2012 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Women's 100m Backstroke | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
 |  USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 58.33 |
 |  AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 58.68 |
 |  JPNJapan | Aya Terakawa | 58.83 |
| 4 |  RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 59.00 |
| 5 |  GBRGreat Britain | Gemma Spofforth | 59.20 |
| 6 |  CHNChina | Zhao Jing | 59.23 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 59.29 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Fu Yuanhui | 1:00.50 |
| 9 |  CANCanada | Julia Wilkinson | 59.91 |
| 10 |  CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 1:00.02 |
| 11 | USAUnited States | Rachel Bootsma | 1:00.04 |
| 12 |  FRAFrance | Alexianne Castel | 1:00.24 |
| 13 |  ITAItaly | Arianna Barbieri | 1:00.27 |
| 14 |  ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 1:00.39 |
| 15 | GBRGreat Britain | Georgia Davies | 1:00.56 |
| 16 | CANCanada | Sinead Russell | 1:00.57 |
| 17 |  DENDenmark | Mie Nielsen | 1:00.38 |
| 18 |  ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 1:00.57 |
| 18 |  UKRUkraine | Daryna Zevina | 1:00.57 |
| 20 |  NEDNetherlands | Sharon van Rouwendaal | 1:00.61 |
| 21 |  GERGermany | Jenny Mensing | 1:00.72 |
| 22 | FRAFrance | Laure Manaudou | 1:01.03 |
| 23 |  MEXMexico | Fernanda Gonzalez | 1:01.28 |
| 24 |  BRABrazil | Fabiola Molina | 1:01.40 |
| 25 |  POLPoland | Alicja Tchorz | 1:01.44 |
| 26 |  SGPSingapore | Li Tao | 1:01.60 |
| 27 | ITAItaly | Elena Gemo | 1:01.77 |
| 28 |  COLColombia | Carolina Colorado | 1:01.81 |
| 29 |  BELBelgium | Kimberly Buys | 1:01.92 |
| 30 |  NZLNew Zealand | Melissa Ingram | 1:01.94 |
| 31 |  BULBulgaria | Ekaterina Avramova | 1:02.20 |
| 32 |  ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 1:02.40 |
| 33 |  IRLIreland | Melanie Nocher | 1:02.44 |
| 34 |  SLOSlovenia | Anja Carman | 1:02.68 |
| 35 |  SWESweden | Therese Svendsen | 1:03.11 |
| 36 |  CROCroatia | Sanja Jovanovic | 1:03.38 |
| 37 |  HUNHungary | Eszter Povazsai | 1:03.55 |
| 38 |  KAZKazakhstan | Yekaterina Rudenko | 1:03.64 |
| 39 |  HKGHong Kong | Stephanie Au | 1:04.31 |
| 40 |  TURTurkey | Hazal Sarikaya | 1:04.80 |
| 41 |  HONHonduras | Karen Vilorio | 1:06.38 |
| 42 |  ANDAndorra | Mònica Ramirez | 1:07.72 |
| 43 |  URUUruguay | Ines Remersaro | 1:08.03 |
| 44 |  ARMArmenia | Anahit Barseghyan | 1:08.19 |
| 45 |  MONMonaco | Angelique Trinquier | 1:10.79 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | HONHonduras | Karen Vilorio | 1:06.38 |
| 2 | ANDAndorra | Mònica Ramirez | 1:07.72 |
| 3 | URUUruguay | Ines Remersaro | 1:08.03 |
| 4 | ARMArmenia | Anahit Barseghyan | 1:08.19 |
| 5 | MONMonaco | Angelique Trinquier | 1:10.79 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 58.23 OR |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 59.37 |
| 3 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 59.61 |
| 4 | JPNJapan | Aya Terakawa | 59.82 |
| 5 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 59.88 |
| 6 | GBRGreat Britain | Georgia Davies | 59.92 |
| 7 | CANCanada | Julia Wilkinson | 59.94 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Fu Yuanhui | 59.96 |
| 9 | CHNChina | Zhao Jing | 59.97 |
| 10 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 59.99 |
| 11 | USAUnited States | Rachel Bootsma | 1:00.03 |
| 12 | GBRGreat Britain | Gemma Spofforth | 1:00.05 |
| 13 | CANCanada | Sinead Russell | 1:00.10 |
| 14 | FRAFrance | Alexianne Castel | 1:00.16 |
| 15 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 1:00.24 |
| 16 | ITAItaly | Arianna Barbieri | 1:00.25 |
| 17 | DENDenmark | Mie Nielsen | 1:00.38 |
| 18 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 1:00.57 |
| 18 | UKRUkraine | Daryna Zevina | 1:00.57 |
| 20 | NEDNetherlands | Sharon van Rouwendaal | 1:00.61 |
| 21 | GERGermany | Jenny Mensing | 1:00.72 |
| 22 | FRAFrance | Laure Manaudou | 1:01.03 |
| 23 | MEXMexico | Fernanda Gonzalez | 1:01.28 |
| 24 | BRABrazil | Fabiola Molina | 1:01.40 |
| 25 | POLPoland | Alicja Tchorz | 1:01.44 |
| 26 | SGPSingapore | Li Tao | 1:01.60 |
| 27 | ITAItaly | Elena Gemo | 1:01.77 |
| 28 | COLColombia | Carolina Colorado | 1:01.81 |
| 29 | BELBelgium | Kimberly Buys | 1:01.92 |
| 30 | NZLNew Zealand | Melissa Ingram | 1:01.94 |
| 31 | BULBulgaria | Ekaterina Avramova | 1:02.20 |
| 32 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 1:02.40 |
| 33 | IRLIreland | Melanie Nocher | 1:02.44 |
| 34 | SLOSlovenia | Anja Carman | 1:02.68 |
| 35 | SWESweden | Therese Svendsen | 1:03.11 |
| 36 | CROCroatia | Sanja Jovanovic | 1:03.38 |
| 37 | HUNHungary | Eszter Povazsai | 1:03.55 |
| 38 | KAZKazakhstan | Yekaterina Rudenko | 1:03.64 |
| 39 | HKGHong Kong | Stephanie Au | 1:04.31 |
| 40 | TURTurkey | Hazal Sarikaya | 1:04.80 |
| 41 | HONHonduras | Karen Vilorio | 1:06.38 |
| 42 | ANDAndorra | Mònica Ramirez | 1:07.72 |
| 43 | URUUruguay | Ines Remersaro | 1:08.03 |
| 44 | ARMArmenia | Anahit Barseghyan | 1:08.19 |
| 45 | MONMonaco | Angelique Trinquier | 1:10.79 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 30 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 58.33 |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 58.68 |
| 3 | JPNJapan | Aya Terakawa | 58.83 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 59.00 |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Gemma Spofforth | 59.20 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Zhao Jing | 59.23 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 59.29 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Fu Yuanhui | 1:00.50 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 58.39 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Zhao Jing | 59.55 |
| 3 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 59.68 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 59.79 |
| 5 | CANCanada | Julia Wilkinson | 59.91 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Rachel Bootsma | 1:00.04 |
| 7 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 1:00.39 |
| 8 | CANCanada | Sinead Russell | 1:00.57 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 59.12 |
| 2 | JPNJapan | Aya Terakawa | 59.34 |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Gemma Spofforth | 59.70 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Fu Yuanhui | 59.82 |
| 5 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 1:00.02 |
| 6 | FRAFrance | Alexianne Castel | 1:00.24 |
| 7 | ITAItaly | Arianna Barbieri | 1:00.27 |
| 8 | GBRGreat Britain | Georgia Davies | 1:00.56 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 58.39 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 59.12 |
| 3 | JPNJapan | Aya Terakawa | 59.34 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Zhao Jing | 59.55 |
| 5 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 59.68 |
| 6 | GBRGreat Britain | Gemma Spofforth | 59.70 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 59.79 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Fu Yuanhui | 59.82 |
| 9 | CANCanada | Julia Wilkinson | 59.91 |
| 10 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 1:00.02 |
| 11 | USAUnited States | Rachel Bootsma | 1:00.04 |
| 12 | FRAFrance | Alexianne Castel | 1:00.24 |
| 13 | ITAItaly | Arianna Barbieri | 1:00.27 |
| 14 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 1:00.39 |
| 15 | GBRGreat Britain | Georgia Davies | 1:00.56 |
| 16 | CANCanada | Sinead Russell | 1:00.57 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Canceled |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Canceled |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Canceled |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Missy Franklin | 59.37 |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Belinda Hocking | 59.61 |
| 3 | JPNJapan | Aya Terakawa | 59.82 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Fu Yuanhui | 59.96 |
| 5 | CZECzechia | Simona Baumrtová | 59.99 |
| 6 | FRAFrance | Alexianne Castel | 1:00.16 |
| 7 | GERGermany | Jenny Mensing | 1:00.72 |
| 8 | FRAFrance | Laure Manaudou | 1:01.03 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | RUSRussia | Anastasiia Fesikova | 59.88 |
| 2 | CANCanada | Julia Wilkinson | 59.94 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Rachel Bootsma | 1:00.03 |
| 4 | GBRGreat Britain | Gemma Spofforth | 1:00.05 |
| 5 | CANCanada | Sinead Russell | 1:00.10 |
| 6 | UKRUkraine | Daryna Zevina | 1:00.57 |
| 7 | BRABrazil | Fabiola Molina | 1:01.40 |
| 8 | ITAItaly | Elena Gemo | 1:01.77 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | AUSAustralia | Emily Seebohm | 58.23 |
| 2 | GBRGreat Britain | Georgia Davies | 59.92 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Zhao Jing | 59.97 |
| 4 | ZIMZimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | 1:00.24 |
| 5 | ITAItaly | Arianna Barbieri | 1:00.25 |
| 6 | DENDenmark | Mie Nielsen | 1:00.38 |
| 7 | ESPSpain | Duane Da Rocha | 1:00.57 |
| 8 | NEDNetherlands | Sharon van Rouwendaal | 1:00.61 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | MEXMexico | Fernanda Gonzalez | 1:01.28 |
| 2 | POLPoland | Alicja Tchorz | 1:01.44 |
| 3 | COLColombia | Carolina Colorado | 1:01.81 |
| 4 | BELBelgium | Kimberly Buys | 1:01.92 |
| 5 | NZLNew Zealand | Melissa Ingram | 1:01.94 |
| 6 | BULBulgaria | Ekaterina Avramova | 1:02.20 |
| 7 | SWESweden | Therese Svendsen | 1:03.11 |
| 8 | HKGHong Kong | Stephanie Au | 1:04.31 |
| Women's 100m Backstroke, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 - Final | |||
| 1 | SGPSingapore | Li Tao | 1:01.60 |
| 2 | ISLIceland | Eygló Gústafsdóttir | 1:02.40 |
| 3 | IRLIreland | Melanie Nocher | 1:02.44 |
| 4 | SLOSlovenia | Anja Carman | 1:02.68 |
| 5 | CROCroatia | Sanja Jovanovic | 1:03.38 |
| 6 | HUNHungary | Eszter Povazsai | 1:03.55 |
| 7 | KAZKazakhstan | Yekaterina Rudenko | 1:03.64 |
| 8 | TURTurkey | Hazal Sarikaya | 1:04.80 |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 65
GBR
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 6Yufei
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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