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

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 16–17 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 16, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 17, 2000 (final)
Competitors50 from 40 nations
Winning time56.61 WR
Medalists
Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands
Martina Moravcová  Slovakia
Dara Torres  United States
Swimming at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Dutch rising star Inge de Bruijn shattered her own world record by 0.03 seconds to claim the gold medal in the event. Forging a narrow lead at the initial turn, she cruised her path on the final lap to hit the wall first in a sterling time of 56.61.[2][3] Slovakia's Martina Moravcová moved herself up from fourth to surge past the field for the silver medal in 57.97. At only 33 years of age and competing in her fourth Olympics since 1984, U.S. legend Dara Torres ended her seven-year retirement from the sport by taking home the bronze in 58.20.[4][5][6]

Australia's top favorite Petria Thomas failed to impress the home crowd with her fourth-place effort, finishing off the podium by 29-hundredths of a second in 58.49. Trailing behind De Bruijn by 0.12 seconds, Jenny Thompson faded down the final stretch to pick up a fifth spot in 58.73. Earlier in the prelims, she posted a leading time (57.66) to cut off Qian Hong's 1992 Olympic record by almost a full second.[7] Japan's Junko Onishi (59.13), Thomas' teammate Susie O'Neill (59.27), competing in her third Olympics, and Romania's Diana Mocanu (59.43) rounded out the finale.[6]

Before her breakthrough final, De Bruijn erased Thompson's record from heat five by 0.06 seconds to post a top-seeded time of 57.60 in the prelims.[7][8][9] Followed by an evening session on the first night of the Games, she eventually lowered it to 57.14 in the semifinals.[10]

Records

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

World record Inge de Bruijn (NED)56.64Seattle, United States22 July 2000[11]
Olympic record Qian Hong (CHN)58.62Barcelona, Spain29 July 1992[11]

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
16 SeptemberHeat 5Jenny Thompson United States57.66OR
16 SeptemberHeat 7Inge de Bruijn Netherlands57.60OR
16 SeptemberSemifinal 2Inge de Bruijn Netherlands57.14OR
17 SeptemberFinalInge de Bruijn Netherlands56.61WR

Results

Heats

[11]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174Inge de Bruijn Netherlands57.60Q, OR
254Jenny Thompson United States57.66Q, AM
375Petria Thomas Australia58.52Q
473Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland58.66Q, NR
564Dara Torres United States58.76Q
665Martina Moravcová Slovakia58.95Q
753Junko Onishi Japan59.11Q
866Mette Jacobsen Denmark59.45Q
955Susie O'Neill Australia59.49Q
1078Natalya Sutyagina Russia59.50Q, NR
1163Johanna Sjöberg Sweden59.59Q
1257Franziska van Almsick Germany59.72Q, WD
67Diana Mocanu RomaniaQ, NR
1443Sophia Skou Denmark59.79Q
1556Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden59.88Q
1677Mandy Loots South Africa59.94Q, AF
1761Cécile Jeanson France59.96Q
1862Liu Limin China59.98
1972Vered Borochovski Israel1:00.34
2044Jen Button Canada1:00.83
2158Jessica Deglau Canada1:00.97
76Maki Mita Japan
2347Fabienne Dufour Belgium1:01.15
48Orsolya Ferenczy Hungary
2571Ruan Yi China1:01.16
2668Joscelin Yeo Singapore1:01.28
2752Daniela Samulski Germany1:01.31
2846Renate du Plessis South Africa1:01.32
2945María Peláez Spain1:01.47
3042Margaretha Pedder Great Britain1:01.53
3151Yekaterina Vinogradova Russia1:01.54
3233Maria Papadopoulou Cyprus1:01.64NR
3341Marja Pärssinen Finland1:01.94
3435Zampia Melachroinou Greece1:02.06
3532Lee Bo-eun South Korea1:02.22
3638Fabíola Molina Brazil1:02.77
3734Praphalsai Minpraphal Thailand1:02.99
3836Mariya Ogurtsova Ukraine1:03.00
3931Eydis Konráðsdóttir Iceland1:03.27
4037Siobhan Cropper Trinidad and Tobago1:03.34
4124Hsieh Shu-ting Chinese Taipei1:03.52
4223Yan Kay Flora Kong Hong Kong1:04.09
4322Ayse Diker Turkey1:04.65
4425María del Pilar Pereyra Argentina1:04.75
4514Lisa de la Motte Swaziland1:06.70
4613Angela Galea Malta1:07.88
4727Ellen Lendra Hight Zambia1:09.34
4826Mariya Bugakova Uzbekistan1:09.94
4915Tracy Ann Route Federated States of Micronesia1:13.53
21Kenza Bennaceur AlgeriaDNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Jenny Thompson United States58.18Q
23Martina Moravcová Slovakia58.49Q
37Diana Mocanu Romania59.12Q, NR
45Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland59.14
52Natalya Sutyagina Russia59.30
66Mette Jacobsen Denmark59.75
78Cécile Jeanson France59.80
81Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden1:00.40

Semifinal 2
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Inge de Bruijn Netherlands57.14Q, OR
25Petria Thomas Australia58.11Q
33Dara Torres United States58.35Q
46Junko Onishi Japan59.04Q
52Susie O'Neill Australia59.05Q
67Johanna Sjöberg Sweden59.15
78Mandy Loots South Africa59.63AF
81Sophia Skou Denmark59.89

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Inge de Bruijn Netherlands56.61WR
2Martina Moravcová Slovakia57.97NR
6Dara Torres United States58.20
45Petria Thomas Australia58.49
53Jenny Thompson United States58.73
67Junko Onishi Japan59.13
71Susie O'Neill Australia59.27
88Diana Mocanu Romania59.43

References
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