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

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The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 18 and 19.[1]

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 18, 2004 (heats &
semifinals)
August 19, 2004 (final)
Competitors51 from 45 nations
Winning time53.84
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jodie Henry  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Inge de Bruijn  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Natalie Coughlin  United States
← 2000
2008 →

Australia's Jodie Henry edged out defending Olympic champion Inge de Bruijn to take the gold medal in this event, by thirty-two hundredths of a second (0.32), outside the record time of 53.84 seconds.[2] U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin, who previously claimed the title in the 100 m backstroke, earned the bronze at 54.40 seconds. In the semifinals, Henry captured fourteen hundredths of a second (0.14) off her teammate Lisbeth Lenton's world record (set five months earlier in Sydney), with a time of 53.52.[3] This was also the final appearance for de Bruijn at the Olympics, before she retired from her swimming career in 2007.[4]

Records

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

World record   Lisbeth Lenton (AUS) 53.66 Sydney, Australia 31 March 2004
Olympic record   Inge de Bruijn (NED) 53.77 Sydney, Australia 20 September 2000

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

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 18 Semifinal 2 Jodie Henry   Australia 53.52 WR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Inge de Bruijn   Netherlands 54.43 Q
2 5 5 Kara Lynn Joyce   United States 54.53 Q
3 7 5 Natalie Coughlin   United States 54.82 Q
4 7 4 Lisbeth Lenton   Australia 54.89 Q
5 6 3 Malia Metella   France 55.08 Q
6 7 2 Nery Mantey Niangkouara   Greece 55.12 Q
7 6 4 Jodie Henry   Australia 55.13 Q
8 7 6 Martina Moravcová   Slovakia 55.17 Q
9 7 3 Federica Pellegrini   Italy 55.41 Q
10 6 6 Alena Popchanka   Belarus 55.49 Q
11 6 2 Franziska van Almsick   Germany 55.57 Q, WD
12 5 1 Tomoko Nagai   Japan 55.76 Q
13 5 6 Marleen Veldhuis   Netherlands 55.81 Q
14 5 7 Josefin Lillhage   Sweden 55.87 Q
15 4 6 Hanna Shcherba   Belarus 56.01 Q
6 5 Hanna-Maria Seppälä   Finland Q
17 6 1 Ryu Yoon-ji   South Korea 56.02 Q
18 4 3 Jeanette Ottesen   Denmark 56.17
19 7 1 Paulina Barzycka   Poland 56.20
20 6 8 Rebeca Gusmão   Brazil 56.25
21 4 1 Alison Fitch   New Zealand 56.29
22 6 7 Cheng Jiaru   China 56.39
23 7 8 Jana Myšková   Czech Republic 56.59
24 7 7 Xu Yanwei   China 56.66
5 2 Johanna Sjöberg   Sweden
26 4 2 Sara Isaković   Slovenia 56.67
3 7 Dominique Diezi   Switzerland
28 5 8 Florencia Szigeti   Argentina 56.71
29 3 5 Arlene Semeco   Venezuela 57.04
30 4 8 Eileen Coparropa   Panama 57.09
31 4 7 Olga Mukomol   Ukraine 57.12
32 4 5 Anna Gostomelsky   Israel 57.15
33 3 6 Judith Draxler   Austria 57.29
34 3 8 Hannah Wilson   Hong Kong 57.33
35 2 2 Vanessa García   Puerto Rico 57.38
36 3 3 Lara Heinz   Luxembourg 57.40
37 4 4 Jana Kolukanova   Estonia 57.45
38 3 2 Ágnes Mutina   Hungary 58.10
39 3 1 Angela Chuck   Jamaica 58.33
40 3 4 Ragnheidur Ragnarsdóttir   Iceland 58.47
41 2 5 Yelena Skalinskaya   Kazakhstan 58.56
42 2 4 Linda McEachrane   Trinidad and Tobago 58.92
43 2 3 Agnese Ozoliņa   Latvia 59.03
44 2 6 Sung Yi-chieh   Chinese Taipei 59.18
45 2 7 Irina Shlemova   Uzbekistan 59.21
46 2 8 Shikha Tandon   India 59.70
47 2 1 Nicoleta Coica   Moldova 59.85
48 1 4 Carolina Cerqueda   Andorra 1:00.38
49 1 5 Larissa Inangorore   Burundi 1:23.90
50 1 3 Gloria Koussihouede   Benin 1:30.90
5 3 Melanie Marshall   Great Britain DNS

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kara Lynn Joyce   United States 54.81 Q
2 2 Alena Popchanka   Belarus 54.97 Q
3 3 Nery Mantey Niangkouara   Greece 55.02 Q
4 6 Martina Moravcová   Slovakia 55.08 Q
5 5 Lisbeth Lenton   Australia 55.17
6 7 Marleen Veldhuis   Netherlands 55.32
7 1 Hanna Shcherba   Belarus 55.67
8 8 Ryu Yoon-Ji   South Korea 55.85

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Jodie Henry   Australia 53.52 Q, WR
2 4 Inge de Bruijn   Netherlands 54.06 Q
3 5 Natalie Coughlin   United States 54.37 Q
4 3 Malia Metella   France 54.57 Q
5 2 Federica Pellegrini   Italy 55.30
6 8 Hanna-Maria Seppälä   Finland 55.59
7 1 Josefin Lillhage   Sweden 55.76
8 7 Tomoko Nagai   Japan 56.03

Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
  4 Jodie Henry   Australia 53.84
  5 Inge de Bruijn   Netherlands 54.16
  3 Natalie Coughlin   United States 54.40
4 6 Malia Metella   France 54.50
5 2 Kara Lynn Joyce   United States 54.54
6 1 Nery Mantey Niangkouara   Greece 54.81
7 8 Martina Moravcová   Slovakia 55.12
8 7 Alena Popchanka   Belarus 55.24

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. ^ "Jodie Henry wins gold in 100 metres freestyle". ABC News Australia. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ Thomas, Stephen (2 December 2006). "Aussie Jodie Henry Breaks World Record in 100 Freestyle – Blasts 53.52". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Olympic champion de Bruijn retires". Associated Press. NDTV. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
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