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Sarah Poewe won Athens 2000 women's 100m breaststroke title

Sarah Poewe took the women's 100m breaststroke title in 1:06.21, ahead of Alicja Peczak and Elena Bogomazova.

19 March 2000 Europe Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens, Greece
Source-checked report card · SwimmingChampion: Sarah Poewe (South Africa) — 1:06.21

19 March 2000 · Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens, Greece

Event date:

The final

Sarah Poewe won the women's 100m breaststroke final at the 5th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Athens on 19 March 2000, recording 1:06.21. The OMEGA ranking lists Alicja Peczak second in 1:07.69 and Elena Bogomazova third in 1:08.27.

Medal order

The result came in a 25-metre pool at the Athens championship. The official table establishes the medal order used here: South Africa first, Poland second and Russia third. This report counts the medal decision once as one underlying development.

Source and date precision

The event date and placings have day precision from OMEGA's official classification. World Aquatics' competition archive independently identifies Athens as host of the fifth short-course world championships, held from 16 to 19 March 2000.

Leading official final classification

Sarah Poewe won Athens 2000 women's 100m breaststroke title
RankCompetitorCountryResult
1Sarah PoeweSouth Africa1:06.21
2Alicja PeczakPoland1:07.69
3Elena BogomazovaRussia1:08.27

Sources

Check the original record.

Open the governing body or organiser’s publication for the underlying result, decision or tournament update.