Netherlands' Ranomi Kromowidjojo smashed a new Olympic record to strike a fourth sprint freestyle double in history, since East German Kristin Otto did so in 1988, her fellow countrywoman Inge de Bruijn in 2000, and Germany's defending champion Britta Steffen in 2008. She blistered the field with a sterling time and a textile best in 24.05 to slice off Steffen's previous Olympic record by a hundredth of a second (0.01).[2][3] Belarus' Aliaksandra Herasimenia added a second silver to her Olympic hardware in a national record of 24.28, while Kromowidjojo's teammate Marleen Veldhuis edged out the scorching Steffen (24.46) by 0.07 seconds to snatch the bronze in 24.39, handing over an entire medal haul for the Dutch squad with a one–three finish.[4][5]
Great Britain's home favorite Francesca Halsall finished behind Steffen by a fingertip with a fifth-place time in 24.47.[6] Meanwhile, Sweden's Therese Alshammar shook off a pinched nerve injury to officially compete in her fifth Olympics, but managed only to claim a sixth spot in 24.61.[5] U.S. swimmer Jessica Hardy (24.62) and the Bahamas' Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (24.69) rounded out the field in a splash-and-dash finale.[5][7]
Notable swimmers missed the top-eight final including Aussie sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell, defending bronze medalist; and Halsall's teammate Amy Smith, who finished outside the roster by 16-hundredths of a second with a ninth-place time in 24.87.[8][9] Earlier on the morning prelims, Smith picked up a sixteenth spot in a most exciting three-way swim-off against U.S. sprinter Kara Lynn Joyce and Iceland's Sarah Blake Bateman after they each posted a matching time of 25.28.[10][11]
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The women s 50 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 3 4 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London United Kingdom 1 Women s 50 metre freestyleat the Games of the XXX OlympiadVenueLondon Aquatics CentreDatesAugust 3 2012 heats amp semifinals August 4 2012 final Competitors73 from 64 nationsWinning time24 05 ORMedalistsRanomi Kromowidjojo NetherlandsAliaksandra Herasimenia BelarusMarleen Veldhuis Netherlands 20082016 Netherlands Ranomi Kromowidjojo smashed a new Olympic record to strike a fourth sprint freestyle double in history since East German Kristin Otto did so in 1988 her fellow countrywoman Inge de Bruijn in 2000 and Germany s defending champion Britta Steffen in 2008 She blistered the field with a sterling time and a textile best in 24 05 to slice off Steffen s previous Olympic record by a hundredth of a second 0 01 2 3 Belarus Aliaksandra Herasimenia added a second silver to her Olympic hardware in a national record of 24 28 while Kromowidjojo s teammate Marleen Veldhuis edged out the scorching Steffen 24 46 by 0 07 seconds to snatch the bronze in 24 39 handing over an entire medal haul for the Dutch squad with a one three finish 4 5 Great Britain s home favorite Francesca Halsall finished behind Steffen by a fingertip with a fifth place time in 24 47 6 Meanwhile Sweden s Therese Alshammar shook off a pinched nerve injury to officially compete in her fifth Olympics but managed only to claim a sixth spot in 24 61 5 U S swimmer Jessica Hardy 24 62 and the Bahamas Arianna Vanderpool Wallace 24 69 rounded out the field in a splash and dash finale 5 7 Notable swimmers missed the top eight final including Aussie sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell defending bronze medalist and Halsall s teammate Amy Smith who finished outside the roster by 16 hundredths of a second with a ninth place time in 24 87 8 9 Earlier on the morning prelims Smith picked up a sixteenth spot in a most exciting three way swim off against U S sprinter Kara Lynn Joyce and Iceland s Sarah Blake Bateman after they each posted a matching time of 25 28 10 11 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 1 1 Qualification swim off 2 2 Semifinals 2 2 1 Semifinal 1 2 2 2 Semifinal 2 2 3 Final 3 References 4 External linksRecords editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Britta Steffen GER 23 73 Rome Italy 2 August 2009 12 13 Olympic record nbsp Britta Steffen GER 24 06 Beijing China 17 August 2008 14 The following records were established during the competition Date Event Name Nationality Time RecordAugust 4 Final Ranomi Kromowidjojo nbsp Netherlands 24 05 ORResults editHeats edit 15 Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 10 4 Ranomi Kromowidjojo nbsp Netherlands 24 51 Q2 10 5 Marleen Veldhuis nbsp Netherlands 24 57 Q3 9 4 Francesca Halsall nbsp Great Britain 24 61 Q4 9 5 Britta Steffen nbsp Germany 24 70 Q5 9 3 Aliaksandra Herasimenia nbsp Belarus 24 76 Q6 8 4 Therese Alshammar nbsp Sweden 24 77 Q7 10 2 Arianna Vanderpool Wallace nbsp Bahamas 24 85 Q10 6 Jeanette Ottesen nbsp Denmark Q9 8 3 Bronte Campbell nbsp Australia 24 87 Q10 8 5 Cate Campbell nbsp Australia 24 94 Q9 6 Sarah Sjostrom nbsp Sweden Q12 10 3 Jessica Hardy nbsp United States 24 99 Q13 8 7 Theodora Drakou nbsp Greece 25 13 Q14 9 7 Victoria Poon nbsp Canada 25 15 Q15 9 8 Anna Santamans nbsp France 25 23 Q16 7 6 Sarah Blake Bateman nbsp Iceland 25 28 QSO8 6 Kara Lynn Joyce nbsp United States QSO9 2 Amy Smith nbsp Great Britain QSO19 10 7 Triin Aljand nbsp Estonia 25 3320 10 1 Sviatlana Khakhlova nbsp Belarus 25 3621 8 2 Nery Mantey Niangkouara nbsp Greece 25 4022 8 1 Graciele Herrmann nbsp Brazil 25 4423 7 2 Hayley Palmer nbsp New Zealand 25 4724 6 3 Zhu Qianwei nbsp China 25 549 1 Pernille Blume nbsp Denmark26 5 4 Ruta Meilutyte nbsp Lithuania 25 55 NR6 5 Hanna Maria Seppala nbsp Finland28 7 4 Arlene Semeco nbsp Venezuela 25 5629 7 7 Vanessa Garcia nbsp Puerto Rico 25 5830 7 3 Anna Dowgiert nbsp Poland 25 5931 7 8 Jolien Sysmans nbsp Belgium 25 6032 6 6 Erika Ferraioli nbsp Italy 25 6933 10 8 Darya Stepanyuk nbsp Ukraine 25 7034 7 5 Burcu Dolunay nbsp Turkey 25 7235 8 8 Yayoi Matsumoto nbsp Japan 25 7336 7 1 Trudi Maree nbsp South Africa 25 7837 6 8 Alia Atkinson nbsp Jamaica 25 9838 6 2 Miroslava Syllabova nbsp Slovakia 26 0739 5 3 Gabriela Nikitina nbsp Latvia 26 2640 5 5 Chinyere Pigot nbsp Suriname 26 3041 6 1 Farida Osman nbsp Egypt 26 3442 6 7 Miroslava Najdanovski nbsp Serbia 26 4643 5 6 Nicola Muscat nbsp Malta 27 2244 5 2 Jessica Teixeira Vieira nbsp Mozambique 27 3945 5 7 Talita Baqlah nbsp Jordan 27 4546 4 2 Joyce Tafathata nbsp Malawi 27 7447 4 5 Judith Meauri nbsp Papua New Guinea 27 8448 5 1 Faye Sultan nbsp Kuwait 27 92 NR49 4 4 Ann Marie Hepler nbsp Marshall Islands 28 0650 4 3 Keesha Keane nbsp Palau 28 2551 4 6 Sabine Hazboun nbsp Palestine 28 2852 5 8 Jamila Lunkuse nbsp Uganda 28 4453 4 8 Antoinette Guedia Mouafo nbsp Cameroon 29 2854 4 7 Celeste Brown nbsp Cook Islands 29 3655 3 3 Karin O Reilly Clashing nbsp Antigua and Barbuda 30 0156 2 6 Debra Daniel nbsp Federated States of Micronesia 30 3257 3 6 Hemthon Vitiny nbsp Cambodia 30 4458 3 5 Alphonsine Agahozo nbsp Rwanda 30 7259 3 2 Nada Arkaji nbsp Qatar 30 8960 3 4 Katerina Izmaylova nbsp Tajikistan 31 2761 4 1 Mariana Henriques nbsp Angola 31 3662 3 7 Fatoumata Samassekou nbsp Mali 31 8863 2 4 Angelika Ouedraogo nbsp Burkina Faso 32 1964 3 8 Aminath Shajan nbsp Maldives 32 2365 3 1 Yanet Seyoum nbsp Ethiopia 32 4166 2 3 Assita Toure nbsp Ivory Coast 33 0967 2 2 Elsie Uwamahoro nbsp Burundi 33 1468 2 5 Sara Al Flaij nbsp Bahrain 33 8169 2 7 Aminata Aboubakar Yacoub nbsp Republic of the Congo 34 6470 2 1 Mhasin Fadlalla nbsp Sudan 35 0771 1 4 Nafissatou Moussa Adamou nbsp Niger 37 2972 1 5 Adzo Kpossi nbsp Togo 37 5573 1 3 Masempe Theko nbsp Lesotho 42 35 NR6 4 Eszter Dara nbsp Hungary DNSQualification swim off edit 16 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 3 Amy Smith nbsp Great Britain 24 82 Q2 5 Kara Lynn Joyce nbsp United States 25 163 4 Sarah Blake Bateman nbsp Iceland 26 03Semifinals edit 17 Semifinal 1 edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 4 Marleen Veldhuis nbsp Netherlands 24 50 Q2 5 Britta Steffen nbsp Germany 24 57 Q3 6 Arianna Vanderpool Wallace nbsp Bahamas 24 64 Q NR4 7 Jessica Hardy nbsp United States 24 68 Q5 3 Therese Alshammar nbsp Sweden 24 71 Q6 8 Amy Smith nbsp Great Britain 24 877 2 Cate Campbell nbsp Australia 25 018 1 Victoria Poon nbsp Canada 25 17Semifinal 2 edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 4 Ranomi Kromowidjojo nbsp Netherlands 24 07 Q2 3 Aliaksandra Herasimenia nbsp Belarus 24 45 Q NR3 5 Francesca Halsall nbsp Great Britain 24 63 Q4 2 Bronte Campbell nbsp Australia 24 948 Anna Santamans nbsp France6 6 Jeanette Ottesen nbsp Denmark 24 997 7 Sarah Sjostrom nbsp Sweden 25 088 1 Theodora Drakou nbsp Greece 25 28Final edit 18 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp 4 Ranomi Kromowidjojo nbsp Netherlands 24 05 OR nbsp 5 Aliaksandra Herasimenia nbsp Belarus 24 28 NR nbsp 3 Marleen Veldhuis nbsp Netherlands 24 394 6 Britta Steffen nbsp Germany 24 465 2 Francesca Halsall nbsp Great Britain 24 476 8 Therese Alshammar nbsp Sweden 24 617 1 Jessica Hardy nbsp United States 24 628 7 Arianna Vanderpool Wallace nbsp Bahamas 24 69References edit Swimming Results amp Schedules London 2012 NBC Olympics 29 July 2012 Archived from the original on 3 July 2013 Retrieved 7 July 2013 Dillman Lisa 4 August 2012 London Olympics Ranomi Kromowidjojo wins 50 meter freestyle Los Angeles Times Retrieved 12 July 2013 Swimming Kromowidjojo wins 50m freestyle gold Reuters 4 August 2012 Retrieved 12 July 2013 Olympics swimming Kromowidjojo wins 50m freestyle Halsall fifth BBC Sport 4 August 2012 Archived from the original on 21 August 2013 Retrieved 12 July 2013 a b c 2012 London Olympics Ranomi Kromowidjojo Sweeps Sprint Freestyle With Olympic Record Aliaksandra Herasimenia Marleen Veldhuis Finish Silver Bronze Defending Champ Britta Steffen Fourth Jessica Hardy Seventh Swimming World Magazine 4 August 2012 Retrieved 12 July 2013 White Duncan 4 August 2012 London 2012 Olympics more frustration for Fran Halsall who misses out on 50m freestyle medal The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 12 July 2013 Reid Scott 4 August 2012 Swimming Jessica Hardy seventh in 50 freestyle Orange County Register Archived from the original on 13 July 2013 Retrieved 12 July 2013 Campbell sisters qualify for semi finals ABC News Australia 3 August 2012 Retrieved 12 July 2013 Jones Quinn 3 August 2012 Sullivan finishes last in final Sunshine Coast Daily Retrieved 12 July 2013 White Duncan 3 August 2012 Fran Halsall qualifies third for 50m freestyle semi finals as she seeks to make amends at London 2012 The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 12 July 2013 2012 London Olympics The Netherlands Qualifies 1 2 in Women s 50 Free With Ranomi Kromowidjojo Marleen Veldhuis On Top Defending Champ Britta Steffen Jessica Hardy Among Semifinalists Swimming World Magazine 3 August 2012 Archived from the original on 2013 01 28 Retrieved 12 July 2013 Fifth gold for Phelps at swimming worlds CNN 2 August 2009 Retrieved 12 July 2013 Bryan Rebecca 3 August 2009 Five star Phelps ends worlds on golden note Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 12 July 2013 Steffen snatches gold in 50m free Torres takes silver ESPN 17 August 2008 Retrieved 13 May 2013 Women s 50m Freestyle Heats London2012 com LOCOG Archived from the original on 10 December 2012 Retrieved 3 August 2012 Women s 50m Freestyle Qualification Swim Off London2012 com LOCOG Archived from the original on 4 January 2013 Retrieved 3 August 2012 Women s 50m Freestyle Semi finals London2012 com LOCOG Archived from the original on 9 December 2012 Retrieved 3 August 2012 Women s 50m Freestyle Final London2012 com LOCOG Archived from the original on 3 September 2012 Retrieved 3 August 2012 External links editNBC Olympics Coverage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2012 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