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100 metres Breaststroke, Women

Date	17 – 18 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	43 from 37 countries

After her victories at the 1996 Olympic Games Penny Heyns of South Africa had a quiet few years, before she returned to form with a vengeance in 1999 and set 11 new world records in a period of three months. At the start of the Sydney Olympics she held the world records at 50, 100 and 200 metres breaststroke.

Not one of the three 1998 World Championships medallists were present in Sydney but the two years since then had seen the emergence of 16-year-old American Megan Quann. Quann had confidently predicted that she would break the world record on the way to an Olympic title. She failed to break the record but she did win the Olympic title when a late race surge put her clear of Heyns in the last quarter of the race. Heyns, who had led for most of the race, was then passed by Australia’s Leisel Jones for silver.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Megan Quann	USA	1:07.48 (1 h5)	1:07.79 (1 h2)	1:07.05 (1)	Gold
2	Leisel Jones	AUS	1:07.92 (2 h6)	1:08.03 (2 h2)	1:07.49 (2)	Silver
3	Penny Heyns	RSA	1:07.85 (1 h6)	1:08.33 (3 h1)	1:07.55 (3)	Bronze
4	Sarah Poewe	RSA	1:08.06 (1 h4)	1:07.48 (1 h1)	1:07.85 (4)
5	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	1:08.50 (2 h5)	1:07.79 (2 h1)	1:08.09 (5)
6	Masami Tanaka	JPN	1:09.12 (3 h4)	1:09.04 (4 h2)	1:08.37 (6)
7	Tarnee White	AUS	1:08.35 (2 h4)	1:08.61 (3 h2)	1:09.09 (7)
8	Sylvia Gerasch	GER	1:09.31 (3 h6)	1:09.33 (4 h1)	1:09.86 (8)
9	Brigitte Becue	BEL	1:09.38 (4 h4)	1:09.47 (5 h2)	–
10	Christin Petelski	CAN	1:09.57 (5 h4)	1:09.54 (5 h1)	–
11	Rhiannon Leier	CAN	1:09.68 (4 h6)	1:09.63 (6 h1)	–
12	Qi Hui	CHN	1:09.88 (4 h5)	1:09.81 (6 h2)	–
13	Svitlana Bondarenko	UKR	1:09.60 (3 h5)	1:09.84 (7 h2)	–
14	Simone Karn	GER	1:09.94 (5 h6)	1:09.85 (7 h1)	–
15	Madelon Baans	NED	1:10.47 (6 h6)	1:10.44 (8 h1)	–
16	Nataša Kejžar	SLO	1:10.44 (5 h5)	1:10.66 (8 h2)	–
17	Olga Bakaldina	RUS	1:10.53 (6 h5)	–	–
18	Staciana Stitts	USA	1:10.54 (7 h6)	–	–
19	Li Wei	CHN	1:10.55 (6 h4)	–	–
20	Heidi Earp	GBR	1:10.56 (7 h5)	–	–
21	Alicja Pęczak	POL	1:10.57 (8 h5)	–	–
22	Emma Igelström	SWE	1:11.09 (8 h6)	–	–
23	İlkay Dikmen	TUR	1:11.51 (1 h2)	–	–
24	Elvira Fischer	AUT	1:11.58 (1 h3)	–	–
25	Byeon Hye-Yeong	KOR	1:11.64 (7 h4)	–	–
26	Isabel Ceballos	COL	1:11.90 (2 h3)	–	–
27	Agata Czaplicki	SUI	1:13.19 (3 h3)	–	–
28	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	1:13.25 (4 h3)	–	–
29	Emma Robinson	IRL	1:13.41 (5 h3)	–	–
30	Smiljana Marinović	CRO	1:13.49 (6 h3)	–	–
31	Imaday Núñez	CUB	1:13.91 (7 h3)	–	–
32	Siow Yi Ting	MAS	1:13.92 (2 h2)	–	–
33	Íris Edda Heimisdóttir	ISL	1:14.07 (3 h2)	–	–
34	Olga Molchanova	KGZ	1:14.41 (4 h2)	–	–
35	Jenny Guerrero	PHI	1:15.14 (8 h3)	–	–
36	Caroline Chiu	HKG	1:15.87 (5 h2)	–	–
37	Katerine Moreno	BOL	1:16.15 (6 h2)	–	–
38	Nádia Cruz	ANG	1:19.57 (7 h2)	–	–
39	Xenia Peni	PNG	1:19.62 (8 h2)	–	–
40	Mariam Keita	MLI	1:37.80 (1 h1)	–	–
41	Balkissa Ouhoumoudou	NIG	1:42.39 (2 h1)	–	–
DQ	Doli Akhtar	BAN	– (DQ h1)	–	–
DQ	Pamela Girimbabazi	RWA	– (DQ h1)	–	–
DNS	Junko Isoda	JPN	– (DNS h4)	–	–

Round One

Date	17 September 2000 — 19:53
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Megan Quann	USA	1:07.48	Q
2	–	Penny Heyns	RSA	1:07.85	Q
3	–	Leisel Jones	AUS	1:07.92	Q
4	–	Sarah Poewe	RSA	1:08.06	Q
5	–	Tarnee White	AUS	1:08.35	Q
6	–	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	1:08.50	Q
7	–	Masami Tanaka	JPN	1:09.12	Q
8	–	Sylvia Gerasch	GER	1:09.31	Q
9	–	Brigitte Becue	BEL	1:09.38	Q
10	–	Christin Petelski	CAN	1:09.57	Q
11	–	Svitlana Bondarenko	UKR	1:09.60	Q
12	–	Rhiannon Leier	CAN	1:09.68	Q
13	–	Qi Hui	CHN	1:09.88	Q
14	–	Simone Karn	GER	1:09.94	Q
15	–	Nataša Kejžar	SLO	1:10.44	Q
16	–	Madelon Baans	NED	1:10.47	Q
17	–	Olga Bakaldina	RUS	1:10.53
18	–	Staciana Stitts	USA	1:10.54
19	–	Li Wei	CHN	1:10.55
20	–	Heidi Earp	GBR	1:10.56
21	–	Alicja Pęczak	POL	1:10.57
22	–	Emma Igelström	SWE	1:11.09
23	–	İlkay Dikmen	TUR	1:11.51
24	–	Elvira Fischer	AUT	1:11.58
25	–	Byeon Hye-Yeong	KOR	1:11.64
26	–	Isabel Ceballos	COL	1:11.90
27	–	Agata Czaplicki	SUI	1:13.19
28	–	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	1:13.25
29	–	Emma Robinson	IRL	1:13.41
30	–	Smiljana Marinović	CRO	1:13.49
31	–	Imaday Núñez	CUB	1:13.91
32	–	Siow Yi Ting	MAS	1:13.92
33	–	Íris Edda Heimisdóttir	ISL	1:14.07
34	–	Olga Molchanova	KGZ	1:14.41
35	–	Jenny Guerrero	PHI	1:15.14
36	–	Caroline Chiu	HKG	1:15.87
37	–	Katerine Moreno	BOL	1:16.15
38	–	Nádia Cruz	ANG	1:19.57
39	–	Xenia Peni	PNG	1:19.62
40	–	Mariam Keita	MLI	1:37.80
41	–	Balkissa Ouhoumoudou	NIG	1:42.39
DQ	–	Doli Akhtar	BAN	–		1
DQ	–	Pamela Girimbabazi	RWA	–
DNS	–	Junko Isoda	JPN	–

Heat #1

Time	19:53

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Mariam Keita	MLI	1:37.80	0.87	44.69 (1)	53.11 (1)
2	–	Balkissa Ouhoumoudou	NIG	1:42.39	0.91	46.03 (2)	56.36 (2)
DQ	–	Doli Akhtar	BAN	–	–	– (–)	–	2
DQ	–	Pamela Girimbabazi	RWA	–	–	– (–)	–

Heat #2

Time	11:08

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	İlkay Dikmen	TUR	1:11.51	0.76	34.42 (1)	37.09 (1)
2	–	Siow Yi Ting	MAS	1:13.92	0.87	34.93 (4)	38.99 (2)
3	–	Íris Edda Heimisdóttir	ISL	1:14.07	0.93	34.70 (2)	39.37 (3)
4	–	Olga Molchanova	KGZ	1:14.41	0.89	34.78 (3)	39.63 (4)
5	–	Caroline Chiu	HKG	1:15.87	0.81	35.52 (5)	40.35 (5)
6	–	Katerine Moreno	BOL	1:16.15	0.83	35.63 (6)	40.52 (6)
7	–	Nádia Cruz	ANG	1:19.57	0.88	37.20 (8)	42.37 (7)
8	–	Xenia Peni	PNG	1:19.62	0.89	36.17 (7)	43.45 (8)

Heat #3

Time	11:11

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Elvira Fischer	AUT	1:11.58	0.85	33.85 (3)	37.73 (1)
2	–	Isabel Ceballos	COL	1:11.90	0.78	33.44 (1)	38.46 (2)
3	–	Agata Czaplicki	SUI	1:13.19	0.76	34.71 (5)	38.48 (=3)
4	–	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	1:13.25	0.72	34.77 (6)	38.48 (=3)
5	–	Emma Robinson	IRL	1:13.41	0.78	33.58 (2)	39.83 (8)
6	–	Smiljana Marinović	CRO	1:13.49	0.86	33.93 (4)	39.56 (7)
7	–	Imaday Núñez	CUB	1:13.91	0.88	35.15 (7)	38.76 (5)
8	–	Jenny Guerrero	PHI	1:15.14	0.82	36.04 (8)	39.10 (6)

Heat #4

Time	11:14

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Sarah Poewe	RSA	1:08.06	0.74	32.02 (2)	36.04 (1)	Q
2	–	Tarnee White	AUS	1:08.35	0.79	31.94 (1)	36.41 (5)	Q
3	–	Masami Tanaka	JPN	1:09.12	0.82	32.90 (4)	36.22 (3)	Q
4	–	Brigitte Becue	BEL	1:09.38	0.74	33.04 (5)	36.34 (4)	Q
5	–	Christin Petelski	CAN	1:09.57	0.79	33.47 (6)	36.10 (2)	Q
6	–	Li Wei	CHN	1:10.55	0.73	32.57 (3)	37.98 (7)
7	–	Byeon Hye-Yeong	KOR	1:11.64	0.83	34.13 (7)	37.51 (6)
DNS	–	Junko Isoda	JPN	–	–	– (–)	–

Heat #5

Time	11:17

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Megan Quann	USA	1:07.48	0.75	31.77 (1)	35.71 (1)	Q
2	–	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	1:08.50	0.90	32.12 (2)	36.38 (2)	Q
3	–	Svitlana Bondarenko	UKR	1:09.60	0.87	33.21 (5)	36.39 (3)	Q
4	–	Qi Hui	CHN	1:09.88	0.84	33.29 (6)	36.59 (4)	Q
5	–	Nataša Kejžar	SLO	1:10.44	0.80	32.91 (3)	37.53 (8)	Q
6	–	Olga Bakaldina	RUS	1:10.53	0.90	33.47 (7)	37.06 (6)
7	–	Heidi Earp	GBR	1:10.56	0.80	33.63 (8)	36.93 (5)
8	–	Alicja Pęczak	POL	1:10.57	0.84	33.18 (4)	37.39 (7)

Heat #6

Time	11:21

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Penny Heyns	RSA	1:07.85	0.78	31.35 (1)	36.50 (3)	Q
2	–	Leisel Jones	AUS	1:07.92	0.85	32.16 (2)	35.76 (1)	Q
3	–	Sylvia Gerasch	GER	1:09.31	0.84	33.53 (8)	35.78 (2)	Q
4	–	Rhiannon Leier	CAN	1:09.68	0.80	32.77 (3)	36.91 (4)	Q
5	–	Simone Karn	GER	1:09.94	0.82	33.01 (5)	36.93 (5)	Q
6	–	Madelon Baans	NED	1:10.47	0.90	33.00 (4)	37.47 (7)	Q
7	–	Staciana Stitts	USA	1:10.54	0.80	33.40 (7)	37.14 (6)
8	–	Emma Igelström	SWE	1:11.09	0.80	33.21 (6)	37.88 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	17 September 2000 — 19:53
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Sarah Poewe	RSA	1:07.48	Q
=2	–	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	1:07.79	Q
=2	–	Megan Quann	USA	1:07.79	Q
4	–	Leisel Jones	AUS	1:08.03	Q
5	–	Penny Heyns	RSA	1:08.33	Q
6	–	Tarnee White	AUS	1:08.61	Q
7	–	Masami Tanaka	JPN	1:09.04	Q
8	–	Sylvia Gerasch	GER	1:09.33	Q
9	–	Brigitte Becue	BEL	1:09.47
10	–	Christin Petelski	CAN	1:09.54
11	–	Rhiannon Leier	CAN	1:09.63
12	–	Qi Hui	CHN	1:09.81
13	–	Svitlana Bondarenko	UKR	1:09.84
14	–	Simone Karn	GER	1:09.85
15	–	Madelon Baans	NED	1:10.44
16	–	Nataša Kejžar	SLO	1:10.66

Heat #1

Time	19:53

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Sarah Poewe	RSA	1:07.48	0.77	31.62 (1)	35.86 (1)	Q
2	–	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	1:07.79	0.85	31.67 (2)	36.12 (3)	Q
3	–	Penny Heyns	RSA	1:08.33	0.78	31.87 (3)	36.46 (4)	Q
4	–	Sylvia Gerasch	GER	1:09.33	0.81	33.44 (8)	35.89 (2)	Q
5	–	Christin Petelski	CAN	1:09.54	0.79	33.01 (5)	36.53 (5)
6	–	Rhiannon Leier	CAN	1:09.63	0.83	32.84 (4)	36.79 (6)
7	–	Simone Karn	GER	1:09.85	0.96	33.04 (7)	36.81 (7)
8	–	Madelon Baans	NED	1:10.44	0.84	33.02 (6)	37.42 (8)

Heat #2

Time	11:08

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Megan Quann	USA	1:07.79	0.74	32.00 (1)	35.79 (2)	Q
2	–	Leisel Jones	AUS	1:08.03	0.86	32.39 (3)	35.64 (1)	Q
3	–	Tarnee White	AUS	1:08.61	0.83	32.18 (2)	36.43 (4)	Q
4	–	Masami Tanaka	JPN	1:09.04	0.79	33.14 (6)	35.90 (3)	Q
5	–	Brigitte Becue	BEL	1:09.47	0.86	32.89 (4)	36.58 (6)
6	–	Qi Hui	CHN	1:09.81	0.86	33.09 (5)	36.72 (7)
7	–	Svitlana Bondarenko	UKR	1:09.84	0.86	33.30 (8)	36.54 (5)
8	–	Nataša Kejžar	SLO	1:10.66	0.80	33.23 (7)	37.43 (8)

Final Round

Date	18 September 2000 — 20:32

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Megan Quann	USA	1:07.05	0.75	31.65 (3)	35.40 (2)
2	–	Leisel Jones	AUS	1:07.49	0.86	32.14 (5)	35.35 (1)
3	–	Penny Heyns	RSA	1:07.55	0.74	31.10 (1)	36.45 (6)
4	–	Sarah Poewe	RSA	1:07.85	0.75	31.56 (2)	36.29 (4)
5	–	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	1:08.09	0.82	31.72 (4)	36.37 (5)
6	–	Masami Tanaka	JPN	1:08.37	0.82	32.42 (6)	35.95 (3)
7	–	Tarnee White	AUS	1:09.09	0.84	32.56 (7)	36.53 (7)
8	–	Sylvia Gerasch	GER	1:09.86	0.85	33.17 (8)	36.69 (8)