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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates25 July 2021 (heats)
26 July 2021 (semifinals)
27 July 2021 (final)
Competitors41 from 34 nations
Winning time57.47
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kaylee McKeown  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kylie Masse  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Regan Smith  United States
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Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
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 mmenmixedwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 25 to 27 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's twenty-third consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1924. An unusual occurrence happened where the Olympic record for this event was broken three times in a single day and five times through the course of the entire competition.[2]

Summary

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Australia's world record holder Kaylee McKeown broke the Olympic record to win her first individual Olympic title in 57.47, just 0.02 seconds off her world record. Third at the turn, McKeown used a blistering back half to overtake the field and become Australia's first Olympic champion in this event. While Canada's defending Bronze medallist Kylie Masse led at the halfway mark, she could not withstand McKeown's late charge, touching for silver in 57.72 - only 0.02 seconds off her national record. U.S.' previous world record holder Regan Smith was unable to replicate her time from the heats and semi-finals, settling for bronze in 58.05. Though Smith's teammate Rhyan White (58.43) was second at the turn, she would fade over the final 50 m to take fourth place. Australia's Emily Seebohm (58.45), the 2012 silver medallist, was out-touched by 0.02 seconds to finish fifth.

Meanwhile, Great Britain's Kathleen Dawson could not repeat her stunning 58.01 swim from the European Championships months earlier, placing sixth. Dutch record holder Kira Toussaint also missed her national record from the Eindhoven Qualification Meet to take sixth. Israel's Anastasia Gorbenko came eight in 59.90, missing her personal best time from the semi-finals by 6 tenths of a second.

Records

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

World record  Kaylee McKeown (AUS) 57.45 Adelaide, Australia 13 June 2021 [3]
Olympic record  Emily Seebohm (AUS) 58.23 London, United Kingdom 29 July 2012 [4]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Swimmer Nation Time Record
July 25 Heat 4 Kylie Masse  Canada 58.17 OR
July 25 Heat 5 Regan Smith  United States 57.96 OR
July 25 Heat 6 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 57.88 OR
July 26 Semifinal 1 Regan Smith  United States 57.86 OR
July 27 Final Kaylee McKeown  Australia 57.47 OR

Qualification

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Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event was 1:00.25. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) could automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time was 1:02.06. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time was eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a female swimmer qualified in any event could also use their universality place.[5]

Competition format

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The competition consisted of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advanced to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the final.[6]

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
25 July 2021 19:00 Heats
26 July 2021 11:53 Semifinals
27 July 2021 10:51 Final

Results

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Heats

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The swimmers with the top 16 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the semifinals.[7]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 6 4 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 57.88 Q, OR
2 5 4 Regan Smith  United States 57.96 Q
3 4 4 Kylie Masse  Canada 58.17 Q
4 6 5 Kathleen Dawson  Great Britain 58.69 Q
5 6 3 Emily Seebohm  Australia 58.86 Q
6 5 5 Rhyan White  United States 59.02 Q
7 5 3 Kira Toussaint  Netherlands 59.21 Q
8 4 3 Margherita Panziera  Italy 59.74 Q
9 5 1 Peng Xuwei  China 59.78 Q
10 5 6 Maria Kameneva  ROC 59.88 Q
11 4 5 Taylor Ruck  Canada 59.89 Q
12 4 7 Anastasia Gorbenko  Israel 59.90 Q
13 4 6 Anastasia Fesikova  ROC 59.92 Q
14 6 2 Cassie Wild  Great Britain 59.99 Q
15 5 7 Maaike de Waard  Netherlands 1:00.03 Q
16 4 1 Anna Konishi  Japan 1:00.04 Q
17 3 2 Mimosa Jallow  Finland 1:00.06 NR
18 5 8 Katalin Burián  Hungary 1:00.07
6 8 Ingeborg Løyning  Norway 1:00.07
20 4 8 Lee Eun-ji  South Korea 1:00.14
21 5 2 Michelle Coleman  Sweden 1:00.54
22 6 7 Chen Jie  China 1:00.63
23 3 5 Béryl Gastaldello  France 1:00.69
24 6 1 Laura Riedemann  Germany 1:00.81
25 3 3 Danielle Hill  Ireland 1:00.86
26 3 6 Stephanie Au  Hong Kong 1:01.07
27 4 2 Simona Kubová  Czech Republic 1:01.35
28 2 5 Tatiana Salcuțan  Moldova 1:01.59
29 3 8 Lena Grabowski  Austria 1:01.80
30 3 1 Daryna Zevina  Ukraine 1:01.97
31 2 7 McKenna DeBever  Peru 1:02.09 NR
32 3 7 Isabella Arcila  Colombia 1:02.28
33 2 4 Ali Galyer  New Zealand 1:02.65
34 1 5 Donata Katai  Zimbabwe 1:02.73
35 2 6 Krystal Lara  Dominican Republic 1:03.07
36 2 3 Celina Márquez  El Salvador 1:03.75
37 2 1 Danielle Titus  Barbados 1:04.53
38 2 2 Felicity Passon  Seychelles 1:04.66
39 1 4 Maana Patel  India 1:05.20
40 2 8 Diana Nazarova  Kazakhstan 1:06.99
41 1 3 Kimberly Ince  Grenada 1:10.24
— 3 4 Louise Hansson  Sweden DNS
6 6 Anastasiya Shkurdai  Belarus DNS

Semifinals

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The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[8]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 1 4 Regan Smith  United States 57.86 Q, OR
2 2 5 Kylie Masse  Canada 58.09 Q
3 2 4 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 58.11 Q
4 1 3 Rhyan White  United States 58.46 Q
5 1 5 Kathleen Dawson  Great Britain 58.56 Q
6 2 3 Emily Seebohm  Australia 58.59 Q
7 2 6 Kira Toussaint  Netherlands 59.09 Q
8 1 7 Anastasia Gorbenko  Israel 59.30 Q, NR
9 2 7 Taylor Ruck  Canada 59.45
10 1 2 Maria Kameneva  ROC 59.49
11 1 6 Margherita Panziera  Italy 59.75
12 2 2 Peng Xuwei  China 59.98
13 1 8 Anna Konishi  Japan 1:00.07
14 1 1 Cassie Wild  Great Britain 1:00.20
2 1 Anastasia Fesikova  ROC 1:00.20
16 2 8 Maaike de Waard  Netherlands 1:00.49

Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 57.47 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Kylie Masse  Canada 57.72
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Regan Smith  United States 58.05
4 6 Rhyan White  United States 58.43
5 7 Emily Seebohm  Australia 58.45
6 2 Kathleen Dawson  Great Britain 58.70
7 1 Kira Toussaint  Netherlands 59.11
8 8 Anastasia Gorbenko  Israel 59.53

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ Dornan, Ben (27 July 2021). "Kaylee McKeown Wins Australian Women's 1st 100 Back Gold in OLY Record Fashion". SwimSwam. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  3. ^ News, ABC (13 June 2021). "Kaylee McKeown breaks 100m backstroke world record at Australian Olympic trials". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 June 2021. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Seebohm breaks Olympic record". ABC News Australia. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Heats Results Summary" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Omega SA. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Semifinals Results Summary" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Omega SA. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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