Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle

Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Dates August 3, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
August 4, 2012 (final)
Competitors 73 from 64 nations
Winning time 24.05 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ranomi Kromowidjojo
 Netherlands
2nd, silver medalist(s) Aliaksandra Herasimenia
 Belarus
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Marleen Veldhuis
 Netherlands

The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 3–4 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Netherlands' Ranomi Kromowidjojo smashed a new Olympic record to strike a fourth sprint freestyle double in history, since East German Kristin Otto did so in 1988, her fellow countrywoman Inge de Bruijn in 2000, and Germany's defending champion Britta Steffen in 2008. She blistered the field with a sterling time and a textile best in 24.05 to slice off Steffen's previous Olympic record by a hundredth of a second (0.01).[2][3] Belarus' Aliaksandra Herasimenia added a second silver to her Olympic hardware in a national record of 24.28, while Kromowidjojo's teammate Marleen Veldhuis edged out the scorching Steffen (24.46) by 0.07 seconds to snatch the bronze in 24.39, handing over an entire medal haul for the Dutch squad with a one–three finish.[4][5]

Great Britain's home favorite Francesca Halsall finished behind Steffen by a fingertip with a fifth-place time in 24.47.[6] Meanwhile, Sweden's Therese Alshammar shook off a pinched nerve injury to officially compete in her fifth Olympics, but managed only to claim a sixth spot in 24.61.[5] U.S. swimmer Jessica Hardy (24.62) and the Bahamas' Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (24.69) rounded out the field in a splash-and-dash finale.[5][7]

Notable swimmers missed the top-eight final including Aussie sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell, defending bronze medalist; and Halsall's teammate Amy Smith, who finished outside the roster by 16-hundredths of a second with a ninth-place time in 24.87.[8][9] Earlier on the morning prelims, Smith picked up a sixteenth spot in a most exciting three-way swim-off against U.S. sprinter Kara Lynn Joyce and Iceland's Sarah Blake Bateman after they each posted a matching time of 25.28.[10][11]

Records

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

World record Britta Steffen (GER)23.73Rome, Italy2 August 2009
Olympic record Britta Steffen (GER)24.06Beijing, China17 August 2008

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 4FinalRanomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands24.05OR

Results

Heats

[12]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1104Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands24.51Q
2105Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands24.57Q
394Francesca Halsall Great Britain24.61Q
495Britta Steffen Germany24.70Q
593Aliaksandra Herasimenia Belarus24.76Q
684Therese Alshammar Sweden24.77Q
7102Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Bahamas24.85Q
106Jeanette Ottesen DenmarkQ
983Bronte Campbell Australia24.87Q
1085Cate Campbell Australia24.94Q
96Sarah Sjöström SwedenQ
12103Jessica Hardy United States24.99Q
1387Theodora Drakou Greece25.13Q
1497Victoria Poon Canada25.15Q
1598Anna Santamans France25.23Q
1676Sarah Blake Bateman Iceland25.28QSO
86Kara Lynn Joyce United StatesQSO
92Amy Smith Great BritainQSO
19107Triin Aljand Estonia25.33
20101Sviatlana Khakhlova Belarus25.36
2182Nery Mantey Niangkouara Greece25.40
2281Graciele Herrmann Brazil25.44
2372Hayley Palmer New Zealand25.47
2463Zhu Qianwei China25.54
91Pernille Blume Denmark
2654Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania25.55NR
65Hanna-Maria Seppälä Finland
2874Arlene Semeco Venezuela25.56
2977Vanessa García Puerto Rico25.58
3073Anna Dowgiert Poland25.59
3178Jolien Sysmans Belgium25.60
3266Erika Ferraioli Italy25.69
33108Darya Stepanyuk Ukraine25.70
3475Burcu Dolunay Turkey25.72
3588Yayoi Matsumoto Japan25.73
3671Trudi Maree South Africa25.78
3768Alia Atkinson Jamaica25.98
3862Miroslava Syllabová Slovakia26.07
3953Gabriela Ņikitina Latvia26.26
4055Chinyere Pigot Suriname26.30
4161Farida Osman Egypt26.34
4267Miroslava Najdanovski Serbia26.46
4356Nicola Muscat Malta27.22
4452Jessica Teixeira Vieira Mozambique27.39
4557Talita Baqlah Jordan27.45
4642Joyce Tafathata Malawi27.74
4745Judith Meauri Papua New Guinea27.84
4851Faye Sultan Kuwait27.92NR
4944Ann-Marie Hepler Marshall Islands28.06
5043Keesha Keane Palau28.25
5146Sabine Hazboun Palestine28.28
5258Jamila Lunkuse Uganda28.44
5348Antoinette Guedia Mouafo Cameroon29.28
5447Celeste Brown Cook Islands29.36
5533Karin O'Reilly Clashing Antigua and Barbuda30.01
5626Debra Daniel Federated States of Micronesia30.32
5736Hemthon Vitiny Cambodia30.44
5835Alphonsine Agahozo Rwanda30.72
5932Nada Arkaji Qatar30.89
6034Katerina Izmaylova Tajikistan31.27
6141Mariana Henriques Angola31.36
6237Fatoumata Samassekou Mali31.88
6324Angelika Ouedraogo Burkina Faso32.19
6438Aminath Shajan Maldives32.23
6531Yanet Seyoum Ethiopia32.41
6623Assita Toure Ivory Coast33.09
6722Elsie Uwamahoro Burundi33.14
6825Sara Al Flaij Bahrain33.81
6927Aminata Aboubakar Yacoub Congo34.64
7021Mhasin Fadlalla Sudan35.07
7114Nafissatou Moussa Adamou Niger37.29
7215Adzo Kpossi Togo37.55
7313Masempe Theko Lesotho42.35
64Eszter Dara HungaryDNS

Qualification swim-off

[13]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Amy Smith Great Britain24.82Q
25Kara Lynn Joyce United States25.16
34Sarah Blake Bateman Iceland26.03

Semifinals

[14]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands24.50Q
25Britta Steffen Germany24.57Q
36Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Bahamas24.64Q, NR
47Jessica Hardy United States24.68Q
53Therese Alshammar Sweden24.71Q
68Amy Smith Great Britain24.87
72Cate Campbell Australia25.01
81Victoria Poon Canada25.17

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands24.07Q
23Aliaksandra Herasimenia Belarus24.45Q, NR
35Francesca Halsall Great Britain24.63Q
42Bronte Campbell Australia24.94
8Anna Santamans France
66Jeanette Ottesen Denmark24.99
77Sarah Sjöström Sweden25.08
81Theodora Drakou Greece25.28

Final

[15]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands24.05OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)5Aliaksandra Herasimenia Belarus24.28NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s)3Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands24.39
46Britta Steffen Germany24.46
52Francesca Halsall Great Britain24.47
68Therese Alshammar Sweden24.61
71Jessica Hardy United States24.62
87Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Bahamas24.69

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming: Results & Schedules". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Dillman, Lisa (4 August 2012). "London Olympics: Ranomi Kromowidjojo wins 50-meter freestyle". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Swimming: Kromowidjojo wins 50m freestyle gold". Reuters. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Olympics swimming: Kromowidjojo wins 50m freestyle, Halsall fifth". BBC Sport. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 "2012 London Olympics: Ranomi Kromowidjojo Sweeps Sprint Freestyle With Olympic Record; Aliaksandra Herasimenia, Marleen Veldhuis Finish Silver-Bronze; Defending Champ Britta Steffen Fourth, Jessica Hardy Seventh". Swimming World Magazine. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  6. ↑ White, Duncan (4 August 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: more frustration for Fran Halsall who misses out on 50m freestyle medal". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  7. ↑ Reid, Scott (4 August 2012). "Swimming: Jessica Hardy seventh in 50 freestyle". Orange County Register. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Campbell sisters qualify for semi-finals". ABC News Australia. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  9. ↑ Jones, Quinn (3 August 2012). "Sullivan finishes last in final". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  10. ↑ White, Duncan (3 August 2012). "Fran Halsall qualifies third for 50m freestyle semi-finals as she seeks to make amends at London 2012". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "2012 London Olympics: The Netherlands Qualifies 1-2 in Women's 50 Free With Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Marleen Veldhuis On Top; Defending Champ Britta Steffen, Jessica Hardy Among Semifinalists". Swimming World Magazine. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle – Heats". London 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  13. ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle – Qualification Swim-Off". London 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  14. ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle – Semi-finals". London 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  15. ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle – Final". London 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
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