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100 metres Breaststroke, Women

Date	7 – 8 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	44 from 35 countries

Before it started, this event had some fireworks between the competitors. American Lilly King was the favorite, based on her 2016 record that included an NCAA title, but she was not happy with the presence of Russian Yuliya Yefimova. Yefimova had served two doping bans, the most recent earlier in the year for the controversial drug meldonium, but WADA had shortened all the meldonium bans, and Yefimova was eligible to compete. Eligible she may have been, but King let the media and the world know she did not agree with that decision. Lithuania’s Rūta Meilutytė was also formidable, as the defending gold medalist, and the silver medalist at the 2015 World Championships.

King came through for the gold medal, winning in an Olympic record 1:04.93 with Yefimova taking silver, over a ½-second behind. Katie Meili gave the Americans two medals with her third-place finish. Meilutytė finished seventh in the final. Yefimova would also finish second in the 200 breaststroke, while King and Meili added gold medals as part of the USA team in the medley relay.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Lilly King	USA	1:05.78 (1 h6)	1:05.70 (1 h2)	1:04.93 (1)	Gold	OR
2	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	1:05.79 (1 h5)	1:05.72 (1 h1)	1:05.50 (2)	Silver
3	Katie Meili	USA	1:06.00 (1 h4)	1:06.52 (=3 h2)	1:05.69 (3)	Bronze
4	Shi Jinglin	CHN	1:06.55 (3 h6)	1:06.31 (2 h2)	1:06.37 (4)
5	Rachel Nicol	CAN	1:06.85 (4 h4)	1:06.73 (6 h2)	1:06.68 (5)
6	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	ISL	1:06.81 (4 h6)	1:06.71 (5 h2)	1:07.18 (6)
7	Rūta Meilutytė	LTU	1:06.35 (2 h6)	1:06.44 (2 h1)	1:07.32 (7)
8	Alia Atkinson	JAM	1:06.72 (2 h5)	1:06.52 (=3 h2)	1:08.10 (8)
9	Jennie Johansson	SWE	1:06.84 (3 h5)	1:07.06 (3 h1)	–
10	Rikke Møller Pedersen	DEN	1:06.58 (2 h4)	1:07.07 (4 h1)	–
11	Taylor McKeown	AUS	1:06.73 (3 h4)	1:07.12 (5 h1)	–
12	Satomi Suzuki	JPN	1:06.99 (5 h6)	1:07.18 (7 h2)	–
13	Chloé Tutton	GBR	1:06.88 (4 h5)	1:07.29 (6 h1)	–
14	Viktoria Zeynep Güneş	TUR	1:07.14 (5 h5)	1:07.41 (8 h2)	–
15	Kanako Watanabe	JPN	1:07.22 (5 h4)	1:07.43 (7 h1)	–
16	Jessica Vall	ESP	1:07.07 (6 h6)	1:07.55 (8 h1)	–
17	Arianna Castiglioni	ITA	1:07.32 (6 h5)	–	–
18	Jenna Laukkanen	FIN	1:07.35 (1 h3)	–	–
19	Kierra Smith	CAN	1:07.41 (7 h6)	–	–
20	Martina Carraro	ITA	1:07.56 (7 h5)	–	–
21	Fiona Doyle	IRL	1:07.58 (8 h5)	–	–
22	Zhang Xinyu	CHN	1:07.59 (8 h6)	–	–
23	Molly Renshaw	GBR	1:07.92 (2 h3)	–	–
24	Georgia Bohl	AUS	1:07.96 (6 h4)	–	–
25	Anna Sztankovics	HUN	1:08.06 (3 h3)	–	–
26	Martina Moravčíková	CZE	1:08.50 (4 h3)	–	–
27	Sophie Hansson	SWE	1:08.67 (5 h3)	–	–
28	Fanny Lecluyse	BEL	1:08.80 (7 h4)	–	–
29	Darya Chikunova	RUS	1:09.12 (8 h4)	–	–
30	Amit Ivry	ISR	1:09.42 (6 h3)	–	–
31	Maria Romanjuk	EST	1:09.49 (1 h2)	–	–
32	Yvette Kong	HKG	1:09.56 (7 h3)	–	–
33	Phee Jinq En	MAS	1:10.22 (2 h2)	–	–
34	Darya Talanova	KGZ	1:10.94 (3 h2)	–	–
35	Tjaša Vozel	SLO	1:11.15 (8 h3)	–	–
36	Tatiana Chișca	MDA	1:11.37 (4 h2)	–	–
37	Evita Leter	SUR	1:14.96 (5 h2)	–	–
38	Pilar Shimizu	GUM	1:16.65 (6 h2)	–	–
39	Izzy Joachim	VIN	1:17.37 (7 h2)	–	–
40	Jamila Lunkuse	UGA	1:19.64 (8 h2)	–	–
41	Darýa Semýonowa	TKM	1:19.84 (1 h1)	–	–
42	Rachael Tonjor	NGR	1:21.43 (2 h1)	–	–
43	Teona Bostashvili	GEO	1:22.91 (3 h1)	–	–
44	Daniah Hagul	LBA	1:25.47 (4 h1)	–	–

Round One (7 August 2016 — 13:56)

Heat One (13:56)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Darýa Semýonowa	TKM	36.12 (1) 43.72 (1)	1:19.84	0.85
2	5	Rachael Tonjor	NGR	36.41 (2) 45.02 (3)	1:21.43	0.87
3	4	Teona Bostashvili	GEO	37.92 (3) 44.99 (2)	1:22.91	0.77
4	6	Daniah Hagul	LBA	40.06 (4) 45.41 (4)	1:25.47	0.75

Heat Two (13:59)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Maria Romanjuk	EST	32.69 (=2) 36.80 (1)	1:09.49	0.69
2	4	Phee Jinq En	MAS	32.69 (=2) 37.53 (3)	1:10.22	0.70
3	6	Darya Talanova	KGZ	33.74 (5) 37.20 (2)	1:10.94	0.76
4	3	Tatiana Chișca	MDA	32.56 (1) 38.81 (4)	1:11.37	0.70
5	2	Evita Leter	SUR	33.05 (4) 41.91 (5)	1:14.96	0.70
6	1	Pilar Shimizu	GUM	34.52 (6) 42.13 (6)	1:16.65	0.73
7	8	Izzy Joachim	VIN	35.10 (7) 42.27 (7)	1:17.37	0.77
8	7	Jamila Lunkuse	UGA	36.82 (8) 42.82 (8)	1:19.64	0.74

Heat Three (14:02)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Jenna Laukkanen	FIN	31.47 (1) 35.88 (1)	1:07.35	0.67
2	2	Molly Renshaw	GBR	31.95 (3) 35.97 (2)	1:07.92	0.70
3	1	Anna Sztankovics	HUN	31.93 (2) 36.13 (4)	1:08.06	0.70
4	8	Martina Moravčíková	CZE	32.43 (6) 36.07 (3)	1:08.50	0.78
5	5	Sophie Hansson	SWE	32.11 (5) 36.56 (5)	1:08.67	0.75
6	6	Amit Ivry	ISR	32.71 (7) 36.71 (6)	1:09.42	0.70
7	3	Yvette Kong	HKG	32.04 (4) 37.52 (7)	1:09.56	0.76
8	7	Tjaša Vozel	SLO	33.21 (8) 37.94 (8)	1:11.15	0.72

Heat Four (14:05)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Katie Meili	USA	30.65 (1) 35.35 (3)	1:06.00	0.63	Q
2	7	Rikke Møller Pedersen	DEN	31.87 (5) 34.71 (2)	1:06.58	0.72	Q
3	6	Taylor McKeown	AUS	32.08 (6) 34.65 (1)	1:06.73	0.73	Q
4	2	Rachel Nicol	CAN	31.16 (3) 35.69 (5)	1:06.85	0.66	Q
5	3	Kanako Watanabe	JPN	31.61 (4) 35.61 (4)	1:07.22	0.71	Q	1
6	5	Georgia Bohl	AUS	31.02 (2) 36.94 (8)	1:07.96	0.68
7	1	Fanny Lecluyse	BEL	32.17 (7) 36.63 (7)	1:08.80	0.72
8	8	Darya Chikunova	RUS	32.78 (8) 36.34 (6)	1:09.12	0.77

Heat Five (14:08)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	31.44 (3) 34.35 (1)	1:05.79	0.71	Q
2	5	Alia Atkinson	JAM	31.08 (1) 35.64 (6)	1:06.72	0.67	Q
3	6	Jennie Johansson	SWE	31.34 (2) 35.50 (4)	1:06.84	0.72	Q
4	8	Chloé Tutton	GBR	32.39 (8) 34.49 (2)	1:06.88	0.70	Q
5	2	Viktoria Zeynep Güneş	TUR	31.51 (5) 35.63 (5)	1:07.14	0.72	Q
6	7	Arianna Castiglioni	ITA	32.37 (7) 34.95 (3)	1:07.32	0.68
7	3	Martina Carraro	ITA	31.52 (6) 36.04 (7)	1:07.56	0.63
8	1	Fiona Doyle	IRL	31.49 (4) 36.09 (8)	1:07.58	0.67

Heat Six (14:11)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Lilly King	USA	30.66 (2) 35.12 (2)	1:05.78	0.71	Q
2	5	Rūta Meilutytė	LTU	30.43 (1) 35.92 (7)	1:06.35	0.61	Q
3	3	Shi Jinglin	CHN	31.00 (4) 35.55 (5)	1:06.55	0.71	Q
4	6	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	ISL	31.24 (5) 35.57 (6)	1:06.81	0.70	Q
5	2	Satomi Suzuki	JPN	30.97 (3) 36.02 (8)	1:06.99	0.64	Q
6	1	Jessica Vall	ESP	31.73 (6) 35.34 (3)	1:07.07	0.71	Q
7	7	Kierra Smith	CAN	32.32 (8) 35.09 (1)	1:07.41	0.79
8	8	Zhang Xinyu	CHN	32.20 (7) 35.39 (4)	1:07.59	0.68

Semi-Finals (7 August 2016 — 22:29)

Heat One (22:29)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	31.86 (5) 33.86 (1)	1:05.72	0.74	Q
2	5	Rūta Meilutytė	LTU	30.96 (1) 35.48 (6)	1:06.44	0.60	Q
3	2	Jennie Johansson	SWE	31.02 (2) 36.04 (8)	1:07.06	0.72
4	3	Rikke Møller Pedersen	DEN	31.67 (4) 35.40 (5)	1:07.07	0.74
5	6	Taylor McKeown	AUS	32.00 (6) 35.12 (=3)	1:07.12	0.74
6	7	Chloé Tutton	GBR	32.45 (8) 34.84 (2)	1:07.29	0.72
7	8	Kanako Watanabe	JPN	32.31 (7) 35.12 (=3)	1:07.43	0.70
8	1	Jessica Vall	ESP	31.53 (3) 36.02 (7)	1:07.55	0.72

Heat Two (22:37)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Lilly King	USA	30.69 (1) 35.01 (1)	1:05.70	0.69	Q
2	3	Shi Jinglin	CHN	31.01 (2) 35.30 (6)	1:06.31	0.74	Q
=3	5	Katie Meili	USA	31.24 (5) 35.28 (4)	1:06.52	0.62	Q
=3	6	Alia Atkinson	JAM	31.23 (4) 35.29 (5)	1:06.52	0.68	Q
5	2	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	ISL	31.37 (6) 35.34 (7)	1:06.71	0.67	Q
6	7	Rachel Nicol	CAN	31.52 (7) 35.21 (2)	1:06.73	0.70	Q
7	1	Satomi Suzuki	JPN	31.16 (3) 36.02 (8)	1:07.18	0.63
8	8	Viktoria Zeynep Güneş	TUR	32.18 (8) 35.23 (3)	1:07.41	0.72

Final (8 August 2016 — 22:54)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Lilly King	USA	30.22 (1) 34.71 (1)	1:04.93	0.69	OR
2	5	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	30.70 (4) 34.80 (2)	1:05.50	0.71
3	2	Katie Meili	USA	30.43 (2) 35.26 (4)	1:05.69	0.66
4	3	Shi Jinglin	CHN	30.82 (5) 35.55 (5)	1:06.37	0.74
5	8	Rachel Nicol	CAN	31.64 (8) 35.04 (3)	1:06.68	0.67
6	1	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	ISL	30.87 (6) 36.31 (6)	1:07.18	0.67
7	6	Rūta Meilutytė	LTU	30.65 (3) 36.67 (7)	1:07.32	0.60
8	7	Alia Atkinson	JAM	31.30 (7) 36.80 (8)	1:08.10	0.75