Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly
Appearance
Women's 100 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 21 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 44 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 59.13 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
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
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
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Amy Van Dyken | United States | 59.13 | ||
3 | Liu Limin | China | 59.14 | ||
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
- ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 13 September 2017.