Records

Heat 1

1.  Nigeria Lenient Obia, Nigeria
   Nigeria
   Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
   
    1:09.65
2.  Honduras Ana Galindo, Honduras
   Honduras
   Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
   
    1:11.80
3.  Turkmenistan Yelena Rojkova, Turkmenistan
   Turkmenistan
   Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
   
    1:15.48

Heat 2

1.  Bermuda Kiera Aitken
   Kiera Aitken
   Kiera Aitken is an Olympic and national-record holding swimmer from Bermuda. She is one of Bermuda's most successful swimmers, and has twice been named Bermuda's Female Athlete of the Year...
   
   , Bermuda
   Bermuda
   Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
   
    1:04.37
2.  Thailand Chonlathorn Vorathamrong, Thailand
   Thailand
   Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
   
    1:05.15
3.  Turkey Sadan Derya Erke, Turkey
   Turkey
   Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
   
    1:05.38
4.  Uruguay Serrana Fernández
   Serrana Fernández
   Serrana Andrea Fernández la Blanca is an Olympic backstroke swimmer from Uruguay. She competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, where she was flagbearer for Uruguay in the Opening Ceremony.Since 2007 she lives in Spain ....
   
   , Uruguay
   Uruguay
   Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
   
    1:05.51
5.  Chinese Taipei Hsiao Han Fu, Chinese Taipei
   Chinese Taipei
   Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
   
    1:06.62
6.  Kazakhstan Anastassiya Prilepa, Kazakhstan
   Kazakhstan
   Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
   
    1:07.55
7.  Uzbekistan Olga Gnedovckaya, Uzbekistan
   Uzbekistan
   Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
   
    1:15.33

Heat 3

1.  Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry
   Kirsty Coventry
   Kirsty Leigh Coventry is a Zimbabwean swimmer and world record holder. She attended and swam competitively for Auburn University in Alabama, in the United States...
   
   , Zimbabwe
   Zimbabwe
   Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
   
    1:01.60 -Q African Record
2.  Independent State of Croatia Sanja Jovanović
   Sanja Jovanovic
   Sanja Jovanović is a female backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who made her Olympic debut for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she competed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, where she finished in 17th and 13th position...
   
   , Croatia
   Croatia
   Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
   
    1:02.47
3.  Belarus Sviatlana Khakhlova, Belarus
   Belarus
   Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
   
    1:03.25
4.  Guatemala Gisela Morales, Guatemala
   Guatemala
   Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
   
    1:03.72
5.  Israel Anna Gostomelsky
   Anna Gostomelsky
   Anna Gostomelsky is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.-Biography:She is Jewish. She holds the most Israeli swimming records of any female swimmer....
   
   , Israel
   Israel
   The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
   
    1:04.06
6.  Hong Kong Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai, Hong Kong
   Hong Kong
   Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
   
    1:04.25
7.  Greece Eirini Karastergiou, Greece
   Greece
   Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
   
    1:05.30
8.  Finland Hanna-Maria Seppälä, Finland
   Finland
   Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
   
    1:05.55

Heat 4

1.  Early Modern France Laure Manaudou
   Laure Manaudou
   Laure Manaudou |Rhône]]) is a French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer. She is the daughter of a French father and a Dutch mother.- 2004 Olympics :...
   
   , France
   France
   The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
   
    1:01.27 -Q
2.  Japan Reiko Nakamura
   Reiko Nakamura
   is a Japanese Olympic and Asian record-holding swimmer. She swam in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, winning the bronze medals in the 200m backstroke at both editions....
   
   , Japan
   Japan
   Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
   
    1:01.39 -Q
3.  Japan Noriko Inada, Japan 1:01.67 -Q
4.  Russia Stanislava Komarova
   Stanislava Komarova
   Stanislava Stanislavovna Komarova is a Russian swimmer. She won the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.Komarova is one of the few modern swimmers who competes without goggles....
   
   , Russia
   Russia
   Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
   
    1:01.84 -Q
5.  Czech Republic Ilona Hlaváčková
   Ilona Hlavácková
   Ilona Hlaváčková is a backstroke swimmer and Olympian from the Czech Republic. She competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics....
   
   , Czech Republic
   Czech Republic
   The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
   
    1:01.95 -Q
6.  People's Republic of China Shu Zhan, China
   People's Republic of China
   China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
   
    1:02.39 -Q
7.  Canada Erin Gammel
   Erin Gammel
   Erin Gammel is an international backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in 17th position in the 100 m Backstroke, and in 11th place with the Canadian Relay Team in the 4x100 m Medley.-References:**...
   
   , Canada
   Canada
   Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
   
    1:02.47
8.  South Korea Min-Ji Shim, Korea
   Korea
   Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
   
    1:03.14

Heat 5

1.  Germany Antje Buschschulte
   Antje Buschschulte
   Antje Buschschulte is a German swimmer. Her best disciplines are the short distance freestyle and backstroke races. Buschschulte swims for the sporting club SC Magdeburg. Up to now, she has won 24 German championships....
   
   , Germany
   Germany
   Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
   
    1:01.68 -Q
2.  Australia Giaan Rooney
   Giaan Rooney
   Giaan Leigh Rooney OAM is a retired Australian swimmer. She won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world record at the Athens Olympics...
   
   , Australia
   Australia
   Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
   
    1:01.96 -Q
3.  United States Haley Cope
   Haley Cope
   Haley Clark is a retired American swimmer. She won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, eight world championship medals, and held a world record in the 50 metre backstroke....
   
   , United States
   United States
   The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
   
    1:01.99 -Q
4.  Denmark Louise Ørnstedt
   Louise Ørnstedt
   Louise Ørnstedt was a Danish backstroke swimmer who competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.She retired from swimming in August 2007 due to persistent shoulder problems.-References:*...
   
   , Denmark
   Denmark
   Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
   
    1:02.17 -Q
5.  Ukraine Iryna Amshennikova, Ukraine
   Ukraine
   Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
   
    1:02.57
6.  Australia Marieke Guehrer
   Marieke Guehrer
   Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...
   
   , Australia 1:02.76
7.  New Zealand Hannah McLean
   Hannah McLean
   Hannah McLean is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal in the 200m backstroke at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games.-References:...
   
   , New Zealand
   New Zealand
   New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
   
    1:03.09
8.  Early Modern France Alexandra Putra
   Alexandra Putra
   Alexandra Putra is a female backstroke swimmer and the current European Champion in the 200 m backstroke .-References:*...
   
   , France 1:04.13

Heat 6

1.  United States Natalie Coughlin
   Natalie Coughlin
   Natalie Anne Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive...
   
   , United States 1:01.45 -Q
2.  Spain Nina Zhivanevskaya
   Nina Zhivanevskaya
   Nina Aleksandrovna Zhivanevskaya is a 5-time Olympic backstroke swimmer from Russia, who has swum for Spain since 1999, following her marriage to a Spaniard ....
   
   , Spain
   Spain
   Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
   
    1:01.75 -Q
3.  United Kingdom Katy Sexton
   Katy Sexton
   Katy Sexton MBE is a British swimmer.One of her most significant achievements was becoming the first British female swimmer to win gold at the 2003 World Championships in the 200 m backstroke...
   
   , Great Britain
   United Kingdom
   The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
   
    1:02.01 -Q
4.  United Kingdom Sarah Price
   Sarah Price
   This article is about the swimmer. For the filmmaker see Sarah Price Sarah Price is a former backstroke swimmer from the United Kingdom. She began her swimming career at the Potters Bar club, and turned professional aged fifteen. She set her first British record in 1997 in the 50 m backstroke...
   
   , Great Britain 1:02.17 -Q
5.  People's Republic of China Chang Gao, China 1:02.19 -Q
6.  Hungary Nikolett Szepesi
   Nikolett Szepesi
   Nikolett Szepesi is a Hungarian swimmer from Budapest.-References:...
   
   , Hungary
   Hungary
   Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
   
    1:02.78
7.  Germany Janine Pietsch
   Janine Pietsch
   Janine Pietsch is a German backstroke swimmer. In the course of her career, she competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, won two gold medals on the short course at the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships, and four European gold medals.-2001–2005:Pietsch's first success on an...
   
   , Germany 1:03.13
8.  Italy Alessandra Cappa
   Alessandra Cappa
   Alessandra Cappa is a backstroke swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the women's 50 metres backstroke event at the 2004 European Championships. She represented her native country a couple of months later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...
   
   , Italy
   Italy
   Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
   
   1:03.50

Heats swim-off race 1

1.  Independent State of Croatia Sanja Jovanovic, Croatia 1:02.32
2.  Canada Erin Gammel, Canada 1:03.05

Heats ranking

1.  Early Modern France Laure Manaudou, France 1:01.27 -Q
2.  Japan Reiko Nakamura, Japan 1:01.39 -Q
3.  United States Natalie Coughlin, United States 1:01.45 -Q
4.  Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 1:01.60 -Q
5.  Japan Noriko Inada, Japan 1:01.67 -Q
6.  Germany Antje Buschschulte, Germany 1:01.68 -Q
7.  Spain Nina Zhivanevskaya, Spain 1:01.75 -Q
8.  Russia Stanislava Komarova, Russia 1:01.84 -Q
9.  Czech Republic Ilona Hlaváčková, Czech Republic 1:01.95 -Q
10.  Australia Giaan Rooney, Australia 1:01.96 -Q
11.  United States Haley Cope, United States 1:01.99 -Q
12.  United Kingdom Katy Sexton, Great Britain 1:02.01 -Q
13.  Denmark Louise Ørnstedt, Denmark 1:02.17 -Q
14.  United Kingdom Sarah Price, Great Britain 1:02.17 -Q
15.  People's Republic of China Chang Gao, China 1:02.19 -Q
16.  People's Republic of China Shu Zhan, China 1:02.39 -Q
17.  Independent State of Croatia Sanja Jovanovic, Croatia 1:02.47
18.  Canada Erin Gammel, Canada 1:02.47
19.  Ukraine Iryna Amshennikova, Ukraine 1:02.57
20.  Australia Marieke Guehrer, Australia 1:02.76
21.  Hungary Nikolett Szepesi, Hungary 1:02.78
22.  New Zealand Hannah McLean, New Zealand 1:03.09
23.  Germany Janine Pietsch, Germany 1:03.13
24.  South Korea Min-Ji Shim, Korea 1:03.14
25.  Belarus Sviatlana Khakhlova, Belarus 1:03.25
26.  Italy Alessandra Cappa, Italy 1:03.50
27.  Guatemala Gisela Morales, Guatemala 1:03.72
28.  Israel Anna Gostomelsky, Israel 1:04.06
29.  Early Modern France Alexandra Putra, France 1:04.13
30.  Hong Kong Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai, Hong Kong 1:04.25
31.  Bermuda Kiera Aitken, Bermuda 1:04.37
32.  Thailand Chonlathorn Vorathamrong, Thailand 1:05.15
33.  Greece Eirini Karastergiou, Greece 1:05.30
34.  Turkey Sadan Derya Erke, Turkey 1:05.38
35.  Uruguay Serrana Fernández, Uruguay 1:05.51
36.  Finland Hanna-Maria Seppala, Finland 1:05.55
37.  Chinese Taipei Hsiao Han Fu, Chinese Taipei 1:06.62
38.  Kazakhstan Anastassiya Prilepa, Kazakhstan 1:07.55
39.  Nigeria Lenient Obia, Nigeria 1:09.65
40.  Honduras Ana Galindo, Honduras 1:11.80
41.  Uzbekistan Olga Gnedovckaya, Uzbekistan 1:15.33
42.  Turkmenistan Yelena Rojkova, Turkmenistan 1:15.48

Semi-final heat 1

1.  Germany Antje Buschschulte, Germany 1:00.94 -Q
2.  Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 1:01.21 -Q African Record
3.  Japan Reiko Nakamura, Japan 1:01.24 -Q
4.  Australia Giaan Rooney, Australia 1:01.41 Oceania Record
5.  Russia Stanislava Komarova, Russia 1:01.63
6.  United Kingdom Katy Sexton, Great Britain 1:01.96
7.  People's Republic of China Shu Zhan, China 1:02.10
8.  United Kingdom Sarah Price, Great Britain 1:02.48

Semi-final heat 2

1.  United States Natalie Coughlin, United States 1:00.17 -Q Olympic Record
2.  Early Modern France Laure Manaudou, France 1:00.88 -Q
3.  Denmark Louise Ørnstedt, Denmark 1:01.12 -Q
4.  United States Haley Cope, United States 1:01.13 -Q
5.  Spain Nina Zhivanevskaya, Spain 1:01.19 -Q
6.  Japan Noriko Inada, Japan 1:01.74
7.  Czech Republic Ilona Hlaváčková, Czech Republic 1:01.81
8.  People's Republic of China Chang Gao, China 1:02.17

Semi-final ranking

1.  United States Natalie Coughlin, United States 1:00.17 -Q
2.  Early Modern France Laure Manaudou, France 1:00.88 -Q
3.  Germany Antje Buschschulte, Germany 1:00.94 -Q
4.  Denmark Louise Ørnstedt, Denmark 1:01.12 -Q
5.  United States Haley Cope, United States 1:01.13 -Q
6.  Spain Nina Zhivanevskaya, Spain 1:01.19 -Q
7.  Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 1:01.21 -Q
8.  Japan Reiko Nakamura, Japan 1:01.24 -Q
9.  Australia Giaan Rooney, Australia 1:01.41
10.  Russia Stanislava Komarova, Russia 1:01.63
11.  Japan Noriko Inada, Japan 1:01.74
12.  Czech Republic Ilona Hlaváčková, Czech Republic 1:01.81
13.  United Kingdom Katy Sexton, Great Britain 1:01.96
14.  People's Republic of China Shu Zhan, China 1:02.10
15.  People's Republic of China Chang Gao, China 1:02.17
16.  United Kingdom Sarah Price, Great Britain 1:02.48

Final

1.  United States Natalie Coughlin, United States 1:00.37
2.  Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe 1:00.50 African Record
3.  Early Modern France Laure Manaudou, France 1:00.88
4.  Japan Reiko Nakamura, Japan 1:01.05
5.  Spain Nina Zhivanevskaya, Spain 1:01.12
6.  Germany Antje Buschschulte, Germany 1:01.39
7.  Denmark Louise Ørnstedt, Denmark 1:01.51
8.  United States Haley Cope, United States 1:01.76