| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle - Final |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | - | 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.05 | OR |
| 5 | - | 5 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | Belarus | 24.28 | NR |
| 6 | - | 3 | Marleen Veldhuis | Netherlands | 24.39 | - |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Britta Steffen | Germany | 24.46 | - |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Francesca Halsall | Great Britain | 24.47 | - |
| 9 | 6 | 8 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 24.61 | - |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Jessica Hardy | United States | 24.62 | - |
| 11 | 8 | 7 | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace | Bahamas | 24.69 | - |

Question: Which 2 competitors had times closest to each other?
Answer: Britta Steffen from Germany beat Francesca Halsall from Great Britain by 0.01, and Therese Alshammar from Sweden also beat Jessica Hardy from the United States by 0.01.