Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Heat	Lane	Notes
1	Jessicah Schipper Jessicah Schipper Jessicah Lee Schipper OAM is an Australian swimmer. She trained at the Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton club in Brisbane, under veteran coach Ken Wood up until the conclusion of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Schipper now trains under the guidance of Stephan Widmer with the Commercial Swimming Club...		0:57.58	6	4	Q
2	Christine Magnuson Christine Magnuson Christine Marie Magnuson is an American swimmer and two-time Olympic medalist.She has won a total of five medals in major international competition, four silvers, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, and the Pan Pacific Championships.-Personal:Magnuson went to high school...		0:57.70	5	4	Q
2	Zhou Yafei Zhou Yafei Zhou Yafei is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2002 Asian Games - 1st 100m fly/4x100m medley relay;...		0:57.70	6	3	Q (AS*)
4	Tao Li Tao Li Tao Li is a China-born Singaporean competitive swimmer specializing in the backstroke and butterfly stroke.A Singapore Sports School student, Tao has represented Singapore at the Southeast Asian Games and Asian Games and holds several national records...		0:57.77	4	5	Q, AS
5	Gabriella Silva Gabriella Silva Gabriella M. Silva is a Brazilian butterfly swimmer and Olympian. As of October 2008, she is the South American and Brazilian record holder in the long-course 100 fly....		0:58.00	5	8	Q
6	Elaine Breeden Elaine Breeden Elaine Breeden is an American swimmer. She qualified to swim in the 100m butterfly and 200m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics by placing second and first respectively in those two events at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Breeden was eliminated in the 100m semifinals and finished seventh in the 200m...		0:58.06	5	5	Q
7	Ilaria Bianchi		0:58.12	4	1	Q
8	Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics....		0:58.20	5	1	Q, AF
9	Inge Dekker Inge Dekker Inge Dekker is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Netherlands, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She did so alongside Inge de Bruijn, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot...		0:58.22	6	5	Q
10	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 ....		0:58.30	7	7	Q
11	Natalya Sutyagina		0:58.32	5	6	Q
12	Lisbeth Trickett		0:58.37	7	4	Q
13	Eszter Dara Eszter Dara Eszter Dara is a female Hungarian swimmer, who competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics.She won a bronze medal at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships in 100 m butterfly...		0:58.39	6	2	Q
14	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...		0:58.40	7	2	Q
15	Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently holds the Danish record in 100 m freestyle...		0:58.44	5	3	Q
16	Jemma Lowe Jemma Lowe Jemma Louise Lowe is an English university and international butterfly swimmer and British record holder.Lowe was born in Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom...		0:58.49	7	5	Q
17	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...		0:58.53	4	6
.18.	Mandy Loots Mandy Loots Mandy Loots is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics....		0:58.61	4	2	AF
.18.	Yuko Nakanishi Yuko Nakanishi is a Japanese butterfly swimmer.- Major achievements :2000 Sydney Olympics*200m butterfly 7th 2004 Athens Olympics*100m butterfly 14th...		0:58.61	5	2
20	Sara Isakovič Sara Isakovic Sara Isakovič is a freestyle swimmer from Slovenia. She spent much of her childhood in Dubai. Isakovič was a member of the Žito Gorenjka Radovljica Swimming Club from Radovljica, Slovenia and trained under the supervision of coach Miha Potočnik.Isakovič competed for Slovenia at the 2004 Summer...		0:58.68	4	4
21	Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European...		0:58.70	7	3
22	Irina Bespalova Irina Bespalova Irina Nikolayevna Bespalova is a female butterfly swimmer from Russia, who represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.-References:*...		0:58.92	6	6
23	Yuka Kato Yuka Kato is a Japanese butterfly swimmer.- Major achievements :2007 World Championships* 50m butterfly 10th 2008 Beijing Olympics* 100m butterfly 23rd * 4×100m medley relay 6th - Personal Bests :In long course...		0:58.94	6	7
24	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...		0:58.99	4	3
25	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...		0:59.03	6	1
26	Birgit Koschischek		0:59.07	3	4	NR
27	Sarah Sjöström Sarah Sjöström Sarah Fredrika Sjöström is a Swedish swimmer. On 22 March 2008, at the age of 14, she took the gold medal in women's 100 m butterfly at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands. She was clocked for 58.44 seconds...		0:59.08	7	6
28	Audrey Lacroix Audrey Lacroix Audrey Lacroix is a Canadian swimmer from Montreal, Quebec. She is the Canadian record holder in the 100 metre butterfly , 200 metre butterfly . She is also the world record holder in the short-course 4x100 medley relay event with her fellow teammates, Katy Murdoch, Annamay Pierse, and Victoria Poon...		0:59:10	4	8
28	Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen		0:59.10	6	8
30	Hannah Jane Arnett Wilson		0:59.35	3	1
30	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...		0:59.35	5	7
32	Triin Aljand Triin Aljand Triin Aljand is an Estonian swimmer. She was a member of the Estonian national team that competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and multiple FINA World Aquatics Championships. She competed again for the team in the 2008 Summer Olympics.She currently attends Texas A&M University, where she swims for...		0:59.43	2	4	NR
32	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....		0:59.43	7	8
34	Daynara de Paula		0:59.45	4	7
35	Sara Oliveira		0:59.48	3	6
36	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....		0:59.50	3	5	PB
37	Ingvild Snildal Ingvild Snildal Ingvild Snildal is an Olympic and National Record holding swimming from Norway. She swam for Norway at the 2008 Olympics, where she set the Norwegian Record in the 100m butterfly. Her club team is Asker svømmeklubb....		0:59.86	3	2
38	Carolina Colorado		1:00.06	3	7
39	Daniela Samulski Daniela Samulski Daniela Samulski is a German swimmer who has competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-External links:*...		1:00.37	7	1
40	Choi Hye-Ra		1:00.65	2	5
41	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:...		1:00.74	3	3
42	Heather Brand		1:01.39	3	8
43	Chin-Kuei Yang		1:01.60	2	6
44	Iris Rosenberger		1:01.67	2	3
45	Natallia Hadjiloizou		1:01.80	2	2
46	Emilia Pikkarainen Emilia Pikkarainen Emilia Pikkarainen is a Finnish swimmer who was a member of the Finland 2008 Olympics Team. She reached the 100 m butterfly and swam 1:02.31 where she finished 46th. Her personal record is 1:01.43 from 2008.-References:...		1:02.31	2	7
47	Binta Zahra Diop		1:04.26	1	5
48	Antonella Scanavino		1:04.28	1	4
49	Simona Muccioli		1:04.91	1	3

Q = Qualified to Semifinal (odd finishers to second heat; even finishers to first)

AS = Asian Record

AF = African Record
(In parenthesis means new record at the time, but later on broken - With a *, that record were new but broken)

NR = National Record

PB = Personal Best

Semifinals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Semifinal	Lane	Notes
1	Lisbeth Trickett		57.05	1	7	Q
2	Christine Magnuson Christine Magnuson Christine Marie Magnuson is an American swimmer and two-time Olympic medalist.She has won a total of five medals in major international competition, four silvers, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, and the Pan Pacific Championships.-Personal:Magnuson went to high school...		57.08	1	4	Q, AM
3	Jessicah Schipper Jessicah Schipper Jessicah Lee Schipper OAM is an Australian swimmer. She trained at the Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton club in Brisbane, under veteran coach Ken Wood up until the conclusion of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Schipper now trains under the guidance of Stephan Widmer with the Commercial Swimming Club...		57.43	2	4	Q
4	Tao Li Tao Li Tao Li is a China-born Singaporean competitive swimmer specializing in the backstroke and butterfly stroke.A Singapore Sports School student, Tao has represented Singapore at the Southeast Asian Games and Asian Games and holds several national records...		57.54	1	5	Q, AS
5	Zhou Yafei Zhou Yafei Zhou Yafei is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2002 Asian Games - 1st 100m fly/4x100m medley relay;...		57.68	2	5	Q
6	Jemma Lowe Jemma Lowe Jemma Louise Lowe is an English university and international butterfly swimmer and British record holder.Lowe was born in Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom...		57.78	1	8	Q, NR
7	Inge Dekker Inge Dekker Inge Dekker is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Netherlands, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She did so alongside Inge de Bruijn, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot...		58.20	2	2	Q
8	Gabriella Silva Gabriella Silva Gabriella M. Silva is a Brazilian butterfly swimmer and Olympian. As of October 2008, she is the South American and Brazilian record holder in the long-course 100 fly....		58.39	2	3	Q
9	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 ....		58.46	1	2
10	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...		58.55	1	1
10	Elaine Breeden Elaine Breeden Elaine Breeden is an American swimmer. She qualified to swim in the 100m butterfly and 200m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics by placing second and first respectively in those two events at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Breeden was eliminated in the 100m semifinals and finished seventh in the 200m...		58.55	1	3
12	Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics....		58.63	1	6
13	Eszter Dara Eszter Dara Eszter Dara is a female Hungarian swimmer, who competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics.She won a bronze medal at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships in 100 m butterfly...		58.84	2	1
14	Natalya Sutyagina		59.07	2	7
15	Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently holds the Danish record in 100 m freestyle...		59.29	2	8
	Ilaria Bianchi		DSQ	2	6

AM = Americas Record | AS = Asian Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lisbeth Trickett		56.73	OC
	Christine Magnuson Christine Magnuson Christine Marie Magnuson is an American swimmer and two-time Olympic medalist.She has won a total of five medals in major international competition, four silvers, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, and the Pan Pacific Championships.-Personal:Magnuson went to high school...		57.10
	Jessicah Schipper Jessicah Schipper Jessicah Lee Schipper OAM is an Australian swimmer. She trained at the Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton club in Brisbane, under veteran coach Ken Wood up until the conclusion of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Schipper now trains under the guidance of Stephan Widmer with the Commercial Swimming Club...		57.25
4	Zhou Yafei Zhou Yafei Zhou Yafei is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2002 Asian Games - 1st 100m fly/4x100m medley relay;...		57.84
5	Tao Li Tao Li Tao Li is a China-born Singaporean competitive swimmer specializing in the backstroke and butterfly stroke.A Singapore Sports School student, Tao has represented Singapore at the Southeast Asian Games and Asian Games and holds several national records...		57.99
6	Jemma Lowe Jemma Lowe Jemma Louise Lowe is an English university and international butterfly swimmer and British record holder.Lowe was born in Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom...		58.06
7	Gabriella Silva Gabriella Silva Gabriella M. Silva is a Brazilian butterfly swimmer and Olympian. As of October 2008, she is the South American and Brazilian record holder in the long-course 100 fly....		58.10
8	Inge Dekker Inge Dekker Inge Dekker is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Netherlands, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She did so alongside Inge de Bruijn, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot...		58.54

OC = Oceania Record