2012 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Women's 50m Freestyle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
NEDNetherlands | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 24.05 | |
BLRBelarus | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 24.28 | |
NEDNetherlands | Marleen Veldhuis | 24.39 | |
| 4 | GERGermany | Britta Steffen | 24.46 |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Francesca Halsall | 24.47 |
| 6 | SWESweden | Therese Alshammar | 24.61 |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Jessica Hardy | 24.62 |
| 8 | BAHBahamas | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | 24.69 |
| 9 | GBRGreat Britain | Amy Smith | 24.87 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Bronte Campbell | 24.94 |
| 10 | FRAFrance | Anna Santamans | 24.94 |
| 12 | DENDenmark | Jeanette Ottesen | 24.99 |
| 13 | AUSAustralia | Cate Campbell | 25.01 |
| 14 | SWESweden | Sarah Sjöström | 25.08 |
| 15 | CANCanada | Victoria Poon | 25.17 |
| 16 | GREGreece | Theodora Drakou | 25.28 |
| 17 | ISLIceland | Sarah Blake Bateman | 25.28 |
| 17 | USAUnited States | Kara Lynn Joyce | 25.28 |
| 19 | ESTEstonia | Triin Aljand | 25.33 |
| 20 | BLRBelarus | Sviatlana Khakhlova | 25.36 |
| 21 | GREGreece | Nery-Mantey Niangkouara | 25.40 |
| 22 | BRABrazil | Graciele Herrmann | 25.44 |
| 23 | NZLNew Zealand | Hayley Palmer | 25.47 |
| 24 | CHNChina | Zhu Qianwei | 25.54 |
| 24 | DENDenmark | Pernille Blume | 25.54 |
| 26 | FINFinland | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | 25.55 |
| 26 | LTULithuania | Ruta Meilutyte | 25.55 |
| 28 | VENVenezuela | Arlene Semeco | 25.56 |
| 29 | PURPuerto Rico | Vanessa Garcia | 25.58 |
| 30 | POLPoland | Anna Dowgiert | 25.59 |
| 31 | BELBelgium | Jolien Sysmans | 25.60 |
| 32 | ITAItaly | Erika Ferraioli | 25.69 |
| 33 | UKRUkraine | Darya Stepanyuk | 25.70 |
| 34 | TURTürkiye | Burcu Dolunay | 25.72 |
| 35 | JPNJapan | Yayoi Matsumoto | 25.73 |
| 36 | RSASouth Africa | Trudi Maree | 25.78 |
| 37 | JAMJamaica | Alia Atkinson | 25.98 |
| 38 | SVKSlovakia | Miroslava Syllabová | 26.07 |
| 39 | LATLatvia | Gabriela Nikitina | 26.26 |
| 40 | SURSuriname | Chinyere Pigot | 26.30 |
| 41 | EGYEgypt | Farida Osman | 26.34 |
| 42 | SRBSerbia Republic | Miroslava Najdanovski | 26.46 |
| 43 | MLTMalta | Nicola Muscat | 27.22 |
| 44 | MOZMozambique | Jessica Vieira | 27.39 |
| 45 | JORJordan | Talita Baqlah | 27.45 |
| 46 | MAWMalawi | Joyce Tafatatha | 27.74 |
| 47 | PNGPapua New Guinea | Judith Meauri | 27.84 |
| 48 | IOCInd. Olympic Participant | Faye Sultan | 27.92 |
| 49 | MHLMarshall Islands | Ann-Marie Hepler | 28.06 |
| 50 | PLWPalau | Keesha Keane | 28.25 |
| 51 | PLEPalestine | Sabine Hazboun | 28.28 |
| 52 | UGAUganda | Jamila Lunkuse | 28.44 |
| 53 | CMRCameroon | Guedia Mouafo | 29.28 |
| 54 | COKCook Islands | Celeste Brown | 29.36 |
| 55 | ANTAntigua and Barbuda | Karin Clashing | 30.01 |
| 56 | FSMFederated States of Micronesia | Debra Daniel | 30.32 |
| 57 | CAMCambodia | Vitiny Hemthon | 30.44 |
| 58 | RWARwanda | Alphonsine Agahozo | 30.72 |
| 59 | QATQatar | Nada Arkaji | 30.89 |
| 60 | TJKTajikistan | Katerina Izmaylova | 31.27 |
| 61 | ANGAngola | Mariana Henriques | 31.36 |
| 62 | MLIMali | Fatoumata Samassekou | 31.88 |
| 63 | BURBurkina Faso | Angelika Ouedraogo | 32.19 |
| 64 | MDVMaldives | Aminath Shajan | 32.23 |
| 65 | ETHEthiopia | Yanet Seyoum Gebremehdin | 32.41 |
| 66 | CIVIvory Coast | Toure Assita | 33.09 |
| 67 | BDIBurundi | Elsie Uwamahoro | 33.14 |
| 68 | BRNBahrain | Sara Al Flaij | 33.81 |
| 69 | CGORepublic of the Congo | Aminata Aboubakar Yakoub | 34.64 |
| 70 | SUDSudan | Mhasin El Nour Fadlalla | 35.07 |
| 71 | NIGNiger | Nafissatou Adamou | 37.29 |
| 72 | TOGTogo | Rebecca Kpossi | 37.55 |
| 73 | LESLesotho | Esther Theko | 42.35 |
| 74 | HUNHungary | Eszter Dara | DNS |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | NIGNiger | Nafissatou Adamou | 37.29 |
| 2 | TOGTogo | Rebecca Kpossi | 37.55 |
| 3 | LESLesotho | Esther Theko | 42.35 |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | NEDNetherlands | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 24.51 |
| 2 | NEDNetherlands | Marleen Veldhuis | 24.57 |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Francesca Halsall | 24.61 |
| 4 | GERGermany | Britta Steffen | 24.70 |
| 5 | BLRBelarus | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 24.76 |
| 6 | SWESweden | Therese Alshammar | 24.77 |
| 7 | BAHBahamas | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | 24.85 |
| 7 | DENDenmark | Jeanette Ottesen | 24.85 |
| 9 | AUSAustralia | Bronte Campbell | 24.87 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Cate Campbell | 24.94 |
| 10 | SWESweden | Sarah Sjöström | 24.94 |
| 12 | USAUnited States | Jessica Hardy | 24.99 |
| 13 | GREGreece | Theodora Drakou | 25.13 |
| 14 | CANCanada | Victoria Poon | 25.15 |
| 15 | FRAFrance | Anna Santamans | 25.23 |
| 16 | GBRGreat Britain | Amy Smith | 25.28 |
| 16 | ISLIceland | Sarah Blake Bateman | 25.28 |
| 16 | USAUnited States | Kara Lynn Joyce | 25.28 |
| 19 | ESTEstonia | Triin Aljand | 25.33 |
| 20 | BLRBelarus | Sviatlana Khakhlova | 25.36 |
| 21 | GREGreece | Nery-Mantey Niangkouara | 25.40 |
| 22 | BRABrazil | Graciele Herrmann | 25.44 |
| 23 | NZLNew Zealand | Hayley Palmer | 25.47 |
| 24 | CHNChina | Zhu Qianwei | 25.54 |
| 24 | DENDenmark | Pernille Blume | 25.54 |
| 26 | FINFinland | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | 25.55 |
| 26 | LTULithuania | Ruta Meilutyte | 25.55 |
| 28 | VENVenezuela | Arlene Semeco | 25.56 |
| 29 | PURPuerto Rico | Vanessa Garcia | 25.58 |
| 30 | POLPoland | Anna Dowgiert | 25.59 |
| 31 | BELBelgium | Jolien Sysmans | 25.60 |
| 32 | ITAItaly | Erika Ferraioli | 25.69 |
| 33 | UKRUkraine | Darya Stepanyuk | 25.70 |
| 34 | TURTürkiye | Burcu Dolunay | 25.72 |
| 35 | JPNJapan | Yayoi Matsumoto | 25.73 |
| 36 | RSASouth Africa | Trudi Maree | 25.78 |
| 37 | JAMJamaica | Alia Atkinson | 25.98 |
| 38 | SVKSlovakia | Miroslava Syllabová | 26.07 |
| 39 | LATLatvia | Gabriela Nikitina | 26.26 |
| 40 | SURSuriname | Chinyere Pigot | 26.30 |
| 41 | EGYEgypt | Farida Osman | 26.34 |
| 42 | SRBSerbia Republic | Miroslava Najdanovski | 26.46 |
| 43 | MLTMalta | Nicola Muscat | 27.22 |
| 44 | MOZMozambique | Jessica Vieira | 27.39 |
| 45 | JORJordan | Talita Baqlah | 27.45 |
| 46 | MAWMalawi | Joyce Tafatatha | 27.74 |
| 47 | PNGPapua New Guinea | Judith Meauri | 27.84 |
| 48 | IOCInd. Olympic Participant | Faye Sultan | 27.92 |
| 49 | MHLMarshall Islands | Ann-Marie Hepler | 28.06 |
| 50 | PLWPalau | Keesha Keane | 28.25 |
| 51 | PLEPalestine | Sabine Hazboun | 28.28 |
| 52 | UGAUganda | Jamila Lunkuse | 28.44 |
| 53 | CMRCameroon | Guedia Mouafo | 29.28 |
| 54 | COKCook Islands | Celeste Brown | 29.36 |
| 55 | ANTAntigua and Barbuda | Karin Clashing | 30.01 |
| 56 | FSMFederated States of Micronesia | Debra Daniel | 30.32 |
| 57 | CAMCambodia | Vitiny Hemthon | 30.44 |
| 58 | RWARwanda | Alphonsine Agahozo | 30.72 |
| 59 | QATQatar | Nada Arkaji | 30.89 |
| 60 | TJKTajikistan | Katerina Izmaylova | 31.27 |
| 61 | ANGAngola | Mariana Henriques | 31.36 |
| 62 | MLIMali | Fatoumata Samassekou | 31.88 |
| 63 | BURBurkina Faso | Angelika Ouedraogo | 32.19 |
| 64 | MDVMaldives | Aminath Shajan | 32.23 |
| 65 | ETHEthiopia | Yanet Seyoum Gebremehdin | 32.41 |
| 66 | CIVIvory Coast | Toure Assita | 33.09 |
| 67 | BDIBurundi | Elsie Uwamahoro | 33.14 |
| 68 | BRNBahrain | Sara Al Flaij | 33.81 |
| 69 | CGORepublic of the Congo | Aminata Aboubakar Yakoub | 34.64 |
| 70 | SUDSudan | Mhasin El Nour Fadlalla | 35.07 |
| 71 | NIGNiger | Nafissatou Adamou | 37.29 |
| 72 | TOGTogo | Rebecca Kpossi | 37.55 |
| 73 | LESLesotho | Esther Theko | 42.35 |
| 99 | HUNHungary | Eszter Dara | DNS |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 4 - Final | |||
| 1 | NEDNetherlands | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 24.05 OR |
| 2 | BLRBelarus | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 24.28 |
| 3 | NEDNetherlands | Marleen Veldhuis | 24.39 |
| 4 | GERGermany | Britta Steffen | 24.46 |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Francesca Halsall | 24.47 |
| 6 | SWESweden | Therese Alshammar | 24.61 |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Jessica Hardy | 24.62 |
| 8 | BAHBahamas | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | 24.69 |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | NEDNetherlands | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 24.07 |
| 2 | BLRBelarus | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 24.45 |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Francesca Halsall | 24.63 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Bronte Campbell | 24.94 |
| 4 | FRAFrance | Anna Santamans | 24.94 |
| 6 | DENDenmark | Jeanette Ottesen | 24.99 |
| 7 | SWESweden | Sarah Sjöström | 25.08 |
| 8 | GREGreece | Theodora Drakou | 25.28 |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | NEDNetherlands | Marleen Veldhuis | 24.50 |
| 2 | GERGermany | Britta Steffen | 24.57 |
| 3 | BAHBahamas | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | 24.64 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Jessica Hardy | 24.68 |
| 5 | SWESweden | Therese Alshammar | 24.71 |
| 6 | GBRGreat Britain | Amy Smith | 24.87 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Cate Campbell | 25.01 |
| 8 | CANCanada | Victoria Poon | 25.17 |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | NEDNetherlands | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 24.07 |
| 2 | BLRBelarus | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 24.45 |
| 3 | NEDNetherlands | Marleen Veldhuis | 24.50 |
| 4 | GERGermany | Britta Steffen | 24.57 |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Francesca Halsall | 24.63 |
| 6 | BAHBahamas | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | 24.64 |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Jessica Hardy | 24.68 |
| 8 | SWESweden | Therese Alshammar | 24.71 |
| 9 | GBRGreat Britain | Amy Smith | 24.87 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Bronte Campbell | 24.94 |
| 10 | FRAFrance | Anna Santamans | 24.94 |
| 12 | DENDenmark | Jeanette Ottesen | 24.99 |
| 13 | AUSAustralia | Cate Campbell | 25.01 |
| 14 | SWESweden | Sarah Sjöström | 25.08 |
| 15 | CANCanada | Victoria Poon | 25.17 |
| 16 | GREGreece | Theodora Drakou | 25.28 |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 14 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Canceled |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 13 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Canceled |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 12 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Canceled |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | NEDNetherlands | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 24.51 |
| 2 | NEDNetherlands | Marleen Veldhuis | 24.57 |
| 3 | BAHBahamas | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | 24.85 |
| 3 | DENDenmark | Jeanette Ottesen | 24.85 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Jessica Hardy | 24.99 |
| 6 | ESTEstonia | Triin Aljand | 25.33 |
| 7 | BLRBelarus | Sviatlana Khakhlova | 25.36 |
| 8 | UKRUkraine | Darya Stepanyuk | 25.70 |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 11 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Canceled |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | GBRGreat Britain | Francesca Halsall | 24.61 |
| 2 | GERGermany | Britta Steffen | 24.70 |
| 3 | BLRBelarus | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 24.76 |
| 4 | SWESweden | Sarah Sjöström | 24.94 |
| 5 | CANCanada | Victoria Poon | 25.15 |
| 6 | FRAFrance | Anna Santamans | 25.23 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Amy Smith | 25.28 |
| 8 | DENDenmark | Pernille Blume | 25.54 |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | SWESweden | Therese Alshammar | 24.77 |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Bronte Campbell | 24.87 |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Cate Campbell | 24.94 |
| 4 | GREGreece | Theodora Drakou | 25.13 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Kara Lynn Joyce | 25.28 |
| 6 | GREGreece | Nery-Mantey Niangkouara | 25.40 |
| 7 | BRABrazil | Graciele Herrmann | 25.44 |
| 8 | JPNJapan | Yayoi Matsumoto | 25.73 |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | ISLIceland | Sarah Blake Bateman | 25.28 |
| 2 | NZLNew Zealand | Hayley Palmer | 25.47 |
| 3 | VENVenezuela | Arlene Semeco | 25.56 |
| 4 | PURPuerto Rico | Vanessa Garcia | 25.58 |
| 5 | POLPoland | Anna Dowgiert | 25.59 |
| 6 | BELBelgium | Jolien Sysmans | 25.60 |
| 7 | TURTürkiye | Burcu Dolunay | 25.72 |
| 8 | RSASouth Africa | Trudi Maree | 25.78 |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | CHNChina | Zhu Qianwei | 25.54 |
| 2 | FINFinland | Hanna-Maria Seppälä | 25.55 |
| 3 | ITAItaly | Erika Ferraioli | 25.69 |
| 4 | JAMJamaica | Alia Atkinson | 25.98 |
| 5 | SVKSlovakia | Miroslava Syllabová | 26.07 |
| 6 | EGYEgypt | Farida Osman | 26.34 |
| 7 | SRBSerbia Republic | Miroslava Najdanovski | 26.46 |
| 99 | HUNHungary | Eszter Dara | DNS |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | LTULithuania | Ruta Meilutyte | 25.55 |
| 2 | LATLatvia | Gabriela Nikitina | 26.26 |
| 3 | SURSuriname | Chinyere Pigot | 26.30 |
| 4 | MLTMalta | Nicola Muscat | 27.22 |
| 5 | MOZMozambique | Jessica Vieira | 27.39 |
| 6 | JORJordan | Talita Baqlah | 27.45 |
| 7 | IOCInd. Olympic Participant | Faye Sultan | 27.92 |
| 8 | UGAUganda | Jamila Lunkuse | 28.44 |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | MAWMalawi | Joyce Tafatatha | 27.74 |
| 2 | PNGPapua New Guinea | Judith Meauri | 27.84 |
| 3 | MHLMarshall Islands | Ann-Marie Hepler | 28.06 |
| 4 | PLWPalau | Keesha Keane | 28.25 |
| 5 | PLEPalestine | Sabine Hazboun | 28.28 |
| 6 | CMRCameroon | Guedia Mouafo | 29.28 |
| 7 | COKCook Islands | Celeste Brown | 29.36 |
| 8 | ANGAngola | Mariana Henriques | 31.36 |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | ANTAntigua and Barbuda | Karin Clashing | 30.01 |
| 2 | CAMCambodia | Vitiny Hemthon | 30.44 |
| 3 | RWARwanda | Alphonsine Agahozo | 30.72 |
| 4 | QATQatar | Nada Arkaji | 30.89 |
| 5 | TJKTajikistan | Katerina Izmaylova | 31.27 |
| 6 | MLIMali | Fatoumata Samassekou | 31.88 |
| 7 | MDVMaldives | Aminath Shajan | 32.23 |
| 8 | ETHEthiopia | Yanet Seyoum Gebremehdin | 32.41 |
| Women's 50m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | FSMFederated States of Micronesia | Debra Daniel | 30.32 |
| 2 | BURBurkina Faso | Angelika Ouedraogo | 32.19 |
| 3 | CIVIvory Coast | Toure Assita | 33.09 |
| 4 | BDIBurundi | Elsie Uwamahoro | 33.14 |
| 5 | BRNBahrain | Sara Al Flaij | 33.81 |
| 6 | CGORepublic of the Congo | Aminata Aboubakar Yakoub | 34.64 |
| 7 | SUDSudan | Mhasin El Nour Fadlalla | 35.07 |
Medal Tracker
Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 45
JPN
Individual Medal Leaders
USA | 40 |
CHN | 40 |
JPN | 20 |
USA | 44 |
CHN | 27 |
FRA | 26 |
USA | 42 |
GBR | 29 |
CHN | 24 |
Medal Leaders
- 5
Marchand - 5
Huske - 5
O'Callaghan
Individual Medal Leaders
Marchand | 4 |
Huske | 3 |
O'Callaghan | 3 |
Smith | 3 |
Huske | 2 |
Walsh | 2 |
Yufei | 5 |
Junxuan | 3 |
McKeown | 2 |
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