2016 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Women's 100m Backstroke | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7 - Final | |||
HUNHungary | Katinka Hosszú | 58.45 | |
USAUnited States | Kathleen Baker | 58.75 | |
CANCanada | Kylie Masse | 58.76 | |
CHNChina | Fu Yuanhui | 58.76 | |
| 5 | DENDenmark | Mie Nielsen | 58.80 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Olivia Smoliga | 58.95 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 59.19 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Madison Wilson | 59.23 |
| 9 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 59.68 |
| 10 | GBRGreat Britain | Georgia Davies | 59.85 |
| 11 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 1:00.26 |
| 12 | CANCanada | Dominique Bouchard | 1:00.54 |
| 13 | CROCroatia | Matea Samardzic | 1:00.60 |
| 14 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 1:00.65 |
| 15 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 1:00.85 |
| 16 | CHNChina | Wang Xueer | 1:01.44 |
| 17 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 1:01.08 |
| 18 | NEDNetherlands | Kira Toussaint | 1:01.17 |
| 19 | HKGHong Kong | Claudia Lau | 1:01.27 |
| 20 | KAZKazakhstan | Yekaterina Rudenko | 1:01.28 |
| 21 | POLPoland | Alicja Tchorz | 1:01.31 |
| 22 | SVKSlovakia | Katarína Listopadová | 1:01.43 |
| 23 | RUSRussia | Daria K Ustinova | 1:01.45 |
| 24 | FINFinland | Mimosa Jallow | 1:01.58 |
| 25 | BRABrazil | Etiene Medeiros | 1:01.70 |
| 26 | JPNJapan | Natsumi Sakai | 1:01.74 |
| 27 | SEYSeychelles | Alexus Laird | 1:03.33 |
| 28 | SRISri Lanka | Kimiko Raheem | 1:04.21 |
| 29 | CAYCayman Islands | Lara Butler | 1:04.98 |
| 30 | ISVU.S. Virgin Islands | Caylee Watson | 1:07.19 |
| 31 | NEPNepal | Gaurika Singh | 1:08.45 |
| 32 | SAMSamoa | Evelina Afoa | 1:08.74 |
| 33 | KENKenya | Talisa Lanoe | 1:10.02 |
| 34 | KOSKosovo | Rita Zeqiri | 1:12.31 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Kathleen Baker | 58.84 Q |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 58.99 Q |
| 3 | CANCanada | Kylie Masse | 59.07 Q |
| 4 | DENDenmark | Mie Nielsen | 59.13 Q |
| 4 | HUNHungary | Katinka Hosszú | 59.13 Q |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Olivia Smoliga | 59.60 Q |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Georgia Davies | 59.86 Q |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Madison Wilson | 59.92 Q |
| 9 | CHNChina | Fu Yuanhui | 1:00.02 Q |
| 10 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 1:00.04 Q |
| 11 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 1:00.13 Q |
| 12 | CANCanada | Dominique Bouchard | 1:00.18 Q |
| 13 | CROCroatia | Matea Samardzic | 1:00.46 Q |
| 14 | CHNChina | Wang Xueer | 1:00.59 Q |
| 15 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 1:00.87 Q |
| 16 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 1:00.89 Q |
| 17 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 1:01.08 |
| 18 | NEDNetherlands | Kira Toussaint | 1:01.17 |
| 19 | HKGHong Kong | Claudia Lau | 1:01.27 |
| 20 | KAZKazakhstan | Yekaterina Rudenko | 1:01.28 |
| 21 | POLPoland | Alicja Tchorz | 1:01.31 |
| 22 | SVKSlovakia | Katarína Listopadová | 1:01.43 |
| 23 | RUSRussia | Daria K Ustinova | 1:01.45 |
| 24 | FINFinland | Mimosa Jallow | 1:01.58 |
| 25 | BRABrazil | Etiene Medeiros | 1:01.70 |
| 26 | JPNJapan | Natsumi Sakai | 1:01.74 |
| 27 | SEYSeychelles | Alexus Laird | 1:03.33 |
| 28 | SRISri Lanka | Kimiko Raheem | 1:04.21 |
| 29 | CAYCayman Islands | Lara Butler | 1:04.98 |
| 30 | ISVU.S. Virgin Islands | Caylee Watson | 1:07.19 |
| 31 | NEPNepal | Gaurika Singh | 1:08.45 |
| 32 | SAMSamoa | Evelina Afoa | 1:08.74 |
| 33 | KENKenya | Talisa Lanoe | 1:10.02 |
| 34 | KOSKosovo | Rita Zeqiri | 1:12.31 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 9 - Final | |||
| 1 | HUNHungary | Katinka Hosszú | 58.45 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Kathleen Baker | 58.75 |
| 3 | CANCanada | Kylie Masse | 58.76 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Fu Yuanhui | 58.76 |
| 5 | DENDenmark | Mie Nielsen | 58.80 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Olivia Smoliga | 58.95 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 59.19 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Madison Wilson | 59.23 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Kathleen Baker | 58.84 |
| 2 | HUNHungary | Katinka Hosszú | 58.94 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Fu Yuanhui | 58.95 |
| 4 | CANCanada | Kylie Masse | 59.06 |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Georgia Davies | 59.85 |
| 6 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 1:00.26 |
| 7 | CROCroatia | Matea Samardzic | 1:00.60 |
| 8 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 1:00.85 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | AUSAustralia | Madison Wilson | 59.03 |
| 2 | DENDenmark | Mie Nielsen | 59.18 |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 59.32 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Olivia Smoliga | 59.35 |
| 5 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 59.68 |
| 6 | CANCanada | Dominique Bouchard | 1:00.54 |
| 7 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 1:00.65 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Wang Xueer | 1:01.44 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Kathleen Baker | 58.84 Q |
| 2 | HUNHungary | Katinka Hosszú | 58.94 Q |
| 3 | CHNChina | Fu Yuanhui | 58.95 Q |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Madison Wilson | 59.03 Q |
| 5 | CANCanada | Kylie Masse | 59.06 Q |
| 6 | DENDenmark | Mie Nielsen | 59.18 Q |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 59.32 Q |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Olivia Smoliga | 59.35 Q |
| 9 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 59.68 |
| 10 | GBRGreat Britain | Georgia Davies | 59.85 |
| 11 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 1:00.26 |
| 12 | CANCanada | Dominique Bouchard | 1:00.54 |
| 13 | CROCroatia | Matea Samardzic | 1:00.60 |
| 14 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 1:00.65 |
| 15 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 1:00.85 |
| 16 | CHNChina | Wang Xueer | 1:01.44 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7 - Final | |||
| 1 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 58.99 |
| 2 | CANCanada | Kylie Masse | 59.07 |
| 3 | HUNHungary | Katinka Hosszú | 59.13 |
| 4 | CANCanada | Dominique Bouchard | 1:00.18 |
| 5 | NEDNetherlands | Kira Toussaint | 1:01.17 |
| 6 | KAZKazakhstan | Yekaterina Rudenko | 1:01.28 |
| 7 | BRABrazil | Etiene Medeiros | 1:01.70 |
| 8 | JPNJapan | Natsumi Sakai | 1:01.74 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Kathleen Baker | 58.84 |
| 2 | DENDenmark | Mie Nielsen | 59.13 |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Georgia Davies | 59.86 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Fu Yuanhui | 1:00.02 |
| 5 | CROCroatia | Matea Samardzic | 1:00.46 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Wang Xueer | 1:00.59 |
| 7 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 1:00.87 |
| 8 | SVKSlovakia | Katarína Listopadová | 1:01.43 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Olivia Smoliga | 59.60 |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Madison Wilson | 59.92 |
| 3 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 1:00.04 |
| 4 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 1:00.13 |
| 5 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 1:00.89 |
| 6 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 1:01.08 |
| 7 | RUSRussia | Daria K Ustinova | 1:01.45 |
| 8 | FINFinland | Mimosa Jallow | 1:01.58 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7 - Final | |||
| 1 | HKGHong Kong | Claudia Lau | 1:01.27 |
| 2 | POLPoland | Alicja Tchorz | 1:01.31 |
| 3 | SEYSeychelles | Alexus Laird | 1:03.33 |
| 4 | SRISri Lanka | Kimiko Raheem | 1:04.21 |
| 5 | CAYCayman Islands | Lara Butler | 1:04.98 |
| 6 | ISVU.S. Virgin Islands | Caylee Watson | 1:07.19 |
| 7 | KENKenya | Talisa Lanoe | 1:10.02 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7 - Final | |||
| 1 | NEPNepal | Gaurika Singh | 1:08.45 |
| 2 | SAMSamoa | Evelina Afoa | 1:08.74 |
| 3 | KOSKosovo | Rita Zeqiri | 1:12.31 |
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