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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	Competitor	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

Date	7 August 2016 — 13:56

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

Heat #1

Time	13:56

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Darýa Semýonowa	TKM	1:19.84	0.85	36.12 (1)	43.72 (1)
2	–	Rachael Tonjor	NGR	1:21.43	0.87	36.41 (2)	45.02 (3)
3	–	Teona Bostashvili	GEO	1:22.91	0.77	37.92 (3)	44.99 (2)
4	–	Daniah Hagul	LBA	1:25.47	0.75	40.06 (4)	45.41 (4)

Heat #2

Time	13:59

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Maria Romanjuk	EST	1:09.49	0.69	32.69 (=2)	36.80 (1)
2	–	Phee Jinq En	MAS	1:10.22	0.70	32.69 (=2)	37.53 (3)
3	–	Darya Talanova	KGZ	1:10.94	0.76	33.74 (5)	37.20 (2)
4	–	Tatiana Chișca	MDA	1:11.37	0.70	32.56 (1)	38.81 (4)
5	–	Evita Leter	SUR	1:14.96	0.70	33.05 (4)	41.91 (5)
6	–	Pilar Shimizu	GUM	1:16.65	0.73	34.52 (6)	42.13 (6)
7	–	Izzy Joachim	VIN	1:17.37	0.77	35.10 (7)	42.27 (7)
8	–	Jamila Lunkuse	UGA	1:19.64	0.74	36.82 (8)	42.82 (8)

Heat #3

Time	14:02

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Jenna Laukkanen	FIN	1:07.35	0.67	31.47 (1)	35.88 (1)
2	–	Molly Renshaw	GBR	1:07.92	0.70	31.95 (3)	35.97 (2)
3	–	Anna Sztankovics	HUN	1:08.06	0.70	31.93 (2)	36.13 (4)
4	–	Martina Moravčíková	CZE	1:08.50	0.78	32.43 (6)	36.07 (3)
5	–	Sophie Hansson	SWE	1:08.67	0.75	32.11 (5)	36.56 (5)
6	–	Amit Ivry	ISR	1:09.42	0.70	32.71 (7)	36.71 (6)
7	–	Yvette Kong	HKG	1:09.56	0.76	32.04 (4)	37.52 (7)
8	–	Tjaša Vozel	SLO	1:11.15	0.72	33.21 (8)	37.94 (8)

Heat #4

Time	14:05

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Katie Meili	USA	1:06.00	0.63	30.65 (1)	35.35 (3)	Q
2	–	Rikke Møller Pedersen	DEN	1:06.58	0.72	31.87 (5)	34.71 (2)	Q
3	–	Taylor McKeown	AUS	1:06.73	0.73	32.08 (6)	34.65 (1)	Q
4	–	Rachel Nicol	CAN	1:06.85	0.66	31.16 (3)	35.69 (5)	Q
5	–	Kanako Watanabe	JPN	1:07.22	0.71	31.61 (4)	35.61 (4)	Q	2
6	–	Georgia Bohl	AUS	1:07.96	0.68	31.02 (2)	36.94 (8)
7	–	Fanny Lecluyse	BEL	1:08.80	0.72	32.17 (7)	36.63 (7)
8	–	Darya Chikunova	RUS	1:09.12	0.77	32.78 (8)	36.34 (6)

Heat #5

Time	14:08

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	1:05.79	0.71	31.44 (3)	34.35 (1)	Q
2	–	Alia Atkinson	JAM	1:06.72	0.67	31.08 (1)	35.64 (6)	Q
3	–	Jennie Johansson	SWE	1:06.84	0.72	31.34 (2)	35.50 (4)	Q
4	–	Chloé Tutton	GBR	1:06.88	0.70	32.39 (8)	34.49 (2)	Q
5	–	Viktoria Zeynep Güneş	TUR	1:07.14	0.72	31.51 (5)	35.63 (5)	Q
6	–	Arianna Castiglioni	ITA	1:07.32	0.68	32.37 (7)	34.95 (3)
7	–	Martina Carraro	ITA	1:07.56	0.63	31.52 (6)	36.04 (7)
8	–	Fiona Doyle	IRL	1:07.58	0.67	31.49 (4)	36.09 (8)

Heat #6

Time	14:11

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Lilly King	USA	1:05.78	0.71	30.66 (2)	35.12 (2)	Q
2	–	Rūta Meilutytė	LTU	1:06.35	0.61	30.43 (1)	35.92 (7)	Q
3	–	Shi Jinglin	CHN	1:06.55	0.71	31.00 (4)	35.55 (5)	Q
4	–	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	ISL	1:06.81	0.70	31.24 (5)	35.57 (6)	Q
5	–	Satomi Suzuki	JPN	1:06.99	0.64	30.97 (3)	36.02 (8)	Q
6	–	Jessica Vall	ESP	1:07.07	0.71	31.73 (6)	35.34 (3)	Q
7	–	Kierra Smith	CAN	1:07.41	0.79	32.32 (8)	35.09 (1)
8	–	Zhang Xinyu	CHN	1:07.59	0.68	32.20 (7)	35.39 (4)

Semi-Finals

Date	7 August 2016 — 22:29

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Lilly King	USA	1:05.70	Q
2	–	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	1:05.72	Q
3	–	Shi Jinglin	CHN	1:06.31	Q
4	–	Rūta Meilutytė	LTU	1:06.44	Q
=5	–	Katie Meili	USA	1:06.52	Q
=5	–	Alia Atkinson	JAM	1:06.52	Q
7	–	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	ISL	1:06.71	Q
8	–	Rachel Nicol	CAN	1:06.73	Q
9	–	Jennie Johansson	SWE	1:07.06
10	–	Rikke Møller Pedersen	DEN	1:07.07
11	–	Taylor McKeown	AUS	1:07.12
12	–	Satomi Suzuki	JPN	1:07.18
13	–	Chloé Tutton	GBR	1:07.29
14	–	Viktoria Zeynep Güneş	TUR	1:07.41
15	–	Kanako Watanabe	JPN	1:07.43
16	–	Jessica Vall	ESP	1:07.55

Heat #1

Time	22:29

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	1:05.72	0.74	31.86 (5)	33.86 (1)	Q
2	–	Rūta Meilutytė	LTU	1:06.44	0.60	30.96 (1)	35.48 (6)	Q
3	–	Jennie Johansson	SWE	1:07.06	0.72	31.02 (2)	36.04 (8)
4	–	Rikke Møller Pedersen	DEN	1:07.07	0.74	31.67 (4)	35.40 (5)
5	–	Taylor McKeown	AUS	1:07.12	0.74	32.00 (6)	35.12 (=3)
6	–	Chloé Tutton	GBR	1:07.29	0.72	32.45 (8)	34.84 (2)
7	–	Kanako Watanabe	JPN	1:07.43	0.70	32.31 (7)	35.12 (=3)
8	–	Jessica Vall	ESP	1:07.55	0.72	31.53 (3)	36.02 (7)

Heat #2

Time	22:37

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Lilly King	USA	1:05.70	0.69	30.69 (1)	35.01 (1)	Q
2	–	Shi Jinglin	CHN	1:06.31	0.74	31.01 (2)	35.30 (6)	Q
=3	–	Katie Meili	USA	1:06.52	0.62	31.24 (5)	35.28 (4)	Q
=3	–	Alia Atkinson	JAM	1:06.52	0.68	31.23 (4)	35.29 (5)	Q
5	–	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	ISL	1:06.71	0.67	31.37 (6)	35.34 (7)	Q
6	–	Rachel Nicol	CAN	1:06.73	0.70	31.52 (7)	35.21 (2)	Q
7	–	Satomi Suzuki	JPN	1:07.18	0.63	31.16 (3)	36.02 (8)
8	–	Viktoria Zeynep Güneş	TUR	1:07.41	0.72	32.18 (8)	35.23 (3)

Final Round

Date	8 August 2016 — 22:54

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Lilly King	USA	1:04.93	0.69	30.22 (1)	34.71 (1)	OR
2	–	Yuliya Yefimova	RUS	1:05.50	0.71	30.70 (4)	34.80 (2)
3	–	Katie Meili	USA	1:05.69	0.66	30.43 (2)	35.26 (4)
4	–	Shi Jinglin	CHN	1:06.37	0.74	30.82 (5)	35.55 (5)
5	–	Rachel Nicol	CAN	1:06.68	0.67	31.64 (8)	35.04 (3)
6	–	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir	ISL	1:07.18	0.67	30.87 (6)	36.31 (6)
7	–	Rūta Meilutytė	LTU	1:07.32	0.60	30.65 (3)	36.67 (7)
8	–	Alia Atkinson	JAM	1:08.10	0.75	31.30 (7)	36.80 (8)