Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates 7 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
8 August 2016 (final)
Competitors 34 from 28 nations
Winning time 58.45
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Katinka Hosszú  Hungary
2nd, silver medalist(s) Kathleen Baker  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Kylie Masse  Canada
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Fu Yuanhui  China

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 7–8 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

After a world-record breaking victory in the 400 m individual medley two days earlier, Hungary's Katinka Hosszú touched out the U.S. swimmer Kathleen Baker at the home stretch to capture the sprint backstroke crown, and her second gold medal at these Games. Approaching the 50-metre lap, Baker pulled herself ahead of the field with a marginal lead, but Hosszú passed the American at the final 25-metre stretch to touch the wall first with a Hungarian record of 58.45.[2][3] Falling three tenths of a second short of the Olympic title, Baker picked up the silver instead at 58.75. Meanwhile, Canada's Kylie Masse and China's Fu Yuanhui tied for the bronze in a matching 58.76, breaking their national records respectively.[4][5]

Trailing Hosszú by a 0.35-second margin, Denmark's Mie Nielsen finished off the podium with a fifth-place time in 58.80, while Baker's teammate Olivia Smoliga moved up to sixth with a 58.95. London 2012 silver medalist and reigning World champion Emily Seebohm faded to seventh in 59.19, with fellow Australian swimmer Madison Wilson (59.23) finishing behind her by 0.04 of a second to round out the championship field.[5][6]

The medals for the competition were presented by Frankie Fredericks, Namibia, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Ben Ekumbo, Bureau Member of the FINA.

Records

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

World record Gemma Spofforth (GBR)58.12Rome, Italy28 July 2009
Olympic record Emily Seebohm (AUS)58.23London, United Kingdom29 July 2012

Results

Heats

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RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
143Kathleen Baker United States58.84Q
254Emily Seebohm Australia58.99Q
353Kylie Masse Canada59.07Q
444Mie Nielsen Denmark59.13Q
55Katinka Hosszú HungaryQ
635Olivia Smoliga United States59.60Q
746Georgia Davies Great Britain59.86Q
834Madison Wilson Australia59.92Q
945Fu Yuanhui China1:00.02Q
1033Anastasia Fesikova Russia1:00.04Q
1132Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe1:00.13Q
1252Dominique Bouchard Canada1:00.18Q
1348Matea Samardžić Croatia1:00.46Q
1442Wang Xueer China1:00.59Q
1541Duane da Rocha Spain1:00.87Q
1637Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Iceland1:00.89Q
1738Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic1:01.08
1851Kira Toussaint Netherlands1:01.17
1925Claudia Lau Hong Kong1:01.27
2058Yekaterina Rudenko Kazakhstan1:01.28
2124Alicja Tchórz Poland1:01.31
2247Katarína Listopadová Slovakia1:01.43
2336Daria Ustinova Russia1:01.45
2431Mimosa Jallow Finland1:01.58
2556Etiene Medeiros Brazil1:01.70
2657Natsumi Sakai Japan1:01.74
2723Alexus Laird Seychelles1:03.33
2822Kimiko Raheem Sri Lanka1:04.21
2926Lara Butler Cayman Islands1:04.98NR
3021Caylee Watson Virgin Islands1:07.19NR
3114Gaurika Singh Nepal1:08.45
3215Evelina Afoa Samoa1:08.74
3327Talisa Lanoe Kenya1:10.02
3413Rita Zeqiri Kosovo1:12.31NR

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
16Madison Wilson Australia59.03Q
25Mie Nielsen Denmark59.18Q
34Emily Seebohm Australia59.32Q
43Olivia Smoliga United States59.35Q
52Anastasia Fesikova Russia59.68
67Dominique Bouchard Canada1:00.54
78Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Iceland1:00.65
81Wang Xueer China1:01.44

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Kathleen Baker United States58.84Q
23Katinka Hosszú Hungary58.94Q
32Fu Yuanhui China58.95Q
45Kylie Masse Canada59.06Q, NR
56Georgia Davies Great Britain59.85
67Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe1:00.26
71Matea Samardžić Croatia1:00.60
88Duane da Rocha Spain1:00.85

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)5Katinka Hosszú Hungary58.45NR
2nd, silver medalist(s)4Kathleen Baker United States58.75
3rd, bronze medalist(s)2Kylie Masse Canada58.76NR
3Fu Yuanhui ChinaNR
57Mie Nielsen Denmark58.80
68Olivia Smoliga United States58.95
71Emily Seebohm Australia59.19
86Madison Wilson Australia59.23

References

  1. ↑ "Women's 100m Backstroke". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Hungary's 'Iron Lady' shines again as Olympic records tumble". Olympics. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Katinka Hosszu wins women's 100m backstroke to claim second gold". Daily Mail. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Hosszu wins 100m backstroke to claim second gold". Reuters. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Katinka Hosszu Collects Second Gold Medal of Rio Olympics With 100 Back Victory". Swimming World Magazine. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Rio 2016: Mitch Larkin, Emily Seebohm fall short in backstroke finals". ABC News Australia. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "SWW041900_ResultsSummary_2016_08_07.pdf:" (PDF). Rio 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "SWW041200_ResultsSummary_2016_08_07.pdf:" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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