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--- Results, Rankings, and Records ---
ALL-TIME WORLD PERFORMERS-PERFORMANCES RANKINGS
Compiled by Bill Bell, The Write Stuff
 
KEY
** World Record
# 2nd-Performance All-Time
*' European Record
*+ Commonwealth Record
*" Latin-South American Record
 ' U.S. Open Record
* National Record
r Relay Split
p Preliminary Time
 + Olympic Record
^ World Championship Record
a Asian Record
h Hand time
WOMEN'S EVENT
 
100 METER BUTTERFLY
Top 150 Performances
57.88** Jenny Thompson, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-24-99
57.93# Mary T. Meagher, USA U.S. Nationals Brown Deer 08-16-81
58.15 Thompson U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 08-09-99
58.38a Limin Liu, CHN Asian Games Hiroshima 10-06-94
58.41 Martina Moravova, SVK/SMU U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-31-00
58.46^ Thompson World Championships Perth 01-15-98
58.49* Inge deBruijn, NED European Championships Istanbul 07-29-99
58.54*+ Petria Thomas, AUS ACT Open Championships Canberra 04-24-00
58.57sfA Thompson Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-23-99
58.61 Chrissy Ahmann-Leighton, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-04-92
58.62+ Hong Qian, CHN Olympics Barcelona 07-29-92
58.65p Thomas ACT Open Championships Canberra 04-24-00
58.70 Yun Qu, CHN Asian Games Hiroshima 10-06-94
58.72p Misty Hyman, USA U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Nashville 07-29-97
58.72 Thompson World All-Stars Dual/Goodwill Games East Meadow 07-30-98
58.74 Ahmann-Leighton Olympics Barcelona 07-29-92
58.78 Thompson Janet Evans Invitational Los Angeles 07-18-99
58.79* Ayari Aoyama, JPN World Championships Perth 01-15-98
58.83 Aoyama JPN Nationals/OTs Tokyo 04-06-96
58.87 Xiaohong Wang, CHN Asian Games Beijing 09-26-90
58.89 Qian Asian Games Beijing 09-26-90
58.89p Hyman U.S. Nationals East Meadow 03-31-99
58.91p Thompson World Championships Perth 01-15-98
58.93* Johanna Sjoberg, SWE SWE Nationals/EC Trials Halmstad 07-03-99
58.97*+ Petria Thomas, AUS World Championships Perth 01-15-98
58.97 Sjoberg European Championships Istanbul 07-29-99
58.98 Liu CHN Nationals Tianjin 05-08-94
58.99p Thomas World Championships Perth 01-15-98
59.00* Kristin Otto, GDR Olympics Seoul 09-23-88
59.00 Thompson Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-12-97
59.01* Catherine Plewinski, FRA Olympics Barcelona 07-29-92
59.01 Junko Onishi, JPN JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-20-00
59.05p Meagher Olympics Los Angeles 08-02-84
59.07 Susan O/Neill, AUS Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-24-99
59.08 Jenna Johnson, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 06-28-84
59.08 Plewinski European Championships Bonn 08-18-89
59.09 Aoyama East Asian Games Pusan 05-09-97
59.10 Wang Olympics Barcelona 07-29-92
59.12 Hyman World Championships Perth 01-15-98
59.12p Thompson U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 08-09-99
59.13 Amy Van Dyken, USA Olympics Atlanta 07-23-96
59.14 Liu Olympics Atlanta 07-23-96
59.14 Hyman U.S. Nationals Buffalo 02-15-97
59.15p Hyman World Championships Perth 01-15-98
59.15 Liu U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 08-09-99
59.16 Meagher Pan-Pacific Championships Tokyo 08-18-85
59.17p Thompson Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-12-97
59.20 Meagher U.S. World Championship Trials Orlando 06-25-86
59.21 Wenyi Yang, CHN CHN National Games Beijing 09-12-93
59.23 Angel Myers-Martino, USA Olympics Atlanta 07-23-96
59.23 Hyman Nissan Grand Prix Tempe 05-18-97
59.23sf Maki Mita, JPN JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-20-00
59.25 Johnson U.S. Nationals Ft. Lauderdale 08-18-84
59.25p Hyman U.S. Nationals Ft. Lauderdale 08-15-96
59.26 Meagher U.S. Winter Nationals Austin 04-11-80
59.26 Meagher Olympics Los Angeles 08-02-84
59.26p Thompson Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-23-99
59.27 Qu CHN National Games Beijing 09-12-93
59.27 O'Neill World Championships Perth 01-15-98
59.28 Meagher U.S. Nationals Mission Viejo 08-09-85
59.28 de Bruijn USA Dual/Goodwill Games East Meadow 07-30-98
59.31p Myers-Martino Olympics Atlanta 07-23-96
59.32 Qu CHN Nationals Tianjin 05-08-94
59.33 Thompson Pan-Pacific Championships Kobe 08-14-93
59.33p Thompson U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Nashville 07-29-97
59.33p Mita JNP Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-20-00
59.34p Plewinski Olympics Seoul 09-23-88
59.34p Wang Olympics Barcelona 07-29-92
59.35 Aoyama Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-12-97
59.36 Qu CHN National Games Shanghai 10-16-97
59.37p Qian Olympics Barcelona 07-29-92
59.37 Thompson Meet of Champions Mission Viejo 06-15-97
59.38 Thomas NWIS/Zoggs Invitational Sydney 03-26-00
59.40 Meagher U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 06-28-84
59.40p Myers-Martino U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-09-96
59.41 Meagher U.S. "Olympic Trials" Irvine 08-02-80
59.41 Meagher World Championships Guayaquil 08-05-82
59.41* Tatiana Kurnikova, URS Friendship Games Moscow 08-23-84
59.41 Aoyama JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Tokyo 06-13-97
59.41p* Martina Moravcova, SVK World Championships Perth 01-15-98
59.42p Aoyama World Championships Perth 01-15-98
59.42 Thomas Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 09-15-98
59.43p Thompson Pan-Pacific Championships Kobe 08-14-93
59.43 Hitomi Kashima, JPN Asian Games Bangkok 04-12-96
59.43p O/Neill Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-23-99
59.44 Meagher U.S. World Championship Trials Mission Viejo 07-22-82
59.44 Aoyama Asian Games Bangkok 12-10-98
59.44sfB O/Neill Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-23-99
59.45 Birte Weigang, GDR Olympics Seoul 09-23-88
59.45p Thompson U.S. Nationals Austin 07-29-93
59.46 Andrea Pollack, GDR GDR Nationals East Berlin 07-03-78
59.46 Kornelia Gressler, GDR European Championships Sofia 08-09-85
59.46p Ahmann-Leighton U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-04-92
59.46 deBruijn Trofeu Brasil Rio de Janeiro 06-06-99
59.47 Weigang GDR Nationals Erfurt 06-19-87
59.47 Huijue Cai, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-16-97
59.47 Moravcova World Championships Perth 01-15-98
59.47p Moravcova U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-31-00
59.49 Thompson U.S. Nationals Austin 07-29-93
59.49 Hyman U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Nashville 07-29-97
59.49p Hyman U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 08-09-99
59.50 Qu CISM Championships Rome 09-04-98
59.51 Gressler World Championships Madrid 08-21-86
59.51p Thompson U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-04-92
59.52 Otto European Championships Strasbourg 08-21-87
59.52 Qian Olympics Seoul 09-23-88
59.52 Richelle Depold-Fox, USA Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-12-97
59.52 Hyman U.S. Open Indianapolis 12-05-97
59.52 de Bruijn NED Nationals Amersfoort 06-27-98
59.52p Thompson U.S. Nationals Clovis 08-14-98
59.53 Meagher U.S. Winter Nationals Indianapolis 03-31-84
59.53p O'Neill World Championships Perth 01-15-98
59.54 Laurie Lehner, USA U.S. Nationals Clovis 08-06-83
59.54 Dara Torres, USA U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-31-00
59.55 Thompson U.S. Nationals Buffalo 02-15-97
59.57 Qian CHN Invitational Chengdu 04-07-90
59.57 Liu CHN Nationals/OTs Tianjin 04-05-96
59.58 Plewinski Olympics Seoul 09-23-88
59.58 O'Neill Pan-Pacific Championships Atlanta 08-12-95
59.58 Kashima JPN Nationals/OTs Tokyo 04-07-96
59.58 Aoyama Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-24-99
59.59 Weigang European Championships Strasbourg 08-21-87
59.59 Cai Barcelona Invitational Barcelona 05-29-97
59.59p deBruijn European Championships Istanbul 07-28-99
59.60p Plewinski European Championships Bonn 08-18-89
59.61 Liu CHN National Games Beijing 09-12-93
59.61 Chi CHN Nationals/OTs Tianjin 04-05-96
59.63 Meagher USS Invitational Austin 01-06-84
59.63 Myers-Martino U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-09-96
59.63p Thompson U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-09-96
59.61 O'Neill Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 09-15-98
59.63 Hyman U.S. Nationals East Meadow 03-31-99
59.63 Hyman U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 08-09-99
59.63sf Mita JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-20-00
59.64 Huijue Pan-Pacific Championships Fukuoka 08-12-97
59.64* Mette Jacobsen, DEN European Championships Seville 08-22-97
59.64 Campbell U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-31-00
59.65 Weigang GDR Olympic Trials Potsdam 07-22-88
59.65 Qian Kent Cup Shanghai 05-04-89
59.66 Otto World Championships Madrid 08-21-84
59.67 Summer Sanders, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-04-92
59.67p* Moravcova European Championships Seville 08-22-97
59.68p Lehner U.S. Nationals Clovis 08-06-83
59.68p Qian World Championships Perth 01-11-91
59.68 Hyman U.S. Nationals Ft. Lauderdale 08-15-96
59.68 Thompson U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Nashville 07-29-97
59.68 Tomoko Hagiwara, JPN JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-20-00
59.69 O'Neill Olympics Barcelona 07-29-92
59.69 Qu World Championships Rome 09-09-94
59.70p Karen Campbell, USA Pan-Ams Winnipeg 08-05-99
59.71 Meagher FINA Cup Tokyo 09-03-79
59.72 Van Dyken U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-09-96
59.72 Aoyama NSW Open Brisbane 01-26-97
59.72 O'Neill AUS World Championship Trials Brisbane 10-08-97
59.73 Otto GDR Nationals East Berlin 06-20-86
59.73sfA Sjoberg European Championships Istanbul 07-28-99
59.74 Johnson U.S. World Championship Trials Orlando 06-25-86
59.74 Liu World University Games Fukuoka 08-24-95
59.74 Moravcova European Championships Seville 08-22-97
59.74 Thompson U.S. Nationals Clovis 08-14-98
59.75 Hyman U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-09-96
59.75 Tashley Appin, USA/TD> U.S. Nationals Federal Way 03-31-00
59.76 Wang CHN National Games Beijing 09-12-93
59.76 Thompson Mare Nostrom Invitational - Series 3 Monte Carlo 06-12-99
Remaining Top 100 Performers
59.78 Christiane Knacke, GDR GDR Dual East Berlin 08-27-77
59.79 Weiyue Zhong, CHN CHN National Games Beijing 09-12-93
59.81sf Hagiwara JPN Nationals/Olympic Trials Tokyo 04-20-00
59.84 Ashley Tappin, USA U.S. Nationals Minneapolis 04-05-98
59.87 Chen Jinhe, CHN CHN National Games Beijing 09-12-93
59.88 Ines Geissler, GDR GDR Nationals Magdeburg 05-25-84
59.91 Hong Mei, CHN CHN National Games Beijing 09-12-93
59.97 Janelle Jorgensen, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-04-92
59.97 Zhu Hong, CHN CHN National Games Beijing 09-12-93
59.98 Tracy Caulkins, USA Women's Cup Austin 01-05-80
1:00.01 Maki Mita, JPN JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Tokyo 06-13-99
1:00.02p* Franziska Van Almsick, GER Olympics Barcelona 07-29-92
1:00.02* Diana Mocanu, ROM European Championships Istanbul 07-29-99
1:00.03 Junko Onishi, JPN JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Tokyo 06-13-99
1:00.07p Na Li, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-16-97
1:00.08 Bo Ning, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-16-97
1:00.10 Catherine Fox, USA U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Nashville 07-29-97
1:00.12sfB* Otilia Jedrzejszak, POL European Championships Istanbul 07-28-99
1:00.13 Kornelia Ender, GDR GDR Olympic Trials East Berlin 06-04-76
1:00.14 Kate Godfrey, AUS Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur 09-15-98
1:00.19 Xi Zheng, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-16-97
1:00.19 Yi Ruan, CHN Asian Championships Pusan 03-31-00
1:00.20 Joan Pennington, USA World Championships West Berlin 08-23-78
1:00.21p Dara Torres, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-11-88
1:00.21p Therese Lundin, SWE European Championships Athens 08-23-91
1:00.24* Jessica Amey, CAN Pan-Pacific Championships Atlanta 08-12-95
1:00.28* Svetlana Pozdeeva, RUS European Championships Seville 08-22-97
1:00.32 Julia Gorman, USA U.S. Nationals Orlando 03-26-88
1:00.33 Ekaterina Vinogradova, RUS European Championships Istanbul 07-29-99
1:00.34 Jill Sterkel, USA U.S. Winter Nationals Austin 04-12-80
1:00.34p Yuanyuan Jia, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-16-97
1:00.34 Ran Peng, CHN CHN Nationals Shanghai 04-15-99
1:00.37* Orsolya Ferenczy, HUN HUN Nationals Budapest 08-08-99
1:00.39 Yoko Kando, JPN Pan-Pacific Championships Edmonton 08-24-91
1:00.39 Lisa Curry-Kenny, AUS AUS Nationals/OTs Canberra 04-05-92
1:00.40 Ute Geweniger, GDR European Championships Split 09-09-81
1:00.40 Melanie Buddemeyer, USA/North Carolina World Championships Guayaquil 08-05-82
1:00.42 Jacqueline Jacob, GDR European Championships Bonn 08-18-89
1:00.42 Caren Metschuk, GDR Olympics Moscow 07-24-80
1:00.44* Joscelin Yeo, SIN East Asian Games Bandar Seri 08-16-99
1:00.45 Mimi Bowen, USA U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials Nashville 07-29-97
1:00.47 Nancy Hogshead, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 06-28-84
1:00.47p Karin Brienesse, NED European Championships Athens 08-23-91
1:00.48sfB Jessica Deglau, CAN Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-23-99
1:00.51 Angela Kennedy, AUS Pan-Pacific Championships Atlanta 08-12-95
1:00.51sfA Tomiko Hagiwara, JPN Pan-Pacific Championships Sydney 08-23-99
1:00.54 Sylvia Berekenyi, USA U.S. Nationals Ft. Lauderdale 08-15-96
1:00.55 Ning Hu, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-16-97
1:00.56* Ilaria Tocchini, ITA European Championships Seville 08-22-97
1:00.57 Yi Ruan, CHN Asian Games Bangkok 12-10-98
1:00.59 Lisa Buese, USA Pan-Ams San Juan 07-05-79
1:00.59p* Michelle Smith, IRL European Championships Vienna 08-25-95
1:00.60p Angie Wester-Krieg, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis 03-04-92
1:00.61 Katrin Jake, GER GER Nationals/EC Trials Leipzig 05-30-99
1:00.62 Conny van Bentum, NED Olympics Seoul 09-23-88
1:00.65 Ekaterina Vinogradova, RUS RUS Nationals/EC Trials Moscow 06-26-99
1:00.67 Ilse Kickert, NED International Invitational Brugge 05-29-99
1:00.68p Kristie Krueger, USA U.S. Nationals Austin 07-29-93
1:00.69 Natalia Sultinova, RUS RUS Nationals/EC Trials Moscow 06-26-99
1:00.70 Patty King, USA U.S. Nationals Clovis 08-06-83
1:00.71 Kim Tesch, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-10-88
1:00.71* Marja Parssinan, FIN European Championships Seville 08-22-97
1:00.72 Rie Shito, JPN Pan-Pacific Championships Edmonton 08-24-91
1:00.74* Hee-Yeon Choi, KOR KOR Nationals/Asian Games Trials Seoul 07-04-98
1:00.75 Maud Lauckner, GDR GDR World Championship Trials Erfurt 05-30-82
1:00.75 Xiaorong Chen, CHN CHN National Games Shanghai 10-16-97
1:00.76 Bai Xiuyu, CHN Badwill Games Leningrad 07-24-94
1:00.77 Michelle Griglione, USA U.S. Olympic Trials Austin 08-11-88
1:00.77 Anna Uryniuk, POL European Championships Seville 08-23-97
1:00.77* Mandy Loots, RSA GBR Nationals/EC Trials Sheffield 07-10-99
1:00.78 Kara McGrath, USA U.S. World Championship Trials Orlando 06-25-86
1:00.81 Kathleen Nord, GDR European Championships Bonn 08-18-89
1:00.81 Sophia Skou, DEN Mare Nostrom Invitational - Series 3 Monte Carlo 06-12-99
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