Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Date August 10, 2008 (heats)
August 11, 2008 (semifinals)
August 12, 2008 (final)
Competitors 49 from 39 nations
Winning time 1:05.17 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Leisel Jones  Australia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Rebecca Soni  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Mirna Jukić  Austria

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 10–12 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.[1]

After winning a silver medal in Sydney and a bronze in Athens, Australia's Leisel Jones stormed home on the final lap to claim an elusive gold in the event. She established an Olympic record of 1:05.17, just eight-hundredths of a second (0.08) off her global standard.[2][3] Coming from fifth place in the turn, U.S. swimmer Rebecca Soni earned a silver medal in 1:06.73.[4] Finishing fourth from the Olympic trials, she inherited a place in the event after Jessica Hardy's sudden withdrawal from the Games because of a doping irregularity.[5] Meanwhile, Mirna Jukić posted a time of 1:07.34 to settle for the bronze, holding off Russia's Yuliya Yefimova (1:07.43) to fourth place by almost a tenth of a second (0.10).[2]

Megan Jendrick, former Olympic champion from Sydney in 2000, finished fifth with a time of 1:07.62, edging out Aussie Tarnee White (1:07.63) in a close race by a hundredth of a second (0.01).[6] China's Sun Ye (1:08.08) and Japan's Asami Kitagawa (1:08.43) rounded out the finale.[2]

Earlier in the prelims, Jones opened up her meet by breaking a new Olympic record of 1:05.64, exactly a full second faster than a winning time set by Luo Xuejuan in Athens four years earlier.[7]

Records

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

World record Leisel Jones (AUS)1:05.09Melbourne, Australia20 March 2006
Olympic record Luo Xuejuan (CHN)1:06.64Athens, Greece16 August 2004

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 10Heat 7Leisel Jones Australia1:05.64OR
August 12FinalLeisel Jones Australia1:05.17OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174Leisel Jones Australia1:05.64Q, OR
273Yuliya Efimova Russia1:06.08Q, EU
356Mirna Jukić Austria1:07.06Q
454Rebecca Soni United States1:07.44Q
571Suzaan van Biljon South Africa1:07.55Q
661Sun Ye China1:07.81Q
764Tarnee White Australia1:07.83Q
876Joline Höstman Sweden1:07.91Q
975Megan Jendrick United States1:08.07Q
1057Jillian Tyler Canada1:08.13Q
1163Kate Haywood Great Britain1:08.18Q
1252Chen Huijia China1:08.24Q
1353Annamay Pierse Canada1:08.25Q
1462Kirsty Balfour Great Britain1:08.30Q
1551Asami Kitagawa Japan1:08.36Q
1678Elise Matthysen Belgium1:08.37Q, NR
1766Megumi Taneda Japan1:08.45
1872Elena Bogomazova Russia1:08.63
1932Sara El Bekri Morocco1:08.66
2065Sarah Poewe Germany1:08.69
2167Hanna Westrin Sweden1:08.80
2244Roberta Panara Italy1:08.90
2345Jung Seul-ki South Korea1:09.26
2468Yuliya Pidlisna Ukraine1:09.72
2555Anna Khlistunova Ukraine1:09.95
2642Diana Gomes Portugal1:10.02
2743Inna Kapishina Belarus1:10.15
2841Dilara Buse Günaydin Turkey1:10.45
2958Sophie de Ronchi France1:10.46
3046Angeliki Exarchou Greece1:10.47
3136Adriana Marmolejo Mexico1:10.73NR
3247Nicolette Teo Singapore1:10.76
3333Smiljana Marinović Croatia1:10.94
3424Yekaterina Sadovnik Kazakhstan1:11.14
3548Jolijn van Valkengoed Netherlands1:11.26
3677Sonja Schöber Germany1:11.36
3734Liliana Guiscardo Argentina1:11.43
3825Valeria Silva Peru1:11.64NR
3938Tatiane Sakemi Brazil1:11.75
4035Erla Dogg Haraldsdóttir Iceland1:11.78
4131Réka Pecz Hungary1:12.17
4226Danielle Beaubrun Saint Lucia1:12.85
4337Nađa Higl Serbia1:13.19
4423Mayumi Raheem Sri Lanka1:15.33
4522Nibal Yamout Lebanon1:16.17NR
4627Oksana Hatamkhanova Azerbaijan1:20.22
4715Asmahan Farhat Libya1:21.68
4814Anna Salnikova Georgia1:21.70
4913Mariam Pauline Keita Mali1:24.26

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Rebecca Soni United States1:07.07Q
24Yuliya Yefimova Russia1:07.50Q
33Sun Ye China1:07.72Q
46Joline Höstman Sweden1:08.26
57Chen Huijia China1:08.60
62Jillian Tyler Canada1:09.00
68Elise Matthysen Belgium1:09.00
81Kirsty Balfour Great Britain1:09.23

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Leisel Jones Australia1:05.80Q
25Mirna Jukić Austria1:07.27Q
36Tarnee White Australia1:07.48Q
42Megan Jendrick United States1:08.07Q
58Asami Kitagawa Japan1:08.23Q
61Annamay Pierse Canada1:08.27
77Kate Haywood Great Britain1:08.36
83Suzaan van Biljon South Africa1:09.56

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Leisel Jones Australia1:05.17OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)5Rebecca Soni United States1:06.73
3rd, bronze medalist(s)3Mirna Jukić Austria1:07.34
42Yuliya Yefimova Russia1:07.43
51Megan Jendrick United States1:07.62
66Tarnee White Australia1:07.63
77Sun Ye China1:08.08
88Asami Kitagawa Japan1:08.43

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Swimming Schedule". USA Today. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Lohn, John (12 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Leisel Jones Scares World Record, Gets Olympic Standard in Women's 100 Breast Victory". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Leisel's Olympic redemption with elusive gold". ABC News. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Soni wins silver in women's 100 breast". NBC News. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Crouse, Karen (2 August 2008). "Swimmer Pulls Out, Upsetting Her Rivals". NBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Staff (12 August 2008). "A red-white-and-blue day for U.S. swimmers". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Lohn, John (12 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Lethal Leisel Jones Crushes Olympic Record in Women's 100 Breast". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
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