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Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Centre,
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates29 July 2024 (heats and semifinals)
30 July 2024 (final)
Competitors36 from 29 nations
Winning time57.33
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kaylee McKeown  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Regan Smith  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Katharine Berkoff  United States
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The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 29 to 30 July 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.[1]


Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Regan Smith (USA) 57.13 Indianapolis, United States 18 June 2024
Olympic record  Kaylee McKeown (AUS) 57.47 Tokyo, Japan 27 July 2021

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Event Swimmer Nation Time Record
30 July Final Kaylee McKeown  Australia 57.33 OR

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[2][3]

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[2]

Time standards

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The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[4]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Women's events
Event OQT* OCT^
100 m backstroke 59.99 1:00.29

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

Competition format

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The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Schedule

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[1]

Date Time Round
29 July 2024 10:00 Heats
19:37 Semifinals
30 July 2024 17:30 Final

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 3 4 Katharine Berkoff  United States 57.99 Q
2 5 4 Regan Smith  United States 58.45 Q
3 4 4 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 58.48 Q
4 5 5 Kylie Masse  Canada 59.06 Q
5 3 5 Emma Terebo  France 59.10 Q
6 5 6 Béryl Gastaldello  France 59.31 Q
7 4 5 Iona Anderson  Australia 59.37 Q
8 4 2 Carmen Weiler  Spain 59.57 Q, NR
9 4 7 Roos Vanotterdijk  Belgium 59.68 Q
10 3 7 Kira Toussaint  Netherlands 59.84 Q
11 4 3 Wan Letian  China 59.87 Q
12 5 3 Ingrid Wilm  Canada 1:00.06 Q
13 5 2 Maaike de Waard  Netherlands 1:00.12 Q
14 4 6 Wang Xue'er  China 1:00.15 Q
15 4 1 Louise Hansson  Sweden 1:00.26 Q
16 3 3 Danielle Hill  Ireland 1:00.40 Q
17 5 7 Adela Piskorska  Poland 1:00.47
18 3 2 Kathleen Dawson  Great Britain 1:00.69
19 3 6 Medi Eira Harris  Great Britain 1:00.85
20 5 1 Anastasiya Shkurdai  Individual Neutral Athletes 1:00.94
21 3 1 Celia Pulido  Mexico 1:01.10
22 5 8 Nika Sharafutdinova  Ukraine 1:01.47
23 4 8 Emma Harvey  Bermuda 1:01.78
24 3 8 Gabriela Georgieva  Bulgaria 1:02.16
25 2 5 Aviv Barzelay  Israel 1:02.30
26 2 4 Xeniya Ignatova  Kazakhstan 1:02.51
27 2 6 Zuri Ferguson  Trinidad and Tobago 1:02.75
28 2 2 Lucero Mejía  Guatemala 1:03.42
29 2 3 Cindy Cheung  Hong Kong 1:03.45
30 1 4 Ganga Senavirathne  Sri Lanka 1:04.26
31 2 8 Amani Al-Obaidli  Bahrain 1:04.27
32 2 1 Celina Márquez  El Salvador 1:04.55
33 2 7 Elizabeth Jiménez  Dominican Republic 1:04.99
34 1 3 Denise Donelli  Mozambique 1:08.73
35 1 5 Aýnura Primowa  Turkmenistan 1:10.17
36 1 6 Maleek Al-Mukhtar  Libya 1:10.99

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Semifinals

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The swimmers with the best 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 1 4 Regan Smith  United States 57.97 Q
2 2 5 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 57.99 Q
3 2 4 Katharine Berkoff  United States 58.27 Q
4 2 6 Iona Anderson  Australia 58.63 Q
5 1 5 Kylie Masse  Canada 58.82 Q
6 1 7 Ingrid Wilm  Canada 59.10 Q
7 1 3 Béryl Gastaldello  France 59.29 Q
8 2 3 Emma Terebo  France 59.50 Q
9 1 6 Carmen Weiler  Spain 59.72
10 2 2 Roos Vanotterdijk  Belgium 59.86
11 1 1 Wang Xue'er  China 59.89
12 2 7 Wan Letian  China 1:00.06
13 2 1 Maaike de Waard  Netherlands 1:00.22
14 1 2 Kira Toussaint  Netherlands 1:00.37
15 2 8 Louise Hansson  Sweden 1:00.47
16 1 8 Danielle Hill  Ireland 1:00.80

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Final

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Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Kaylee McKeown  Australia 57.33 OR, =OC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Regan Smith  United States 57.66
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Katharine Berkoff  United States 57.98
4 2 Kylie Masse  Canada 58.29
5 6 Iona Anderson  Australia 58.98
6 7 Ingrid Wilm  Canada 59.25
7 8 Emma Terebo  France 59.40
8 1 Béryl Gastaldello  France 59.80

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Schedule". Paris 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. ^ Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Women's 100m Backstroke - Heats results" (PDF). Olympics. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Women's 100m Backstroke - Heats results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Women's 100m Backstroke - Semifinals results" (PDF). Olympics. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Women's 100m Backstroke - Semifinals results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Women's 100m Backstroke - Finals results" (PDF). Olympics. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.