Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Medals

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
File:Wikipedia flag united states large.png Natalie Coughlin, USA	File:Zimbabwe flag large.png Kirsty Coventry, ZIM	Laure Manaudou, FRA

Heats

Heat 1

1. Lenient Obia, Nigeria, 1:09.65
2. Ana Galindo, Honduras, 1:11.80
3. Yelena Rojkova, Turkmenistan, 1:15.48

Heat 2

1. Kiera Aitken, Bermuda, 1:04.37
2. Chonlathorn Vorathamrong, Thailand, 1:05.15
3. Sadan Derya Erke, Turkey, 1:05.38
4. Serrana Fernandez, Uruguay, 1:05.51
5. Hsiao Han Fu, Taiwan, 1:06.62
6. Anastassiya Prilepa, Kazakhstan, 1:07.55
7. Olga Gnedovckaya, Uzbekistan, 1:15.33

Heat 3

1. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe, 1:01.60
2. Sanja Jovanovic, Croatia, 1:02.47
3. Sviatlana Khakhlova, Belarus, 1:03.25
4. Gisela Morales, Guatemala, 1:03.72
5. Anna Gostomelsky, Israel, 1:04.06
6. Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai, Hong Kong, 1:04.25
7. Eirini Karastergiou, Greece, 1:05.30
8. Hanna-Maria Seppala, Finland, 1:05.55

Heat 4

1. Laure Manaudou, France, 1:01.27
2. Reiko Nakamura, Japan, 1:01.39
3. Noriko Inada, Japan, 1:01.67
4. Stanislava Komarova, Russia, 1:01.84
5. Ilona Hlavackova, Czech Republic, 1:01.95
6. Shu Zhan, China, 1:02.39
7. Erin Gammel, Canada, 1:02.47
8. Min-Ji Shim, South Korea, 1:03.14

Heat 5

1. Antje Buschschulte, Germany, 1:01.68
2. Giaan Rooney, Australia, 1:01.96
3. Haley Cope, United States, 1:01.99
4. Louise Oernstedt, Denmark, 1:02.17
5. Iryna Amshennikova, Ukraine, 1:02.57
6. Marieke Guehrer, Australia, 1:02.76
7. Hannah McLean, New Zealand, 1:03.09
8. Alexandra Putra, France, 1:04.13

Heat 6

1. Natalie Coughlin, United States, 1:01.45
2. Nina Zhivanevskaya, Spain, 1:01.75
3. Katy Sexton, Great Britain, 1:02.01
4. Sarah Price, Great Britain, 1:02.17
5. Chang Gao, China, 1:02.19
6. Nikolett Szepesi, Hungary, 1:02.78
7. Janine Pietsch, Germany, 1:03.13
8. Alessandra Cappa, Italy, 1:03.50

Heats swim-off race

1. Sanja Jovanovic, Croatia, 1:02.32
2. Erin Gammel, Canada, 1:03.05

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

1. Antje Buschschulte, Germany, 1:00.94
2. Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe, 1:01.21
3. Reiko Nakamura, Japan, 1:01.24
4. Giaan Rooney, Australia, 1:01.41
5. Stanislava Komarova, Russia, 1:01.63
6. Katy Sexton, Great Britain, 1:01.96
7. Shu Zhan, China, 1:02.10
8. Sarah Price, Great Britain, 1:02.48

Semi-final 2

1. Natalie Coughlin, United States, 1:00.17
2. Laure Manaudou, France, 1:00.88
3. Louise Oernstedt, Denmark, 1:01.12
4. Haley Cope, United States, 1:01.13
5. Nina Zhivanevskaya, Spain, 1:01.19
6. Noriko Inada, Japan, 1:01.74
7. Ilona Hlavackova, Czech Republic, 1:01.81
8. Chang Gao, China, 1:02.17