Kammala wannan jumla: Senele Dlamini tana da shekaru 16 a lokacin wasannin Olympics, kuma tana yin wasanta na farko a gasar Olympics. Ta gama zagaye na farko na
'yan mata na mita 50 na' yanci a cikin dakika 28.70, wanda shine matsayi na 61 daga cikin masu fafatawa 90. Hakanan a tseren maza, manyan 16 ne kawai za su iya zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, kuma an cire Dlamini daga gasar. A ƙarshe an sami lambar zinare a wasan karshe a cikin dakika 24.06 ta Britta Steffen ta Jamus, an sami lambar azurfa ta Dara Torres ta Amurka, kuma Cate Campbell ta Ostiraliya ta ɗauki lambar tagulla.