Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The final of the Women's 100 metres Backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 27, 1984. The fastest eight qualified for the final, the next eight for the B-final.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Theresa Andrews (USA)	1:02.55
	Betsy Mitchell (USA)	1:02.63
	Jolanda de Rover (NED)	1:02.91
4.	Carmen Bunaciu (ROU)	1:03.21
5.	Anca Patrascoiu (ROU)	1:03.29
6.	Svenja Schlicht (FRG)	1:03.46
7.	Beverley Rose (GBR)	1:04.16
8.	Carmel Clark (NZL)	1:04.47

B-Final

RANK	B-FINAL	TIME
9.	Audrey Moore (AUS)	1:04.15
10.	Manuela Carosi (ITA)	1:04.52
10.	Georgina Parkes (AUS)	1:04.52
12.	Brigitte van der Lans (NED)	1:04.75
13.	Catherine White (GBR)	1:04.99
14.	Reema Abdo (CAN)	1:05.13
15.	Sabine Pauwels (BEL)	1:05.33
16.	Eva Gysling (SUI)	1:06.11

Non-Qualifiers

RANK	HEATS	TIME
17.	Sandra Dahlmann (FRG)	1:05.27
18.	Naomi Sekido (JPN)	1:05.60
19.	Michelle MacPherson (CAN)	1:06.04
20.	Anna-Karin Eriksson (SWE)	1:06.09
21.	Teresa Rivera (MEX)	1:06.39
22.	Yolande Van Der Straeten (BEL)	1:07.07
23.	Nozomi Sunouchi (JPN)	1:07.23
24.	Choi Yun-Hee (KOR)	1:07.35
25.	Guo Huaying (CHN)	1:08.21
26.	Lotta Flink (HKG)	1:09.70
27.	Kathy Wong (HKG)	1:10.19
28.	Christine Jacob (PHI)	1:10.28
29.	Sharon Pickering (FIJ)	1:10.49
30.	Petra Bekaert (AHO)	1:10.60
31.	Helen Chow (MAS)	1:11.30
–	Lise Lotte Nylund (NOR)	DSQ

References

• Official Report
• USA Swimming