Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
Women's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Sydney International Aquatic Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | September 17, 2000 (heats & semifinals) September 18, 2000 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 47 from 40 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:00.21 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the
At only 16 years of age, Diana Mocanu made an Olympic milestone to become Romania's first ever gold medalist in swimming. She fought off a head-to-head sprint challenge from Japan's Mai Nakamura on the final stretch to hit the wall first in a new Olympic standard of 1:00.21, the second-fastest of all time, cutting off Krisztina Egerszegi's 1992 record by nearly half a second (0.50).[2][3] Meanwhile, Nakamura seized off an early lead under a world-record pace (29.17), but ended up only with a silver medal in a Japanese record of 1:00.55.[4] Competing previously for the Unified Team and Russia in two Olympics (1992 and 1996), Nina Zhivanevskaya made a surprise packet with a bronze for Spain in a sterling time of 1:00.89.[5][6]
France's Roxana Maracineanu finished off the podium in fourth place at 1:01.10, and was followed in fifth by Nakamura's teammate Noriko Inada in 1:01.14.[4] Coming from second at the final turn, U.S. swimmer Barbara Bedford faded down the stretch to pick up the sixth spot with a time of 1:01.47. Aussie favorite Dyana Calub (1:01.61) and Denmark's Louise Ørnstedt (1:02.02) closed out the field.[6]
Notable swimmers missed out the top 8 final, featuring Germany's
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
1:00.16 | Rome, Italy | 10 September 1994 | [8] |
Olympic record | ![]() |
1:00.68 | Barcelona, Spain | 28 July 1992 | [8] |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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18 September | Final | Diana Mocanu | ![]() |
1:00.21 | OR |
Results
Heats
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Diana Mocanu | ![]() |
1:00.70 | Q, NR |
2 | 5 | Barbara Bedford | ![]() |
1:01.61 | Q |
3 | 3 | Louise Ørnstedt | ![]() |
1:01.69 | Q, NR |
4 | 2 | Dyana Calub | ![]() |
1:01.86 | Q |
5 | 7 | Kelly Stefanyshyn | ![]() |
1:02.35 | |
6 | 8 | Kirsty Coventry | ![]() |
1:02.54 | NR |
7 | 1 | Michelle Lischinsky | ![]() |
1:02.55 | |
8 | 6 | Zhan Shu | ![]() |
1:02.92 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Mai Nakamura | ![]() |
1:01.07 | Q |
2 | 6 | Noriko Inada | ![]() |
1:01.25 | Q |
3 | 3 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | ![]() |
1:01.41 | Q |
4 | 5 | Roxana Maracineanu | ![]() |
1:01.61 | Q, NR |
5 | 2 | Antje Buschschulte | ![]() |
1:01.91 | |
6 | 7 | Katy Sexton | ![]() |
1:02.35 | |
7 | 1 | Sandra Völker | ![]() |
1:03.01 | |
8 | 8 | Lu Donghua | ![]() |
1:03.31 |
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Diana Mocanu | ![]() |
1:00.21 | OR, ER |
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5 | Mai Nakamura | ![]() |
1:00.55 | NR |
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6 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | ![]() |
1:00.89 | NR |
4 | 7 | Roxana Maracineanu | ![]() |
1:01.10 | NR |
5 | 3 | Noriko Inada | ![]() |
1:01.14 | |
6 | 2 | Barbara Bedford | ![]() |
1:01.47 | |
7 | 8 | Dyana Calub | ![]() |
1:01.61 | |
8 | 1 | Louise Ørnstedt | ![]() |
1:02.02 |
References
- ^ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ "Stunning Mocanu takes gold". BBC Sport. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "U.S. Swimmers Krayzelburg, Quann Win Gold". ABC News. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ a b Betti, Leeroy (18 September 2000). "No gold for Mai-chan". The Japan Times. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ "U.S. teenager wins 100 breaststroke". ESPN. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ^ Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the originalon 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the originalon 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ^ Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 294–295. Retrieved 17 June 2013.