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

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date20 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors48 from 44 nations
Winning time54.50 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Le Jingyi  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sandra Völker  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Angel Martino  United States
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Swimming at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 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  Le Jingyi (CHN) 54.01 Rome, Italy 5 September 1994
Olympic record  Zhuang Yong (CHN) 54.51 Barcelona, Spain 28 July 1992

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
20 July Final A Le Jingyi  China 54.50 OR

Results

Heats

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 Le Jingyi  China 54.90 Q
2 6 3 Angel Martino  United States 55.44 Q
3 4 4 Sandra Völker  Germany 55.55 Q
4 6 5 Franziska van Almsick  Germany 55.80 Q
5 5 5 Karin Brienesse  Netherlands 55.81 Q
6 4 5 Amy Van Dyken  United States 55.94 Q
7 6 6 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 56.06 Q
8 5 2 Sarah Ryan  Australia 56.07 Q
9 6 4 Shan Ying  China 56.10 q
10 6 1 Leah Martindale  Barbados 56.13 q, NR
11 6 2 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 56.20 q
12 4 6 Luminița Dobrescu  Romania 56.27 q
13 5 2 Natalya Meshcheryakova  Russia 56.33 q
14 5 3 Karen Pickering  Great Britain 56.40 q
15 6 7 Linda Olofsson  Sweden 56.56 q
16 4 3 Sue Rolph  Great Britain 56.62 q
17 4 7 Shannon Shakespeare  Canada 56.63
18 6 8 Vibeke Johansen  Norway 56.88
19 5 1 Rania Elwani  Egypt 56.89 NR
20 4 8 Solenne Figuès  France 56.90
21 5 7 Claudia Franco  Spain 57.00
22 3 6 Minna Salmela  Finland 57.15
23 3 2 Gabrielle Rose  Brazil 57.16
24 3 4 Cecilia Vianini  Italy 57.17
25 4 2 Sumika Minamoto  Japan 57.25
26 2 1 Siobhan Cropper  Trinidad and Tobago 57.30 NR
27 2 2 Judith Draxler  Austria 57.34 NR
28 3 7 Metka Sparavec  Slovenia 57.66
29 5 8 Alison Fitch  New Zealand 57.71
30 1 3 Anna Nyíri  Hungary 57.82
31 2 4 Antonia Machaira  Greece 57.92
32 3 1 Monica Dahl  Namibia 57.95
33 3 3 Helene Muller  South Africa 57.98
34 2 3 Kristýna Kyněrová  Czech Republic 58.03
35 3 8 Lee Bo-eun  South Korea 58.27
36 2 7 Sandrine Paquier  Switzerland 58.38
37 4 1 Dita Želvienė  Lithuania 58.57
38 1 5 Teresa Moodie  Zimbabwe 58.59
39 2 8 Sviatlana Zhidko  Belarus 58.64
40 2 5 Tsai Shu-min  Chinese Taipei 58.65
41 3 5 Joscelin Yeo  Singapore 58.87
42 2 6 Yevgeniya Yermakova  Kazakhstan 59.12
43 1 4 Valeria Álvarez  Argentina 59.26
44 1 7 Viktoriya Polyayeva  Kyrgyzstan 59.40
45 1 2 Gabrijela Ujčić  Croatia 59.92
46 1 6 Duška Radan  FR Yugoslavia 1:00.34
47 1 1 Caroline Pickering  Fiji 1:00.51
48 1 8 Gail Rizzo  Malta 1:02.19

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Shan Ying  China 55.74
10 1 Linda Olofsson  Sweden 55.83
11 6 Luminița Dobrescu  Romania 55.98
12 5 Leah Martindale  Barbados 56.03 NR
13 2 Natalya Meshcheryakova  Russia 56.17
14 7 Karen Pickering  Great Britain 56.32
15 3 Martina Moravcová  Slovakia 56.47
16 8 Sue Rolph  Great Britain 56.58

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Le Jingyi  China 54.50 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Sandra Völker  Germany 54.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Angel Martino  United States 54.93
4 7 Amy Van Dyken  United States 55.11
5 6 Franziska van Almsick  Germany 55.59
6 8 Sarah Ryan  Australia 55.85
7 1 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 56.01
8 2 Karin Brienesse  Netherlands 56.12

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 37. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 37. Retrieved 12 September 2017.