1996 United States Olympic trials (swimming)

1996 United States Olympic Trials (swimming)
Host city	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Date(s)	March 6 – March 12
Events	26 (men: 13; women: 13)
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The 1996 United States Olympic Trials for swimming events was held from March 6–12 in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the qualifying meet for American swimmers who hoped to compete at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Results

Key:   Highlighted swimmers achieved the qualification conditions to be included in the Olympic team in that respective event.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Gary Hall, Jr.	22.27	David Fox	22.50	Bill Pilczuk	22.55
100 m freestyle	Jon Olsen	49.46	Gary Hall, Jr.	49.53	Josh Davis	49.97
200 m freestyle	John Piersma	1:48.97	Josh Davis	1:49.29	Ryan Berube	1:49.37
400 m freestyle	Tom Dolan	3:48.99	John Piersma	3:51.41	Peter Wright	3:52.85
1500 m freestyle	Carlton Bruner	15:12.85	Peter Wright	15:17.96	Lawrence Frostad	15:22.79
100 m backstroke	Tripp Schwenk	54.94	Jeff Rouse	55.15	Brian Retterer	55.46
200 m backstroke	Brad Bridgewater	1:59.16	Tripp Schwenk	1:59.42	Tate Blahnik	2:00.48
100 m breaststroke	Jeremy Linn	1:01.94	Kurt Grote	1:02.03	Eric Wunderlich	1:02.39
200 m breaststroke	Kurt Grote	2:14.22	Eric Wunderlich	2:14.45	Steve West	2:14.96
100 m butterfly	John Hargis	53.42	Mark Henderson	53.51	Jason Lancaster	53.73
200 m butterfly	Tom Malchow	1:57.39	Ray Carey	1:57.66	Melvin Stewart	1:57.89
200 m IM	Tom Dolan	2:00.20	Greg Burgess	2:01.55	Paul Nelsen	2:02.91
400 m IM	Tom Dolan	4:12.72	Eric Namesnik	4:17.19	Iian Mull	4:22.16

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Amy Van Dyken	25.17	Angel Martino	25.23	Jenny Thompson	25.61
100 m freestyle	Amy Van Dyken	55.27	Angel Martino	55.39	Jenny Thompson	55.45
200 m freestyle	Cristina Teuscher	1:59.50	Trina Jackson	2:00.62	Lisa Jacob	2:00.65
400 m freestyle	Janet Evans	4:10.97	Cristina Teuscher	4:11.59	Trina Jackson	4:13.46
800 m freestyle	Brooke Bennett	8:31.41	Janet Evans	8:33.60	Trina Jackson	8:35.52
100 m backstroke	Whitney Hedgepeth	1:01.52	Beth Botsford	1:01.59	Barbara Bedford	1:02.31
200 m backstroke	Beth Botsford	2:10.66	Whitney Hedgepeth	2:12.10	Amanda Adkins	2:13.41
100 m breaststroke	Amanda Beard	1:08.36	Kristine Quance	1:09.72	Kristy Kowal	1:09.89
200 m breaststroke	Amanda Beard	2:26.25	Jilen Siroky	2:28.23	Kristine Quance	2:28.35
100 m butterfly	Angel Martino	59.63	Amy Van Dyken	59.72	Misty Hyman	59.75
200 m butterfly	Annette Salmeen	2:12.39	Trina Jackson	2:12.89	Jean Todisco	2:12.97
200 m IM	Allison Wagner	2:13.71	Kristine Quance	2:13.76	Cristina Teuscher	2:15.52
400 m IM	Allison Wagner	4:41.61	Whitney Metzler	4:46.88	Jennifer Parmenter	4:49.50

See also

• United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• United States Olympic Trials (swimming)
• USA Swimming

External links

• 1996 US Olympic Swimming Trials report At Usaswimming.org