia1:07.49OC
3rd, bronze medalist(s)2Penny Heyns South Africa1:07.55
44Sarah Poewe South Africa1:07.85
53Ágnes Kovács Hungary1:08.09
61Masami Tanaka Japan1:08.37
77Tarnee White Australia1:09.09
88Sylvia Gerasch Germany1:09.86

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Swimmers Krayzelburg, Quann Win Gold". ABC News. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Robertson, Linda (18 September 2000). "Krayzelburg, Quann Pan Olympic Gold". ABC News. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "U.S. teenager wins 100 breaststroke". ESPN. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Lemke, Gary (18 September 2000). "Penny third as Quann triumphs". Independent Online (South Africa). Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  6. 1 2 Whitten, Phillip (18 September 2000). "Olympic Day 3 Finals (100 Breast, 100 Back M, 100 Back W, 200 Free)". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Whitten, Phillip (17 September 2000). "Olympic Prelims: Day Two". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  8. ↑
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