Women's 100m Butterfly Finals

A hero is born! 24 year old Dana Vollmer first broke the American record & the Olympic record in the qualification rounds. And now, she broke the World Record at the finals! She is the first and only women in the world under the 56s mark.
Vollmer made her first Olympics in 2004, when she's just 16. She didn't qualify for Beijing. Dana had a surgery to correct a serious heart condition in 2003 and battles a secondary condition that causes her heart to stop at random.


Gold: Dana Vollmer (Usa) World Record 55.98
Silver: Lu Ying (Chn) 56.87
Bronze: Alicia Coutts (Aus) 56.94

4. Sarah Sjostrom (Swe) 57.17
5. Ilaria Bianchi (Ita) 57.27
6. Jeanette Ottesen Gray (Can) 57.35
7. Claire Donahue (Usa) 57.48
8. Ellen Gandy (Gbr) 57.76