Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle
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The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 | Final | Britta Steffen Britta Steffen Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle.... |
24.06 | OR |
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Sameera Al Bitar | 30.32 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Gloria Koussihouede Gloria Koussihouede Gloria Koussihouede, occasionally listed in results as "M. Koussihouede" is an Olympic swimmer from Benin. She swam at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.-Results:*2004 Olympics: Women's 100 free, 1:30.90... |
37.09 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 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"... |
39.78 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Djene Barry | 39.80 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Zakia Nassar | 31.97 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Karishma Karki Karishma karki Karishma Karki is Nepali Olympian swimmer. Born: July 18, 1993 in Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal .She had participated in Beijing Olympics 2008. Swimmer Karishma Karki has already created national record by bagging 12 gold medals at the Fifth National Games. She was awarded The Best Female Player Of... |
32.35 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Zahra Pinto | 32.53 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Mouafo Antoinette Joyce Guedia | 33.59 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Vilayphone Vongphachanh Vilayphone Vongphachanh Vilayphone Vongphachanh is a female Laotian Olympic freestyle swimmer.As a member of the Laos team she competed at the age of 15 in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Women's 50m Freestyle... |
34.79 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Elisabeth Nikiema | 34.98 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Elsie Uwamahoro | 36.86 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Bana Mariama Souley | 40.83 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Olivia Aya Nakitanda | 29.38 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Samantha Paxinos | 29.91 | ||
| 3 | 8 | Amber Yobech | 30.00 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Julianne Kirchner | 30.42 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Debra Daniel | 30.61 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Magdalena Ruth Alex Moshi | 31.37 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Vitiny Hemthon | 31.41 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Katerina Izmaylova Katerina Izmailova (swimmer) Katerina Izmailova is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Tajikistan. She competed for Tajikistan at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics.-References:... |
32.09 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Ximene Gomes | 28.15 | ||
| 2 | 8 | Senele Dlamini | 28.70 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Virginia Farmer | 28.82 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 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:*... |
29.05 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Dashtserengiin Saintsetseg | 29.63 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Kiran Khan Kiran Khan Kiran Khan . Kiran Khan is an Olympian Swimmer and national record-holder from Pakistan, and is one of the first international female swimmers for the country. She started her career in 2001. Kiran Khan first came to national attention at the 28th Pakistan National Games in 2001... |
29.84 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Aminath Rouya Hussain | 30.21 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Doli Akhter Doli Akhter Doli Akhter, born January 15, 1986, is an Olympic swimmer from Bangladesh.She has swam for Bangladesh at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. On all three occasions, she attended thanks to a wild card qualification.... |
30.23 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Sierra Sharon Paola Fajardo | 27.19 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Chinyere Pigot | 27.66 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Dalia Massiel Torrez | 27.81 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Razan Taha | 27.82 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Rovena Marku Rovena Marku Rovena Marku is an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Albania, who represented her native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.... |
28.15 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Tojohanitra Andriamanjatoarimanana Tojohanitra Andriamanjatoarimanana Tojohanitra Tokin'aina Andriamanjatoarimanana is an Olympic swimmer from Madagascar. She swam for Madagascar at the 2004 and the 2008 Olympics.... |
28.54 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Diane Etiennette | 28.83 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Ana Crysna Da Silva Romero | 29.06 |
Heat 6
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Rugile Mileisyte | 26.19 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 26.47 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Yamile Bahamonde | 26.54 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Christel Simms Christel Simms Christel Simms is a 19-year-old college swimmer from Ewa Beach, Hawaii attending the University of Southern California. She represented the Republic of the Philippines at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the sport of swimming for the 100-meters freestyle event.Simms passed the Olympic... |
26.64 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Veronica Vdovicenco | 26.92 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Ngozi Monu Ngozi Monu Ngozi Rosalin Monu is a Nigerian swimmer. Monu is the most prolific female swimmer from Nigeria. She focuses on the 50m & 100m freestyle event. She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics... |
27.39 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Ellen Lendra Hight | 27.42 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Marianela Quesada | 28.11 |
Heat 7
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Carolina Colorado | 26.11 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Sharntelle McLean Sharntelle McLean Sharntelle McLean is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Trinidad and Tobago. She swam for Trinidad and Tobago at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics... |
26.19 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Eva Dobar | 26.33 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Nina Sovinek | 26.49 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Yu Ning Elaine Chan | 26.54 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Marina Mulyayeva | 26.57 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Monika Babok | 26.84 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Mariya Bugakova | 29.73 |
Heat 8
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Anna Gostomelsky Anna Gostomelsky Anna Gostomelsky is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.-Biography:She is Jewish. She holds the most Israeli swimming records of any female swimmer.... |
25.23 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace is a national-record holding and Olympic swimmer from the Bahamas. She swam for the Bahamas at the 2008 Olympics. She swims collegiately in the USA for Auburn University... |
25.40 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Sandra Kazikova | 25.54 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir | 25.82 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Natasha Moodie | 25.95 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Chii Lin Leung | 26.75 | ||
| 4 | Miroslava Najdanovski Miroslava Najdanovski Miroslava Najdanovski is a 2-time Serbian Olympic swimmer.Najdanovski represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At only 16 years of age, she was the youngest member of the Serbo-Montenegrin delegation and also one of the youngest athletes to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics... |
DNS | |||
| 6 | Bayan Jumah | DNS |
Heat 9
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Triin Aljand Triin Aljand Triin Aljand is an Estonian swimmer. She was a member of the Estonian national team that competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and multiple FINA World Aquatics Championships. She competed again for the team in the 2008 Summer Olympics.She currently attends Texas A&M University, where she swims for... |
25.29 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Martina Moravcová Martina Moravcová Martina Moravcová is a medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Slovakia. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and has gone on to compete in five consecutive Summer Olympics... |
25.47 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Anastasia Aksenova | 25.51 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Victoria Poon | 25.58 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Heejin Chang | 25.59 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Oksana Serikova | 25.65 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Martha Matsa | 25.68 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Vanessa García Vanessa García Vanessa García Vega is an Olympic and National Record holding freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico. She swam for her native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.... |
25.81 |
Heat 10
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Cate Campbell Cate Campbell Cate Campbell is an Australian swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Her family moved from Malawi to Australia in 2001 and it was shortly after this Campbell took up competitive swimming... |
24.20 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | Dara Torres Dara Torres Dara Grace Torres is an American international swimmer and a twelve-time Olympic medalist. Torres was the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympic Games , and, at age 41, the oldest swimmer ever to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team... |
24.58 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European... |
24.93 | Q | |
| 4 | 6 | Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya is a swimmer from Belarus.-References:... |
25.07 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Anna-Karin Kammerling Anna-Karin Kammerling Anna-Karin Kammerling is a world-record breaking Swedish swimmer, who was born in Malmö, Sweden. Currently she resides in Sundsvall and trains with the Sundsvalls Swim Club under coach Hans Bergquist.... |
25.34 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Flavia Cazziolato | 25.34 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Petra Dallmann Petra Dallmann Petra Dallmann is a German swimmer. She won a Bronze medal in 2004 Olympics... |
25.43 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Cristina Chiuso Cristina Chiuso Cristina Chiuso is a former Italian swimmer.Italian record holder of 50 freestyle and 4x100 freestyle relay in short and long course, was captain of Italian women swimming team.... |
25.74 |
Heat 11
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Marleen Veldhuis Marleen Veldhuis Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She is world record holder in 4 events . Veldhuis has won 6 world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals... |
24.38 | Q | |
| 2 | 6 | Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently holds the Danish record in 100 m freestyle... |
24.83 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | Therese Alshammar Therese Alshammar Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly... |
24.94 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Arlene Semeco Arlene Semeco Arlene Iradie Semeco Arismendi is a female freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who represented her native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004. She won two gold medals at the 2007 Pan American Games. She attended the University of Alabama.-References:* *... |
24.98 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | Hinkelien Schreuder Hinkelien Schreuder Hinkelien Schreuder is a butterfly, freestyle and backstroke swimmer from The Netherlands, who also competed in the medley events... |
25.00 | Q | |
| 5 | 8 | Li Zhesi Li Zhesi Li Zhesi is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.- Major achievements :*2007 National Intercity Games – 1st; 50m free... |
25.00 | Q | |
| 7 | 1 | Céline Couderc Céline Couderc Céline Couderc is a female freestyle swimmer from France, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: in 2004 and 2008.- References :*... |
25.22 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics.... |
25.44 |
Heat 12
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Lisbeth Trickett | 24.67 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | Britta Steffen Britta Steffen Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle.... |
24.90 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Zhu Yingwen | 24.91 | Q | |
| 4 | 6 | Malia Metella Malia Metella Malia Metella is a French Olympic freestyle swimmer from French Guiana. She swam for France at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 2004 in the women's 50 free.... |
24.95 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce is an American swimmer and four-time Olympic silver medalist.-High school career:... |
25.01 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | 25.06 | Q | |
| 7 | 7 | Agata Ewa Korc | 25.14 | NR | |
| 8 | 8 | Svetlana Khokhlova | 25.27 |
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Britta Steffen Britta Steffen Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle.... |
24.43 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | Marleen Veldhuis Marleen Veldhuis Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She is world record holder in 4 events . Veldhuis has won 6 world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals... |
24.46 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | Lisbeth Trickett | 24.47 | Q | |
| 4 | 7 | Hinkelien Schreuder Hinkelien Schreuder Hinkelien Schreuder is a butterfly, freestyle and backstroke swimmer from The Netherlands, who also competed in the medley events... |
24.52 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce is an American swimmer and four-time Olympic silver medalist.-High school career:... |
24.63 | Q | |
| 6 | 8 | Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya is a swimmer from Belarus.-References:... |
24.72 | Q | |
| 7 | 6 | Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European... |
24.80 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Malia Metella Malia Metella Malia Metella is a French Olympic freestyle swimmer from French Guiana. She swam for France at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 2004 in the women's 50 free.... |
24.89 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Dara Torres Dara Torres Dara Grace Torres is an American international swimmer and a twelve-time Olympic medalist. Torres was the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympic Games , and, at age 41, the oldest swimmer ever to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team... |
24.27 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | Cate Campbell Cate Campbell Cate Campbell is an Australian swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Her family moved from Malawi to Australia in 2001 and it was shortly after this Campbell took up competitive swimming... |
24.42 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | Zhu Yingwen | 24.76 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently holds the Danish record in 100 m freestyle... |
24.86 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Li Zhesi Li Zhesi Li Zhesi is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.- Major achievements :*2007 National Intercity Games – 1st; 50m free... |
24.90 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Therese Alshammar Therese Alshammar Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly... |
24.96 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Arlene Semeco Arlene Semeco Arlene Iradie Semeco Arismendi is a female freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who represented her native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004. She won two gold medals at the 2007 Pan American Games. She attended the University of Alabama.-References:* *... |
25.05 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | 25.19 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Britta Steffen Britta Steffen Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle.... |
24.06 | |||
| 4 | Dara Torres Dara Torres Dara Grace Torres is an American international swimmer and a twelve-time Olympic medalist. Torres was the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympic Games , and, at age 41, the oldest swimmer ever to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team... |
24.07 | AM | ||
| 5 | Cate Campbell Cate Campbell Cate Campbell is an Australian swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Her family moved from Malawi to Australia in 2001 and it was shortly after this Campbell took up competitive swimming... |
24.17 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Lisbeth Trickett | 24.25 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Marleen Veldhuis Marleen Veldhuis Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She is world record holder in 4 events . Veldhuis has won 6 world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals... |
24.26 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce is an American swimmer and four-time Olympic silver medalist.-High school career:... |
24.63 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Hinkelien Schreuder Hinkelien Schreuder Hinkelien Schreuder is a butterfly, freestyle and backstroke swimmer from The Netherlands, who also competed in the medley events... |
24.65 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya is a swimmer from Belarus.-References:... |
24.77 |
- Q = Qualified, DSQ = Disqualified
- WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record
- AF = African Record, AM = Americas Record, AS = Asian Record, ER = European Record, OC = Oceania Record
- CR = Commonwealth Record, NR = National Record