Records

Heat 1

1. Kateryna Zubkova
   Kateryna Zubkova
   Kateryna Mikhailivna Zubkova is a Ukrainian swimmer. She has won national titles for Ukraine eight times, and is a former European breaststroke champion...
   
   , 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...
   
    1:02.22
2. Wan Jung Cheng, 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...
   
    1:02.94
3. Gulsah Gonenc, 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...
   
    1:04.30
4. Angela Galea, Malta
   Malta
   Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
   
    1:05.47
5. Mariya Bugakova, 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....
   
    1:07.08
6. Natasha Sara Georgeos, Saint Lucia
   Saint Lucia
   Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...
   
    1:07.94

Heat 2

1. Mette Jacobsen
   Mette Jacobsen
   Mette Jacobsen is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who competed at five consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. Her final breakthrough came in 1995, when she won two titles at the European LC Championships in Vienna, Austria: in the 100 m...
   
   , 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...
   
    59.81 -Q
2. Eirini Kavarnou
   Eirini Kavarnou
   Eirini Kavarnou is a Greek swimmer. She competed in the 100 meter Butterfly at both the 2004 and 2008 Olympics-References:...
   
   , Greece
   Greece
   Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
   
    1:00.43
3. Elizabeth Coster, 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...
   
    1:00.61
4. Joscelin Yeo
   Joscelin Yeo
   Joscelin Yeo Wei Ling is a Nominated Member of Parliament and a former competitive swimmer from Singapore. Yeo won 40 gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games, as well as represented the Republic in the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and Summer Olympics...
   
   , Singapore
   Singapore
   Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
   
    1:00.81
5. Maria Papadopoulou, Cyprus
   Cyprus
   Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
   
    1:02.01
6. Kolbrun Yr Kristjansdottir, Iceland
   Iceland
   Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
   
    1:02.33
7. Hang Yu Sze, 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...
   
    1:02.42
8. Kyung-Hwa Park, 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...
   
    1:02.52

Heat 3

1. Martina Moravcová
   Martina Moravcová
   Martina Moravcová is a medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Slovakia. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and has gone on to compete in five consecutive Summer Olympics...
   
   , Slovakia
   Slovakia
   The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
   
    58.48 -Q
2. Rachel Komisarz
   Rachel Komisarz
   Rachel Komisarz is an American swimmer. She swam for the United States team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the women's 4x200 m freestyle relay and a silver medal in the women's 4x100 m medley relay.-External links:**...
   
   , United States
   United States
   The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
   
    59.38 -Q
3. Natalya Sutyagina, 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...
   
    59.76 -Q
4. Alena Popchanka
   Alena Popchanka
   Alena Popchanka is a 4-time Olympic freestyle and butterfly swimmer originally from Belarus. She swam for Belarus at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics...
   
   , 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 ,...
   
    59.77 -Q
5. Yuko Nakanishi
   Yuko Nakanishi
   is a Japanese butterfly swimmer.- Major achievements :2000 Sydney Olympics*200m butterfly 7th 2004 Athens Olympics*100m butterfly 14th...
   
   , 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...
   
    1:00.16
6. Beatrix Boulsevicz
   Beatrix Boulsevicz
   Beatrix Boulsevicz is a butterfly swimmer from Hungary, who won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the European SC Championships 2005. She is trained by Attila Selmeczi.-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...
   
    1:00.18
7. Johanna Sjöberg
   Johanna Sjöberg
   Johanna Sjöberg is a former international swimmer from Sweden, who won her first medal in 1997 by the European Swimming Championships in Sevilla: a bronze in the 100 m butterfly.-References:*...
   
   , Sweden
   Sweden
   Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
   
    1:00.61
8. Vered Borochovski
   Vered Borochovski
   Vered Borochovski is a former Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. She also holds three Israeli swimming records.In December 2002 she competed at the Jerusalem Cup. She swam a time of 27.38 in the 50m fly....
   
   , Israel
   Israel
   The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
   
    1:00.69

Heat 4

1. Otylia Jędrzejczak
   Otylia Jedrzejczak
   Otylia Jędrzejczak is a Polish swimmer. She is the Olympic champion from Athens 2004 in the 200 metre butterfly. She finished 4th in this event in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also swam in a third Olympiad, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In Athens 2004 she also silvered in...
   
   , -- 57.84 Q, NR
2. Jenny Thompson
   Jenny Thompson
   Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...
   
   , -- 58.77 Q
3. Ambra Migliori, -- 59.47 Q
4. Yafei Zhou, -- 59.62 Q
5. Anna-Karin Kammerling
   Anna-Karin Kammerling
   Anna-Karin Kammerling is a world-record breaking Swedish swimmer, who was born in Malmö, Sweden. Currently she resides in Sundsvall and trains with the Sundsvalls Swim Club under coach Hans Bergquist....
   
   , -- 59.84 Q
6. Georgina Lee, -- 1:00.45
7. Chantal Groot
   Chantal Groot
   Chantal Groot is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who has represented her country in many international championships since 1999...
   
   , -- 1:00.49
8. Aurore Mongel
   Aurore Mongel
   Aurore Mongel is an Olympic and national record holding butterfly swimmer from France. She swam for France at the 2008 Olympics, where she set the French record in the 200 m butterfly ....
   
   , -- 1:00.65

Heat 5

1. Petria Thomas
   Petria Thomas
   Petria Ann Thomas OAM is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby....
   
   , 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...
   
    57.47 -Q
2. Inge de Bruijn
   Inge de Bruijn
   Inge de Bruijn is a Dutch former swimmer. She was a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record holder.-Biography:De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, South Holland, and tried several sports before settling with swimming....
   
   , Netherlands 58.47 -Q
3. Jessica Schipper, Australia 58.57 -Q
4. Junko Onishi
   Junko Onishi (swimmer)
   is a former butterfly swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100 m medley relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Masami Tanaka, and Sumika Minamoto.-References:* *...
   
   , Japan 59.22 -Q
5. Malia Metella
   Malia Metella
   Malia Metella is a French Olympic freestyle swimmer from French Guiana. She swam for France at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 2004 in the women's 50 free....
   
   , France 59.38 -Q
6. Franziska van Almsick
   Franziska van Almsick
   Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen....
   
   , 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...
   
    59.53 -Q
7. Francesca Segat
   Francesca Segat
   Francesca Segat is a butterfly swimmer from Italy, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003....
   
   , Italy 1:00.56
8. Yanwei Xu
   Yanwei Xu
   Xu Yanwei is an Olympic medal-winning swimmer from the People's Republic of China, who became part of the Chinese national swimming team in 2000. She competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens....
   
   , China 1:01.53

Heats ranking

1. Petria Thomas, Australia 57.47 -Q
2. Otylia Jędrzejczak, Poland 57.84 -Q
3. Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands 58.47 -Q
4. Martina Moravcova, Slovakia 58.48 -Q
5. Jess Schipper, Australia 58.57 -Q
6. Jenny Thompson, United States 58.77 -Q
7. Junko Onishi, Japan 59.22 -Q
8. Rachel Komisarz, United States 59.38 -Q
9. Malia Metella, France 59.38 -Q
10. Ambra Migliori, Italy 59.47 -Q
11. Franziska van Almsick, Germany 59.53 -Q
12. Yafei Zhou, China 59.62 -Q
13. Natalya Sutyagina, Russia 59.76 -Q
14. Alena Popchanka, Belarus 59.77 -Q
15. Mette Jacobsen, Denmark 59.81 -Q
16. Anna-Karin Kammerling, Sweden 59.84 -Q
17. Yuko Nakanishi, Japan 1:00.16
18. Beatrix Boulsevicz, Hungary 1:00.18
19. Eirini Kavarnou, Greece 1:00.43
20. Georgina Lee, Great Britain 1:00.45
21. Chantal Groot, Netherlands 1:00.49
22. Francesca Segat, Italy 1:00.56
23. Elizabeth Coster, New Zealand 1:00.61
24. Johanna Sjoberg, Sweden 1:00.61
25. Aurore Mongel, France 1:00.65
26. Vered Borochovski, Israel 1:00.69
27. Joscelin Yeo, Singapore 1:00.81
28. Yanwei Xu, China 1:01.53
29. Maria Papadopoulou, Cyprus 1:02.01
30. Kateryna Zubkova, Ukraine 1:02.22
31. Kolbrun Yr Kristjansdottir, Iceland 1:02.33
32. Hang Yu Sze, Hong Kong 1:02.42
33. Kyung-Hwa Park, Korea 1:02.52
34. Wan Jung Cheng, Chinese Taipei 1:02.94
35. Gulsah Gonenc, Turkey 1:04.30
36. Angela Galea, Malta 1:05.47
37. Mariya Bugakova, Uzbekistan 1:07.08
38. Natasha Sara Georgeos, Saint Lucia 1:07.94

Semi-final heat 1

1. Otylia Jędrzejczak, Poland 58.10 -Q
2. Martina Moravcova, Slovakia 58.66 -Q
3. Jenny Thompson, United States 58.91 -Q
4. Rachel Komisarz, United States 59.34
5. Ambra Migliori, Italy 59.53
6. Yuko Nakanishi, Japan 59.53
7. Mette Jacobsen, Denmark 59.72
8. Natalya Sutyagina, Russia 59.79

Semi-final heat 2

1. Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands 57.50 -Q
2. Petria Thomas, Australia 57.93 -Q
3. Jess Schipper, Australia 58.63 -Q
4. Alena Popchanka, Belarus 58.97 -Q
5. Junko Onishi, Japan 59.24 -Q
6. Malia Metella, France 59.28
7. Anna-Karin Kammerling, Sweden 59.33
8. Yafei Zhou, China 59.48

Semi-final ranking

1. Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands 57.50 -Q
2. Petria Thomas, Australia 57.93 -Q
3. Otylia Jędrzejczak, Poland 58.10 -Q
4. Jess Schipper, Australia 58.63 -Q
5. Martina Moravcova, Slovakia 58.66 -Q
6. Jenny Thompson, United States 58.91 -Q
7. Alena Popchanka, Belarus 58.97 -Q
8. Junko Onishi, Japan 59.24 -Q
9. Malia Metella, France 59.28
10. Anna-Karin Kammerling, Sweden 59.33
11. Rachel Komisarz, United States 59.34
12. Yafei Zhou, China 59.48
13. Ambra Migliori, Italy 59.53
14. Yuko Nakanishi, Japan 59.53
15. Mette Jacobsen, Denmark 59.72
16. Natalya Sutyagina, Russia 59.79

Final

1. Petria Thomas, Australia 57.72
2. Otylia Jędrzejczak, Poland 57.84
3. Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands 57.99
4. Jess Schipper, Australia 58.22
5. Jenny Thompson, United States 58.72
6. Martina Moravcova, Slovakia 58.96
7. Alena Popchanka, Belarus 59.06
8. Junko Onishi, Japan 59.83