Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
| Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
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| Date | August 15, 2004 (heats & semifinals) August 16, 2004 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 43 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:06.64 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 breaststroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 15 and 16.[1]
Chinese swimmer and triple world champion Luo Xuejuan won the gold medal in this event, with an Olympic record time of 1:06.64, missing the world record by 0.27 of a second.[2] Australia's Brooke Hanson took home the silver at 1:07.15, while her teammate and world record holder Leisel Jones, who won silver as a 15-year-old in Sydney (2000), finished behind Hanson for a bronze medal by a hundredth of a second (0.01), with a time of 1:07.16.[3] In 2007, Luo announced her official retirement from swimming, because of heart ailments that had plagued her and had caused fainting spells during her training.[4][5]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Leisel Jones (AUS) | 1:06.37 | Barcelona, Spain | 21 July 2003 |
| Olympic record |  Penelope Heyns (RSA) | 1:07.02 | Atlanta, United States | 21 July 1996 |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 15 | Semifinal 1 | Leisel Jones | Australia | 1:06.78 | OR |
| August 16 | Final | Luo Xuejuan |  China | 1:06.64 | OR |
Results
Heats
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Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Leisel Jones | Australia | 1:06.78 | Q, OR |
| 2 | 5 | Sarah Poewe |  Germany | 1:07.48 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Svitlana Bondarenko |  Ukraine | 1:08.28 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Luo Xuejuan | China | 1:08.57 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Masami Tanaka |  Japan | 1:09.11 | |
| 6 | 7 | Vipa Bernhardt | Germany | 1:09.72 | |
| 7 | 1 | Mirna Jukić |  Austria | 1:10.06 | |
| 8 | 8 | Chiara Boggiatto | .svg.png){kind=small} Italy | 1:10.84 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Tara Kirk |  United States | 1:07.60 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Brooke Hanson | Australia | 1:07.75 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Amanda Beard | United States | 1:07.92 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Qi Hui | China | 1:09.06 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Ágnes Kovács |  Hungary | 1:09.12 | |
| 6 | 1 | Lauren van Oosten |  Canada | 1:09.45 | |
| 7 | 2 | Rhiannon Leier | Canada | 1:09.46 | |
| 8 | 8 | Elena Bogomazova |  Russia | 1:10.41 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Luo Xuejuan | China | 1:06.64 | OR |
 | 6 | Brooke Hanson | Australia | 1:07.15 | |
 | 4 | Leisel Jones | Australia | 1:07.16 | |
| 4 | 2 | Amanda Beard | United States | 1:07.44 | |
| 5 | 5 | Sarah Poewe | Germany | 1:07.53 | |
| 6 | 3 | Tara Kirk | United States | 1:07.59 | |
| 7 | 7 | Svitlana Bondarenko | Ukraine | 1:08.19 | |
| 8 | 8 | Qi Hui | China | DSQ |
References
- ↑ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
- ↑ "Luo Xuejuan wins women's 100m breaststroke in Athens". People's Daily. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Leisel Jones Fails at the Final Hurdle; Once Again Beaten by China’s Luo". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ↑ "Luo Xuejuan Confirms Retirement". Swimming World Magazine. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ↑ "'Breaststroke Queen' Luo Abdicates". China Internet Information Center. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2013.