The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 14 and 15.
Australia's Petria Thomas, who finished fourth in Sydney, won her first individual gold medal in this event, outside the Olympic record time of 57.72 seconds. The silver medal was awarded to Poland's Otylia Jędrzejczak, who trailed behind Thomas by 0.12 of a second, in an outstanding time of 57.84. Defending Olympic champion and world record holder Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands, on the other hand, took home the bronze at 57.99 seconds.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results
Heats
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 1 || 5 || 4 ||align=left| Petria Thomas ||align=left| || 57.47 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 2 || 4 || 5 ||align=left| Otylia Jędrzejczak ||align=left| || 57.84 || Q, NR
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 3 || 5 || 5 ||align=left| Inge de Bruijn ||align=left| || 58.47 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 4 || 3 || 4 ||align=left| Martina Moravcová ||align=left| || 58.48 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 5 || 5 || 7 ||align=left| Jessicah Schipper ||align=left| || 58.57 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 6 || 4 || 4 ||align=left| Jenny Thompson ||align=left| || 58.77 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 7 || 5 || 3 ||align=left| Junko Onishi ||align=left| || 59.22 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| rowspan=2|8 || 5 || 6 ||align=left| Malia Metella ||align=left| || rowspan=2|59.38 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 3 || 3 ||align=left| Rachel Komisarz ||align=left| || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 10 || 4 || 2 ||align=left| Ambra Migliori ||align=left| || 59.47 || Q
|-
| 11 || 5 || 1 ||align=left| Franziska van Almsick ||align=left| || 59.53 || Q,
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 12 || 4 || 6 ||align=left| Zhou Yafei ||align=left| || 59.62 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 13 || 3 || 2 ||align=left| Natalya Sutyagina ||align=left| || 59.76 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 14 || 3 || 5 ||align=left| Alena Popchanka ||align=left| || 59.77 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 15 || 2 || 4 ||align=left| Mette Jacobsen ||align=left| || 59.81 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 16 || 4 || 3 ||align=left| Anna-Karin Kammerling ||align=left| || 59.84 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 17 || 3 || 1 ||align=left| Yuko Nakanishi ||align=left| || 1:00.16 || Q
|-
| 18 || 3 || 8 ||align=left| Beatrix Boulsevicz ||align=left| || 1:00.18 ||
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| 19 || 2 || 3 ||align=left| Eirini Kavarnou ||align=left| || 1:00.43 ||
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| 20 || 4 || 1 ||align=left| Georgina Lee ||align=left| || 1:00.45 ||
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| 21 || 4 || 8 ||align=left| Chantal Groot ||align=left| || 1:00.49 ||
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| 22 || 5 || 8 ||align=left| Francesca Segat ||align=left| || 1:00.56 ||
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| rowspan=2|23 || 2 || 5 ||align=left| Elizabeth Coster ||align=left| || rowspan=2|1:00.61 ||
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| 3 || 6 ||align=left| Johanna Sjöberg ||align=left| ||
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| 25 || 4 || 7 ||align=left| Aurore Mongel ||align=left| || 1:00.65 ||
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| 26 || 3 || 7 ||align=left| Vered Borochovski ||align=left| || 1:00.69 ||
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| 27 || 2 || 6 ||align=left| Joscelin Yeo ||align=left| || 1:00.81 ||
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| 28 || 5 || 2 ||align=left| Xu Yanwei ||align=left| || 1:01.53 ||
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| 29 || 2 || 2 ||align=left| Maria Papadopoulou ||align=left| || 1:02.01 ||
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| 30 || 1 || 6 ||align=left| Kateryna Zubkova ||align=left| || 1:02.22 ||
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| 31 || 2 || 1 ||align=left| Kolbrún Yr Kristjánsdóttir ||align=left| || 1:02.33 ||
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| 32 || 2 || 8 ||align=left| Sze Hang Yu ||align=left| || 1:02.42 ||
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| 33 || 2 || 7 ||align=left| Park Kyung-hwa ||align=left| || 1:02.52 ||
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| 34 || 1 || 4 ||align=left| Cheng Wan-jung ||align=left| || 1:02.94 ||
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| 35 || 1 || 5 ||align=left| Gülşah Günenç ||align=left| || 1:04.30 ||
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| 36 || 1 || 2 ||align=left| Angela Galea ||align=left| || 1:05.47 ||
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| 37 || 1 || 3 ||align=left| Mariya Bugakova ||align=left| || 1:07.08 ||
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| 38 || 1 || 7 ||align=left| Natasha Sara Georgeos ||align=left| || 1:07.94 ||
|}
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 1 || 4 ||align=left| Otylia Jędrzejczak ||align=left| || 58.10 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 2 || 5 ||align=left| Martina Moravcová ||align=left| || 58.66 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 3 || 3 ||align=left| Jenny Thompson ||align=left| || 58.91 || Q
|-
| 4 || 6 ||align=left| Rachel Komisarz ||align=left| || 59.34 ||
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| 5 || 2 ||align=left| Ambra Migliori ||align=left| || 59.53 ||
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| 5 || 8 ||align=left| Yuko Nakanishi ||align=left| || 59.53 ||
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| 7 || 1 ||align=left| Mette Jacobsen ||align=left| || 59.72 ||
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| 8 || 7 ||align=left| Natalya Sutyagina ||align=left| || 59.79 ||
|}
Semifinal 2
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 1 || 5 ||align=left| Inge de Bruijn ||align=left| || 57.50 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 2 || 4 ||align=left| Petria Thomas ||align=left| || 57.93 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 3 || 3 ||align=left| Jessicah Schipper ||align=left| || 58.63 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 4 || 1 ||align=left| Alena Popchanka ||align=left| || 58.97 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 5 || 6 ||align=left| Junko Onishi ||align=left| || 59.24 || Q
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| 5 || 2 ||align=left| Malia Metella ||align=left| || 59.28 ||
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| 7 || 8 ||align=left| Anna-Karin Kammerling ||align=left| || 59.33 ||
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| 8 || 7 ||align=left| Zhou Yafei ||align=left| || 59.48 ||
|}
Final
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Lane !! Swimmer !! Nation !! Time !! Notes
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| || 5 ||align=left| Petria Thomas ||align=left| || 57.72 ||
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| || 3 ||align=left| Otylia Jędrzejczak ||align=left| || 57.84 ||
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| || 4 ||align=left| Inge de Bruijn ||align=left| || 57.99 ||
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| 4 || 6 ||align=left| Jessicah Schipper ||align=left| || 58.22 ||
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| 5 || 7 ||align=left| Jenny Thompson ||align=left| || 58.72 ||
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| 6 || 2 ||align=left| Martina Moravcová ||align=left| || 58.96 ||
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| 7 || 1 ||align=left| Alena Popchanka ||align=left| || 59.06 ||
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| 8 || 8 ||align=left| Junko Onishi ||align=left| || 59.83 ||
|}
References
External links
- Official Olympic Report