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100 metres Backstroke, Women

100 metres Backstroke, Women

Date	10 – 12 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Youyong Zhongxin, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	48 from 37 countries

American Natalie Coughlin had been the outstanding 100 metre backstroker since 2001 and arrived in Beijing as Olympic champion, world champion, world record holder and a firm favourite to retain her Olympic title. It was a minor surprise when Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe qualified fastest from the heats and when she followed this by lowering Coughlin’s world record in the semi-final it looked like an upset may be in the making. Coughlin gambled everything in the final by blasting through the first 50 metres and was just able off the fast finishing Zimbabwean to retain her grip on the Olympic title. Margaret Hoelzer of the USA, who finished 5th in 2004, took the bronze medal.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Natalie Coughlin	👁 Image USA	59.69 (2 h7)	59.43 (1 h1)	58.96 (1)	Gold
2	Kirsty Coventry	👁 Image ZIM	59.00 (1 h7)	58.77 (1 h2)	59.19 (2)	Silver
3	Margaret Hoelzer	👁 Image USA	1:00.13 (3 h6)	59.84 (3 h2)	59.34 (3)	Bronze
4	Gemma Spofforth	👁 Image GBR	1:00.11 (3 h7)	59.79 (3 h1)	59.38 (4)
5	Anastasiya Zuyeva	👁 Image RUS	59.61 (1 h5)	59.77 (2 h2)	59.40 (5)
6	Reiko Nakamura	👁 Image JPN	59.36 (1 h6)	59.64 (2 h1)	59.72 (6)
7	Laure Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	1:00.09 (2 h6)	1:00.19 (4 h2)	1:00.10 (7)
8	Hanae Ito	👁 Image JPN	1:00.16 (4 h6)	1:00.13 (4 h1)	1:00.18 (8)
9	Emily Seebohm	👁 Image AUS	1:00.27 (2 h5)	1:00.31 (5 h2)	–
10	Lizzie Simmonds	👁 Image GBR	1:00.53 (4 h5)	1:00.39 (5 h1)	–
11	Nina Zhivanevskaya	👁 Image ESP	1:00.54 (5 h5)	1:00.50 (6 h2)	–
12	Julia Wilkinson	👁 Image CAN	1:00.38 (1 h4)	1:00.60 (6 h1)	–
13	Sophie Edington	👁 Image AUS	1:00.65 (6 h5)	1:01.05 (7 h1)	–
14	Kseniya Moskvina	👁 Image RUS	1:00.70 (5 h6)	1:01.06 (8 h1)	–
15	Antje Buschschulte	👁 Image GER	1:00.48 (3 h5)	1:01.15 (7 h2)	–
16	Elizabeth Coster	👁 Image NZL	1:00.66 (4 h7)	1:01.45 (8 h2)	–
17	Xu Tianlongzi	👁 Image CHN	1:00.82 (7 h5)	–	–
18	Fabíola Molina	👁 Image BRA	1:01.00 (5 h7)	–	–
19	Carolina Colorado	👁 Image COL	1:01.19 (1 h3)	–	–
20	Melissa Ingram	👁 Image NZL	1:01.24 (2 h4)	–	–
21	Kateryna Zubkova	👁 Image UKR	1:01.25 (8 h5)	–	–
22	Sanja Jovanović	👁 Image CRO	1:01.30 (6 h6)	–	–
23	Alexianne Castel	👁 Image FRA	1:01.44 (6 h7)	–	–
24	Nikolett Szepesi	👁 Image HUN	1:01.77 (7 h7)	–	–
25	Anya Gostomelsky	👁 Image ISR	1:01.87 (2 h3)	–	–
=26	Romina Armellini	👁 Image ITA	1:02.21 (=3 h4)	–	–
=26	Anja Čarman	👁 Image SLO	1:02.21 (=3 h4)	–	–
28	Merche Peris	👁 Image ESP	1:02.30 (5 h4)	–	–
29	Sarah Sjöström	👁 Image SWE	1:02.38 (3 h3)	–	–
30	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	👁 Image FIN	1:02.39 (6 h4)	–	–
31	Aisling Cooney	👁 Image IRL	1:02.50 (7 h4)	–	–
32	Alana Dillette	👁 Image BAH	1:02.56 (4 h3)	–	–
33	Kiera Aitken	👁 Image BER	1:02.62 (1 h1)	–	–
34	Sherry Tsai	👁 Image HKG	1:02.68 (5 h3)	–	–
35	Fernanda González	👁 Image MEX	1:02.76 (6 h3)	–	–
36	Zuzanna Mazurek	👁 Image POL	1:02.77 (1 h2)	–	–
37	Iryna Amshennikova	👁 Image UKR	1:02.85 (7 h6)	–	–
38	Gisela Morales	👁 Image GUA	1:02.92 (2 h2)	–	–
39	Petra Klosová	👁 Image CZE	1:03.36 (7 h3)	–	–
40	Marica Stražmešter	👁 Image SRB	1:03.56 (3 h2)	–	–
41	Sarah Bateman	👁 Image ISL	1:03.82 (8 h3)	–	–
42	Christin Zenner	👁 Image GER	1:03.87 (8 h6)	–	–
43	Erin Volcán	👁 Image VEN	1:03.90 (4 h2)	–	–
44	Kim Yu-Yeon	👁 Image KOR	1:04.63 (5 h2)	–	–
45	Yekaterina Rudenko	👁 Image KAZ	1:04.85 (6 h2)	–	–
46	María Báez	👁 Image PAR	1:05.39 (2 h1)	–	–
47	Christie Bodden	👁 Image PAN	1:07.18 (3 h1)	–	–
Zhao Jing	👁 Image CHN	– (DQ h7)	–	–
Sviatlana Khokhlava	👁 Image BLR	– (DNS h4)	–	–

Round One

Date	10 August 2008
Format	Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Kirsty Coventry	👁 Image ZIM	59.00
2	6	Reiko Nakamura	👁 Image JPN	59.36
3	4	Anastasiya Zuyeva	👁 Image RUS	59.61
4	4	Natalie Coughlin	👁 Image USA	59.69
5	5	Laure Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	1:00.09
6	6	Gemma Spofforth	👁 Image GBR	1:00.11
7	4	Margaret Hoelzer	👁 Image USA	1:00.13
8	3	Hanae Ito	👁 Image JPN	1:00.16
9	5	Emily Seebohm	👁 Image AUS	1:00.27
10	3	Julia Wilkinson	👁 Image CAN	1:00.38
11	8	Antje Buschschulte	👁 Image GER	1:00.48
12	2	Lizzie Simmonds	👁 Image GBR	1:00.53
13	6	Nina Zhivanevskaya	👁 Image ESP	1:00.54
14	3	Sophie Edington	👁 Image AUS	1:00.65
15	1	Elizabeth Coster	👁 Image NZL	1:00.66
16	1	Kseniya Moskvina	👁 Image RUS	1:00.70
17	1	Xu Tianlongzi	👁 Image CHN	1:00.82
18	7	Fabíola Molina	👁 Image BRA	1:01.00
19	3	Carolina Colorado	👁 Image COL	1:01.19
20	4	Melissa Ingram	👁 Image NZL	1:01.24
21	7	Kateryna Zubkova	👁 Image UKR	1:01.25
22	2	Sanja Jovanović	👁 Image CRO	1:01.30
23	2	Alexianne Castel	👁 Image FRA	1:01.44
24	8	Nikolett Szepesi	👁 Image HUN	1:01.77
25	2	Anya Gostomelsky	👁 Image ISR	1:01.87
=26	6	Romina Armellini	👁 Image ITA	1:02.21
=26	8	Anja Čarman	👁 Image SLO	1:02.21
28	5	Merche Peris	👁 Image ESP	1:02.30
29	1	Sarah Sjöström	👁 Image SWE	1:02.38
30	2	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	👁 Image FIN	1:02.39
31	1	Aisling Cooney	👁 Image IRL	1:02.50
32	7	Alana Dillette	👁 Image BAH	1:02.56
33	4	Kiera Aitken	👁 Image BER	1:02.62
34	4	Sherry Tsai	👁 Image HKG	1:02.68
35	5	Fernanda González	👁 Image MEX	1:02.76
36	4	Zuzanna Mazurek	👁 Image POL	1:02.77
37	7	Iryna Amshennikova	👁 Image UKR	1:02.85
38	5	Gisela Morales	👁 Image GUA	1:02.92
39	6	Petra Klosová	👁 Image CZE	1:03.36
40	3	Marica Stražmešter	👁 Image SRB	1:03.56
41	8	Sarah Bateman	👁 Image ISL	1:03.82
42	8	Christin Zenner	👁 Image GER	1:03.87
43	7	Erin Volcán	👁 Image VEN	1:03.90
44	6	Kim Yu-Yeon	👁 Image KOR	1:04.63
45	2	Yekaterina Rudenko	👁 Image KAZ	1:04.85
46	5	María Báez	👁 Image PAR	1:05.39
47	3	Christie Bodden	👁 Image PAN	1:07.18
3	Zhao Jing	👁 Image CHN	–	1
7	Sviatlana Khokhlava	👁 Image BLR	–

Heat #1

Time	18:33

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m
1	4	Kiera Aitken	👁 Image BER	1:02.62	0.73	30.07 (1)	32.55 (1)
2	5	María Báez	👁 Image PAR	1:05.39	0.63	31.97 (2)	33.42 (2)
3	3	Christie Bodden	👁 Image PAN	1:07.18	0.60	32.06 (3)	35.12 (3)

Heat #2

Time	18:36

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m
1	4	Zuzanna Mazurek	👁 Image POL	1:02.77	0.69	30.65 (1)	32.12 (2)
2	5	Gisela Morales	👁 Image GUA	1:02.92	0.73	30.82 (3)	32.10 (1)
3	3	Marica Stražmešter	👁 Image SRB	1:03.56	0.67	30.78 (2)	32.78 (4)
4	7	Erin Volcán	👁 Image VEN	1:03.90	0.66	31.27 (5)	32.63 (3)
5	6	Kim Yu-Yeon	👁 Image KOR	1:04.63	0.69	31.32 (6)	33.31 (5)
6	2	Yekaterina Rudenko	👁 Image KAZ	1:04.85	0.75	31.10 (4)	33.75 (6)

Heat #3

Time	18:39

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m
1	3	Carolina Colorado	👁 Image COL	1:01.19	0.60	30.39 (5)	30.80 (1)
2	2	Anya Gostomelsky	👁 Image ISR	1:01.87	0.60	30.25 (2)	31.62 (2)
3	1	Sarah Sjöström	👁 Image SWE	1:02.38	0.75	30.26 (3)	32.12 (4)
4	7	Alana Dillette	👁 Image BAH	1:02.56	0.50	30.48 (7)	32.08 (3)
5	4	Sherry Tsai	👁 Image HKG	1:02.68	0.57	29.99 (1)	32.69 (7)
6	5	Fernanda González	👁 Image MEX	1:02.76	0.67	30.43 (6)	32.33 (5)
7	6	Petra Klosová	👁 Image CZE	1:03.36	0.73	30.86 (8)	32.50 (6)
8	8	Sarah Bateman	👁 Image ISL	1:03.82	0.62	30.36 (4)	33.46 (8)

Heat #4

Time	18:41

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m
1	3	Julia Wilkinson	👁 Image CAN	1:00.38	0.74	29.84 (1)	30.54 (1)
2	4	Melissa Ingram	👁 Image NZL	1:01.24	0.66	30.26 (4)	30.98 (2)
=3	6	Romina Armellini	👁 Image ITA	1:02.21	0.62	30.59 (6)	31.62 (4)
=3	8	Anja Čarman	👁 Image SLO	1:02.21	0.72	30.60 (7)	31.61 (3)
5	5	Merche Peris	👁 Image ESP	1:02.30	0.66	30.40 (5)	31.90 (5)
6	2	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	👁 Image FIN	1:02.39	0.64	30.21 (3)	32.18 (6)
7	1	Aisling Cooney	👁 Image IRL	1:02.50	0.68	30.00 (2)	32.50 (7)
7	Sviatlana Khokhlava	👁 Image BLR	–	–	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #5

Time	18:44

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m
1	4	Anastasiya Zuyeva	👁 Image RUS	59.61	0.70	29.32 (2)	30.29 (1)
2	5	Emily Seebohm	👁 Image AUS	1:00.27	0.58	29.36 (3)	30.91 (3)
3	8	Antje Buschschulte	👁 Image GER	1:00.48	0.61	29.44 (4)	31.04 (5)
4	2	Lizzie Simmonds	👁 Image GBR	1:00.53	0.69	29.71 (7)	30.82 (2)
5	6	Nina Zhivanevskaya	👁 Image ESP	1:00.54	0.58	29.51 (5)	31.03 (4)
6	3	Sophie Edington	👁 Image AUS	1:00.65	0.64	29.16 (1)	31.49 (8)
7	1	Xu Tianlongzi	👁 Image CHN	1:00.82	0.53	29.52 (6)	31.30 (7)
8	7	Kateryna Zubkova	👁 Image UKR	1:01.25	0.65	30.03 (8)	31.22 (6)

Heat #6

Time	18:48

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m
1	6	Reiko Nakamura	👁 Image JPN	59.36	0.62	28.92 (1)	30.44 (1)
2	5	Laure Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	1:00.09	0.77	29.35 (2)	30.74 (4)
3	4	Margaret Hoelzer	👁 Image USA	1:00.13	0.62	29.47 (5)	30.66 (3)
4	3	Hanae Ito	👁 Image JPN	1:00.16	0.62	29.55 (6)	30.61 (2)
5	1	Kseniya Moskvina	👁 Image RUS	1:00.70	0.74	29.46 (4)	31.24 (5)
6	2	Sanja Jovanović	👁 Image CRO	1:01.30	0.65	29.41 (3)	31.89 (6)
7	7	Iryna Amshennikova	👁 Image UKR	1:02.85	0.59	29.92 (7)	32.93 (7)
8	8	Christin Zenner	👁 Image GER	1:03.87	0.69	30.72 (8)	33.15 (8)

Heat #7

Time	18:50

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m
1	5	Kirsty Coventry	👁 Image ZIM	59.00	0.68	28.99 (2)	30.01 (1)
2	4	Natalie Coughlin	👁 Image USA	59.69	0.60	28.97 (1)	30.72 (3)
3	6	Gemma Spofforth	👁 Image GBR	1:00.11	0.59	29.40 (3)	30.71 (2)
4	1	Elizabeth Coster	👁 Image NZL	1:00.66	0.58	29.78 (6)	30.88 (4)
5	7	Fabíola Molina	👁 Image BRA	1:01.00	0.60	29.52 (4)	31.48 (5)
6	2	Alexianne Castel	👁 Image FRA	1:01.44	0.73	29.77 (5)	31.67 (6)
7	8	Nikolett Szepesi	👁 Image HUN	1:01.77	0.65	29.97 (7)	31.80 (7)
3	Zhao Jing	👁 Image CHN	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	2

Semi-Finals

Date	11 August 2008
Format	Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Kirsty Coventry	👁 Image ZIM	58.77
2	5	Natalie Coughlin	👁 Image USA	59.43
3	4	Reiko Nakamura	👁 Image JPN	59.64
4	5	Anastasiya Zuyeva	👁 Image RUS	59.77
5	3	Gemma Spofforth	👁 Image GBR	59.79
6	6	Margaret Hoelzer	👁 Image USA	59.84
7	6	Hanae Ito	👁 Image JPN	1:00.13
8	3	Laure Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	1:00.19
9	2	Emily Seebohm	👁 Image AUS	1:00.31
10	7	Lizzie Simmonds	👁 Image GBR	1:00.39
11	1	Nina Zhivanevskaya	👁 Image ESP	1:00.50
12	2	Julia Wilkinson	👁 Image CAN	1:00.60
13	1	Sophie Edington	👁 Image AUS	1:01.05
14	8	Kseniya Moskvina	👁 Image RUS	1:01.06
15	7	Antje Buschschulte	👁 Image GER	1:01.15
16	8	Elizabeth Coster	👁 Image NZL	1:01.45

Heat #1

Time	10:05

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m
1	5	Natalie Coughlin	👁 Image USA	59.43	0.58	28.87 (1)	30.56 (1)
2	4	Reiko Nakamura	👁 Image JPN	59.64	0.63	29.06 (3)	30.58 (2)
3	3	Gemma Spofforth	👁 Image GBR	59.79	0.56	28.92 (2)	30.87 (6)
4	6	Hanae Ito	👁 Image JPN	1:00.13	0.58	29.51 (5)	30.62 (=3)
5	7	Lizzie Simmonds	👁 Image GBR	1:00.39	0.63	29.77 (7)	30.62 (=3)
6	2	Julia Wilkinson	👁 Image CAN	1:00.60	0.70	29.80 (8)	30.80 (5)
7	1	Sophie Edington	👁 Image AUS	1:01.05	0.67	29.43 (4)	31.62 (8)
8	8	Kseniya Moskvina	👁 Image RUS	1:01.06	0.73	29.74 (6)	31.32 (7)

Heat #2

Time	10:08

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m
1	4	Kirsty Coventry	👁 Image ZIM	58.77	0.63	28.86 (1)	29.91 (1)
2	5	Anastasiya Zuyeva	👁 Image RUS	59.77	0.70	29.42 (5)	30.35 (2)
3	6	Margaret Hoelzer	👁 Image USA	59.84	0.72	29.40 (4)	30.44 (3)
4	3	Laure Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	1:00.19	0.68	28.96 (2)	31.23 (5)
5	2	Emily Seebohm	👁 Image AUS	1:00.31	0.27	29.06 (3)	31.25 (6)
6	1	Nina Zhivanevskaya	👁 Image ESP	1:00.50	0.63	29.51 (6)	30.99 (4)
7	7	Antje Buschschulte	👁 Image GER	1:01.15	0.59	29.88 (7)	31.27 (7)
8	8	Elizabeth Coster	👁 Image NZL	1:01.45	0.59	29.94 (8)	31.51 (8)

Final Round

Date	12 August 2008 — 10:23

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m
1	5	Natalie Coughlin	👁 Image USA	58.96	0.61	28.52 (1)	30.44 (5)
2	4	Kirsty Coventry	👁 Image ZIM	59.19	0.68	28.92 (2)	30.27 (2)
3	7	Margaret Hoelzer	👁 Image USA	59.34	0.69	29.02 (5)	30.32 (3)
4	2	Gemma Spofforth	👁 Image GBR	59.38	0.58	29.15 (7)	30.23 (1)
5	6	Anastasiya Zuyeva	👁 Image RUS	59.40	0.77	29.01 (4)	30.39 (4)
6	3	Reiko Nakamura	👁 Image JPN	59.72	0.64	28.97 (3)	30.75 (6)
7	8	Laure Manaudou	👁 Image FRA	1:00.10	0.74	29.10 (6)	31.00 (8)
8	1	Hanae Ito	👁 Image JPN	1:00.18	0.53	29.22 (8)	30.96 (7)

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/261735

⇱ Olympedia – 100 metres Backstroke, Women

100 metres Backstroke, Women

Round One

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Heat #3

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Heat #5

Heat #6

Heat #7

Semi-Finals

Heat #1

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Final Round