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Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

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The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 15 and 16.[1][2]

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 15, 2004 (heats &
semifinals)
August 16, 2004 (final)
Competitors48 from 43 nations
Winning time1:06.64 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Luo Xuejuan  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brooke Hanson  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leisel Jones  Australia
← 2000
2008 →

Chinese swimmer and triple world champion Luo Xuejuan won the gold medal in this event, with an Olympic record time of 1:06.64, missing the world record by 0.27 of a second.[3] Australia's Brooke Hanson took home the silver at 1:07.15, while her teammate and world record holder Leisel Jones, who won silver as a 15-year-old in Sydney (2000), finished behind Hanson for a bronze medal by a hundredth of a second (0.01), with a time of 1:07.16.[4] In 2007, Luo announced her official retirement from swimming, because of heart ailments that had plagued her and had caused fainting spells during her training.[5][6]

Records

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

World record   Leisel Jones (AUS) 1:06.37 Barcelona, Spain 21 July 2003
Olympic record   Penny Heyns (RSA) 1:07.02 Atlanta, United States 21 July 1996

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

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 15 Semifinal 1 Leisel Jones   Australia 1:06.78 OR
August 16 Final Luo Xuejuan   China 1:06.64 OR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Brooke Hanson   Australia 1:07.35 Q
2 6 4 Leisel Jones   Australia 1:07.69 Q
3 6 5 Tara Kirk   United States 1:07.92 Q
4 4 5 Sarah Poewe   Germany 1:07.97 Q
5 5 5 Amanda Beard   United States 1:08.04 Q
6 5 4 Luo Xuejuan   China 1:09.07 Q
7 5 3 Qi Hui   China 1:09.29 Q
8 4 2 Svitlana Bondarenko   Ukraine 1:09.35 Q
9 6 3 Rhiannon Leier   Canada 1:09.38 Q
10 5 6 Masami Tanaka   Japan 1:09.44 Q
11 6 7 Ágnes Kovács   Hungary 1:09.51 Q
12 6 2 Vipa Bernhardt   Germany 1:09.60 Q
13 4 6 Lauren van Oosten   Canada 1:09.93 Q
14 4 3 Mirna Jukić   Austria 1:09.99 Q
15 6 6 Elena Bogomazova   Russia 1:10.24 Q
16 5 7 Chiara Boggiatto   Italy 1:10.33 Q
17 5 2 Maria Östling   Sweden 1:10.45
18 2 4 Inna Kapishina   Belarus 1:10.66
19 4 7 Majken Thorup   Denmark 1:10.97
20 4 8 Smiljana Marinović   Croatia 1:11.00
21 5 1 Madelon Baans   Netherlands 1:11.10
22 3 2 Marina Kuč   Serbia and Montenegro 1:11.27
23 6 8 Eeva Saarinen   Finland 1:11.39
24 4 1 Diana Gomes   Portugal 1:11.40
6 1 Emma Robinson   Ireland
26 3 3 Ilkay Dikmen   Turkey 1:11.69
27 2 1 Imaday Nuñez Gonzalez   Cuba 1:12.14
28 3 5 Salama Ismail   Egypt 1:12.20
29 3 6 Javiera Salcedo   Argentina 1:12.46
5 8 Aikaterini Sarakatsani   Greece
31 3 8 Jaclyn Pangilinan   Philippines 1:12.47
32 2 6 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 1:12.53
33 3 7 Nicolette Teo   Singapore 1:12.87
34 3 4 Lee Ji-young   South Korea 1:12.93
35 3 1 Annabelle Carey   New Zealand 1:13.21
36 2 2 Siow Yi Ting   Malaysia 1:13.30
37 2 7 Valeria Silva   Peru 1:13.52
38 2 3 Adriana Marmolejo   Mexico 1:14.35
39 2 5 Yip Tsz Wa   Hong Kong 1:14.53
40 2 8 Íris Edda Heimisdóttir   Iceland 1:15.35
41 1 3 Katerine Moreno   Bolivia 1:18.25
42 1 4 Varduhi Avetisyan   Armenia 1:18.87
43 1 5 Shrone Austin   Seychelles 1:19.02
44 1 6 Nataliya Filina   Azerbaijan 1:20.21
45 1 2 Melissa Ashby   Grenada 1:22.67
46 1 8 Mariam Pauline Keita   Mali 1:30.40
47 1 7 Nayana Shakya   Nepal 1:32.92
48 1 1 Pamela Girimbabazi   Rwanda 1:50.39

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Leisel Jones   Australia 1:06.78 Q, OR
2 5 Sarah Poewe   Germany 1:07.48 Q
3 6 Svitlana Bondarenko   Ukraine 1:08.28 Q
4 3 Luo Xuejuan   China 1:08.57 Q
5 2 Masami Tanaka   Japan 1:09.11
6 7 Vipa Bernhardt   Germany 1:09.72
7 1 Mirna Jukić   Austria 1:10.06
8 8 Chiara Boggiatto   Italy 1:10.84

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Tara Kirk   United States 1:07.60 Q
2 4 Brooke Hanson   Australia 1:07.75 Q
3 3 Amanda Beard   United States 1:07.92 Q
4 6 Qi Hui   China 1:09.06 Q
5 7 Ágnes Kovács   Hungary 1:09.12
6 1 Lauren van Oosten   Canada 1:09.45
7 2 Rhiannon Leier   Canada 1:09.46
8 8 Elena Bogomazova   Russia 1:10.41

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  1 Luo Xuejuan   China 1:06.64 OR
  6 Brooke Hanson   Australia 1:07.15
  4 Leisel Jones   Australia 1:07.16
4 2 Amanda Beard   United States 1:07.44
5 5 Sarah Poewe   Germany 1:07.53
6 3 Tara Kirk   United States 1:07.59
7 7 Svitlana Bondarenko   Ukraine 1:08.19
8 Qi Hui   China DSQ

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Luo Xuejuan wins women's 100m breaststroke in Athens". People's Daily. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  4. ^ Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Leisel Jones Fails at the Final Hurdle; Once Again Beaten by China's Luo". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Luo Xuejuan Confirms Retirement". Swimming World Magazine. 29 January 2007. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  6. ^ "'Breaststroke Queen' Luo Abdicates". China Internet Information Center. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
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