Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Na dem hold de women's 100 metre freestyle event for de 2024 Summer Olympics for 30 den 31 July 2024 for de Olympic Aquatics Centre for Paris La Défense Arena."Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Schedule". Paris 2024.

 Records 
Prior to dis competition, na de existing world den Olympic records be as follows:
World recordSarah Sjöström (SWE)51.71Budapest, Hungary23 July 2017Olympic recordEmma McKeon (AUS)51.96Tokyo, Japan30 July 2021

 Qualification 
National Olympic Committee (NOC) fi enter maximum of two qualified athletes insyd each individual event, buh only if both of dem attain de Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event fi potentially enter if dem meet de Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), anaa if de total quota of 852 athletes no be targeted. NOCs sanso fi permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under Universality place since dem get no swimmers wey dey attain either of de standard entry times (OQT/OCT)."Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

Dey follow de end of de qualification window, World Aquatics go assess de number of swimmers wey achieve de OQT, de number of relay-only swimmers, den de number of Universality places, before dem invite those plus OCT make dem fulfill de total quota of 852. Additionally, dem go distribute OCT places by event according to de position of de World Aquatics Rankings during de qualifying deadline.

 Time standards 
Dem for obtain de qualifying time standards for de 2023 den 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships den selection trials, den various international meets dem approve by World Aquatics insyd de period between 1 March 2023 den 23 June 2024."Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.

De table wey dey follow dey outline de qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for dis event:
Women's eventsEventOQT*OCT^100 m freestyle53.6153.88
* OQTs dey correspond to de time dem achieve by fourteenth-place swimmer for ein respective preliminary heat of each event for de previous Games.

ª Secof de fourteenth-place swimmer achieve standard slower dan de OQT insyd Tokyo 2020, de OQT dem use for de previous Games go remain constant.

^ Dem dey derive OCTs by adding 0.5% of de OQT standard.

 Competition format 
De competition dey consist of three rounds: heats, semifinals, den final. De swimmers plus de best 16 times insyd de heats advance go de semifinals. De swimmers plus de best 8 times insyd de semifinals advance go de final. Dem dey use swim-offs as necessary make dem break ties for advancement to de next round.

 Schedule 
All times be Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
DateTimeRound30 July 202412:47Heats21:33Semifinals31 July 202420:30Final

 Results 

 Heats 
29 competitors enter de event. De top sixteen for time advance to de semi-final.
RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes124Sarah SjöströmSweden52.99Q244Siobhan HaugheyHong Kong53.02Q325Yang JunxuanChina53.05Q445Marrit SteenbergenNetherlands53.22Q534Mollie O'CallaghanAustralia53.27Q635Shayna JackAustralia53.40Q743Torri HuskeUnited States53.53Q823Gretchen WalshUnited States53.54Q932Beryl GastaldelloFrance53.65Q1033Anna HopkinGreat Britain53.67Q41Kayla SanchezPhilippines53.67Q, NR1242Marie WattelFrance53.70Q1346Wu QingfengChina54.03Q1436Michelle ColemanSweden54.10Q1547Neza KlancarSlovenia54.12Q1622Maggie Mac NeilCanada54.16Q, WD1726Barbora SeemanovaCzech Republic54.66Q1827Kalia AntoniouCyprus54.75R1931Snaefridur Sol JorunnardottirIceland54.852037Kornelia FiedkiewiczPoland55.252138Jana PavalicCroatia55.772248Gloria Anna MuzitoUganda55.952321Jillian Janis Geohagan CrooksCayman Islands56.152428Nesrine MedjahedAlgeria57.342514Paige van der WesthuizenZimbabwe58.192613Tilly CollymoreGrenada58.842715Maxine EgnerBotswana58.982816Aleka Kylela PersaudGuyana1:01.292912Rana SaadeldinSudan1:04.72
Sources:"Women's 100m Freestyle - Heats results" (PDF). Olympics. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024."Women's 100m Freestyle - Heats results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

 Semifinals 
De swimmers plus de best 8 times, regardless of heat, advance go de final.
RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes114Siobhán HaugheyHong Kong52.64Q213Shayna JackAustralia52.72Q323Mollie O'CallaghanAustralia52.75Q425Yang JunxuanChina52.81Q515Marrit SteenbergenNetherlands52.86Q624Sarah SjöströmSweden52.87Q726Torri HuskeUnited States52.99Q816Gretchen WalshUnited States53.18Q921Wu QingfengChina53.341017Marie WattelFrance53.381112Anna HopkinGreat Britain53.741211Michelle ColemanSweden53.751318Barbora SeemanovaCzech Republic53.941428Neza KlancarSlovenia53.96=NR1527Kayla SanchezPhilippines54.211622Beryl GastaldelloFrance54.29
Sources:"Women's 100m Freestyle - Semifinals results" (PDF). Olympics. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024."Women's 100m Freestyle - Semifinals results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

 Final 
RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes7Sarah SjöströmSweden52.161Torri HuskeUnited States52.294Siobhán HaugheyHong Kong52.3343Mollie O'CallaghanAustralia52.3455Shayna JackAustralia52.7266Yang JunxuanChina52.8272Marrit SteenbergenNetherlands52.8388Gretchen WalshUnited States53.04
Sources:"Women's 100m Freestyle - Finals results" (PDF). Olympics. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.

 References 

Olympic champions insyd women's 100 m freestyle 1912:  Fanny Durack (ANZ)
 1920:  Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA)
 1924:  Ethel Lackie (USA)
 1928:  Albina Osipowich (USA)
 1932:  Helene Madison (USA)
 1936:  Rie Mastenbroek (NED)
 1948:  Greta Andersen (DEN)
 1952:  Katalin Szőke (HUN)
 1956:  Dawn Fraser (AUS)
 1960:  Dawn Fraser (AUS)
 1964:  Dawn Fraser (AUS)
 1968:  Jan Henne (USA)
 1972:  Sandy Neilson (USA)
 1976:  Kornelia Ender (GDR)
 1980:  Barbara Krause (GDR)
 1984:  Nancy Hogshead (USA)
 1984:  Carrie Steinseifer (USA)
 1988:  Kristin Otto (GDR)
 1992:  Zhuang Yong (CHN)
 1996:  Le Jingyi (CHN)
 2000:  Inge de Bruijn (NED)
 2004:  Jodie Henry (AUS)
 2008:  Britta Steffen (GER)
 2012:  Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED)
 2016:  Penny Oleksiak (CAN)
 2016:  Simone Manuel (USA)
 2020:  Emma McKeon (AUS)
 2024:  Sarah Sjöström (SWE)
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