• World Record (WR): 24.13, Inge de Bruijn
  Inge de Bruijn
  Inge de Bruijn is a Dutch former swimmer. She was a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record holder.-Biography:De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, South Holland, and tried several sports before settling with swimming....
  
   (Netherlands), 22 September 2000 in Sydney, Australia
  Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...
  
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• Championship Record (CR): 24.45, Inge de Bruijn
  Inge de Bruijn
  Inge de Bruijn is a Dutch former swimmer. She was a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record holder.-Biography:De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, South Holland, and tried several sports before settling with swimming....
  
   (Netherlands), Fukuoka 2001
  2001 World Aquatics Championships
  rightThe 2001 World Aquatics Championships or the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Fukuoka, Japan between 16 July and 29 July 2001....
  
   (Jul.28.2001).

Final

Place	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1st	Lisbeth Lenton	Australia	24.53
2nd	Therese Alshammar Therese Alshammar Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...	Sweden	24.62
3rd	Marleen Veldhuis Marleen Veldhuis Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She is world record holder in 4 events . Veldhuis has won 6 world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals...	Netherlands	24.70
4th	Britta Steffen Britta Steffen Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle....	Germany	24.79
5th	Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce is an American swimmer and four-time Olympic silver medalist.-High school career:...	United States	24.83
6th	Jodie Henry Jodie Henry Jodie Clare Henry OAM is an Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist and former world-record holder.-Swimming career:Jodie Henry began swimming competitively at the relatively late age of 14....	Australia	24.96
7th	Malia Metella Malia Metella Malia Metella is a French Olympic freestyle swimmer from French Guiana. She swam for France at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 2004 in the women's 50 free....	Early Modern France	25.02
8th	Natalie Coughlin Natalie Coughlin Natalie Anne Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive...	United States	25.31

Semifinals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	Marleen Veldhuis Marleen Veldhuis Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She is world record holder in 4 events . Veldhuis has won 6 world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals...	Netherlands	24.79	Q
2	Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce is an American swimmer and four-time Olympic silver medalist.-High school career:...	United States	24.80	Q
3	Therese Alshammar Therese Alshammar Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...	Sweden	24.83	Q
4	Lisbeth Lenton	Australia	24.89	Q
5	Jodie Henry Jodie Henry Jodie Clare Henry OAM is an Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist and former world-record holder.-Swimming career:Jodie Henry began swimming competitively at the relatively late age of 14....	Australia	25.06	Q
	Britta Steffen Britta Steffen Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle....	Germany		Q
7	Natalie Coughlin Natalie Coughlin Natalie Anne Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive...	United States	25.08	Q
8	Malia Metella Malia Metella Malia Metella is a French Olympic freestyle swimmer from French Guiana. She swam for France at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 2004 in the women's 50 free....	Early Modern France	25.10	Q
9	Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya is a swimmer from Belarus.-References:...	Belarus	25.28
10	XU Yanwei	Mainland China	25.31
11	Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European...	United Kingdom	25.32
12	Anna-Karin Kammerling Anna-Karin Kammerling Anna-Karin Kammerling is a world-record breaking Swedish swimmer, who was born in Malmö, Sweden. Currently she resides in Sundsvall and trains with the Sundsvalls Swim Club under coach Hans Bergquist....	Sweden	25.37
13	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	Finland	25.47
14	Inge Dekker Inge Dekker Inge Dekker is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Netherlands, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She did so alongside Inge de Bruijn, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot...	Netherlands	25.50
15	Céline Couderc Céline Couderc Céline Couderc is a female freestyle swimmer from France, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: in 2004 and 2008.- References :*...	Early Modern France	25.54
16	Erica Morningstar Erica Morningstar Erica Rachelle Morningstar is a Canadian swimmer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan who is now based in Calgary, Alberta. She has competed in events all over the world including the 2008 Olympic games held in Beijing, China. She is sponsored by Speedo Canada, and regularly appears in their...	Canada	25.61

Prelims

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce is an American swimmer and four-time Olympic silver medalist.-High school career:...	United States	25.23	Q
2	Lisbeth Lenton	Australia	25.24	Q
3	Therese Alshammar Therese Alshammar Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...	Sweden	25.34	Q
4	Britta Steffen Britta Steffen Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle....	Germany	25.40	Q
5	XU Yanwei	Mainland China	25.41	Q
6	Jodie Henry Jodie Henry Jodie Clare Henry OAM is an Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist and former world-record holder.-Swimming career:Jodie Henry began swimming competitively at the relatively late age of 14....	Australia	25.42	Q
7	Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European...	United Kingdom	25.43	Q
8	Marleen Veldhuis Marleen Veldhuis Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She is world record holder in 4 events . Veldhuis has won 6 world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals...	Netherlands	25.45	Q
9	Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya Aleksandra Gerasimenya is a swimmer from Belarus.-References:...	Belarus	25.51	Q
10	Erica Morningstar Erica Morningstar Erica Rachelle Morningstar is a Canadian swimmer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan who is now based in Calgary, Alberta. She has competed in events all over the world including the 2008 Olympic games held in Beijing, China. She is sponsored by Speedo Canada, and regularly appears in their...	Canada	25.54	Q
	Natalie Coughlin Natalie Coughlin Natalie Anne Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive...	United States		Q
12	Anna Karin Kammerling	Sweden	25.56	Q
13	Inge Dekker Inge Dekker Inge Dekker is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Netherlands, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She did so alongside Inge de Bruijn, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot...	Netherlands	25.60	Q
14	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	Finland	25.61	Q
15	Malia Metella Malia Metella Malia Metella is a French Olympic freestyle swimmer from French Guiana. She swam for France at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 2004 in the women's 50 free....	Early Modern France	25.63	Q
16	Céline Couderc Céline Couderc Céline Couderc is a female freestyle swimmer from France, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: in 2004 and 2008.- References :*...	Early Modern France	25.70	Q
17	Sviatlana Khakhlova	Belarus	25.73
18	Vanessa García Vanessa García Vanessa García Vega is an Olympic and National Record holding freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico. She swam for her native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....	Puerto Rico	25.81
19	Daniela Gotz Daniela Götz Daniela Götz is a German swimmer.Götz represented Germany in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She won bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics in 4×100 metre medley relay. An the 2008 Olympics she cometed in 4×100 metre freestyle relay....	Germany	25.83
20	Cristina Chiuso Cristina Chiuso Cristina Chiuso is a former Italian swimmer.Italian record holder of 50 freestyle and 4x100 freestyle relay in short and long course, was captain of Italian women swimming team....	Italy	25.85
21	Oxana Serikova	Ukraine	25.93
22	Arlene Semeco Arlene Semeco Arlene Iradie Semeco Arismendi is a female freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who represented her native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004. She won two gold medals at the 2007 Pan American Games. She attended the University of Alabama.-References:* *...	Venezuela	26.10
23	Flávia Delaroli Flávia Delaroli Flávia Delaroli is an Olympic and National Record holding freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the women's 50 m freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.A resident of São Paulo, she also represented her native country at the 2004 and 2008...	Brazil	26.13
24	Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen Jeanette Ottesen is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently holds the Danish record in 100 m freestyle...	Denmark	26.28
25	Fabienne Nadarajah	Austria	26.41
26	Triin Aljand Triin Aljand Triin Aljand is an Estonian swimmer. She was a member of the Estonian national team that competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and multiple FINA World Aquatics Championships. She competed again for the team in the 2008 Summer Olympics.She currently attends Texas A&M University, where she swims for...	Estonia	26.52
	Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....	New Zealand
28	Jana Kolukanova	Estonia	26.55
29	Victoria Poon	Canada	26.56
30	Caroline Pickering	Fiji	26.57
31	Marilies Demal	Austria	26.60
	Hang Yu Sze	Hong Kong
33	Hannah Wilson Hannah Wilson Hannah Wilson is a Hong Kong amateur swimmer. She is a two-time Olympic swimmer for Hong Kong, having swam at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in the Water Cube in Beijing. She has won two career Universiade gold medals...	Hong Kong	26.64
34	Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir	Iceland	26.67
35	Miroslava Najdanovski Miroslava Najdanovski Miroslava Najdanovski is a 2-time Serbian Olympic swimmer.Najdanovski represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At only 16 years of age, she was the youngest member of the Serbo-Montenegrin delegation and also one of the youngest athletes to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics...	Serbia	26.73
36	Emily Vavourakis	Belgium	26.85
37	Keo Ra Lee	South Korea	26.87
38	Sharntelle McLean Sharntelle McLean Sharntelle McLean is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Trinidad and Tobago. She swam for Trinidad and Tobago at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics...	Trinidad and Tobago	26.89
	Petra Klosova	Czech Republic
	Pin Chieh Nieh	Chinese Taipei
41	Tine Bossuyt	Belgium	26.92
42	Ionela Cozma	Kingdom of Romania	27.00
43	Ximena Vilar	Venezuela	27.04
44	Hiang Yuet Lynette Ng	Singapore	27.09
45	Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	27.12
46	Natasha Moodie	Jamaica	27.24
47	Carolina Colorado	Colombia	27.26
48	Chin Kuei Yang	Chinese Taipei	27.28
49	Madeleine Scerri	Malta	27.29
50	Anna Stylianou	Cyprus	27.37
51	Ruyu Ruth Ho	Singapore	27.38
52	Loren Bahamonde	Ecuador	27.40
53	Pannika Prachgosin	Thailand	27.41
54	Sara Yasmine Chahed	Tunisia	27.42
55	Heather Brand	Zimbabwe	27.43
56	Nicole Marmol Gilbert	Ecuador	27.45
57	Kimberly Eeson	Zimbabwe	27.67
58	Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane	Papua New Guinea	27.70
	Ellen Hight	Zambia
60	Cheok Mei Ma	Macau	27.71
61	Alexia Pamela Benitez Quijada	El Salvador	27.82
62	Irina Shlemova	Uzbekistan	27.88
63	Marianella Quesada Barrantes	Costa Rica	27.94
64	Sharon Paola Fajardo Sierra	Honduras	28.03
65	Kiera Aitken Kiera Aitken Kiera Aitken is an Olympic and national-record holding swimmer from Bermuda. She is one of Bermuda's most successful swimmers, and has twice been named Bermuda's Female Athlete of the Year...	Bermuda	28.04
66	Veronica Vdovicenco	Moldova	28.06
67	Felicia Leksono	Indonesia	28.14
68	Nilshaira Isenia	Netherlands Antilles	28.21
69	Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy is a Fiji Islander swimmer.She competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, setting a national record in the women's 50 metres breaststroke, with a time of 34.99 sec. during the qualifiers, and a national record in the women's 100 m breaststroke heats, with a time of 1:17.33...	Fiji	28.26
70	Elena Popovska	Republic of Macedonia	28.29
71	Nancy Suryaatmadja	Indonesia	28.31
72	Khadija Ciss	Senegal	28.33
73	Emma Hunter Emma Hunter Emma Hunter is a Samoan New Zealander swimmer. Born in Samoa, she now lives in Auckland, New Zealand.-Biography:In 2008, she was to become Samoa's first-ever female Olympic swimmer, by representing Samoa in freestyle and butterfly events at the Beijing...	Samoa	28.47
74	Jessica Teixeira Vieira	Mozambique	28.64
75	Parita Parekh	India	28.69
76	Mariya Bugakova	Uzbekistan	28.70
77	Marie Laura Meza Peraza	Costa Rica	28.71
78	Rovena Marku Rovena Marku Rovena Marku is an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Albania, who represented her native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....	Albania	28.76
79	Matana Wellman	Zambia	28.77
80	Ximene Van Gomez	Mozambique	28.81
81	Massie Milagros Carrillo	Peru	28.82
82	Razan Taha	Jordan	28.87
83	Ngozi Monu Ngozi Monu Ngozi Rosalin Monu is a Nigerian swimmer. Monu is the most prolific female swimmer from Nigeria. She focuses on the 50m & 100m freestyle event. She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics...	Nigeria	28.89
84	Dohi Eliane Droubry	Côte d'Ivoire	28.92
85	Tojohanitra Andriamanjatoprimamama	Madagascar	29.07
86	Dalia Massiel Tórrez Zamora	Nicaragua	29.14
87	Kshipra Mahajan	India	29.22
88	Jonay Briedenhann	Namibia	29.27
89	Danielle Beaubrun Danielle Beaubrun Danielle Beaubrun is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia...	Saint Lucia	29.30
90	Judith Meauri	Papua New Guinea	29.38
91	Miriam Hatamleh	Jordan	29.42
92	Katerine Moreno Katerine Moreno Katerine Moreno de Quintanilla is a retired female swimmer from Bolivia. She competed in four Summer Olympics for her native South American country, starting in 1988.-References:*...	Bolivia	29.43
93	Fiorella Gomez-Sanchez	Peru	29.51
94	Chinyere Pigot	Suriname	29.55
	Karen Torrez	Bolivia
96	Talisa Pace	Malta	29.58
97	April Chang	Samoa	29.60
98	Binta Zahra Diop	Senegal	29.65
99	Sook Fun Chai	Malaysia	29.71
100	Rachel Fortunato	Gibraltar	29.78
101	Lacey Palmer-Martin	Saint Lucia	29.83
102	Marike Meyer	Namibia	29.84
	Stephanie Anne Maitland	Seychelles
104	Saintsetseg Dashtseren	Mongolia	30.00
105	Shannon Austin	Seychelles	30.17
106	Uche Monu	Nigeria	30.18
107	Senele Dlamini	Swaziland	30.33
108	Pina Ercolano	Kenya	30.36
109	Hussain Aminath Rouya	Maldives	30.46
110	Herinantenaina Ravoajanahary	Madagascar	30.50
111	Rachel Lannen	Guam	30.53
	Prisca Rose	Mauritius
113	Telmen Batjargal	Mongolia	30.61
114	Anouchka Diane Etiennette	Mauritius	30.63
	Olivia Aya Nakitanda	Uganda
116	Kathryn Millin	Swaziland	30.73
117	Sameera Albitar	Brunei	31.12
118	Sarah Elizabeth Johnson	Northern Mariana Islands	31.39
119	Maria Gibbons	Palau	31.75
120	Debra Daniel	Federated States         of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia or FSM is an independent, sovereign island nation, made up of four states from west to east: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae. It comprises approximately 607 islands with c...	32.07
121	Amber Sikosan Yobech	Palau	32.10
	Maxine Pardo	Gibraltar
123	Zakia Nassar	Palestinian territories	32.17
124	Julianne Kirchner	Marshall Islands	32.74
125	Natasha Ratter	Uganda	33.10
126	Teran Matthews	Saint Vincent         and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....	33.18
127	Ruth Magdalena Moshi	Tanzania	33.57
128	Samphors Seng	Cambodia	34.25
129	Karishma Karki Karishma karki Karishma Karki is Nepali Olympian swimmer. Born: July 18, 1993 in Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal .She had participated in Beijing Olympics 2008. Swimmer Karishma Karki has already created national record by bagging 12 gold medals at the Fifth National Games. She was awarded The Best Female Player Of...	Nepal	34.97
130	Vilayphone Vongphachanh Vilayphone Vongphachanh Vilayphone Vongphachanh is a female Laotian Olympic freestyle swimmer.As a member of the Laos team she competed at the age of 15 in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Women's 50m Freestyle...	Laos	35.44
131	Nahed Akhlif	Libya	36.47
132	Elisabeth Nikiema	Burkina Faso	38.33
133	Elsie Uwamah	Burundi	39.79
134	Aminath Inas Ismail	Maldives	40.75
135	Daoheuang Inthavong	Laos	43.28
136	Ingrid Rabienne Outtara	Burkina Faso	44.09
--	Gloria Koussihouede Gloria Koussihouede Gloria Koussihouede, occasionally listed in results as "M. Koussihouede" is an Olympic swimmer from Benin. She swam at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.-Results:*2004 Olympics: Women's 100 free, 1:30.90...	Benin	DNS
--	Soraya Abdourahmane	Mauritania	DNS
--	Ana Roxiero	Angola	DNS
--	Chanelle Van Wyk	South Africa	DNS
--	Martina Moravcová Martina Moravcová Martina Moravcová is a medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Slovakia. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and has gone on to compete in five consecutive Summer Olympics...	Slovakia	DNS
--	Anisa Curraj	Albania	DQ
--	ZHU Yingwen	Mainland China	DQ