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

The women's 100m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

was held August 15 & 16, 2004 (prelims and semifinals on the 15th; finals on the 16th).

Medalist

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Luo Xuejuan Luo Xuejuan Luo Xuejuan is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed mostly in the breaststroke. She is a former World Record holder in swimming, and in some meet results she is listed as "LUO Xue Juan".-Career:... '	Brooke Hanson Brooke Hanson Brooke Louise Hanson OAM is a former Australian swimmer.A swimmer since the age of four, Hanson was the youngest swimmer on the Australian national team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she finished fourth in the 200 m breaststroke... '	Leisel Jones Leisel Jones Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold... '

Records

The World and Olympic Records at the start of the event were:

Record	Time	Swimmer	Nationality	Place	Date
World Record	1:06.37	Leisel Jones Leisel Jones Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...	Australia	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	21 July 2003
Olympic Record	1:07.02	Penelope Heyns Penelope Heyns Penelope Heyns is a South African swimmer, who is best known for being the only woman in the history of the Olympic Games to have won both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events - at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games - making her South Africa's first post-apartheid Olympic gold medallist following...	South Africa	Atlanta, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	21 July 1996

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
1	4	Brooke Hanson Brooke Hanson Brooke Louise Hanson OAM is a former Australian swimmer.A swimmer since the age of four, Hanson was the youngest swimmer on the Australian national team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she finished fourth in the 200 m breaststroke...	1:07.35	Q
2	6	Leisel Jones Leisel Jones Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...	1:07.69	Q
3	6	Tara Kirk Tara Kirk Tara Kirk is a former American swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke and Olympic silver medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke ....	1:07.92	Q
4	4	Sarah Poewe Sarah Poewe Sarah Poewe is an Olympic Breaststroke swimmer, who has swum internationally for both South Africa and Germany....	1:07.97	Q
5	5	Amanda Beard Amanda Beard Amanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke ....	1:08.04	Q
6	5	Luo Xuejuan Luo Xuejuan Luo Xuejuan is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed mostly in the breaststroke. She is a former World Record holder in swimming, and in some meet results she is listed as "LUO Xue Juan".-Career:...	1:09.07	Q
7	5	Qi Hui	1:09.29	Q
8	4	Svitlana Bondarenko	1:09.35	Q
9	6	Rhiannon Leier	1:09.38	Q
10	5	Masami Tanaka Masami Tanaka is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan. She won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in...	1:09.44	Q
11	6	Ágnes Kovács Ágnes Kovács Ágnes Kovács is a former Hungarian swimmer. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in 200 m breaststroke....	1:09.51	Q
12	6	Vipa Bernhardt	1:09.60	Q
13	4	Lauren van Oosten Lauren van Oosten Lauren van Oosten is a Canadian swimmer and a member of the Olympic swimming team for Canada.-Biography:She is originally from Nanaimo, British Columbia and is of Dutch heritage....	1:09.93	Q
14	4	Mirna Jukić Mirna Jukic Mirna Jukić is an retired former Austrian swimmer of Croatian origin who won a bronze medal in both short course and long course at the world championships in swimming. She is trained by her father Željko Jukić, a former basketball player...	1:09.99	Q
15	6	Elena Bogomazova	1:10.24	Q
16	5	Chiara Boggiatto Chiara Boggiatto Chiara Boggiatto is an Italian breaststroke swimmer. She was several times finalist in European and World Championship swimming 200 m breaststroke and relays...	1:10.33	Q
17	5	Maria Ostling Maria Östling Maria Cecilia Christina Östling is a former female breaststroke swimmer from Sweden, who twice won a gold medal at the European Championships. She competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, in the women's 100 m breaststroke and the women's 200 m...	1:10.45
18	2	Ina Kapishina	1:10.66
19	4	Majken Thorup	1:10.97
20	4	Smiljana Marinović Smiljana Marinovic Smiljana Marinović is a breaststroke swimmer from Croatia, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in Sydney 2000.-External links:*...	1:11.00
21	5	Madelon Baans Madelon Baans Madelon Baans is a retired female breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia...	1:11.10
22	3	Marina Kuc	1:11.27
23	6	Eeva Saarinen Eeva Saarinen Eeva Kuusela née Saarinen is a female breaststroke swimmer from Finland. She competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:**...	1:11.39
24	4	Diana Gomes	1:11.40
24	6	Emma Robinson	1:11.40
26	3	Ilkay Dikmen	1:11.69
27	2	Imaday Nunez Gonzalez	1:12.14
28	3	Salama Ismail	1:12.20
29	3	Javiera Salcedo	1:12.46
29	5	Aikaterini Sarakatsani	1:12.46
31	3	Jaclyn Pangilinan	1:12.47
32	2	Alia Atkinson Alia Atkinson Alia Shanee Atkinson is a Jamaican swimmer and Olympian.She competed at the 2004 Olympics, and four years later in the 2008 Olympics she finished 25th in the Women's 200 breaststroke....	1:12.53
33	3	Nicolette Teo Nicolette Teo Nicolette Teo Wei-min is a Singaporean swimmer who specializes in breaststroke.-High school:Nicolette was a former student at Methodist Girls' School in Singapore. Nicolette represented Mission Viejo High School in the California Interscholastic Federation's swimming tournament...	1:12.87
34	3	Lee Ji-Young Lee Ji-Young Lee Ji-Young is a South Korean catcher for the Samsung Lions in the Korea Baseball Organization. He bats and throws right-handed.-Amateur career:...	1:12.93
35	3	Annabelle Carey	1:13.21
36	2	Yi Ting Siow	1:13.30
37	2	Valeria Silva	1:13.52
38	2	Adriana Marmolejo Adriana Marmolejo Adriana Marmolejo is a 3-time Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Mexico. She swam at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics;, making her the first Mexican woman to swim at 3 Olympic Games...	1:14.35
39	2	Tsz Wa Yip	1:14.53
40	2	Íris Edda Heimisdóttir	1:15.35
41	1	Katerine Moreno Katerine Moreno Katerine Moreno de Quintanilla is a retired female swimmer from Bolivia. She competed in four Summer Olympics for her native South American country, starting in 1988.-References:*...	1:18.25
42	1	Varduhi Avetisyan	1:18.87
43	1	Shrone Austin	1:19.02
44	1	Nataliya Filina	1:20.21
45	1	Melissa Ashby	1:22.67
46	1	Pauline Keita	1:30.40
47	1	Nayana Shakya	1:32.92
48	1	Pamela Girimbabazi Pamela Girimbabazi Pamela Girimbabazi Rugabira, born January 10, 1985, is an Olympic swimmer from Rwanda. She swam for Rwanda at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics; and was the country's flagbearer in 2008.During that time, she "never had a formal swim lesson or regular coach"...	1:50.39

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Leisel Jones Leisel Jones Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...	1:06.78	Q, OR
2	1	5	Sarah Poewe Sarah Poewe Sarah Poewe is an Olympic Breaststroke swimmer, who has swum internationally for both South Africa and Germany....	1:07.48	Q
3	2	5	Tara Kirk Tara Kirk Tara Kirk is a former American swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke and Olympic silver medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke ....	1:07.60	Q
4	2	4	Brooke Hanson Brooke Hanson Brooke Louise Hanson OAM is a former Australian swimmer.A swimmer since the age of four, Hanson was the youngest swimmer on the Australian national team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she finished fourth in the 200 m breaststroke...	1:07.75	Q
5	2	3	Amanda Beard Amanda Beard Amanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke ....	1:07.92	Q
6	1	6	Svitlana Bondarenko	1:08.28	Q
7	1	3	Luo Xuejuan Luo Xuejuan Luo Xuejuan is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed mostly in the breaststroke. She is a former World Record holder in swimming, and in some meet results she is listed as "LUO Xue Juan".-Career:...	1:08.57	Q
8	2	6	Qi Hui	1:09.06	Q
9	1	2	Masami Tanaka Masami Tanaka is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan. She won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in...	1:09.11
10	2	7	Ágnes Kovács Ágnes Kovács Ágnes Kovács is a former Hungarian swimmer. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in 200 m breaststroke....	1:09.12
11	2	1	Lauren van Oosten Lauren van Oosten Lauren van Oosten is a Canadian swimmer and a member of the Olympic swimming team for Canada.-Biography:She is originally from Nanaimo, British Columbia and is of Dutch heritage....	1:09.45
12	2	2	Rhiannon Leier	1:09.46
13	1	7	Vipa Bernhardt	1:09.72
14	1	1	Mirna Jukić Mirna Jukic Mirna Jukić is an retired former Austrian swimmer of Croatian origin who won a bronze medal in both short course and long course at the world championships in swimming. She is trained by her father Željko Jukić, a former basketball player...	1:10.06
15	2	8	Elena Bogomazova	1:10.41
16	1	8	Chiara Boggiatto Chiara Boggiatto Chiara Boggiatto is an Italian breaststroke swimmer. She was several times finalist in European and World Championship swimming 200 m breaststroke and relays...	1:10.84

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Luo Xuejuan Luo Xuejuan Luo Xuejuan is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed mostly in the breaststroke. She is a former World Record holder in swimming, and in some meet results she is listed as "LUO Xue Juan".-Career:...		1:06.64	OR
	6	Brooke Hanson Brooke Hanson Brooke Louise Hanson OAM is a former Australian swimmer.A swimmer since the age of four, Hanson was the youngest swimmer on the Australian national team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she finished fourth in the 200 m breaststroke...		1:07.15
	4	Leisel Jones Leisel Jones Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...		1:07.16
4	2	Amanda Beard Amanda Beard Amanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke ....	United States	1:07.44
5	5	Sarah Poewe Sarah Poewe Sarah Poewe is an Olympic Breaststroke swimmer, who has swum internationally for both South Africa and Germany....	Germany	1:07.53
6	3	Tara Kirk Tara Kirk Tara Kirk is a former American swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke and Olympic silver medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke ....	United States	1:07.59
7	7	Svetlana Bondarenko Svetlana Bondarenko Svitlana Bondarenko is a former breaststroke swimmer from Ukraine, who won two silver medals at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.In the 1990s Bondarenko also won three silver medals at the European Championships...	Ukraine	1:08.19
-	8	Qi Hui	People's Republic of China	DQ

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.