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

Event:Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Olympic Aquatics Centre,
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates:28 July 2024
(Heats and Semis)
29 July 2024
(Final)
Competitors:37
Nations:32
Win Value:1:05.28
Gold:Tatjana Smith
Goldnoc:SAF
Silver:Tang Qianting
Silvernoc:CHN
Bronze:Mona McSharry
Bronzenoc:IRL
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 28 to 29 July 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.

Records

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

Qualification

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

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).[1] [2]

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.

Time standards

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.[3]

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

* 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

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

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

DateTimeRound
28 July 202410:00Heats
19:37Semifinals
29 July 202417:30Final

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1451:05.00
254Tang Qianting1:05.63
353Mona McSharry1:05.74
446Satomi Suzuki1:06.04
534Lilly King1:06.10
655Benedetta Pilato1:06.19
732Anastasia Gorbenko1:06.22,
857Eneli Jefimova1:06.24
944Rūta Meilutytė1:06.34
1041Alina Zmushka1:06.37
36Lisa Angiolini1:06.37
1235Angharad Evans1:06.38
1356Sophie Hansson1:06.66
1443Tes Schouten1:06.69
1552Kotryna Teterevkova1:06.76
1648Macarena Ceballos1:06.89
1747Yang Chang1:06.91
1858Sophie Angus1:06.93
1933Reona Aoki1:06.98
2031Anna Elendt1:07.00
2151Dominika Sztandera1:07.22
2224Jenna Strauch1:07.27
2338Lisa Mamié1:07.65
42Emma Weber1:07.65
2537Letitia Sim1:07.75
2623Ida Hulkko1:08.73
2725Jessica Vall1:08.78
2826Kristýna Horská1:08.96
2922Stefanía Gómez1:09.16
3027Emily Santos1:09.94
3121Lynn El Hajj1:10.27
3228Lanihei Connolly1:10.45
3314Rouxin Tan1:12.50
3415Imane El Barodi1:14.57
3513Ellie Shaw1:14.78
3616Aminata Barrow1:15.12
3712Lara Dashti1:15.67
[4] [5]

Semifinals

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

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1 24Tatjana Smith1:05.00
2 25Mona McSharry1:05.51, NR
3 23Lilly King1:05.64
4 14Tang Qianting1:05.83
5 12Alina Zmushka1:05.93, NR
6 27Angharad Evans1:05.99
7 13Benedetta Pilato1:06.12
8 26Eneli Jefimova1:06.23
9 16Lisa Angiolini1:06.39
10 21Tes Schouten1:06.56
11 22Rūta Meilutytė1:06.89
12 15Satomi Suzuki1:06.90
13 17Sophie Hansson1:06.96
14 18Yang Chang1:07.20
15 28Macarena Ceballos1:07.31
16 11Kotryna Teterevkova1:07.48
[6] [7]

Final

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
4Tatjana Smith1:05.28
6Tang Qianting1:05.54
5Mona McSharry1:05.59
4 1Benedetta Pilato1:05.60
3Lilly King1:05.60
6 7Angharad Evans1:05.85
7 8Eneli Jefimova1:06.50
8 2Alina Zmushka1:06.54
[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 5 April 2022 . Paris 2024 – Swimming Info . 12 November 2022 . World Aquatics.
  2. News: Rieder . David . 3 April 2022 . Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals . 12 November 2022 . Swimming World Magazine.
  3. News: 3 October 2022 . Paris 2024 - Swimming Info . World Aquatics.
  4. Web site: Women's 100m Breaststroke - Heats results . Olympics . 29 July 2024 . 28 July 2024.
  5. Web site: Women's 100m Breaststroke - Heats results summary . Olympics . 29 July 2024 . 28 July 2024.
  6. Web site: Women's 100m Breaststroke - Semifinals results . Olympics . 29 July 2024 . 28 July 2024.
  7. Web site: Women's 100m Breaststroke - Semifinals results summary . Olympics . 29 July 2024 . 28 July 2024.
  8. Web site: Women's 100m Breaststroke - Finals results . Olympics . 29 July 2024 . 29 July 2024.

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