Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly
The competition over 100 meters Butterfly Women at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 28 and 29 July 2012 at the London Aquatics Centre. 42 athletes took part.
There were six heats. The 16 fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals, which were held on the same day. For the finals the next day here qualified the fastest eight starters on both runs.
Abbreviations: WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record, NR = national record ER = European record, NAR = North America record, SAR = South America record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = Africa record, OZR = Ozeanienrekord PB = personal best, JWB = Jahresweltbestzeit
- 4.1 Run 1
- 4.2 Run 2
Existing Records
Title holders
Leader
Flow 1
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Flow 2
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Forward 3
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Forward 4
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Forward 5
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Inge Dekker (NED ) renounced their start in the semifinals in order to participate in only one hour later held the final of the 100-meter freestyle relay can. For Dekker, Canada's Katerine Savard slid into the semi-finals.
Supply 6
July 28, 2012
Semifinal
Run 1
Although the Belarusian Gerasimenja retired, but could improve the Belarusian record equal to two times in this Olympic competition.
July 28, 2012
Run 2
Vollmer, improved the old Olympic record during preprocessing, remained in this semi-final under the old record.
July 28, 2012
Final
With her world record Dana Vollmer is the first woman to reach the finish under 56 seconds. The race is not only the world record, the fastest in Olympic history. For the first time were all medalists below 57 seconds for the first time were all finalists less than 58 seconds. The Italian Ilaria Bianchi, fifth in the final, the Italian record two times could improve in the Olympic competition.
July 29, 2012, 19:30 CET Clock
Gallery
World record holder Sarah Sjostrom (SWE ) swims in the finals at No. 4
Nge Dekker (NED ) qualifies for the semi-finals, but dispenses with the start
Alexandra Gerasimenya ( BLR), here at the Beijing Games, failing, despite a national record in the semifinals
Tao Li ( SIN) separates the semi-finals of
Yuka Kato (JPN ) separates the semi-finals of
Francesca Halsall (GBR ), here at the 2009 World Cup, fails in the semifinals