Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle

Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates 12 August 2016 (heats &
semifinals)
13 August 2016 (final)
Competitors 91 from 76 nations
Winning time 24.07
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Pernille Blume
 Denmark
2nd, silver medalist(s) Simone Manuel
 United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Aliaksandra Herasimenia
 Belarus

The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 12–13 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Pernille Blume defeated the field of experienced sprinters to give Denmark its first Olympic swimming title in 68 years. Leading the program's shortest race from prelims into the semifinals, she splashed her way to a gold-medal triumph in 24.07, but fell short of her attempt to overhaul Ranomi Kromowidjojo's Olympic record by a small fraction of a second.[2][3] U.S. sprinter Simone Manuel, newly crowned Olympic champion of the 100 m freestyle, settled for the silver in 24.09, stopping 0.02 seconds behind Blume.[4][5] Meanwhile, London 2012 runner-up Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus secured the top three spot with a 24.11 for the bronze.[6]

Great Britain's Francesca Halsall narrowly missed out of the medals by 0.02 of a second, finishing with a fourth-place time in 24.13.[7] Unable to bounce back from their out-of-medal feat in the 100 m freestyle, sisters and pre-race favorites Cate (24.15) and Bronte Campbell (24.42) slipped to fifth and seventh, respectively, while defending champion Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands split the Australian duo to take the sixth spot in 24.19.[8][9] Brazil's hometown favorite Etiene Medeiros wrapped up the top eight with a 24.69.[6]

Notable swimmers failed to reach the top eight final, including Blume's fellow sprinter Jeanette Ottesen, London 2012 finalist Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace of the Bahamas, and Swedish tandem of three-time medalist Sarah Sjöström and Therese Alshammar, who built a historic milestone as the first ever female in the pool to compete at her sixth Olympics.[10]

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 Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED)24.05London, United Kingdom4 August 2012

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1126Pernille Blume Denmark24.23Q
2115Francesca Halsall Great Britain24.26Q
3106Aliaksandra Herasimenia Belarus24.42Q
4124Bronte Campbell Australia24.45Q
5105Abbey Weitzeil United States24.48Q
116Jeanette Ottesen DenmarkQ
7114Cate Campbell Australia24.52Q
8103Chantal Van Landeghem Canada24.57Q
104Ranomi Kromowidjojo NetherlandsQ
10125Sarah Sjöström Sweden24.66Q
11113Simone Manuel United States24.71Q
12117Therese Alshammar Sweden24.73Q
1397Inge Dekker Netherlands24.77Q
123Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace BahamasQ
127Dorothea Brandt GermanyQ
16112Etiene Medeiros Brazil24.82Q
17118Silvia di Pietro Italy24.89
1894Farida Osman Egypt24.91AF
107Liu Xiang China
121Michelle Williams Canada
21102Anna Santamans France24.93
2288Vanessa García Puerto Rico24.94NR
111Rozaliya Nasretdinova Russia
2474Susann Bjørnsen Norway25.05
25108Flóra Molnár Hungary25.07
2676Julie Meynen Luxembourg25.12
2796Yuliya Khitraya Belarus25.18
2875Liliana Ibáñez Mexico25.25
2995Aleksandra Urbańczyk Poland25.28
3072Isabella Arcila Colombia25.35
3184Mélanie Henique France25.36
3293Theodora Drakou Greece25.36
3387Zohar Shikler Israel25.38
3483Erika Ferraioli Italy25.40
3598Andrea Murez Israel25.41
3692Rikako Ikee Japan25.45
3785Anna Dowgiert Poland25.54
38128Nataliya Lovtsova Russia25.55
3986Birgit Koschischek Austria25.58
40101Graciele Herrmann Brazil25.60
4173Alexandra Touretski Switzerland25.66
4291Darya Stepanyuk Ukraine25.67
4381Yayoi Matsumoto Japan25.73
4478Camille Cheng Hong Kong25.92
4577Allyson Ponson Aruba26.00
4662Karen Torrez Bolivia26.12
4764Naomi Ruele Botswana26.23
4868Elinah Phillip British Virgin Islands26.26
4963Bayan Jumah Syria26.41
71Lin Pei-wun Chinese Taipei
5167Talita Baqlah Jordan26.48
5265Rebecca Heyliger Bermuda26.54
5366Nicola Muscat Malta26.60
5456Faye Sultan Independent Olympic Athletes26.86
5561Dorian McMenemy Dominican Republic27.37
5653Naomy Grand Pierre Haiti27.46
5755Samantha Roberts Antigua and Barbuda27.95
5844Colleen Furgeson Marshall Islands28.16
5952Noura Mana Morocco28.20
6046Yesuin Bayar Mongolia28.40NR
6158Irene Prescott Tonga28.68
6247Mary Al-Atrash Palestine28.76
6357Jamila Sanmoogan Guyana28.88
6451Lianna Swan Pakistan29.02
6533Dirngulbai Misech Palau29.19
6648Hemthon Vitiny Cambodia29.37NR
6734Angelika Ouedraogo Burkina Faso29.44
45Magdalena Moshi Tanzania
6935Sonia Aktar Bangladesh29.99NR
7016Ei Ei Thet Myanmar30.25
7142Ammara Pinto Malawi30.32
7241Debra Daniel Federated States of Micronesia30.83
7322Anastasiya Tyurina Tajikistan31.15
7413Fatema Almahmeed Bahrain32.28
7536Rahel Gebresilassie Ethiopia32.51
7637Siri Arun Budcharern Laos32.55NR
7726Laraïba Seibou Benin33.01
7815Nada Al-Bedwawi United Arab Emirates33.42
7938Adzo Kpossi Togo33.44
8031Elsie Uwamahoro Burundi33.70
8124Bellore Sangala Congo33.71
32Fatoumata Samassékou Mali
8327Roukaya Mahamane Niger35.60NR
8425Haneen Ibrahim Sudan36.23
8528Chloe Sauvourel Central African Republic37.15
8623Nazlati Mohamed Andhumdine Comoros37.66
8721Mariama Sow Guinea39.85
8814Bunturabie Jalloh Sierra Leone39.93
54Monika Vasilyan ArmeniaDNS
122Chen Xinyi ChinaDNS
43Awa Ly N'diaye SenegalDSQ

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Francesca Halsall Great Britain24.41Q
25Bronte Campbell Australia24.43Q
38Etiene Medeiros Brazil24.45Q, SA
41Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Bahamas24.60
56Chantal Van Landeghem Canada24.61
63Jeanette Ottesen Denmark24.62
72Sarah Sjöström Sweden24.69
87Therese Alshammar Sweden24.72

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Pernille Blume Denmark24.28Q
26Cate Campbell Australia24.32Q
32Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands24.39Q
47Simone Manuel United States24.44Q
55Aliaksandra Herasimenia Belarus24.53Q
63Abbey Weitzeil United States24.67
78Dorothea Brandt Germany24.71
81Inge Dekker Netherlands25.31

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Pernille Blume Denmark24.07NR
2nd, silver medalist(s)7Simone Manuel United States24.09
3rd, bronze medalist(s)8Aliaksandra Herasimenia Belarus24.11NR
46Francesca Halsall Great Britain24.13
55Cate Campbell Australia24.15
63Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands24.19
72Bronte Campbell Australia24.42
81Etiene Medeiros Brazil24.69

References

  1. ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Denmark gets first gold as Blume wins 50m freestyle". The Local. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Baldwin, Alan (13 August 2016). "Swimming: Blume wins Denmark's first swim gold since 1948". Reuters. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Amick, Sam (13 August 2016). "Simone Manuel wins silver in women's 50 free". USA Today. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Simone Manuel sprints to silver in 50 free; Denmark wins gold". Chicago Tribune. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Pernille Blume Dashes To 50 Free Dominance". Swimming World Magazine. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Fran Halsall finishes fourth in 50m freestyle in latest Olympic near-miss for Team GB swimmers". Daily Mail. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Sharwood, Anthony (14 August 2016). "Cate Campbell 5th, Bronte 7th, In Rio Olympics 50m Freestyle". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Cate Campbell and Bronte Campbell miss medals in Rio Olympics' 50m freestyle". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Pernille Blume Posts Fastest 50 Freestyle Prelims Time". Swimming World Magazine. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
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