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50 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	22 – 23 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	74 from 66 countries

The main threat to Inge de Bruijn’s attempt to add a third Olympic title to her haul from the Sydney Games appeared to be the current World and Olympic champion Amy van Dyken. Things got ugly between the two at the semi-final when US TV filmed van Dyken spitting into de Bruijn’s lane. It seemed to have little effect on the Dutch woman who responded by setting a new world record.

The final also followed the same pattern with “Invincible Inky”, as the Australian press called her, speeding like a bullet towards the finish and another Olympic gold. [Therese Alshammar] of Sweden matched her performance of the 100 metre freestyle by winning the silver medal with 33-year-old American Dara Torres finishing third. Torres would come back in 2008 and win silver in this event, the oldest female Olympic swimming medalist ever. She also attempted to make the 2012 US Olympic Team at age 45, but did not get past the US Trials.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Inge de Bruijn	NED	24.46 (1 h10)	24.13 (1 h2)	24.32 (1)	Gold
2	Therèse Alshammar	SWE	25.24 (1 h9)	24.80 (1 h1)	24.51 (2)	Silver
3	Dara Torres	USA	24.96 (1 h8)	24.98 (2 h1)	24.63 (3)	Bronze
4	Amy Van Dyken	USA	25.04 (2 h10)	25.00 (2 h2)	25.04 (4)
5	Martina Moravcová	SVK	25.39 (3 h10)	25.49 (4 h2)	25.24 (5)
6	Sandra Völker	GER	25.44 (2 h9)	25.22 (3 h1)	25.27 (6)
7	Alison Sheppard	GBR	25.53 (2 h8)	25.32 (3 h2)	25.45 (7)
8	Sumika Minamoto	JPN	25.52 (=4 h10)	25.43 (4 h1)	25.65 (8)
9	Vivienne Rignall	NZL	25.52 (=4 h10)	25.61 (=5 h2)	–
10	Anna-Karin Kammerling	SWE	25.79 (4 h8)	25.61 (=5 h2)	–
11	Katrin Meißner	GER	25.64 (6 h10)	25.62 (5 h1)	–
12	Susie O'Neill	AUS	25.73 (3 h8)	25.74 (6 h1)	–
13	Wilma van Rijn	NED	25.81 (3 h9)	25.87 (7 h1)	–
14	Olha Mukomol	UKR	25.67 (7 h10)	25.88 (7 h2)	–
15	Rania El-Wani	EGY	25.87 (1 h6)	25.95 (8 h2)	–
16	Jana Kolukanova	EST	25.96 (1 h7)	26.03 (8 h1)	–
=17	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	25.96 (2 h6)	–	–
=17	Ana Belén Palomo	ESP	25.96 (4 h9)	–	–
19	Cristina Chiuso	ITA	25.99 (5 h8)	–	–
20	Sue Rolph	GBR	26.00 (6 h8)	–	–
21	Han Xue	CHN	26.01 (5 h9)	–	–
22	Nadine Rolland	CAN	26.04 (7 h8)	–	–
=23	Sarah Ryan	AUS	26.05 (8 h8)	–	–
=23	Leah Martindale	BAR	26.05 (3 h6)	–	–
25	Heleen Muller	RSA	26.07 (6 h9)	–	–
26	Alena Popchanka	BLR	26.10 (2 h7)	–	–
27	Eileen Marie Coparropa	PAN	26.19 (7 h9)	–	–
=28	Liesbet Dreesen	BEL	26.21 (=3 h7)	–	–
=28	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	FIN	26.21 (=3 h7)	–	–
30	Ivana Walterová	SVK	26.23 (5 h7)	–	–
31	Judith Draxler	AUT	26.26 (8 h9)	–	–
32	Siobhan Cropper	TTO	26.36 (4 h6)	–	–
33	Yekaterina Kibalo	RUS	26.37 (6 h7)	–	–
34	Lara Heinz	LUX	26.55 (5 h6)	–	–
35	Caroline Pickering	FIJ	26.57 (6 h6)	–	–
36	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	26.58 (7 h6)	–	–
37	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	26.71 (7 h7)	–	–
38	Jenna Gresdal	CAN	26.79 (8 h10)	–	–
39	Moe Thu Aung	MYA	26.80 (1 h1)	–	–
40	Chiang Tzu-Ying	TPE	26.84 (1 h5)	–	–
=41	Yekaterina Tochenaya	KGZ	26.88 (1 h4)	–	–
=41	Jang Hui-Jin	KOR	26.88 (8 h6)	–	–
43	Athina Bochori	GRE	26.90 (8 h7)	–	–
44	Agnese Ozoliņa	LAT	27.28 (2 h5)	–	–
45	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	27.31 (3 h5)	–	–
46	Marijana Šurković	CRO	27.32 (4 h5)	–	–
47	Sherry Tsai	HKG	27.38 (5 h5)	–	–
48	Chantal Gibney	IRL	27.46 (6 h5)	–	–
49	Angela Chuck	JAM	27.48 (2 h4)	–	–
50	Jūratė Ladavičiūtė	LTU	27.54 (7 h5)	–	–
51	Elín Sigurðardóttir	ISL	27.58 (8 h5)	–	–
52	Marilyn Chua	MAS	27.66 (3 h4)	–	–
53	Duška Radan	SCG	27.70 (4 h4)	–	–
54	Maria Tregubov	MDA	27.75 (5 h4)	–	–
55	Saida Iskandarova	UZB	28.08 (6 h4)	–	–
56	Talía Barrios	PER	28.11 (7 h4)	–	–
57	Ngozi Monu	NGR	28.20 (1 h3)	–	–
58	Tânia Anacleto	MOZ	28.78 (2 h3)	–	–
59	Alisa Xalıyeva	AZE	28.79 (3 h3)	–	–
60	Sherri Henry	LCA	28.81 (4 h3)	–	–
61	Mbolatiana Ramanisa	MAD	29.20 (5 h3)	–	–
62	Roshendra Vrolijk	ARU	29.31 (6 h3)	–	–
63	Yuliana Mikheeva	ARM	29.79 (7 h3)	–	–
64	Theekshana Ratnasekera	SRI	29.88 (1 h2)	–	–
65	Samar Nassar	PLE	30.05 (2 h2)	–	–
66	Runa Pradhan	NEP	31.28 (3 h2)	–	–
67	Teran Matthews	VIN	31.71 (4 h2)	–	–
68	Francilla Agar	DMA	32.22 (8 h3)	–	–
69	Fariha Fathimath	MDV	32.36 (5 h2)	–	–
70	Hem Raksmey	CAM	33.11 (6 h2)	–	–
71	Noor Haki	IRQ	35.51 (7 h2)	–	–
72	Aissatou Barry	GUI	35.79 (8 h4)	–	–
73	Paula Barila Bolopa	GEQ	1:03.97 (2 h1)	–	–
DQ	Fatima Abdul Majeed	BRN	– (DQ h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	22 September 2000
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Inge de Bruijn	NED	24.46	QOR
2	–	Dara Torres	USA	24.96	Q
3	–	Amy Van Dyken	USA	25.04	Q
4	–	Therèse Alshammar	SWE	25.24	Q
5	–	Martina Moravcová	SVK	25.39	Q
6	–	Sandra Völker	GER	25.44	Q
=7	–	Vivienne Rignall	NZL	25.52	Q
=7	–	Sumika Minamoto	JPN	25.52	Q
9	–	Alison Sheppard	GBR	25.53	Q
10	–	Katrin Meißner	GER	25.64	Q
11	–	Olha Mukomol	UKR	25.67	Q
12	–	Susie O'Neill	AUS	25.73	Q
13	–	Anna-Karin Kammerling	SWE	25.79	Q
14	–	Wilma van Rijn	NED	25.81	Q
15	–	Rania El-Wani	EGY	25.87	Q
=16	–	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	25.96
=16	–	Jana Kolukanova	EST	25.96	q
=16	–	Ana Belén Palomo	ESP	25.96	q
19	–	Cristina Chiuso	ITA	25.99
20	–	Sue Rolph	GBR	26.00
21	–	Han Xue	CHN	26.01
22	–	Nadine Rolland	CAN	26.04
=23	–	Leah Martindale	BAR	26.05
=23	–	Sarah Ryan	AUS	26.05
25	–	Heleen Muller	RSA	26.07
26	–	Alena Popchanka	BLR	26.10
27	–	Eileen Marie Coparropa	PAN	26.19
=28	–	Liesbet Dreesen	BEL	26.21
=28	–	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	FIN	26.21
30	–	Ivana Walterová	SVK	26.23
31	–	Judith Draxler	AUT	26.26
32	–	Siobhan Cropper	TTO	26.36
33	–	Yekaterina Kibalo	RUS	26.37
34	–	Lara Heinz	LUX	26.55
35	–	Caroline Pickering	FIJ	26.57
36	–	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	26.58
37	–	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	26.71
38	–	Jenna Gresdal	CAN	26.79
39	–	Moe Thu Aung	MYA	26.80
40	–	Chiang Tzu-Ying	TPE	26.84
=41	–	Yekaterina Tochenaya	KGZ	26.88
=41	–	Jang Hui-Jin	KOR	26.88
43	–	Athina Bochori	GRE	26.90
44	–	Agnese Ozoliņa	LAT	27.28
45	–	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	27.31
46	–	Marijana Šurković	CRO	27.32
47	–	Sherry Tsai	HKG	27.38
48	–	Chantal Gibney	IRL	27.46
49	–	Angela Chuck	JAM	27.48
50	–	Jūratė Ladavičiūtė	LTU	27.54
51	–	Elín Sigurðardóttir	ISL	27.58
52	–	Marilyn Chua	MAS	27.66
53	–	Duška Radan	SCG	27.70
54	–	Maria Tregubov	MDA	27.75
55	–	Saida Iskandarova	UZB	28.08
56	–	Talía Barrios	PER	28.11
57	–	Ngozi Monu	NGR	28.20
58	–	Tânia Anacleto	MOZ	28.78
59	–	Alisa Xalıyeva	AZE	28.79
60	–	Sherri Henry	LCA	28.81
61	–	Mbolatiana Ramanisa	MAD	29.20
62	–	Roshendra Vrolijk	ARU	29.31
63	–	Yuliana Mikheeva	ARM	29.79
64	–	Theekshana Ratnasekera	SRI	29.88
65	–	Samar Nassar	PLE	30.05
66	–	Runa Pradhan	NEP	31.28
67	–	Teran Matthews	VIN	31.71
68	–	Francilla Agar	DMA	32.22
69	–	Fariha Fathimath	MDV	32.36
70	–	Hem Raksmey	CAM	33.11
71	–	Noor Haki	IRQ	35.51
72	–	Aissatou Barry	GUI	35.79
73	–	Paula Barila Bolopa	GEQ	1:03.97
DQ	–	Fatima Abdul Majeed	BRN	–		1

Heat #1

Time	10:02

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Moe Thu Aung	MYA	26.80	0.76
2	–	Paula Barila Bolopa	GEQ	1:03.97	0.73
DQ	–	Fatima Abdul Majeed	BRN	–	–	2

Heat #2

Time	10:04

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Theekshana Ratnasekera	SRI	29.88	0.61
2	–	Samar Nassar	PLE	30.05	0.61
3	–	Runa Pradhan	NEP	31.28	0.61
4	–	Teran Matthews	VIN	31.71	0.94
5	–	Fariha Fathimath	MDV	32.36	0.61
6	–	Hem Raksmey	CAM	33.11	0.61
7	–	Noor Haki	IRQ	35.51	0.61

Heat #3

Time	10:06

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Ngozi Monu	NGR	28.20	0.88
2	–	Tânia Anacleto	MOZ	28.78	0.64
3	–	Alisa Xalıyeva	AZE	28.79	0.86
4	–	Sherri Henry	LCA	28.81	0.89
5	–	Mbolatiana Ramanisa	MAD	29.20	0.89
6	–	Roshendra Vrolijk	ARU	29.31	0.83
7	–	Yuliana Mikheeva	ARM	29.79	0.64
8	–	Francilla Agar	DMA	32.22	0.84

Heat #4

Time	10:08

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Yekaterina Tochenaya	KGZ	26.88	0.81
2	–	Angela Chuck	JAM	27.48	0.82
3	–	Marilyn Chua	MAS	27.66	0.82
4	–	Duška Radan	SCG	27.70	0.78
5	–	Maria Tregubov	MDA	27.75	0.86
6	–	Saida Iskandarova	UZB	28.08	0.81
7	–	Talía Barrios	PER	28.11	0.79
8	–	Aissatou Barry	GUI	35.79	1.06

Heat #5

Time	10:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Chiang Tzu-Ying	TPE	26.84	0.81
2	–	Agnese Ozoliņa	LAT	27.28	0.80
3	–	Pilin Tachakittiranan	THA	27.31	0.84
4	–	Marijana Šurković	CRO	27.32	0.80
5	–	Sherry Tsai	HKG	27.38	0.79
6	–	Chantal Gibney	IRL	27.46	0.84
7	–	Jūratė Ladavičiūtė	LTU	27.54	0.84
8	–	Elín Sigurðardóttir	ISL	27.58	0.79

Heat #6

Time	10:12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Rania El-Wani	EGY	25.87	0.55	Q
2	–	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	25.96	0.85
3	–	Leah Martindale	BAR	26.05	0.85
4	–	Siobhan Cropper	TTO	26.36	0.79
5	–	Lara Heinz	LUX	26.55	0.86
6	–	Caroline Pickering	FIJ	26.57	0.87
7	–	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	26.58	0.55
8	–	Jang Hui-Jin	KOR	26.88	0.55

Heat #7

Time	10:14

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Jana Kolukanova	EST	25.96	0.88	q
2	–	Alena Popchanka	BLR	26.10	0.85
=3	–	Liesbet Dreesen	BEL	26.21	0.87
=3	–	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	FIN	26.21	0.74
5	–	Ivana Walterová	SVK	26.23	0.76
6	–	Yekaterina Kibalo	RUS	26.37	0.81
7	–	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	26.71	0.70
8	–	Athina Bochori	GRE	26.90	0.80

Heat #8

Time	10:16

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Dara Torres	USA	24.96	0.75	Q
2	–	Alison Sheppard	GBR	25.53	0.78	Q
3	–	Susie O'Neill	AUS	25.73	0.77	Q
4	–	Anna-Karin Kammerling	SWE	25.79	0.80	Q
5	–	Cristina Chiuso	ITA	25.99	0.76
6	–	Sue Rolph	GBR	26.00	0.78
7	–	Nadine Rolland	CAN	26.04	0.75
8	–	Sarah Ryan	AUS	26.05	0.74

Heat #9

Time	10:18

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Therèse Alshammar	SWE	25.24	0.81	Q
2	–	Sandra Völker	GER	25.44	0.53	Q
3	–	Wilma van Rijn	NED	25.81	0.80	Q
4	–	Ana Belén Palomo	ESP	25.96	0.78	q
5	–	Han Xue	CHN	26.01	0.53
6	–	Heleen Muller	RSA	26.07	0.53
7	–	Eileen Marie Coparropa	PAN	26.19	0.75
8	–	Judith Draxler	AUT	26.26	0.81

Heat #10

Time	10:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Inge de Bruijn	NED	24.46	0.73	QOR
2	–	Amy Van Dyken	USA	25.04	0.74	Q
3	–	Martina Moravcová	SVK	25.39	0.79	Q
=4	–	Vivienne Rignall	NZL	25.52	0.78	Q
=4	–	Sumika Minamoto	JPN	25.52	0.67	Q
6	–	Katrin Meißner	GER	25.64	0.82	Q
7	–	Olha Mukomol	UKR	25.67	0.96	Q
8	–	Jenna Gresdal	CAN	26.79	0.83

Swim-Off for 16th Place

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Jana Kolukanova	EST	25.86	Q
2	Mette Jacobsen	DEN	26.00
DQ	Ana Belén Palomo	ESP	–

Semi-Finals

Date	22 September 2000
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Inge de Bruijn	NED	24.13	QWR
2	–	Therèse Alshammar	SWE	24.80	Q
3	–	Dara Torres	USA	24.98	Q
4	–	Amy Van Dyken	USA	25.00	Q
5	–	Sandra Völker	GER	25.22	Q
6	–	Alison Sheppard	GBR	25.32	Q
7	–	Sumika Minamoto	JPN	25.43	Q
8	–	Martina Moravcová	SVK	25.49	Q
=9	–	Anna-Karin Kammerling	SWE	25.61
=9	–	Vivienne Rignall	NZL	25.61
11	–	Katrin Meißner	GER	25.62
12	–	Susie O'Neill	AUS	25.74
13	–	Wilma van Rijn	NED	25.87
14	–	Olha Mukomol	UKR	25.88
15	–	Rania El-Wani	EGY	25.95
16	–	Jana Kolukanova	EST	26.03

Heat #1

Time	20:07

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Therèse Alshammar	SWE	24.80	0.82	Q
2	–	Dara Torres	USA	24.98	0.75	Q
3	–	Sandra Völker	GER	25.22	0.70	Q
4	–	Sumika Minamoto	JPN	25.43	0.66	Q
5	–	Katrin Meißner	GER	25.62	0.80
6	–	Susie O'Neill	AUS	25.74	0.79
7	–	Wilma van Rijn	NED	25.87	0.81
8	–	Jana Kolukanova	EST	26.03	0.89

Heat #2

Time	20:12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Inge de Bruijn	NED	24.13	0.41	QWR
2	–	Amy Van Dyken	USA	25.00	0.41	Q
3	–	Alison Sheppard	GBR	25.32	0.75	Q
4	–	Martina Moravcová	SVK	25.49	0.78	Q
=5	–	Anna-Karin Kammerling	SWE	25.61	0.83
=5	–	Vivienne Rignall	NZL	25.61	0.77
7	–	Olha Mukomol	UKR	25.88	0.90
8	–	Rania El-Wani	EGY	25.95	0.78

Final Round

Date	23 September 2000 — 15:33

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time
1	–	Inge de Bruijn	NED	24.32	0.72
2	–	Therèse Alshammar	SWE	24.51	0.76
3	–	Dara Torres	USA	24.63	0.74
4	–	Amy Van Dyken	USA	25.04	0.76
5	–	Martina Moravcová	SVK	25.24	0.80
6	–	Sandra Völker	GER	25.27	0.73
7	–	Alison Sheppard	GBR	25.45	0.79
8	–	Sumika Minamoto	JPN	25.65	0.68