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

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]

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
Luo Xuejuan  China
Brooke Hanson  Australia
Leisel Jones  Australia
Swimming at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
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 mmenwomen

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4][5]

Records

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

World record Leisel Jones (AUS)1:06.37Barcelona, Spain21 July 2003
Olympic record Penny Heyns (RSA)1:07.02Atlanta, United States21 July 1996

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 15Semifinal 1Leisel Jones Australia1:06.78OR
August 16FinalLuo Xuejuan China1:06.64OR

Results

Heats
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Brooke Hanson Australia1:07.35Q
264Leisel Jones Australia1:07.69Q
365Tara Kirk United States1:07.92Q
445Sarah Poewe Germany1:07.97Q
555Amanda Beard United States1:08.04Q
654Luo Xuejuan China1:09.07Q
753Qi Hui China1:09.29Q
842Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine1:09.35Q
963Rhiannon Leier Canada1:09.38Q
1056Masami Tanaka Japan1:09.44Q
1167Ágnes Kovács Hungary1:09.51Q
1262Vipa Bernhardt Germany1:09.60Q
1346Lauren van Oosten Canada1:09.93Q
1443Mirna Jukić Austria1:09.99Q
1566Elena Bogomazova Russia1:10.24Q
1657Chiara Boggiatto Italy1:10.33Q
1752Maria Östling Sweden1:10.45
1824Inna Kapishina Belarus1:10.66
1947Majken Thorup Denmark1:10.97
2048Smiljana Marinović Croatia1:11.00
2151Madelon Baans Netherlands1:11.10
2232Marina Kuč Serbia and Montenegro1:11.27
2368Eeva Saarinen Finland1:11.39
2441Diana Gomes Portugal1:11.40
61Emma Robinson Ireland
2633Ilkay Dikmen Turkey1:11.69
2721Imaday Nuñez Gonzalez Cuba1:12.14
2835Salama Ismail Egypt1:12.20
2936Javiera Salcedo Argentina1:12.46
58Aikaterini Sarakatsani Greece
3138Jaclyn Pangilinan Philippines1:12.47
3226Alia Atkinson Jamaica1:12.53
3337Nicolette Teo Singapore1:12.87
3434Lee Ji-young South Korea1:12.93
3531Annabelle Carey New Zealand1:13.21
3622Siow Yi Ting Malaysia1:13.30
3727Valeria Silva Peru1:13.52
3823Adriana Marmolejo Mexico1:14.35
3925Yip Tsz Wa Hong Kong1:14.53
4028Íris Edda Heimisdóttir Iceland1:15.35
4113Katerine Moreno Bolivia1:18.25
4214Varduhi Avetisyan Armenia1:18.87
4315Shrone Austin Seychelles1:19.02
4416Nataliya Filina Azerbaijan1:20.21
4512Melissa Ashby Grenada1:22.67
4618Mariam Pauline Keita Mali1:30.40
4717Nayana Shakya Nepal1:32.92
4811Pamela Girimbabazi Rwanda1:50.39

Semifinal 1
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Leisel Jones Australia1:06.78Q, OR
25Sarah Poewe Germany1:07.48Q
36Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine1:08.28Q
43Luo Xuejuan China1:08.57Q
52Masami Tanaka Japan1:09.11
67Vipa Bernhardt Germany1:09.72
71Mirna Jukić Austria1:10.06
88Chiara Boggiatto Italy1:10.84

Semifinal 2
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Tara Kirk United States1:07.60Q
24Brooke Hanson Australia1:07.75Q
33Amanda Beard United States1:07.92Q
46Qi Hui China1:09.06Q
57Ágnes Kovács Hungary1:09.12
61Lauren van Oosten Canada1:09.45
72Rhiannon Leier Canada1:09.46
88Elena Bogomazova Russia1:10.41

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Luo Xuejuan China1:06.64OR
6Brooke Hanson Australia1:07.15
4Leisel Jones Australia1:07.16
42Amanda Beard United States1:07.44
55Sarah Poewe Germany1:07.53
63Tara Kirk United States1:07.59
77Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine1:08.19
8Qi Hui ChinaDSQ

References
  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. "Luo Xuejuan wins women's 100m breaststroke in Athens". People's Daily. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  3. 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.
  4. "Luo Xuejuan Confirms Retirement". Swimming World Magazine. 29 January 2007. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  5. "'Breaststroke Queen' Luo Abdicates". China Internet Information Center. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
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