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

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9–11 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.[1]

Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
DateAugust 9, 2008 (heats)
August 10, 2008 (semifinals)
August 11, 2008 (final)
Competitors49 from 38 nations
Winning time56.73 OC
Medalists
Lisbeth Trickett  Australia
Christine Magnuson  United States
Jessicah Schipper  Australia
Swimming at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

Top favorite Lisbeth Trickett powered past the entire field to earn Australia's second straight gold in the event. She posted a lifetime best of 56.73, just 0.12 of a second outside the world record set by Dutch swimmer Inge de Bruijn at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2][3] U.S. swimmer Christine Magnuson took home the silver in 57.10, while Trickett's teammate Jessicah Schipper picked up the bronze in 57.25, handing an entire medal haul for the Aussies in the pool.[4]

China's Zhou Yafei finished fourth with a time of 57.84, while Tao Li made a historic milestone for Singapore as she became the nation's first ever swimmer to reach an Olympic final, earning a fifth spot in 57.99.[5] Meanwhile, Great Britain's Jemma Lowe (58.06), Brazil's Gabriella Silva (58.10), and Netherlands' Inge Dekker (58.54) closed out the field.[4]

Records

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

World record Inge de Bruijn (NED)56.61Sydney, Australia17 September 2000[6]
Olympic record Inge de Bruijn (NED)56.61Sydney, Australia17 September 2000[6]

Results

Heats
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164Jessicah Schipper Australia57.58Q
254Christine Magnuson United States57.70Q
63Zhou Yafei ChinaQ, AS
445Tao Li Singapore57.77Q
558Gabriella Silva Brazil58.00Q
655Elaine Breeden United States58.06Q
741Ilaria Bianchi Italy58.12Q
851Lize-Mari Retief South Africa58.20Q, AF
965Inge Dekker Netherlands58.22Q
1077Aurore Mongel France58.30Q
1156Natalya Sutyagina Russia58.32Q
1274Lisbeth Trickett Australia58.37Q
1362Eszter Dara Hungary58.39Q, NR
1472Alena Popchanka France58.40Q
1553Jeanette Ottesen Denmark58.44Q
1675Jemma Lowe Great Britain58.49Q
1746Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland58.53
1842Mandy Loots South Africa58.61
52Yuko Nakanishi Japan
2044Sara Isakovič Slovenia58.68NR
2173Francesca Halsall Great Britain58.70
2266Irina Bespalova Russia58.92
2367Yuka Kato Japan58.94
2443Kateryna Zubkova Ukraine58.99NR
2561Martina Moravcová Slovakia59.03
2634Birgit Koschischek Austria59.07NR
2776Sarah Sjöström Sweden59.08
2848Audrey Lacroix Canada59.10
68Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen Denmark
3031Hannah Wilson Hong Kong59.35
57Chantal Groot Netherlands
3224Triin Aljand Estonia59.43NR
78Xu Yanwei China
3447Daynara de Paula Brazil59.45
3536Sara Oliveira Portugal59.48
3635Anna Gostomelsky Israel59.50
3732Ingvild Snildal Norway59.86
3837Carolina Colorado Colombia1:00.06
3971Daniela Samulski Germany1:00.37
4025Choi Hye-ra South Korea1:00.65
4133Eirini Kavarnou Greece1:00.74
4238Heather Brand Zimbabwe1:01.39
4326Yang Chin-kuei Chinese Taipei1:01.60
4423Iris Rosenberger Turkey1:01.67
4522Natalia Hadjiloizou Cyprus1:01.80
4627Emilia Pikkarainen Finland1:02.31
4715Binta Zahra Diop Senegal1:04.26
4814Antonella Scanavino Uruguay1:04.28
4913Simona Muccioli San Marino1:04.91

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
17Lisbeth Trickett Australia57.05Q
24Christine Magnuson United States57.08Q, AM
35Tao Li Singapore57.54Q, AS
48Jemma Lowe Great Britain57.78Q, NR
52Aurore Mongel France58.46
61Alena Popchanka France58.55
3Elaine Breeden United States
86Lize-Mari Retief South Africa58.63

Semifinal 2
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Jessicah Schipper Australia57.43Q
25Zhou Yafei China57.68Q
32Inge Dekker Netherlands58.20Q
43Gabriella Silva Brazil58.39Q
51Eszter Dara Hungary58.84
67Natalya Sutyagina Russia59.07
78Jeanette Ottesen Denmark59.29
6Ilaria Bianchi ItalyDSQ

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Lisbeth Trickett Australia56.73OC
5Christine Magnuson United States57.10
3Jessicah Schipper Australia57.25
42Zhou Yafei China57.84
56Tao Li Singapore57.99
67Jemma Lowe Great Britain58.06
78Gabriella Silva Brazil58.10
81Inge Dekker Netherlands58.54

References
  1. "Olympic Swimming Schedule". USA Today. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. "Trickett takes gold in 100m fly". ABC News. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  3. "Libby Trickett wins gold in 100m butterfly at Beijing Olympics". The Australian. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  4. Lohn, John (10 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Libby Trickett Wins Gold in 100 Fly". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  5. "Tao Li takes 5th place at Olympic swimming final". AsiaOne. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  6. "De Bruijn soars to butterfly gold". BBC News. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
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