2012 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Women's 100m Butterfly | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
 |  USAUnited States | Dana Vollmer | 55.98 OR/WR |
 |  CHNChina | Lu Ying | 56.87 |
 |  AUSAustralia | Alicia Coutts | 56.94 |
| 4 |  SWESweden | Sarah Sjöström | 57.17 |
| 5 |  ITAItaly | Ilaria Bianchi | 57.27 |
| 6 |  DENDenmark | Jeanette Ottesen | 57.35 |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Claire Donahue | 57.48 |
| 8 |  GBRGreat Britain | Ellen Gandy | 57.76 |
| 9 | CHNChina | Jiao Liuyang | 58.04 |
| 10 |  SGPSingapore | Li Tao | 58.18 |
| 11 |  JPNJapan | Yuka Kato | 58.26 |
| 12 |  GREGreece | Kristel Vourna | 58.31 |
| 13 |  BLRBelarus | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 58.41 |
| 14 | GBRGreat Britain | Francesca Halsall | 58.52 |
| 15 | SWESweden | Martina Granström | 58.95 |
| 16 |  CANCanada | Katerine Savard | 59.22 |
| 17 |  NEDNetherlands | Inge Dekker | 58.30 |
| 18 |  ISRIsrael | Amit Ivry | 58.78 |
| 19 |  BELBelgium | Kimberly Buys | 58.79 |
| 19 |  RUSRussia | Irina Bespalova | 58.79 |
| 21 |  GERGermany | Alexandra Wenk | 58.85 |
| 22 |  NORNorway | Ingvild Snildal | 59.01 |
| 23 | JPNJapan | Natsumi Hoshi | 59.06 |
| 24 | AUSAustralia | Jessicah Schipper | 59.17 |
| 25 |  POLPoland | Otylia Jedrzejczak | 59.31 |
| 26 |  ESPSpain | Judit Ignacio | 59.42 |
| 26 |  SUISwitzerland | Danielle Villars | 59.42 |
| 28 |  SVKSlovakia | Denisa Smolenova | 59.48 |
| 29 |  FINFinland | Emilia Pikkarainen | 59.55 |
| 30 |  HKGHong Kong | Hannah Wilson | 59.59 |
| 31 |  SLOSlovenia | Sara Isakovic | 59.86 |
| 32 |  ISLIceland | Sarah Blake Bateman | 59.87 |
| 33 |  BRABrazil | Daynara De Paula | 1:00.14 |
| 34 |  HUNHungary | Liliana Szilagyi | 1:00.34 |
| 35 |  ESTEstonia | Triin Aljand | 1:00.43 |
| 36 |  PORPortugal | Sara Oliveira | 1:00.44 |
| 37 |  AUTAustria | Birgit Koschischek | 1:00.54 |
| 38 |  FRAFrance | Justine Bruno | 1:01.14 |
| 39 |  NCANicaragua | Dalia Torrez | 1:05.42 |
| 40 |  ALBAlbania | Noel Borshi | 1:05.49 |
| 41 |  DOMDominican Republic | Dorian McMenemy | 1:05.78 |
| 42 |  CRCCosta Rica | Marie Meza | 1:07.01 |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | ALBAlbania | Noel Borshi | 1:05.49 |
| 2 | DOMDominican Republic | Dorian McMenemy | 1:05.78 |
| 3 | CRCCosta Rica | Marie Meza | 1:07.01 |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Dana Vollmer | 56.25 OR |
| 2 | CHNChina | Lu Ying | 57.17 |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Alicia Coutts | 57.36 |
| 4 | SWESweden | Sarah Sjöström | 57.45 |
| 5 | DENDenmark | Jeanette Ottesen | 57.64 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Jiao Liuyang | 57.71 |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Claire Donahue | 58.06 |
| 8 | GBRGreat Britain | Francesca Halsall | 58.23 |
| 9 | GBRGreat Britain | Ellen Gandy | 58.25 |
| 10 | NEDNetherlands | Inge Dekker | 58.30 |
| 11 | SGPSingapore | Li Tao | 58.34 |
| 12 | ITAItaly | Ilaria Bianchi | 58.42 |
| 13 | BLRBelarus | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 58.50 |
| 14 | SWESweden | Martina Granström | 58.70 |
| 15 | JPNJapan | Yuka Kato | 58.72 |
| 16 | GREGreece | Kristel Vourna | 58.74 |
| 17 | CANCanada | Katerine Savard | 58.76 |
| 18 | ISRIsrael | Amit Ivry | 58.78 |
| 19 | BELBelgium | Kimberly Buys | 58.79 |
| 19 | RUSRussia | Irina Bespalova | 58.79 |
| 21 | GERGermany | Alexandra Wenk | 58.85 |
| 22 | NORNorway | Ingvild Snildal | 59.01 |
| 23 | JPNJapan | Natsumi Hoshi | 59.06 |
| 24 | AUSAustralia | Jessicah Schipper | 59.17 |
| 25 | POLPoland | Otylia Jedrzejczak | 59.31 |
| 26 | ESPSpain | Judit Ignacio | 59.42 |
| 26 | SUISwitzerland | Danielle Villars | 59.42 |
| 28 | SVKSlovakia | Denisa Smolenova | 59.48 |
| 29 | FINFinland | Emilia Pikkarainen | 59.55 |
| 30 | HKGHong Kong | Hannah Wilson | 59.59 |
| 31 | SLOSlovenia | Sara Isakovic | 59.86 |
| 32 | ISLIceland | Sarah Blake Bateman | 59.87 |
| 33 | BRABrazil | Daynara De Paula | 1:00.14 |
| 34 | HUNHungary | Liliana Szilagyi | 1:00.34 |
| 35 | ESTEstonia | Triin Aljand | 1:00.43 |
| 36 | PORPortugal | Sara Oliveira | 1:00.44 |
| 37 | AUTAustria | Birgit Koschischek | 1:00.54 |
| 38 | FRAFrance | Justine Bruno | 1:01.14 |
| 39 | NCANicaragua | Dalia Torrez | 1:05.42 |
| 40 | ALBAlbania | Noel Borshi | 1:05.49 |
| 41 | DOMDominican Republic | Dorian McMenemy | 1:05.78 |
| 42 | CRCCosta Rica | Marie Meza | 1:07.01 |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Dana Vollmer | 55.98 OR/WR |
| 1 | USAUnited States | Dana Vollmer | 55.98 OR |
| 2 | CHNChina | Lu Ying | 56.87 |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Alicia Coutts | 56.94 |
| 4 | SWESweden | Sarah Sjöström | 57.17 |
| 5 | ITAItaly | Ilaria Bianchi | 57.27 |
| 6 | DENDenmark | Jeanette Ottesen | 57.35 |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Claire Donahue | 57.48 |
| 8 | GBRGreat Britain | Ellen Gandy | 57.76 |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Dana Vollmer | 56.36 |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Alicia Coutts | 56.85 |
| 3 | DENDenmark | Jeanette Ottesen | 57.25 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Claire Donahue | 57.42 |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Ellen Gandy | 57.66 |
| 6 | ITAItaly | Ilaria Bianchi | 57.79 |
| 7 | GREGreece | Kristel Vourna | 58.31 |
| 8 | SWESweden | Martina Granström | 58.95 |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | SWESweden | Sarah Sjöström | 57.27 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Lu Ying | 57.51 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Jiao Liuyang | 58.04 |
| 4 | SGPSingapore | Li Tao | 58.18 |
| 5 | JPNJapan | Yuka Kato | 58.26 |
| 6 | BLRBelarus | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 58.41 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Francesca Halsall | 58.52 |
| 8 | CANCanada | Katerine Savard | 59.22 |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Dana Vollmer | 56.36 |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Alicia Coutts | 56.85 |
| 3 | DENDenmark | Jeanette Ottesen | 57.25 |
| 4 | SWESweden | Sarah Sjöström | 57.27 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Claire Donahue | 57.42 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Lu Ying | 57.51 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Ellen Gandy | 57.66 |
| 8 | ITAItaly | Ilaria Bianchi | 57.79 |
| 9 | CHNChina | Jiao Liuyang | 58.04 |
| 10 | SGPSingapore | Li Tao | 58.18 |
| 11 | JPNJapan | Yuka Kato | 58.26 |
| 12 | GREGreece | Kristel Vourna | 58.31 |
| 13 | BLRBelarus | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 58.41 |
| 14 | GBRGreat Britain | Francesca Halsall | 58.52 |
| 15 | SWESweden | Martina Granström | 58.95 |
| 16 | CANCanada | Katerine Savard | 59.22 |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 12 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Canceled |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 11 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Canceled |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Canceled |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Canceled |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | AUSAustralia | Alicia Coutts | 57.36 |
| 2 | GBRGreat Britain | Francesca Halsall | 58.23 |
| 3 | SGPSingapore | Li Tao | 58.34 |
| 4 | BLRBelarus | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 58.50 |
| 5 | JPNJapan | Yuka Kato | 58.72 |
| 6 | GREGreece | Kristel Vourna | 58.74 |
| 7 | GERGermany | Alexandra Wenk | 58.85 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Jessicah Schipper | 59.17 |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Canceled |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | RUSRussia | Irina Bespalova | 58.79 |
| 2 | POLPoland | Otylia Jedrzejczak | 59.31 |
| 3 | SVKSlovakia | Denisa Smolenova | 59.48 |
| 4 | FINFinland | Emilia Pikkarainen | 59.55 |
| 5 | HKGHong Kong | Hannah Wilson | 59.59 |
| 6 | HUNHungary | Liliana Szilagyi | 1:00.34 |
| 7 | PORPortugal | Sara Oliveira | 1:00.44 |
| 8 | AUTAustria | Birgit Koschischek | 1:00.54 |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Canceled |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Dana Vollmer | 56.25 OR |
| 2 | CHNChina | Lu Ying | 57.17 |
| 3 | DENDenmark | Jeanette Ottesen | 57.64 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Jiao Liuyang | 57.71 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Claire Donahue | 58.06 |
| 6 | BELBelgium | Kimberly Buys | 58.79 |
| 7 | NORNorway | Ingvild Snildal | 59.01 |
| 8 | BRABrazil | Daynara De Paula | 1:00.14 |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | SWESweden | Sarah Sjöström | 57.45 |
| 2 | GBRGreat Britain | Ellen Gandy | 58.25 |
| 3 | NEDNetherlands | Inge Dekker | 58.30 |
| 4 | ITAItaly | Ilaria Bianchi | 58.42 |
| 5 | SWESweden | Martina Granström | 58.70 |
| 6 | CANCanada | Katerine Savard | 58.76 |
| 7 | ISRIsrael | Amit Ivry | 58.78 |
| 8 | JPNJapan | Natsumi Hoshi | 59.06 |
| Women's 100m Butterfly, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | ESPSpain | Judit Ignacio | 59.42 |
| 1 | SUISwitzerland | Danielle Villars | 59.42 |
| 3 | SLOSlovenia | Sara Isakovic | 59.86 |
| 4 | ISLIceland | Sarah Blake Bateman | 59.87 |
| 5 | ESTEstonia | Triin Aljand | 1:00.43 |
| 6 | FRAFrance | Justine Bruno | 1:01.14 |
| 7 | NCANicaragua | Dalia Torrez | 1:05.42 |
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