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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

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Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors44 from 36 nations
Winning time59.13
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Amy Van Dyken  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liu Limin  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Angel Martino  United States
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The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Records

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

World record  Mary T. Meagher (USA) 57.93 Brown Deer, United States 16 August 1981
Olympic record  Qian Hong (CHN) 58.62 Barcelona, Spain 29 July 1992

Results

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Heats

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Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Angel Martino  United States 59.31 Q
2 6 3 Amy Van Dyken  United States 1:00.04 Q
3 6 5 Liu Limin  China 1:00.18 Q
4 6 4 Ayari Aoyama  Japan 1:00.20 Q
5 5 5 Susie O'Neill  Australia 1:00.55 Q
6 4 4 Hitomi Kashima  Japan 1:00.85 Q
7 4 5 Cai Huijue  China 1:00.89 Q
8 4 3 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 1:00.91 Q
9 5 2 Johanna Sjöberg  Sweden 1:01.01 q
10 4 2 Gabrielle Rose  Brazil 1:01.22 q, SA
11 5 7 Sophia Skou  Denmark 1:01.25 q
12 6 6 Svetlana Pozdeyeva  Russia 1:01.29 q
13 6 2 Sarah Evanetz  Canada 1:01.32 q
14 4 7 Julia Voitovitsch  Germany 1:01.47 q
15 5 1 Yelena Nazemnova  Russia 1:01.54 q
16 4 6 Cécile Jeanson  France 1:01.58 q
17 5 6 Ilaria Tocchini  Italy 1:01.83
18 5 3 Angela Kennedy  Australia 1:01.89
19 6 7 María Peláez  Spain 1:01.99
20 3 7 Nataliya Zolotukhina  Ukraine 1:02.18 NR
21 3 5 Anna Uryniuk  Poland 1:02.39
22 3 3 Marja Pärssinen  Finland 1:02.53
23 4 8 Loredana Zisu  Romania 1:02.66
24 4 1 Joscelin Yeo  Singapore 1:02.71
25 6 8 Jessica Amey  Canada 1:02.81
26 2 5 Ana Francisco  Portugal 1:02.98
27 5 8 Caroline Foot  Great Britain 1:03.04
28 3 8 Praphalsai Minpraphal  Thailand 1:03.35
29 3 1 Eydis Konráðsdóttir  Iceland 1:03.41 NR
30 3 2 Mandy Loots  South Africa 1:03.53
31 3 6 Edit Klocker  Hungary 1:03.61
32 3 4 Marion Madine  Ireland 1:03.80
33 2 3 Marcela Kubalčíková  Czech Republic 1:03.82
34 1 5 María del Pilar Pereyra  Argentina 1:03.98 NR
35 2 7 Natalya Baranovskaya  Belarus 1:04.09
36 2 8 Nida Zuhal  Turkey 1:04.11
37 2 2 Nataša Meškovska  Macedonia 1:04.25
38 2 4 Hsieh Shu-ting  Chinese Taipei 1:04.39
39 1 3 Dita Želvienė  Lithuania 1:04.63
40 2 1 Marina Karystinou  Greece 1:05.05
41 1 4 Park Woo-hee  South Korea 1:05.36
42 2 6 Gabrijela Ujčić  Croatia 1:06.85
1 6 Monica Dahl  Namibia DNS
6 1 Sandra Völker  Germany DNS

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Johanna Sjöberg  Sweden 1:00.76 NR
10 1 Yelena Nazemnova  Russia 1:00.93
11 3 Sophia Skou  Denmark 1:00.95
12 7 Julia Voitovitsch  Germany 1:01.14
13 8 Cécile Jeanson  France 1:01.20
14 5 Gabrielle Rose  Brazil 1:01.39
15 2 Sarah Evanetz  Canada 1:01.44
16 6 Svetlana Pozdeyeva  Russia 1:01.62

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Amy Van Dyken  United States 59.13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Liu Limin  China 59.14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Angel Martino  United States 59.23
4 7 Hitomi Kashima  Japan 1:00.11
5 2 Susie O'Neill  Australia 1:00.17
6 6 Ayari Aoyama  Japan 1:00.18
7 1 Cai Huijue  China 1:00.46
8 8 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 1:00.76

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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