Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 29–30 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
DateJuly 29, 2012 (heats &
semifinals)
July 30, 2012 (final)
Competitors45 from 38 nations
Winning time58.33 AM
Medalists
Missy Franklin  United States
Emily Seebohm  Australia
Aya Terakawa  Japan

At only 17 years of age, U.S. teenage sensation Missy Franklin, billed as "Missy the Missile" by her fans, stormed home on the final stretch to pick up her first ever Olympic gold medal in swimming. Trailing behind at the halfway turn, she pulled away from a tightly packed field with a more destructive force to hit the wall first in an American record of 58.33.[2][3] Australia's Emily Seebohm started the race with a marginal lead over the rest of the field, but faded down the stretch to settle only for the silver in 58.68.[4][5] Meanwhile, Japan's Aya Terakawa came up with a spectacular swim to grab the bronze in a superb Asian record of 58.83, holding off the fast-charging Russian swimmer Anastasia Zuyeva to a fourth spot in 59.00.[6][7]

Great Britain's Gemma Spofforth, the reigning world record holder, finished fifth in 59.20, while China's Zhao Jing (59.23), Australia's Belinda Hocking (59.29) and Zhao's teammate Fu Yuanhui (1:00.50) rounded out the field.[7][8][9]

Earlier in the prelims, Seebohm blitzed the field from heat four to lead all swimmers with a sterling Olympic and Oceanian record in 58.23, shaving 0.54 seconds off the standard set by Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry in Beijing four years earlier.[10][11] Coventry, double Olympic silver medalist, missed a chance to reach the final roster with a fourteenth-place effort (1:00.39) from the semifinals.

Records

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

World record Gemma Spofforth (GBR)58.12Rome, Italy28 July 2009[12]
Olympic record Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)58.77Beijing, China11 August 2008[13]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
July 29Heat 4Emily Seebohm Australia58.23OR

Results

Heats

[14]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
145Emily Seebohm Australia58.23Q, OC, OR
264Missy Franklin United States59.37Q
363Belinda Hocking Australia59.61Q
465Aya Terakawa Japan59.82Q
554Anastasia Zuyeva Russia59.88Q
646Georgia Davies Great Britain59.92Q
756Julia Wilkinson Canada59.94Q
862Fu Yuanhui China59.96Q
944Zhao Jing China59.97Q
1068Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic59.99Q, NR
1155Rachel Bootsma United States1:00.03Q
1257Gemma Spofforth Great Britain1:00.05Q
1353Sinead Russell Canada1:00.10Q
1461Alexianne Castel France1:00.16Q
1548Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe1:00.24Q
1647Arianna Barbieri Italy1:00.25Q, NR
1743Mie Nielsen Denmark1:00.38
1841Duane da Rocha Spain1:00.57
52Daryna Zevina Ukraine
2042Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands1:00.61
2166Jenny Mensing Germany1:00.72
2267Laure Manaudou France1:01.03
2334Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Mexico1:01.28
2451Fabíola Molina Brazil1:01.40
2535Alicja Tchórz Poland1:01.44
2628Tao Li Singapore1:01.60NR
2758Elena Gemo Italy1:01.77
2832Carolina Colorado Colombia1:01.81
2938Kimberly Buys Belgium1:01.92NR
3037Melissa Ingram New Zealand1:01.94
3136Ekaterina Avramova Bulgaria1:02.20
3223Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Iceland1:02.40NR
3324Melanie Nocher Ireland1:02.44
3421Anja Čarman Slovenia1:02.68
3531Therese Svendsen Sweden1:03.11
3625Sanja Jovanović Croatia1:03.38
3726Eszter Povázsay Hungary1:03.55
3827Yekaterina Rudenko Kazakhstan1:03.64
3933Hoi Shun Stephanie Au Hong Kong1:04.31
4022Hazal Sarikaya Turkey1:04.80
4113Karen Vilorio Honduras1:06.38
4214Monica Ramirez Andorra1:07.72
4315Ines Remersaro Uruguay1:08.03
4416Anahit Barseghyan Armenia1:08.19
4512Angelique Trinquier Monaco1:10.79

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Missy Franklin United States59.12Q
25Aya Terakawa Japan59.34Q
37Gemma Spofforth Great Britain59.70Q
46Fu Yuanhui China59.82Q
52Simona Baumrtová Czech Republic1:00.02
61Alexianne Castel France1:00.24
78Arianna Barbieri Italy1:00.27
83Georgia Davies Great Britain1:00.56

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Emily Seebohm Australia58.39Q
22Zhao Jing China59.55Q
33Anastasia Zuyeva Russia59.68Q
45Belinda Hocking Australia59.79Q
56Julia Wilkinson Canada59.91
67Rachel Bootsma United States1:00.04
78Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe1:00.39
81Sinead Russell Canada1:00.57

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Missy Franklin United States58.33AM
4Emily Seebohm Australia58.68
3Aya Terakawa Japan58.83AS
42Anastasia Zuyeva Russia59.00
57Gemma Spofforth Great Britain59.20
66Zhao Jing China59.23
71Belinda Hocking Australia59.29
88Fu Yuanhui China1:00.50

References

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  6. Kano, Shintaro (31 July 2012). "Irie, Terakawa, Suzuki haul in bronze from the pool". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
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  9. "London 2012 Olympics: Gemma Spofforth misses out on 100m backstroke medal". The Daily Telegraph. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  10. "2012 London Olympics: Emily Seebohm Blasts Olympic Record, Posts Textile Best in Prelims of 100 Back". Swimming World Magazine. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
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