Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly


The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 16–17 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.
Dutch rising star Inge de Bruijn shattered her own world record by 0.03 seconds to claim the gold medal in the event. Forging a narrow lead at the initial turn, she cruised her path on the final lap to hit the wall first in a sterling time of 56.61. Slovakia's Martina Moravcová moved herself up from fourth to surge past the field for the silver medal in 57.97. At only 33 years of age and competing in her fourth Olympics since 1984, U.S. legend Dara Torres ended her seven-year retirement from the sport by taking home the bronze in 58.20.
Australia's top favorite Petria Thomas failed to impress the home crowd with her fourth-place effort, finishing off the podium by 29-hundredths of a second in 58.49. Trailing behind De Bruijn by 0.12 seconds, Jenny Thompson faded down the final stretch to pick up a fifth spot in 58.73. Earlier in the prelims, she posted a leading time to cut off Qian Hong's 1992 Olympic record by almost a full second. Japan's Junko Onishi, Thomas' teammate Susie O'Neill, competing in her third Olympics, and Romania's Diana Mocanu rounded out the finale.
Before her breakthrough final, De Bruijn erased Thompson's record from heat five by 0.06 seconds to post a top-seeded time of 57.60 in the prelims. Followed by an evening session on the first night of the Games, she eventually lowered it to 57.14 in the semifinals.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
16 SeptemberHeat 5Jenny Thompson57.66
16 SeptemberHeat 7Inge de Bruijn57.60
16 SeptemberSemifinal 2Inge de Bruijn57.14
17 SeptemberFinalInge de Bruijn56.61

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174Inge de Bruijn57.60Q,
254Jenny Thompson57.66Q, AM
375Petria Thomas58.52Q
473Otylia Jędrzejczak58.66Q, NR
564Dara Torres58.76Q
665Martina Moravcová58.95Q
753Junko Onishi59.11Q
866Mette Jacobsen59.45Q
955Susie O'Neill59.49Q
1078Natalya Sutyagina59.50Q, NR
1163Johanna Sjöberg59.59Q
1257Franziska van Almsick59.72Q,
1267Diana Mocanu59.72Q, NR
1443Sophia Skou59.79Q
1556Anna-Karin Kammerling59.88Q
1677Mandy Loots59.94Q, AF
1761Cécile Jeanson59.96Q
1862Liu Limin59.98
1972Vered Borochovski1:00.34
2044Jen Button1:00.83
2158Jessica Deglau1:00.97
2176Maki Mita1:00.97
2347Fabienne Dufour1:01.15
2348Orsolya Ferenczy1:01.15
2571Ruan Yi1:01.16
2668Joscelin Yeo1:01.28
2752Daniela Samulski1:01.31
2846Renate du Plessis1:01.32
2945María Peláez1:01.47
3042Margaretha Pedder1:01.53
3151Yekaterina Vinogradova1:01.54
3233Maria Papadopoulou1:01.64NR
3341Marja Pärssinen1:01.94
3435Zampia Melachroinou1:02.06
3532Lee Bo-eun1:02.22
3638Fabíola Molina1:02.77
3734Praphalsai Minpraphal1:02.99
3836Mariya Ogurtsova1:03.00
3931Eydis Konráðsdóttir1:03.27
4037Siobhan Cropper1:03.34
4124Hsieh Shu-ting1:03.52
4223Yan Kay Flora Kong1:04.09
4322Ayse Diker1:04.65
4425María del Pilar Pereyra1:04.75
4514Lisa de la Motte1:06.70
4613Angela Galea1:07.88
4727Ellen Lendra Hight1:09.34
4826Mariya Bugakova1:09.94
4915Tracy Ann Route1:13.53
21Kenza Bennaceur

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final