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

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Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 17, 2000 (heats &
semifinals)
September 18, 2000 (final)
Competitors47 from 40 nations
Winning time1:00.21 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Diana Mocanu  Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mai Nakamura  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nina Zhivanevskaya  Spain
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The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 17–18 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

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 Antje Buschschulte, a pre-Olympic medal contender; South Africa's Charlene Wittstock, who eventually married to Albert II, Prince of Monaco in 2010; and Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, who later emerged as one of the world's top backstroke swimmers in her decade.[7]

Records

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

World record  He Cihong (CHN) 1:00.16 Rome, Italy 10 September 1994 [8]
Olympic record  Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) 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
18 September Final Diana Mocanu  Romania 1:00.21 OR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Mai Nakamura  Japan 1:00.88 Q
2 6 3 Diana Mocanu  Romania 1:01.18 Q, NR
3 4 2 Roxana Maracineanu  France 1:01.66 Q, NR
4 4 3 Barbara Bedford  United States 1:01.70 Q
5 4 4 Nina Zhivanevskaya  Spain 1:01.97 Q
6 6 6 Louise Ørnstedt  Denmark 1:01.98 Q
7 5 6 Zhan Shu  China 1:02.19 Q
6 5 Noriko Inada  Japan Q
9 5 4 Antje Buschschulte  Germany 1:02.23 Q
10 4 5 Dyana Calub  Australia 1:02.46 Q
11 5 3 Katy Sexton  Great Britain 1:02.67 Q
12 5 2 Kelly Stefanyshyn  Canada 1:02.78 Q
13 5 5 Sandra Völker  Germany 1:02.88 Q
14 6 1 Michelle Lischinsky  Canada 1:02.89 Q
15 4 1 Lu Donghua  China 1:02.91 Q
16 3 6 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 1:03.05 Q, NR
17 4 7 Charlene Wittstock  South Africa 1:03.18
18 6 2 Courtney Shealy  United States 1:03.19
19 5 7 Giaan Rooney  Australia 1:03.20
3 3 Shim Min-ji  South Korea NR
21 4 6 Sarah Price  Great Britain 1:03.22
22 6 7 Ilona Hlaváčková  Czech Republic 1:03.28
23 5 1 Anu Koivisto  Finland 1:03.44
24 6 8 Fabíola Molina  Brazil 1:03.68
25 5 8 Aleksandra Miciul  Poland 1:04.51
26 3 5 Monique Robins  New Zealand 1:04.52
27 3 7 Sofie Wolfs  Belgium 1:04.66
3 1 Nadiya Beshevli  Ukraine
29 3 2 Irina Raevskaya  Russia 1:04.76
30 3 4 Ana María González  Cuba 1:04.95
31 2 4 Camilla Johansson  Sweden 1:04.99
32 3 8 Aikaterini Bliamou  Greece 1:05.09
33 2 2 Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai  Hong Kong 1:05.28
34 4 8 Brenda Starink  Netherlands 1:05.93
35 2 3 Chonlathorn Vorathamrong  Thailand 1:05.98
36 2 6 Annamária Kiss  Hungary 1:06.12
37 1 6 Marie-Lizza Danila  Philippines 1:06.48
38 2 8 Elsa Manora Nasution  Indonesia 1:06.57
2 1 Serrana Fernández  Uruguay
40 2 7 Kuan Chia-hsien  Chinese Taipei 1:07.18
41 1 4 Marica Stražmešter  FR Yugoslavia 1:07.21
42 1 3 Şadan Derya Erke  Turkey 1:07.26
43 1 5 Kolbrún Ýr Kristjánsdóttir  Iceland 1:07.28
44 1 2 Anjelika Solovieva  Kyrgyzstan 1:07.63
45 1 7 Andrea Prono  Paraguay 1:08.11
46 1 1 Monika Bakale  Republic of the Congo 1:16.36
2 5 Tessa Solomon  Netherlands Antilles DNS

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Diana Mocanu  Romania 1:00.70 Q, NR
2 5 Barbara Bedford  United States 1:01.61 Q
3 3 Louise Ørnstedt  Denmark 1:01.69 Q, NR
4 2 Dyana Calub  Australia 1:01.86 Q
5 7 Kelly Stefanyshyn  Canada 1:02.35
6 8 Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe 1:02.54 NR
7 1 Michelle Lischinsky  Canada 1:02.55
8 6 Zhan Shu  China 1:02.92

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Mai Nakamura  Japan 1:01.07 Q
2 6 Noriko Inada  Japan 1:01.25 Q
3 3 Nina Zhivanevskaya  Spain 1:01.41 Q
4 5 Roxana Maracineanu  France 1:01.61 Q, NR
5 2 Antje Buschschulte  Germany 1:01.91
6 7 Katy Sexton  Great Britain 1:02.35
7 1 Sandra Völker  Germany 1:03.01
8 8 Lu Donghua  China 1:03.31

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Diana Mocanu  Romania 1:00.21 OR, ER
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Mai Nakamura  Japan 1:00.55 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Nina Zhivanevskaya  Spain 1:00.89 NR
4 7 Roxana Maracineanu  France 1:01.10 NR
5 3 Noriko Inada  Japan 1:01.14
6 2 Barbara Bedford  United States 1:01.47
7 8 Dyana Calub  Australia 1:01.61
8 1 Louise Ørnstedt  Denmark 1:02.02

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Stunning Mocanu takes gold". BBC Sport. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  3. ^ "U.S. Swimmers Krayzelburg, Quann Win Gold". ABC News. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  4. ^ a b Betti, Leeroy (18 September 2000). "No gold for Mai-chan". The Japan Times. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  5. ^ "U.S. teenager wins 100 breaststroke". ESPN. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  6. ^ a b Whitten, Phillip (18 September 2000). "Olympic Day 3 Finals (100 Breast, 100 Back M, 100 Back W, 200 Free)". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  7. ^ Whitten, Phillip (17 September 2000). "Olympic Prelims: Day Two". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  8. ^ a b c "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 294–295. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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