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100 metres Breaststroke, Women

Date	17 – 18 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	43 from 37 countries

After her victories at the 1996 Olympic Games Penny Heyns of South Africa had a quiet few years, before she returned to form with a vengeance in 1999 and set 11 new world records in a period of three months. At the start of the Sydney Olympics she held the world records at 50, 100 and 200 metres breaststroke.

Not one of the three 1998 World Championships medallists were present in Sydney but the two years since then had seen the emergence of 16-year-old American Megan Quann. Quann had confidently predicted that she would break the world record on the way to an Olympic title. She failed to break the record but she did win the Olympic title when a late race surge put her clear of Heyns in the last quarter of the race. Heyns, who had led for most of the race, was then passed by Australia’s Leisel Jones for silver.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Megan Quann	USA	1:07.48 (1 h5)	1:07.79 (1 h2)	1:07.05 (1)	Gold
2	Leisel Jones	AUS	1:07.92 (2 h6)	1:08.03 (2 h2)	1:07.49 (2)	Silver
3	Penny Heyns	RSA	1:07.85 (1 h6)	1:08.33 (3 h1)	1:07.55 (3)	Bronze
4	Sarah Poewe	RSA	1:08.06 (1 h4)	1:07.48 (1 h1)	1:07.85 (4)
5	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	1:08.50 (2 h5)	1:07.79 (2 h1)	1:08.09 (5)
6	Masami Tanaka	JPN	1:09.12 (3 h4)	1:09.04 (4 h2)	1:08.37 (6)
7	Tarnee White	AUS	1:08.35 (2 h4)	1:08.61 (3 h2)	1:09.09 (7)
8	Sylvia Gerasch	GER	1:09.31 (3 h6)	1:09.33 (4 h1)	1:09.86 (8)
9	Brigitte Becue	BEL	1:09.38 (4 h4)	1:09.47 (5 h2)	–
10	Christin Petelski	CAN	1:09.57 (5 h4)	1:09.54 (5 h1)	–
11	Rhiannon Leier	CAN	1:09.68 (4 h6)	1:09.63 (6 h1)	–
12	Qi Hui	CHN	1:09.88 (4 h5)	1:09.81 (6 h2)	–
13	Svitlana Bondarenko	UKR	1:09.60 (3 h5)	1:09.84 (7 h2)	–
14	Simone Karn	GER	1:09.94 (5 h6)	1:09.85 (7 h1)	–
15	Madelon Baans	NED	1:10.47 (6 h6)	1:10.44 (8 h1)	–
16	Nataša Kejžar	SLO	1:10.44 (5 h5)	1:10.66 (8 h2)	–
17	Olga Bakaldina	RUS	1:10.53 (6 h5)	–	–
18	Staciana Stitts	USA	1:10.54 (7 h6)	–	–
19	Li Wei	CHN	1:10.55 (6 h4)	–	–
20	Heidi Earp	GBR	1:10.56 (7 h5)	–	–
21	Alicja Pęczak	POL	1:10.57 (8 h5)	–	–
22	Emma Igelström	SWE	1:11.09 (8 h6)	–	–
23	İlkay Dikmen	TUR	1:11.51 (1 h2)	–	–
24	Elvira Fischer	AUT	1:11.58 (1 h3)	–	–
25	Byeon Hye-Yeong	KOR	1:11.64 (7 h4)	–	–
26	Isabel Ceballos	COL	1:11.90 (2 h3)	–	–
27	Agata Czaplicki	SUI	1:13.19 (3 h3)	–	–
28	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	1:13.25 (4 h3)	–	–
29	Emma Robinson	IRL	1:13.41 (5 h3)	–	–
30	Smiljana Marinović	CRO	1:13.49 (6 h3)	–	–
31	Imaday Núñez	CUB	1:13.91 (7 h3)	–	–
32	Siow Yi Ting	MAS	1:13.92 (2 h2)	–	–
33	Íris Edda Heimisdóttir	ISL	1:14.07 (3 h2)	–	–
34	Olga Molchanova	KGZ	1:14.41 (4 h2)	–	–
35	Jenny Guerrero	PHI	1:15.14 (8 h3)	–	–
36	Caroline Chiu	HKG	1:15.87 (5 h2)	–	–
37	Katerine Moreno	BOL	1:16.15 (6 h2)	–	–
38	Nádia Cruz	ANG	1:19.57 (7 h2)	–	–
39	Xenia Peni	PNG	1:19.62 (8 h2)	–	–
40	Mariam Keita	MLI	1:37.80 (1 h1)	–	–
41	Balkissa Ouhoumoudou	NIG	1:42.39 (2 h1)	–	–
DQ	Doli Akhtar	BAN	– (DQ h1)	–	–
DQ	Pamela Girimbabazi	RWA	– (DQ h1)	–	–
DNS	Junko Isoda	JPN	– (DNS h4)	–	–

Round One (17 September 2000 — 19:53)

Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (19:53)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	3	Mariam Keita	MLI	44.69 (1) 53.11 (1)	1:37.80	0.87
2	5	Balkissa Ouhoumoudou	NIG	46.03 (2) 56.36 (2)	1:42.39	0.91
DQ	4	Doli Akhtar	BAN	– (–) –	–	–	1
DQ	6	Pamela Girimbabazi	RWA	– (–) –	–	–

Heat Two (11:08)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	6	İlkay Dikmen	TUR	34.42 (1) 37.09 (1)	1:11.51	0.76
2	4	Siow Yi Ting	MAS	34.93 (4) 38.99 (2)	1:13.92	0.87
3	3	Íris Edda Heimisdóttir	ISL	34.70 (2) 39.37 (3)	1:14.07	0.93
4	5	Olga Molchanova	KGZ	34.78 (3) 39.63 (4)	1:14.41	0.89
5	2	Caroline Chiu	HKG	35.52 (5) 40.35 (5)	1:15.87	0.81
6	1	Katerine Moreno	BOL	35.63 (6) 40.52 (6)	1:16.15	0.83
7	7	Nádia Cruz	ANG	37.20 (8) 42.37 (7)	1:19.57	0.88
8	8	Xenia Peni	PNG	36.17 (7) 43.45 (8)	1:19.62	0.89

Heat Three (11:11)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Elvira Fischer	AUT	33.85 (3) 37.73 (1)	1:11.58	0.85
2	1	Isabel Ceballos	COL	33.44 (1) 38.46 (2)	1:11.90	0.78
3	7	Agata Czaplicki	SUI	34.71 (5) 38.48 (=3)	1:13.19	0.76
4	5	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	34.77 (6) 38.48 (=3)	1:13.25	0.72
5	3	Emma Robinson	IRL	33.58 (2) 39.83 (8)	1:13.41	0.78
6	2	Smiljana Marinović	CRO	33.93 (4) 39.56 (7)	1:13.49	0.86
7	6	Imaday Núñez	CUB	35.15 (7) 38.76 (5)	1:13.91	0.88
8	8	Jenny Guerrero	PHI	36.04 (8) 39.10 (6)	1:15.14	0.82

Heat Four (11:14)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Sarah Poewe	RSA	32.02 (2) 36.04 (1)	1:08.06	0.74	Q
2	3	Tarnee White	AUS	31.94 (1) 36.41 (5)	1:08.35	0.79	Q
3	4	Masami Tanaka	JPN	32.90 (4) 36.22 (3)	1:09.12	0.82	Q
4	2	Brigitte Becue	BEL	33.04 (5) 36.34 (4)	1:09.38	0.74	Q
5	7	Christin Petelski	CAN	33.47 (6) 36.10 (2)	1:09.57	0.79	Q
6	6	Li Wei	CHN	32.57 (3) 37.98 (7)	1:10.55	0.73
7	8	Byeon Hye-Yeong	KOR	34.13 (7) 37.51 (6)	1:11.64	0.83
DNS	1	Junko Isoda	JPN	– (–) –	–	–

Heat Five (11:17)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Megan Quann	USA	31.77 (1) 35.71 (1)	1:07.48	0.75	Q
2	5	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	32.12 (2) 36.38 (2)	1:08.50	0.90	Q
3	3	Svitlana Bondarenko	UKR	33.21 (5) 36.39 (3)	1:09.60	0.87	Q
4	6	Qi Hui	CHN	33.29 (6) 36.59 (4)	1:09.88	0.84	Q
5	8	Nataša Kejžar	SLO	32.91 (3) 37.53 (8)	1:10.44	0.80	Q
6	1	Olga Bakaldina	RUS	33.47 (7) 37.06 (6)	1:10.53	0.90
7	7	Heidi Earp	GBR	33.63 (8) 36.93 (5)	1:10.56	0.80
8	2	Alicja Pęczak	POL	33.18 (4) 37.39 (7)	1:10.57	0.84

Heat Six (11:21)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Penny Heyns	RSA	31.35 (1) 36.50 (3)	1:07.85	0.78	Q
2	3	Leisel Jones	AUS	32.16 (2) 35.76 (1)	1:07.92	0.85	Q
3	6	Sylvia Gerasch	GER	33.53 (8) 35.78 (2)	1:09.31	0.84	Q
4	2	Rhiannon Leier	CAN	32.77 (3) 36.91 (4)	1:09.68	0.80	Q
5	7	Simone Karn	GER	33.01 (5) 36.93 (5)	1:09.94	0.82	Q
6	8	Madelon Baans	NED	33.00 (4) 37.47 (7)	1:10.47	0.90	Q
7	5	Staciana Stitts	USA	33.40 (7) 37.14 (6)	1:10.54	0.80
8	1	Emma Igelström	SWE	33.21 (6) 37.88 (8)	1:11.09	0.80

Semi-Finals (17 September 2000 — 19:53)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (19:53)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Sarah Poewe	RSA	31.62 (1) 35.86 (1)	1:07.48	0.77	Q
2	3	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	31.67 (2) 36.12 (3)	1:07.79	0.85	Q
3	4	Penny Heyns	RSA	31.87 (3) 36.46 (4)	1:08.33	0.78	Q
4	6	Sylvia Gerasch	GER	33.44 (8) 35.89 (2)	1:09.33	0.81	Q
5	2	Christin Petelski	CAN	33.01 (5) 36.53 (5)	1:09.54	0.79
6	7	Rhiannon Leier	CAN	32.84 (4) 36.79 (6)	1:09.63	0.83
7	1	Simone Karn	GER	33.04 (7) 36.81 (7)	1:09.85	0.96
8	8	Madelon Baans	NED	33.02 (6) 37.42 (8)	1:10.44	0.84

Heat Two (11:08)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	4	Megan Quann	USA	32.00 (1) 35.79 (2)	1:07.79	0.74	Q
2	5	Leisel Jones	AUS	32.39 (3) 35.64 (1)	1:08.03	0.86	Q
3	3	Tarnee White	AUS	32.18 (2) 36.43 (4)	1:08.61	0.83	Q
4	6	Masami Tanaka	JPN	33.14 (6) 35.90 (3)	1:09.04	0.79	Q
5	2	Brigitte Becue	BEL	32.89 (4) 36.58 (6)	1:09.47	0.86
6	1	Qi Hui	CHN	33.09 (5) 36.72 (7)	1:09.81	0.86
7	7	Svitlana Bondarenko	UKR	33.30 (8) 36.54 (5)	1:09.84	0.86
8	8	Nataša Kejžar	SLO	33.23 (7) 37.43 (8)	1:10.66	0.80

Final (18 September 2000 — 20:32)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction
1	5	Megan Quann	USA	31.65 (3) 35.40 (2)	1:07.05	0.75
2	6	Leisel Jones	AUS	32.14 (5) 35.35 (1)	1:07.49	0.86
3	2	Penny Heyns	RSA	31.10 (1) 36.45 (6)	1:07.55	0.74
4	4	Sarah Poewe	RSA	31.56 (2) 36.29 (4)	1:07.85	0.75
5	3	Ágnes Kovács	HUN	31.72 (4) 36.37 (5)	1:08.09	0.82
6	1	Masami Tanaka	JPN	32.42 (6) 35.95 (3)	1:08.37	0.82
7	7	Tarnee White	AUS	32.56 (7) 36.53 (7)	1:09.09	0.84
8	8	Sylvia Gerasch	GER	33.17 (8) 36.69 (8)	1:09.86	0.85