[1] Dutch swimmer and world record holder Inge de Bruijn managed to defend her title in this event, outside her record time of 24.58 seconds.

[2] The silver medal was awarded to France's Malia Metella, with a time of 24.89 seconds.

Australia's Lisbeth Lenton, who finished behind Metella by two hundredths of a second (0.02), took home the bronze at 24.91.

This was also the final appearance for de Bruijn at the Olympics, before she retired from her swimming career in 2007.

[3] Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.